Member Since 1990
Dani Or
Member, Biogeosciences-Hydrology Soil Systems and Critical Zone Processes Technical Comm
Prof. Or’s research focuses on mass and energy transport in porous media; abrupt landslides and avalanches; evaporation and gas exchange from porous surfaces, and linking physical processes and biological activity in soil. Dr. Or was Editor of the Vadose Zone Journal, recipient of 2001 Kirkham Award; 2004 Fellow of Soil Sci Soc. Am., chair 2008 GRC Flow & Transport; 2010 Fellow of AGU; 2014 Fellow of GSA: EGU Dalton Medal 2017; Langbein lecture AGU 2018; National Academy of Engineering 2022.
Professional Experience
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Retired
2023 - Present
Desert Research Institute Reno
Research Professor
2020 - 2025
ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Professor (em)
2020 - 2023
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Education
Utah State University
Doctorate
1990
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Water Resources Research
Received December 2019
Walter Langbein Lecture
Received December 2018
Union Fellow
Received January 2010
Publications
Quantifying Salt Crystallization Impact on Evaporation Dynamics From Porous Surfaces
We investigated the effects of salt crystallization on the dynamics of saline water evaporation in porous media. Water mass loss rates from sand co...
November 14, 2024
Global Mapping of Potential and Climatic Plant‐Available Soi...
November 06, 2023
Streamflow Composition and Water “Imbalance” in the Northern...
October 09, 2023
Upper Bounds of Maximum Land Surface Temperatures in a Warmi...
September 08, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Seasonal Variation of Evaporation Suppression Efficiency in Water Reservoirs Covered with Floating Elements
WATER AND SOCIETY: FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS (FIRO) I POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Emad Mashayekh, Milad Aminzadeh, Dani Or, Hamid R....
Since the dawn of civilization water reservoirs have been used to support irrigation and livestock in many arid regions of the world [1]. Evaporative ...
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Fire-induced Changes in Soil Structure and Hydraulic Conductivity – A Conceptual Model
WILDFIRE IMPACTS ON WATERSHED HYDROLOGY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, AND BIODIVERSITY I ORAL
global environmental change | 12 december 2024
Markus Berli, Rose Shillito, Dani Or, Jeremy Giova...
Fire-induced changes in soil structure and hydraulic conductivity reduce infiltration and increase the likelihood for post-fire flooding and debris fl...
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Permeability reduction of preferential flow pathways in geothermal fields using thermally activated foaming epoxy droplets
COUPLED FLOW PROCESSES IN FRACTURED MEDIA ACROSS SCALES: RECENT ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING EFFORTS POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Yutong Cui, Rishi Parashar, Ying Yang, Manish Bish...
Geothermal energy plays an important role in the transition towards renewable and carbon-neutral energy resources. Enhanced geothermal systems require...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Biogeosciences-Hydrology Soil Systems and Critical Zone Processes Technical Comm
2011 - 2023
Member
Biogeosciences-Hydrology Soil Systems and Critical Zone Processes Technical Comm
2021 - 2022
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series Committee
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