Welcoming a new member to the SBLab
We celebrate that Finley Taylor will transition from undergraduate researcher to graduate student (PhD) in our lab!
SBLab at the Gordon Research Conference
Laura presented her work titled "Assessing the Emergence of Mixing-Controlled Hotspots Using Synchrotron-Based Micro-Computed Tomography" at the Gordon Research Conference in Flow and Transport in Permeable Media in Switzerland.
Professor Christof Meile visits the SBLab
Professor Meile from the University of Georgia visited our lab. His visit provided a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss shared research interests in biogeochemical reactive transport.
SBLab welcomes summer student Camry Gach
We are excited to welcome Camry Gach to the SBLab this summer! Camry is a fourth-year Environmental Engineering student at Dartmouth College joining us through an NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Oregon State University. Welcome to the SBLab and to Oregon, Camry!
SBLab welcomes Eve Goldberg and celebrates Margaret Robinett’s transition to graduate school
We are excited to welcome Eve Goldberg (PhD) as a new member of the SBLab! We are also delighted that Margaret Robinett will continue with the SBLab as she transitions from undergraduate researcher to graduate student (MSc)!
Dr. Lazaro J. Perez receives the US Army Early Career Award in Biosgeosciences
Dr. Lazaro J. Perez, and SBLab director, has been awarded the U.S. Army Early Career Award in the Biogeosciences Program for his project on the role of bacterial chemotaxis influencing fluid mixing and subsurface biogeochemical processes. The research will investigate how bacterial chemotaxis deform fluid interfaces and enhances mixing in porous media, providing new insights into transport and reaction dynamics in environmental systems.
SBLab at AGU Conference
Laura presented her work titled "3D pore-scale quantification of heterogeneity and saturation impact on anomalous transport" at AGU 2025 in New Orleans, LA. This work is part of an ongoing collaboration with researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and OSU. Great job, Laura!
Moore postdoctoral fellowship awarded to the SBLab
Our lab has been awarded a Moore Postdoctoral Fellowship! The award will support the hiring of a postdoc to join us. Stay tuned for job announcement!
Los Alamos Research Scientist Javier Santos Visits SBLab
Javier Santos, a research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, visited the SBLab to kick off a new collaboration on multiphase flow and reactive transport simulations.
Lazaro serves as Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrology
Lazaro starts to serve as Associate Editor of Journal of Hydrology (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-hydrology)
Janeth has been selected to receive the DeVaan Fellowship for Clean Water Technology this year
Congratulations! Absolutely well earned!
See more here:
https://engineering.oregonstate.edu/research/water/current-and-past-devaan-fellows
Welcoming new members to the SBLab
Welcome to the SBLab, Janeth Gonzalez (PhD) and Nira Patel (BSc)!
SBLab visits GSECARS
We visited the GSECARS user facility at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory to run flow and transport experiments in 3D porous media.
Welcoming new members to the SBLab
Welcome to the SBLab, Laura Jimenez (PhD) and Finley Taylor (BSc)!
Lazaro elected for Chair position at AGU Technical Commitee
Lazaro has been elected to be the Chair of the Unsaturated Zone Technical Committee at AGU https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/tc-committees/unsat/leadership to serve until 2027!
Lazaro hosts AGU24 session
Lazaro attended AGU 2024 in Washington DC and hosted the AGU session "Mixing, Reaction, and Microbial Processes in Subsurface Porous Media" https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/meetingapp.cgi/Session/238459
Professor Bo Guo visits the SBLab
Gave a seminar “Fate and transport of PFAS in the vadose zone across scales: controlling processes, mathematical formulation, and practical modeling approaches” in the School of Biological and Ecological Engineering seminar series
Welcoming the first members of the SBLab
Welcome to the SBLab, Eryn Hume and Charles Shaffer!
Lazaro speaks at Gordon Research Conference
Lazaro attended the Gordon Research Conference in Flow and Transport in Permeable Media to talk about "Assessment of Mixing Controlled Reactions and Microbially-Mediated Processes for Soil Health and Nutrient Retention"