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Meet the Faculty

Bianca Pedersen

Bianca Pedersen

Visiting Assistant Professor
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Education

  • M.S., Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, 2002
  • Ph.D., Geology, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois, 2007

Courses

  • Environmental Geology
  • Hydrogeology I and II
  • Geochemistry

Research Interests/Current Projects

My research interest is groundwater geochemistry and hydrogeology, with an emphasis on the integrated use of geochemical data to solve hydrogeological problems. Current research projects include:

• Investigation of the importance of groundwater discharge on the water quality of an eutropic lake with low residence times

• Utilizing stable isotope data as a calibration tool in groundwater modeling

• Investigating the link between stable isotope data groundwater geochemistry and microbial communities in a fresh/salt water interface

Publications

Perry EC, Paytan A, Pedersen B & Velazquez-Oliman G, 2008. Groundwater geochemistry of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: constraints on stratigraphy and hydrogeology. Journal of Hydrology (in Review).

Abstracts

Pedersen B, Lenczewski M & Perry EC, 2008. Sulfur Cycling and Microbiology in Deep, Stratified Cenotes (Karst Lakes), Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. NGWA Groundwater Summit, March 30-April 3, 2008; presented by B. Pedersen. In: Abstract Book of the 2008 Ground Water Summit, p. 139-140.

Cumpston RM, Pedersen B, Lenczewski M & Perry EC, 2008. A Microbial Analysis of Water Through a Turbid Freshwater/saltwater Transition Zone in Cenotes, Yucatan, Mexico. GSA North-Central sections 42nd Annual Meeting Apr. 24-25. Evansville, IN; presented by R. Cumpston. Paper no. 25-10.

Fairbairn DJ, Pedersen B, & Teige, EL, 2008. Using Trace Metal Analysis to determine Pollution Sources Impacting Lake Altoona, West-Central Wisconsin. GSA North-Central sections 42nd Annual Meeting Apr. 24-25. Evansville, IN; presented by D. Fairbairn. Paper no. 18-5.

Perry EC, Velazquez-Oliman G, Pedersen B, Socki R, & Carroll M, 2008. Groundwater and Surface water in Yucatan and Quintana Roo, Mexico: Why does its Isotopic Composition differ from that in Belize? GSA North-Central sections 42nd Annual Meeting Apr. 24-25. Evansville, IN; presented by EC. Perry. Paper no. 23-9.

Perry EC, Paytan A, Stoessell RK, Ward WC, & Pedersen B, 2007. Sr Isotopes in Groundwater as a Strategraphic Tracer, Yucatan, Mexico. GSA annual Meeting Oct. 28-31. Denver; presented by EC. Perry. GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6. Paper no. 172-16.

Pedersen B, Perry EC & Lenczewski M, 2007. Microbial and geochemical investigation of deep sulfide-rich cenotes, Mexico. GSA Joint South-Central and North-Central sections 41st Annual Meeting Apr. 11-13. Lawrence, KS; presented by B. Pedersen. Paper no. 19-3.

Pedersen B, Perry EC & Booth CJ, 2005. Hurricane precipitation isotope signature as a calibration tool and recharge flux marker for modeling a tropical karstic aquifer. GSA annual Meeting Oct. 15-19. Salt Lake City; presented by B. Pedersen. GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 37, No. 7. Paper no. 70-13.

Perry EC, Pedersen B, Morales-Puente P, Cienfuegos-Alvarado E & Booth CJ, 2005. Hurricane Isidore Precipitation as a Groundwater Tracer, Yucatan, Mexico. International Association of Hydrologists meeting, May 2005. Fos do Iguassu, Brazil; presented by EC. Perry.

 

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