Avner Vengosh
- Office Location: 205 Old Chem
- Office Phone: 919-681-8050
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Research Area(s): geochemistry
water quality
My research aims to link environmental geochemistry, advanced isotope geochemistry, and applied hydrology in order to trace the sources and mechanisms of water contamination. Current research includes global changes of the chemical and isotopic compositions of water resources due to human intervention and contamination, salinization of water resources in the Middle East, and natural radioactivity of groundwater.
TEACHING (Fall 2009)
EOS 227.01, INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES,ENVIRON 398.04, PROGRAM AREA SYMPOSIUM,
TEACHING (Spring 2010)
, HYDROGEOLOGY,ENVIRON 398.04, PROGRAM AREA SYMPOSIUM,
Recent Publications (More Publications)
- Vinson, D.S., Campbell, T.R. and Vengosh, A., Radon-222 transfer from groundwater used in showers to indoor air, Applied Geochemistry, vol. 23 no. 9 (2008), ppt. 2676-2685 , [021] [abs]
- Kloppmann, W., Vengosh, A. Guerrot, K., Millot, R., and Parnkaratov, I., Isotope and ion selectivity in reverse osmosis desalination: Geochemical tracers for man-made freshwater, Environ Sci & Technol, vol. 42 no. 13 (2008), ppt. 4723–4731 , [es7028894] [abs]
- Bouchaou, L. , Michelot , J.L., Vengosh, A., Hsissou, Y. , Qurtobi, M. , Gaye, C.B. , Bullen, T.D. and Zuppi, G.M., Application of multiple isotopic and geochemical tracers for investigation of recharge, salinization, and residence time of water in the Souss-Massa aquifer, Southwest of Morocco, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 352 no. 3-4 (2008), ppt. 267-287 , [022] [abs]
- Raanan, H., Vengosh, A., Paytan, A., and Nishri, A., Quantifying saline groundwater flow into a fresh water lake using the Ra isotope quartet: A case study from the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel, Limonology and Oceanograpghy, vol. 54 no. 1 (Accepted, 2008) [abs]
- Vinson, D.S., Vengosh, A., Hirschfeld, D. and Dwyer, G.S., Relationships between radium and radon occurrence and hydrochemistry in fresh groundwater from fractured crystalline rocks, North Carolina (USA), Chemical Geology, (Accepted, 2008) , [022] [abs]
Education:
- PhD, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia,
- BS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel,
- MS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel,
