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Hue-Hwa Hwang (Ellen), 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.uiuc.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

 

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