Member Since 1990
Dani Or
Retired, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
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)
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
Global Mapping of Potential and Climatic Plant‐Available Soil Water
The estimation of plant‐available soil water (PASW) is essential to quantify transpiration fluxes, the onset of heatwaves, irrigation water m...
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
Vegetation‐Promoted Soil Structure Inhibits Hydrologic Lands...
September 20, 2022
AGU Abstracts
Upscaling Transport of Motile Bacteria from Channels to Idealized Pore Spaces
MICROBIAL MEDIATED PROCESSES IN POROUS MEDIA I POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Rishi Parashar, Lazaro J. Perez, Juan J. Hidalgo, ...
Characteristics of motile bacteria migration and spreading in porous media are essential for the performance of bioremediation, microbial drug deliver...
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Surprising Links between the Microgeography and Demography of “Immortal” Soil Bacteria
MICROBIAL MEDIATED PROCESSES IN POROUS MEDIA II ORAL
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Dani Or, Samuel Bickel, Benedict Borer
The highly dynamic and fragmented aqueous habitats in soil pores impose constraints on bacterial cell dispersion with a persistent state of spatial is...
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Soil Moisture Thresholds of Transpiration are Explained by Soil Hydraulic Conductivity
ECOSYSTEM HYDRAULICS: BRIDGING PLANT AND SOIL WATER STATUS ACROSS SCALES I ORAL
biogeosciences | 14 december 2023
Andrea Carminati, Fabian Wankmüller, Louis Delval,...
Terrestrial ecosystem fluxes transition from energy into water limitation at critical soil moisture thresholds (θcrit), or soil matric potentials (ψcr...
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Volunteer Experience
2011 - 2023
Member
Biogeosciences-Hydrology Soil Systems and Critical Zone Processes Technical Comm
2021 - 2022
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series Committee
2021 - 2022
Member
College of Fellows Distinguished Lecture Series Committee
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