John Selker

Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University
541.737.6304
selkerj@engr.orst.edu
http://bioe.oregonstate.edu/Faculty/selker/index.htm

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Ph.D., Agricultural Engineering, Hydrology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1991.
M.S., Agricultural Engineering, Hydrology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1989.
B.A., Physics (thesis), Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1981

APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Oregon State University Department of Bioresource Engineering Post­Doctoral Research Associate, Cornell University  
Ph.D. Research. Rapid Transport to Groundwater: Unstable  
Electric Power Research Institute /Consulting Engineer. 
M.S. Research. Modeling Daily Precipitation and Erosion
Sensor Link Corp  
Consultant for International Development in Africa and Asia   
 

PUBLICATIONS
Burns, E.R., M.I. Dragila, J.S. Selker, R.B. Guenther, J.-Y. Parlange and N. Weisbrod. Correction of the Buckingham–Darcy Law for flow of high strength salts in variably saturated porous media. Ad. Wat Resour.  30(3):469-482. 2007.
Selker, J.S., N. van de Giesen, M. Westhoff, W. Luxemburg, and
M. Parlange.  Fiber Optics Opens Window on Stream Dynamics. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, DOI:10.1029/2006GLO27979, 2006
Selker, J.S., L. Thévenaz, H. Huwald, A. Mallet, W. Luxemburg, N. van de Giesen, M. Stejskal, J. Zeman, and M. Westhoff, and M.B. Parlange.Distributed Fiber Optic Temperature Sensing for Hydrologic Systems. Water Resource Research 42, W12202, doi:10.1029/2006WR005326. 2006
Assouline, S., J.S. Selker and J.Y. Parlange. A simple accurate method to predict time of ponding under variable intensity rainfall. Wat. Resourc. Research 43, W03426 doi:10.1029/2006WR005138. 2006.
Selker, J.S., M.R. Niemet, N.G. McDuffie, S.M. Gorelick and J.Y. Parlange.
The Local Geometry of Gas Injection into Saturated Homogeneous Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media. DOI 10.1007/s11242-006-0005-0. 2006. 
Rockhold, M.L., R.R. Yarwood, M.R. Niemet N.G., P.J. Bottomley, F.J. Brockman and J.S. Selker. Visualization and Modeling of the Colonization Dynamics of a Bioluminescent Bacterium in Variably Saturated, Translucent Quartz Sand. Advances in Water Resources. In press. Vadose Zone Journal.
Yarwood, R.R., M.L. Rockhold, M.R. Niemet, J.S. Selker, and P.J. Bottomley. Impact of Microbial Growth on Water Flow and Solute Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media. Wat. Resourc. Research. 42, W10405, doi:10.1029/2005WR004550. 2006.
Ochiai, N., E. Kraft and J.S. Selker. Methods for Visualization of Colloid Transport in Pore Networks. Water Res. Research DOI 10.1029/2006WR004961.2006
Robinson, D. J. Selker, B. Bowden, J. Duncan, J. Durant, R. Hooper, J. Jacobs, and R. Knight. Survey Provides Guidance for Consortium's Hydrologic Measurement Facility. EOS Trans. AGU, 87(23), 222, 10.1029-2006EO230004. 2006
Burns, E.R., J.S. Selker, J.-Y. Parlange, R.B. Guenther. Effects of sodium chloride on Constitutive Relations in Variably Saturated Porous Media. Water Resources Research 42, W05405, DOI:10.1029/2005WR004060. 2006
Kizito, F., M. Dragila, M. Sene, A. Lufafa, I. Diedhiou, R.P. Dick, J.S. Selker, E. Dossa, M. Khouma, A. Badiane and S. Ndiaye. Seasonal Soil Water Variation and Root Patterns Between Two Semi-Arid Shrubs Co-Existing with Pearl Millet in Senagal, West Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 67(3):436-455. 2006
Parker, L., R. Yarwood, and J.S. Selker. Observations of Gas Flow in Porous Media using a Light Transmission Technique. Water Resour. Res., 42, W05501, doi:10.1029/2005WR004080. 2006.
Burns, E.R., J.-Y. Parlange, J.S. Selker, and R.B. Guenther. Thermodynamic Correction for Salts in Variably Saturated Porous Media. 63(3):381-398. Transport in Porous Media. 2006.
Rupp, D.E. and J.S. SelkerInformation, artifacts, and noise in dQ/dt – Q recession analysis. Adv. Wat. Resour. 29(2):154-160. 2006.
Rupp, D.E., K. Warren, E. Peachy and J.S. Selker. Diuron in Surface Runoff and Tile Drainage from Two Grass-Seed Fields. J. Env. Qual. 35:303-311. 2006.
Selker, J.S., Hydrologic Measurement Facility Conducts User Survey. EOS Trans AGA, 86(47), 486, 10.1029/2005EO470005. 2005.
Selker, J.S. and D. Rupp. An environmentally driven time integrating water sampler. Water Resources Research. 41, W09201, doi:10.1029/2005WR004040. 2005.
Rupp, D.E. and J.S. SelkerDrainage of a horizontal Boussinesq aquifer with a power-law hydraulic conductivity profile. Water Resources Research. 41. doi:10.1029/2005WR004241. 2005.
Li, L., D.A. Lockington, M.B. Parlange, F. Stagnitti, D.-S. Jeng, J.S. Selker, A.S. Telyakovskiy, D.A. Barry, J.-Y. Parlange. Similarity solution of axisymmetric flow in porous media. Adv. Wat. Resour. 28(10): 1076-1082. 2005.
Rockhold, M.L., R.R. Yarwood, M.R. Niemet, P.J. Bottomley, and J.S. Selker. Experimental observations and numerical modeling of coupled microbial and transport processes in variably saturated sand. Vadose Zone J. 4:407-417. doi:10.2136/vzj2004.0087. 2005.
Blume, T., N. Weisbrod, and J.S. SelkerOn the critical salt concentrations for particle detachment in homogeneous sand and heterogeneous Hanford sediments. Geoderma, 124(1-2):121-132. 2005.
Selker, J.S. Modeling Variably Saturated Flow with HYDRUS-2D. Vadose Zone Journal 3:725 2004.
Rupp, D.E., J.M. Owens, K.L. Warren and J.S. Selker. Analytical Methods for Estimating Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in a Tile-Drained Field. Journal of Hydrology 289:111-127. 2004.
Weisbrod, N., M.R. Niemet, M.L. Rockhold, T. McGinnis and J.S. Selker. Migration of Saline Solutions into Variably Saturated Porous Media. Journal of Contaminated Hydrology. 72:109-133. 2004.

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