Shlomo P. Neuman

Emeriti Faculty Members have retired from research and/or teaching and no longer recruit students.

Internationally recognized expert in subsurface flow dynamics in saturated and unsaturated soils, in-situ determination of saturated and unsaturated soil hydraulic and pneumatic properties, hydrology of fractured rocks, finite element analysis of flow and transport in saturated and unsaturated soils, parameter estimation, geostatistics, stochastic flow and transport theories, uncertainty assessment, and environmental and geophysical scaling. ISI Most Highly Cited Author, 2001-current, in the categories of "Environmental Science" and "Engineering."

Condensed Academic Curriculum Vitae of Shlomo P. Neuman (October 2015)

Education B.Sc. Geology (63) Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel; M.S. (66), Ph.D. (68) Engineering Science, UC Berkeley. 

Positions 

• Visiting Associate Professor (74-75), Acting Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Engineer (68-70), UC Berkeley
• Senior Scientist and Associate Research Professor (70-74), Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel
• Professor (75-88), Regents' Professor (88-05), Regents’ Professor Emeritus (05-), University of Arizona, Tucson

Awards and Honors 

• 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, Groundwater Resources Association of California
• Corresponding Member, Bologna (Italy) Academy of Sciences (11-)
• Galileo Circle Fellow, UA College of Science (09-)
• UA College of Engineering and Mines Teaching Awards (07, 06)
• Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Water Resources Research (04)
• Robert E. Horton Medal, American Geophysical Union (03)
• ISI Highly Cited Lists, Engineering, Environmental Science (01-)
• Honorary Professor, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, China (98-)
• International Hydrogeology Symposium in honor of S.P. Neuman’s 70th birthday, Tucson, Arizona, October 08 (Proceedings to be published in SERRA)
• International Hydrogeology Symposium in honor of S.P. Neuman’s 60th birthday, Tucson, Arizona, October 98 (Proceedings published by Geological Society of America)
• 4th Annual W.B. Langbein Lecturer, AGU (96)
• Sherard Lecturer, UC Berkeley (94)
• Honorary Professor, Nanjing University, China (93-)
• Elected to National Academy of Engineering (92-)
• C.V. Theis Award, American Institute of Hydrology (90)
• M. King Hubbert Award, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers (88)
• Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America (88-)
• Appointed Regents' Professor, University of Arizona (88-)
• Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America (86-87)
• Distinguished Seminar, National Water Well Association (86, 87)
• Distinguished Lecturer, Ohio State University, (85)
• Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union (84-)
• O.E. Meinzer Award, Geological Society of America (76)
• Certificate of Appreciation, US Department of Agriculture (75)
• Robert E. Horton Award, American Geophysical Union (69)
• Jane Lewis Fellowship (66-68), Edwin Letts Oliver Scholarship (65-66), UC Berkeley

Publications Over 360 on subsurface flow dynamics in saturated and unsaturated soils, in-situ determination of saturated and unsaturated soil hydraulic and pneumatic properties, the hydrology of fractured rocks, finite element analysis of flow and transport in saturated and unsaturated soils, parameter estimation, geostatistics, stochastic flow and transport theories, uncertainty assessment; environmental and geophysical scaling. 

Professional 

• Lecturer at International Summer School on Environmental Dynamics, Venice Academy of Letters and Sciences, Italy (90, 96)
• Associate Editor: Journal of Hydrology, (77-84), Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment (92-), Water Resources Research (87-93, 06-09), Hydrogeology Journal (99-04)
• Guest Editor: Special issues of Hydrogeology Journal (96-98) and Vadose Zone Journal (05-06)
• Editorial Board: Water Science and Technology Library, D. Reidel (83-86)
• Hydrology-Geology Overview Committee (80-82) and Expert Elicitation Panel (84), Basalt Waste Isolation Project, Hanford, Washington, Rockwell International/U.S. DOE; Peer Review Panel, Hanford Site and Grout Performance Assessments, Westinghouse/U.S. DOE (89)
• Scientific Committee, Summer School on Environmental Dynamics, Venice Academy of Letters and Sciences, Italy (89-98)
• Steering Committee, INTRAVAL International Geosphere Radionuclide Transport Model Validation Project (90-94)
• Geostatistical Expert Group, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Sandia National Laboratory (91-95)
• Earth Sciences Advisory Group, Westinghouse Savannah River Company (90-94, 95-98)
• National Research Council Geotechnical Board (93-94) and Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (94-95)
• Unsaturated Zone Expert Elicitation Panel, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, DOE (1996-97)
• Saturated Zone Expert Elicitation Panel, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, DOE (1997)
• Expert Panel on Drift Seepage at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S. DOE (98-99)
• Review Panel, Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport at Frenchman Flat, Nevada Test Site, U.S. DOE (99)
• Scientific Review Group, Canadian High-Level Nuclear Waste Program (90-97)
• Advisory Board, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (88-; Chair, 98-99)
• Earth and Environmental Sciences Division Review Committee, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1997-)
• National Research Council Committee on Remediation of Buried Tanks and Wastes at DOE Facilities, (97-00)
• Scientific Advisory Board, The Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (04-)
• International Advisory Board for Academic Freedom of Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (05-)
• Peer Review Panel, Draft Decommissioning EIS, West Valley Demonstration Project, NYSERDA/U.S. DOE, (05-06, 08-09)
• Groundwater Modeling Expert Panel, Hanford Site, Fluor Hanford/U.S. DOE (06)
• Organizer/panelist, key-note/invited speaker, of/at many conferences; member of numerous professional organizations/committees