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kamini singha
311 deike building, university park, pa 16802
phone: +1 814.863.6649
email: ksingha@geosc.psu.edu
professional experience
- 2005-0000 Assistant Professor, Department of
Geosciences at The Pennsylvania State University
- 2005-0000 Associate, Earth and Environmental
Systems Institute at The Pennsylvania State University
- 2003-2004 Lecturer, Department of Geophysics
at Stanford University
- 2002-2004 Instructor, Outdoor Education Program
at Stanford University
- 1997-2000 Student Trainee, Hydrology, Branch of Geophysics,
U.S. Geological Survey
education
- PhD - 2005 in Hydrogeology
from Stanford University
- BSc - 1999 with Honors in Geophysics from University of Connecticut
awards
- 2008 - National Science Foundation CAREER Award (5 years)
- 2007 - Penn State Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa (AESEDA) Faculty Fellow (3 years)
- 2004 - Best Oral Presentation, School of Earth Sciences Research Review, Stanford University
- 2003 - Outstanding Student Paper, Hydrology Section, Fall AGU Meeting
- 2000 - STAR Fellow, Environmental Protection Agency (3 years)
- 1999 - Cecil Green Fellow, Stanford Geophysics Department
- 1999 - Outstanding Woman in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Connecticut
- 1999 - John B. Lucke Award for Outstanding Geology Student, University of Connecticut
- 1995 - Presidential Scholar, University of Connecticut (4 years)
research
- general
- hydrogeology
- environmental geophysics
- geostatistics
- specific
- physical processes controlling mass transport
- interactions between flow and transport in the saturated and vadose zones
- integration of geophysical imaging with flow and transport modeling to improve quantification of processes in situ in real time
- accounting for spatially variable measurement physics for establishing field-scale relations between geophysical and hydrogeologic parameters
- groundwater-surface water exchange in agricultural settings
- impacts of small-scale mining on water quality in Ghana
- more about our research
teaching
- Geosc 452--Hydrogeology (Fall)
- Geosc 444--Matlab Applications for Geoscience (Fall)
- Earth 100--Environment Earth (Spring)
- Geosc 497--Hydrogeophysics Field Camp (new in Summer 2009!)
- other hydro-related courses at PSU
recent research papers
(click here for full list and pdfs)
- Nimmo, J.R., Perkins, K.S., Schmidt, K.M., Stock, J.D., Miller, D.M. and Singha, K. (in revision). Hydrologic characterization of desert soils with varying degrees of pedogenesis: I. Field experiments evaluating plant-relevant soil-water behavior. Submitted to Vadose Zone Journal.
- Mirus, B.B., Perkins, K.S., Nimmo, J.R. and Singha, K. (in revision). Hydrologic characterization of desert soils with varying degrees of pedogenesis: II. Inverse modeling for effective properties. Submitted to Vadose Zone Journal.
- Singha, K., Pidlisecky, A., Day-Lewis, F.D., and Gooseff, M.N. (in press). Electrical characterization of non-Fickian transport in groundwater and hyporheic systems. Submitted to Water Resources Research.
- Day-Lewis, F.D. and Singha, K. (2008). Geoelectrical inference of mass transfer parameters: theoretical basis and numerical experiments. Water Resources Research, 44, W05201, doi:10.1029/2007WR006750, 6 p.
- Culkin, S.L., Singha, K., and Day-Lewis, F.D. (2008). Implications of rate-limited mass transfer for aquifer storage and recovery efficiency. Ground Water, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2008.00435.x, 15 p.
papers from 2007 and earlier
recent abstracts
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- Irving, J., Singha, K., and Holliger, K. (2008). Stochastic integration of crosshole resistivity and tracer test data for improving hydrological predictions. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Day-Lewis, F.D., Johnson, T.C., Singha, K., Henderson, R.D., and Versteeg, R.J. (2008). Using tomograms for quantitative interpretation of processes and properties. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Regberg, A., Zheng, Q., Picardal, F., Singha K., and Brantley S.(2008). Anomalous electrical signals associated with microbial activity: results from iron- and nitrate-reducing columns. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Singha, K., Day-Lewis, F.D., Pidlisecky, A. and Gooseff, M. N. (2008). Characterization of non-Fickian transport in ground-water and hyporheic systems Using electrical geophysics, National Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Oct. 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX: GSA Abstracts with Programs.
- Nimmo, J. R., K.S. Perkins, B.B. Mirus, K.M. Schmidt, J.D. Stock, D.M. Miller, and K. Singha, (2008). Ecohydrologic roles of small-scale lateral soil heterogeneity in arid environments, Ecological Society of America Meeting, Aug 3-8, 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Nimmo, J. R., K.S. Perkins, B.B. Mirus, K.M. Schmidt, J.D. Stock, D.M. Miller, and K. Singha, (2008). Indices of soil water availability for diverse water-limited ecosystems. International Hydropedology Conference, July 28-31, 2008, University Park, PA.
- Regberg, A., Singha K., Brantley S., and Tien, M. (2008). Using conductivity to measure iron reduction rates from flask to field. Goldschmidt 2008, July 13-18, Vancouver, Canada.
- Singha, K., Day-Lewis, F.D., and Lane, J.W., Jr. (2008). Geoelectrical evidence of bicontinuum transport in groundwater, American Society of Civil Engineers' Environmental & Water Resources Institute World Environmental & Water Resources Congress May 13-16, 2008, Honolulu, HI.
- Kuntz, B. and Singha, K. (2008). Quantifying the processes controlling turbulent flow during pumping tests. Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists' Annual Meeting, Camp Hill, PA, May 7, 2008.
- abstracts from 2007 and earlier
talks
- 2008
- Invited Talk: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Institute of Geophysics, Switzerland
- Invited Talk: Lancaster University Department of Environmental Science, UK
- Invited Talk: University of Michigan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Invited Talk: Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences
- 2007
- American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
- Invited Talk: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, ICG-IV, Germany
- Invited Talk: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne/Université de Lausanne Institut de Géophysique, Switzerland
- Invited Talk: Oklahoma State University School of Geology
- Alliance for Earth Sciences, Engineering, and Development in Africa Forum
- 2006
- Invited Talks (2): American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting
- Invited Talk: Penn State Water Resources Engineering
- 2005
- Invited Talk: City College of New York Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science
- American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
- Invited Talk: American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting
- Invited Talk: U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park, CA
- 2004
- Invited Talk: Stanford University Hydrogeology Group
- Stanford University School of Earth Sciences Research Review
- American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
- Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting
- Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems
- 2003
- Invited Talk: EPA Region 9 Science to Achieve Results Research Forum
- Invited Talk: Bucknell University Department of Geology
- American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
- Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting
- Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems
- 2002
- Invited Talk: Colorado School of Mines Department of Geophysics Heiland Lecture
professional memberships
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EEGS)
- Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
- International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
university and community service
- Deputy Chair of the AGU Hydrogeophysics Committee (2006-present)
- Member of the Executive Council for the AGU Near-Surface Geophysics Focus Group (2006-present)
- Member of the CUAHSI Hydrologic Measurement Facility Geophysics Advisory Group (2006-present)
- Chair of the Penn State Geosciences Computing Committee (2007-present)
- Member of the Penn State Geosciences Undergraduate Program Committee (2006-2008)
- Board member of the State College International Friendship House (2007-present)
- Organizer of the Fall 2008 PSU EarthTalks seminar series: 'Quenching the Thirst: Managing the Water Resources of a Changing Planet'
- Invited co-convenor of a joint Hydrogeology/Geophysics session at GSA 2008 entitled 'Hydrogeophysics: Characterization and Monitoring of Subsurface Parameters and Processes' (with F. Day-Lewis, USGS and A. Pidlisecky, U. Calgary)
- Co-convenor of four Fall AGU 2007 Hydrology sessions entitled 'Watershed Characterization and Modeling' (with T. Ferré, Arizona; D. Hyndman, Michigan State and T. Wagener, PSU)
- Co-convenor of one Spring AGU 2006 Union session entitled 'Near-Surface Geophysics: The State of the Art' (with L. Slater, Rutgers)
- Co-convenor of two Spring AGU 2005 Near Surface Geophysics sessions for General Contributions (with R. Knight, Stanford)
- Co-convenor of three Fall AGU 2004 Hydrology sessions entitled 'Hydrogeophysics: Characterization and Monitoring of Subsurface
Parameters and Processes' (with F. Day-Lewis, USGS and M. Kowalsky, LBNL)