Invitation to submit an abstract to AGU 2026 session H102 - Mixing, Reaction, and Microbial Processes in Subsurface Porous Media

[Judy Q. Yang]

Dear colleagues and friends,

 

We would like to draw your attention and invite you to contribute to the session entitled "Mixing, Reaction, and Microbial Processes in Subsurface Porous Media" at the AGU Fall Meeting, 7-11 December 2026, San Francisco, CA.

A detailed description of this session is given below. Please note that the abstract submission deadline is August 5, 2026.

Please feel free to forward the email to any colleagues or students who may be interested.

 

Best regards,

Lazaro J. Perez, Judy Yang, Bo Guo, Noah Yao, and Nick Engdahl.

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Session link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/prelim.cgi/Session/279591

 

Session Description:

The multiscale interactions between physical and chemical heterogeneity and microbial processes in subsurface porous media play a critical role in solute mixing and reaction processes, with significant implications for environmental applications. Accurately characterizing these complex processes necessitates the development of novel experimental, numerical, and theoretical approaches. 

This session aims to discuss the coupled dynamics of mixing, reaction, and microbial processes within subsurface environments, where the interplay of physical, chemical, and biological factors gives rise to non-linear behaviors that govern solute transport, microbial activity, and reactive processes across scales. We broadly invite contributions that present new modeling, laboratory, and field-scale studies that advance the study of mixing, reaction, and microbial processes. Examples include quantifying mixing and reaction dynamics, such as reaction hotspots and hot moments or anomalous chemical transport, as well as estimating and characterizing biofilm hydrodynamics, clogging, biomineralization, bacterial behavior, and coupling across processes/scales.

 

Conveners:

Lazaro J. Perez, Oregon State University

Judy Yang, University of Minnesota

Bo Guo, University of Arizona

Noah Yao, Texas A&M University

Nick Engdahl, Washington State University

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Judy Q. Yang 

Associate Professor | McKnight Presidential Fellow 

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering

Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory | University of Minnesota

https://yang.cege.umn.edu/