James R. Hunt

huntLeader, Core B: Research Translation
Leader, Core E: Training

E-mail: hunt@ce.berkeley.edu
Tel: (510) 642-0948
Fax: (510) 642-7483

Mailing address:
University of California at Berkeley
Civil and Environmental Engineering
779 Davis Hall #1710
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1710

Web page: http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~hunt/


tra_break

Research Interests

Professor Hunt’s research emphasizes quantification of contaminant transport processes in natural and altered environments including groundwater, surface and subsurface soils, and estuarine sediments. These efforts are conducted by a combination of field data analysis, development of mechanistic models, and verification of those models at the laboratory scale. Contaminants of interest include trace metals, persistent organics, radionuclides, pathogenic organisms, and poorly characterized wastes from new industries. The research program seeks to understanding the dominant processes that control contaminant mobility in natural and altered environments.

Recent Publications

  • Mays DC, Hunt JR (2005) Hydrodynamic aspects of particle clogging in porous media. Environmental Science and Technology 39(2):577-584. [abstract] [PDF]
  • Kneafsey TJ, Hunt JR (2004) Non-aqueous phase liquid spreading during soil vapor extraction. J Contam Hydrol 68(3-4):143-64. [abstract] [PDF]
  • Love AH, Hunt JR, Vogel JS, Knezovich JP (2004) Improving tritium exposure reconstructions using accelerator mass spectrometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 379(2):198-203. [abstract] [PDF]
  • Love AH, Esser BK, Hunt JR (2003) Reconstructing contaminant deposition in a San Francisco Bay Marina, California. Journal of Environmental Engineering 129(7):659-666. [abstract] [PDF]
  • Love AH, Hunt JR, Knezovich JP (2003) Reconstructing tritium exposure using tree rings at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California. Environmental Science and Technology 37(19): 4330-4335. [abstract] [PDF]