SCOTT W. TYLER
Professor
Department of Geological
Sciences and Engineering
MS 175
University of
Nevada,
Reno
(775) 784-6250
(775)
784-1953 fax
email:
tylers@unr.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Hydrology/Hydrogeology, 1990, University of Nevada, Reno,
Dissertation Title: Fractal Applications to Soil Hydraulic Properties.
M.S. Hydrology, 1983, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Thesis Title: Field Results of Borehole Infiltration Tests.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1978, University of Connecticut
My areas of focus span the wide range of arid region hydrology, with particular interest in bridging the gap between hydrogeology and soil physics in the newly emerging area of vadose zone hydrology. I have an appointment with the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering and participate in UNR’s interdisciplinary Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences (www.hydro.unr.edu). I am currently involved with studies of moisture flux and groundwater recharge in arid environments. Other work includes the development of soil-atmosphere models of energy and water flux, the study of ground-water/brine interactions in terrestrial environments, the reconstruction of paleoclimates from soil water chemistry, and reactive transport of contaminants in fractured, dual porosity unsaturated media and mine waste materials.
As a member of UNR’s Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences I have the opportunity to guide and work with over 70 faculty at UNR, the Desert Research Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey in our nationally recognized Masters and doctoral degree programs in both hydrogeology and hydrology.
Since 2004, I have been serving as Editor of the American Geophysical Union's Water Resources Research , the internationally recognized leading journal for hydrologic sciences and engineering. For more information on our editorial direction, policies and the future of the journal, you can read our recent editorial, Parlange et al., 2005
In addition, I have focused some of my energy towards educating U.S. students on the problems and issues faced by citizens of developing countries with respect to safe drinking water. I lead volunteer graduate and undergraduate trips to Chile, Haiti and soon, to west Africa to train local villagers in well drilling and well repair. At the same time, students from UNR in our Student Association for International Water Issues (http://www.unr.nevada.edu/~saiwi/)and other universities sponsored through our National Science Foundation funded REU site (www.nd.edu/~reuwater/ ) have the opportunity to learn first hand the difficulties faced by more than one billion people who do not have access to safe drinking water.
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Phoenix, V.R., P.C. Bennett, A.S. Engel, S.W. Tyler and F.G. Ferris. 2006. Chilean high-altitude hot spring sinters: A model system for UV screening mechanism by early Precambrian cyanobacteria. Geobiology. Vol. 4(1):15-28.
Decker, D.L,, C. Papelis, S.W. Tyler, M. Logsdon and J. Simunek. 2006. Arsenate and Arsenite Sorption on Carbonate Hosted Precious Metals Ore. Vadose Zone J. 5:419-429. PDF Version
Decker, D.L, J. Simunek, S. W. Tyler, C. Papelis, and M. J. Logsdon. 2006. Variably Saturated Reactive Transport of Arsenic in Heap-Leach Facilities. Vadose Zone J. 5:430-444. PDF version
Kampf, S.K. and S. W. Tyler, 2006 Spatial characterization of evaporation and land surface energy budgets at the Salar de Atacama using ASTER image classification. Advances in Water Resources. Vol. 29(2):336-354. PDF version --
Albright, W.H., C. H. Benson, G. W. Gee, T. Abichou, S. W. Tyler, and S. A. Rock. 2006.
Field Performance of Three Compacted Clay Landfill Covers .Vadose Zone J. 2006 5: 1157-1171. PDF version
Albright, W.H., C. H. Benson, G. W. Gee, T. Abichou, E. V. McDonald, S. W. Tyler, and S. A. Rock. 2006. Field Performance of a Compacted Clay Landfill Final Cover at a Humid Site, J. Geotech. and Geoenvir. Engineering. 132:1393-1399. PDF version