Applied Geology

Dr. Jannes Kordilla (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit)


Research interests


  • Unsaturated flow and transport in heterogenous porous-fractured media
  • Process-based catchment-scale modeling of aquifer dynamics and hydrological coupling
  • Development of multiscale smoothed particle hydrodynamics codes
  • High-performance-computing



Awards, Recognitions and Scholarships

ASF Fellowship, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Computational Math Group, Richland, Washington, USA. Supervisor: Dr. A.M. Tartakovsky. April 2013 – June 2013.

Student 3rd Prize for best student paper and talk (2012). 7th SPHERIC 2012, Monash University, Prato, Italy.

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship (2012): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Computational Math Group, Richland, Washington, USA. Supervisor: Dr. A.M. Tartakovsky. February – May 2012.

ASF Fellowship (2012): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Computational Math Group, Richland, Washington, USA. Supervisor: Dr. A.M. Tartakovsky. February – May 2012.

Student 3rd Prize for best student paper and talk (2011): 6th SPHERIC 2011, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harbug, Hamburg, Germany.

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship (2010,2011): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Computational Math Group, Richland, Washington, USA. Supervisor: Dr. A.M. Tartakovsky. September 2010 – January 2011.

ASF Fellowship (2010,2011): Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Computational Math Group, Richland, Washington, USA. Supervisor: Dr. A.M. Tartakovsky. September 2010 – May 2011.


Projects



Current students and PostDocs

Elena Shigorina (Postdoc): Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics modeling of flow in unsaturated fractured media. Universität Göttingen.

Florian Rüdiger (Ph.D. student): Preferential flow path formation in unsaturated fractured-porous media. Universität Göttingen.

Lysander Bresinsky (Ph.D. student): Development of a high-performance double-continuum groundwater model of the mediterranean Western Aquifer Basin, Universität Göttingen.

Torsten Noffz (Ph.D. student): Development of catchment-scale distributive modeling applications for surface-subsurface coupling and recharge dynamics in fractured karst systems (iKarst). Universität Göttingen.

Temke Hector (2020-): Classification of karst springs in semi-arid environments via vadose and phreatic multicontinuum flow modeling. Universität Göttingen.

Kim Karoline Bartsch (2020-): Laboratory and field investigations of infiltration dynamics in fractured-porous media. Universität Göttingen.

Former students

Thibault Würsch (M.Sc., 2019): Distributive numerical simulation of surface flows and transmission losses in a semi-arid catchment, Western Aquifer Basin, Israel. Universität Göttingen, Hydrological Survey Israel.

Emanuel Thoenes (M.Sc., 2019): Hydraulic characterisation of a sub-catchment via inverse modeling using a fully-coupled surface-subsurface flow model, Western Aquifer Basin, Israel. Universität Göttingen, Hydrological Survey Israel.

Fatima Halari (M.Sc., 2019): Geophysical characterization and distributive simulation of recharge dynamics in a basaltic fractured aquifer, Maharashtra district, Sangamner region, India. Universität Göttingen, Watershed Organisation Trust.

Xue Xu (M.Sc., 2019): Sub-catchment spring analysis : Field investigations and simulation of saturated and unsaturated recharge and flow dynamics. University of Goettingen.

Anne-Marie Sustrate (2018): Laborexperimente zur ungesättigten Strömung in porös-geklüfteten Gesteinen: Einfluss von gravitativen Oberflächenströmungen auf die Matrixinfiltration. Universität Göttingen.

Michael O’Byrne (M.Sc., 2018): Direct push permeameter design: A guide though the optimization of range, cost effectiveness and accuracy. Universität Göttingen.

Lena-Marie Kuhlemann (M.Sc., 2018): Hydrochemical investigations and water/rock-interactions of groundwaters of the Upper Mega Aquifer, Arabian Peninsula. Universität Göttingen, UFZ Leipzig.

Marcus Veltri (M.Sc., 2018): Saturated flow and transport modeling of a diffuse karst system, Grone-spring, Göttingen, Germany. Universität Göttingen, Stadtwerke Göttingen.

Alexa Terrell (M.Sc., 2018): Simulation of unsaturated flow and transport dynamics of the karstified Weende-spring system, Göttingen, Germany. Universität Göttingen, Stadtwerke Göttingen.

Lysander Bresinsky (M.Sc., 2017): SPH modeling of flow dynamics at fractures intersections. Universität Göttingen.

Valentin Haselbeck (M.Sc., 2017): A neural network model for the classification of groundwater wells based on hydrochemical parameters: Identification of geogenic and anthropogenic sources. Universität Göttingen, K&S Kassel.

Ather Abbas (M.Sc., 2017): Estimation of hydraulic aquifer parameters and river-aquifer interaction via flood-wave response models. Universität Göttingen.

Juzer Nalwala (M.Sc., 2017): Hydrogeologic Study of the Sangamner region (India): Towards the development of a measurement network. Universität Göttingen, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), India.

Shahid Manzoor (M.Sc., 2017): Estimation of hydraulic parameters of porous fractured media from multiscale field measurements and numerical simulations: Network topology vs. classical fracture parameters. Universität Göttingen.

Bilal Tariq (M.Sc. thesis, 2017): Flow simulations in unsaturated fractured media: Influence of network topology on travel time distribution and dispersivity. Universität Göttingen.

Syed Imran Haider (M.Sc., 2017): Numerical modeling of complex flow modes on unsaturated fractures surfaces and their influence on matrix-fracture interactions. Universität Göttingen.

Torsten Noffz (M.Sc., 2017): Laboratory experiments of flow dynamics in unsaturated fractures: Influence of critical properties of network intersection geometry on flow modes and travel-time distributions.

Mara Meyer (B.Sc., 2017): Laboratory study of unsaturated gravity-driven flow dynamics through a simple synthetic fracture intersection: Influence of flow mode on partitioning dynamics.

Erika Myers (project, 2017): Evolution of saturated and unsaturated flow and transport dynamics via level-dependent hydrochemical parameter analysis, Weende-spring, Göttingen, Germany.

Christopher Koch (B.Sc., 2016): Laboratory experiments of gravity-driven unsaturated flow in fractured media: Dependence of travel-time distribution on fracture intersection geometry.

Faisal Hayat (M.Sc., co-supervision, 2015): Physics of Water Flow in Soil and Roots.

Nele Richter-Harder (M.Sc., co-supervision, 2015): Effect of mucilage on the rhizosphere hydraulic characteristics.

Apoorv Jyoti (M.Sc., co-supervision, 2015): Numerical simulations of fluid-fluid interface sensitive tracers in two-phase porous media systems.

Aaron Peche (M.Sc. project, 2014): Verification of the SPH-Model described in Kordilla et al. (2014) by quantification of fluctuations using a Fourier-transform approach.