Hue-Hwa (Ellen) Hwang, Ph.D.
Director, Sediment Processing Lab
Sediment Processing
Quaternary Geology Section
Geologic Mapping and Hydrogeology Center
Phone: 217-244-9876 •
Fax: 217-333-2830
E-mail: hwang@isgs.illinois.edu
Current Research Projects
- Effect of Urban Growth and Land Usage on Groundwater Quality in McHenry County Based on Chemical and Isotopic Assessment
- Application of nitrogen and oxygen isotopes for determining dominant sources of nitrate in karst aquifers of southwestern Illinois
- Application of Nitrate and Oxygen Isotopes to Identify Sources of Nitrate
- Chronic Sodium-Chloride Contamination in Groundwater and Surface Water in Urban and Industrial Areas: Investigation of Geochemical Techniques to Determine the Sources of These Contaminants
Research Interests
- Application of environmental isotopes (H/D, O, C, N, and Tritium) to environmental and geochemical problems
- Origin of saline groundwater in southern Illinois
- Effect of fluid mixing and water-rock interactions on groundwater geochemistry and diagenesis of aquifer-rocks
- Source identification of nitrates in groundwater and surface water using nitrogen and oxygen isotopes
Professional Affiliations
- Geological Society of America
- American Geophysical Union
Updated 8/25/2009 SLD