"Every Groundwater Tells a Story...Dr. F. Edwin Harvey, University of Nebraska"

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Chemistry Lab

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Precipitation

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Areas of Expertise & Interests:

	Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems & Ecohydrology
	Groundwater-Surface Water Interactions
	Regional Hydrogeology & Hydrochemistry
	Isotope Applications in Hydrology

I am a Professor of hydrogeology, and Associate Director of the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I also hold a Courtesy Appointment with the Department of Geosciences, and I am an Adjunct Faculty Member with the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences Department at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada). Here at my website, you will find information on my training, research, teaching, service, and personal hobbies. I trust that you will enjoy your visit.

Research / Teaching Philosophy

Throughout my academic career, and in all my research projects, it has been my philosophy that hydrogeologic studies are incomplete unless they have both a physical and chemical component. In hydrogeology, the physics of the flow system tells you the potential for groundwater to move from one place to another. Chemistry tells you that it went, and lets you see what it did along the way. This area of research is known as hydrogeochemistry. My late M.S. advisor and friend, Dr. Steven J. Fritz often used the phrase - "Every groundwater tells a story" - and it is my job as a hydrogeochemist to listen to those stories and to use them to help me unravel the evolution history of a parcel of groundwater. Thus, my research focuses on using both physical and chemical tools to explore, understand and explain hydrogeologic systems, and I teach my students to do the same.

I am always looking for dedicated students who are independent thinkers, enjoy field work, are not afraid to be challenged, and share my love for science and likewise my desire to learn about the physical world through the study of hydrogeology. If you are such a student, and after browsing this page you are interested in working with our research group, please contact me about graduate work, and the possibilities in hydrogeology and hydrologic sciences here at the University of Nebraska.

Study Water At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL)

Students at UNL can study water resources and/or the hydrologic sciences within several campus programs depending on their training and interests. I advise students in each of the following programs:

Program Name	Department	Offering
Hydrologic Sciences	School of Natural Resources	Graduate
Water	Geosciences	Graduate
Environmental Engineering	Civil Engineering	Graduate
Water Science (Water Resources)	School of Natural Resources	Undergraduate