Biography

Dr. DeBonne Wishart is hydrogeophysicist and hydrogeologist whose research interests are near surface geophysical exploration, fracture characterization, azimuthal self potential, azimuthal resistivity, induced polarization, ground penetrating radar, pneumatic fracturing. Her expertise incorporates environmental hydrogeophysics, electric geophysical fracture anisotropy characterization, groundwater and contaminant transport modeling, GIS, and environmental chemical analysis. She has thirteen years of university academic teaching experience in Geology and has previously worked as a Project Hydrogeologist with a major environmental consulting corporation various groundwater projects that include groundwater modeling and remediation design for the FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Her research work has been presented extensively at international and US professional meetings and published in ‘Geophysics Research Letters’ and ‘Journal of Hydrology’.

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Teaching Philosophy:

• To provide the opportunity to relate real world physical examples with the concepts and processes emphasized in the lectures and labs.
• To foster a strong commitment to teaching excellence and academic advising in the Earth and Environmental Sciences.
• To engage students in my research as part of the teaching experience as there is a big interest in merging teaching with research at both undergraduate and graduate levels

Research Statement:

Future research goals: To continue fostering interdisciplinary research collaboration, extend hydrogeophysical characterization of contaminant migration from the terrestrial (aquifers) to transitional environments (estuaries and wetlands), and integrate chemical and geophysical data in groundwater/contaminant transport models for improved calibration and validation closely approximating field conditions