Daniel Kurtzman Ph.D.
Research Scientist
- Institute of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences
- Environmental Physics and Irrigation
- room 207,Soil&Water building
- +972-506220118
- +972-39683798
Education
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1990-1993
B.Sc. in Atmospheric Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with divisions in Physics and Chemistry), Cum Laude
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1994-1997
M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cum Laude Title of thesis: A geostatistical analysis of the error in groundwater-head estimation for pumping recommendations from aquifer cells: application to the Yarkon-Taninim Basin. Supervision by: Dr. Yehuda Bachmat
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2000-2005
Ph.D. in Soil and Water Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Title of thesis: The use of fracture surveys, hydraulic tests and groundwater head data for improving predictions of flow and transport in fractured chalk. Supervision by: Prof. Ronit Nativ and Prof. Eilon Adar
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2005-2007
Postdoctoral position at the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin with Dr. Bridget Scanlon, Jerry Lucia and Dr. Jim Jennings. Research subjects: Impact of global climate-indices on precipitation; Vadose zone Hydrology; Carbonate-reservoirs field-characterization and modeling.
Research Interests
In the Subsurface Hydrology Lab we investigate water flow and solute transport from soils surface down the root zone, the deep unsaturated zone, the water-table area and deep in the aquifer on their way to the perforated interval of a production well.
The research is done at variable spatial scales: from column and pot experiments to field tests and surveys (10-100 m) to regional and aquifer scale analysis (10-100-1000 square kilometers). Usually, the research includes experiment or survey observations that are incorporated in computerized models to enlarge the spectrum of estimations and predictions in time and space.
Some research topics:
Agricultural and environmental impacts of irrigation with water of different characteristics (saline, effluents, desalinated).
Groundwater contamination under agricultural land (nitrate and some micro-contaminants)
Managed Aquifer Recharge with water from different sources (effluents, floods, desalinated etc.) introduced to the subsurface through infiltration ponds, wells drywells.
National soil sensor network, instelation and smart spatial interpolation (near future topic)
Water Resorces of Israel