Our Team

Dr. Ken Williams is an Earth System Scientist focused on problems of National Significance.

Hydrological and biogeochemical response to disturbances in hyporheic zones

Computational Hydrology and Biogeochemistry, AI/ML, Data Management

Reactive transport modeling, Organo-mineral interactions, Hybrid ML & process-based modeling across scales

Hydrology of mountain systems, computational approaches

Hydrology; Geospatial analysis

Modeling of ecosystem biogeochemistry and ecohydrology.

Ecohydrology, Catchment hydrology, Soil-plant-interactions, Stable isotope hydrology

Environmental microbiology, isotope biogeochemistry, ecosystem modeling, biogeochemical interactions

Advanced remote sensing and ML for ecosystem characterization, vegetation and carbon dynamics

Soil carbon stabilization/mineralization mechanisms with emphasis on mineral surfaces and redox active metals

hydrology, integrated hydrologic modeling, mountain water budgets, groundwater

Multiscale-multiphysics simulations of reactive transport

Microbiome modeling, microbial ecology across scales, multi-modal high-throughput microbiome measurements

Experimental Biogeochemistry; Colloids and Nanoparticles; X-ray Spectroscopy and Imaging

Geophysical imaging and characterization of natural and engineered systems

Simulation and Modelling, Hydrology, Geochemistry, Software Engineering

Microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycling

Specializing in hydrology and geochemistry in sensitive alpine regions.

Understanding how subsurface and landscape structure modulates water/carbon fluxes

Statistical modeling and analysis of hydrological and meteorological data

Environmental geochemisty with expertise in fate of contaminants

Molecular, bio(geo)chemical, and ecological aspects of microbial nutrient cycling

Computational Hydrology; Explainable AI

Using geophysics & sensing technologies to evaluate subsurface hydrogeology and its impact on surface ecology

Snow and Water Dynamics in Mountain Systems

Data mgmt workflows & operations, earth science data integration, UX research, full software stack design/dev.

data management, groundwater-surface water interactions, field-data integration, community engagement

Weather extremes

Geospatial analysis for understanding mountainous soil moisture and streamflow patterns

Quantification of forest responses to warming and drought

genomics, geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, carbon cycling, minerology

Isotope geochemistry (e.g. environmental sci., basic science, hydrology, plants, petrology/soils)

Geochemistry &biogeochemistry, plant related rock weathering

Model-data integration for watershed hydrology

biogeochemistry, soil, metal redox cycling, manganese, soil organic carbon

Climatic controls on rock weathering and subsurface carbon partitioning

Supports data infrastructure and management, oversees publication of project data

Geochemical and biochemical cycles in the soil, biosphere, and atmosphere systems

Environmental sensing and soil-plant water dynamics

Chemistry at the mineral-water interface, experimentalist

Microbial Ecology

Data management, ERT, monitoring, cyberinfrastructure

Influences of floodplain modifications by humans and animals on surface and groundwater quality.

Hydrogeophysical monitoring of subsurface processes

Molecular microbiology, Data Analytic, Safety

Environmental sensor development and real-time wireless connectivity for field instruments

microbial ecology, metagenomics, geochemistry

Plant ecophysiology, stable isotope hydrology

Field sampling and instrumentation, aquatic entomology

Multi-scale bioeochemical processes, reactions, analyses & characterization.

Machine learning and Geoscientific Modeling

Studying soilÐplantÐatmosphere interactions, hydrology, disturbance, and nutrient cycling

Subsurface biogeochemistry and its ecosystem impact