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Research Interests and Activities

  • Application of geochemistry and numerical modeling to the understanding of hydrologic processes
  • Development of reaction-transport models and computer codes to investigate water-rock interaction in heterogeneous unsaturated fractured rock
  • Modeling of coupled thermal, hydrological, and chemical processes associated with large-scale underground thermal tests and the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
  • Geochemistry and reaction-transport modeling of melt migration and crystallization in magmas

Education

  • Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1990.
  • B.S., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1982.

Positions

  • Deputy Department Head, Geochemistry Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2002-present.
  • Group Leader Ð Geochemical Transport, Geochemistry Department, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1999-present.
  • Geological Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1996-present.
  • Visiting Instructor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1995.
  • Postdoctoral  Research Scientist,  French Institute of Petroleum - Geochemistry Division, Rueil-Malmaison, 1993-1994.
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1990-1993.

Publications and Scientific Reports

Eric Sonnenthal
Scientist/Deputy Department Head

Geochemistry Department

Phone: 510-486-5866
Fax: 510-486-5686
Email: elsonnenthal@lbl.gov