Holly Michael

Holly Michael is an American hydrogeologist and Associate Professor of geology at the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment.[1]

Holly Michael
Alma materPh.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. University of Notre Dame in Civil Engineering
AwardsFaculty Early Career Development Award, National Science Foundation.

Geological Society of America James B. Thompson, Jr. International's Distinguished Lectureship, 2018.

Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair in the Environment, University of Delaware.

Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Power Junior Faculty Award, 2010.
Websitehttps://www.ceoe.udel.edu/our-people/profiles/hmichael

Early life and education

Holly earned her BS in Civil Engineering at the University of Notre Dame in 1998[2] and her Ph.D. in Hydrology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005.[3] Michael performed her graduate research at MIT on seasonal groundwater exchange in coastal zones in Massachusetts with her Ph.D. advisor Charles F. Harvey.[4]

Career and research

Holly Michael is an Associate Professor of geology at the University of Delaware.[5] Her research focuses on coastal hydrogeology, groundwater-surface water interactions, and water resource management, and is often aimed at better understanding how groundwater flows and solute levels affect ecosystem and human health.

Prior to serving as an associate professor at the University of Delaware in 2008, Michael performed research at Stanford University and with the US Geologic Survey.[6][7]

Michael's academic work has had a significant impact on the discipline of hydrogeology. Her research on groundwater contamination by arsenic in the Bengal Basin has implications for the 70 million people who rely on the Bengal Basin for drinking water.[8] Additionally, her work investigating the impacts of climate change on coastal aquifers in Bangladesh is relevant to the 40 million people who rely on those coastal ecosystems to live and work.[9] Michael has also performed research on strategies to effectively manage and store monsoonal flow in the Ganges Basin,[10] which has implications for flood management and water security. Her work has been published by a number of notable publications including Nature and Science.[11][4] She currently leads the hydrogeology group in the department of Geologic Sciences at the University of Delaware.[12][13]

In 2012, Holly Michael received the highly prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award.[14] This grant funded her research on groundwater-seawater interactions, focusing on the issues of groundwater salinization, sediment ripples, and tides.[15]

Awards and honors
  • Geological Society of America James B. Thompson, Jr. International's Distinguished Lectureship, 2018[16]
  • Unidel Fraser Russell Career Development Chair in the Environment, University of Delaware[17]
  • NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award, 2012.[15]
  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, 2010[18]

Publications

Michael's work has been published in scientific journals such as Nature and Science.[11][4] Michael has 50 publications as of 2019.

References
  1. "Holly Michael". www.ceoe.udel.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  2. "Holly Michael, ND '98: WATER RESOURCES — Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences". ceees.nd.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. "Michael, Holly | Christina Critical Zone Observatory". criticalzone.org. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  4. Harvey, Charles F.; Mulligan, Ann E.; Michael, Holly A. (2005). "Seasonal oscillations in water exchange between aquifers and the coastal ocean". Nature. 436 (7054): 1145–1148. Bibcode:2005Natur.436.1145M. doi:10.1038/nature03935. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 16121178. S2CID 4415302.
  5. "Holly Michael". www.ceoe.udel.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  6. "Michael, Holly | Christina Critical Zone Observatory". criticalzone.org. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  7. "Holly Michael, ND '98: WATER RESOURCES — Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences". ceees.nd.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  8. Ahmed, K. M.; Breit, G. N.; C. I. Voss; Michael, H. A.; Hoque, M. A.; Burgess, W. G. (2010). "Vulnerability of deep groundwater in the Bengal Aquifer System to contamination by arsenic". Nature Geoscience. 3 (2): 83–87. Bibcode:2010NatGe...3...83B. doi:10.1038/ngeo750. ISSN 1752-0908.
  9. World Bank (2010-02-01). "Implications of Climate Change for Fresh Groundwater Resources in Coastal Aquifers in Bangladesh". hdl:10986/27489. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. Khan, Mahfuzur R.; Voss, Clifford I.; Yu, Winston; Michael, Holly A. (2014-03-01). "Water Resources Management in the Ganges Basin: A Comparison of Three Strategies for Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water". Water Resources Management. 28 (5): 1235–1250. doi:10.1007/s11269-014-0537-y. hdl:10986/24093. ISSN 1573-1650. S2CID 53360249.
  11. Geen, Alexander van; Michael, Holly A.; Fendorf, Scott (2010-05-28). "Spatial and Temporal Variations of Groundwater Arsenic in South and Southeast Asia". Science. 328 (5982): 1123–1127. Bibcode:2010Sci...328.1123F. doi:10.1126/science.1172974. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 20508123. S2CID 206519456.
  12. "Faculty Profile". Civil and Environmental Engineering. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  13. "Holly Michael - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  14. "NSF Career Award". UDaily. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  15. "NSF Career Award". UDaily. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  16. "GSA James B. Thompson, Jr. Distinguished International Lectureship". www.geosociety.org. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  17. "Environmental chairs". UDaily. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  18. "UD prof wins Powe Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities". www1.udel.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
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