Deqiang Mao, PhD

Professor of Hydrogeology

Department of Hydraulic Engineering

Email: maodeqiang@sdu.edu.cn

Research areas: hydrogeology, hydrogeophysics, and inverse modeling

Education

2007 – 2012, The University of Arizona, hydrology major, soil science minor, PhD
Advisor：Dr. Tian-Chyi Jim Yeh

2004 – 2007, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), hydrology major, graduate study
Advisor：Prof. Wan Li

2000 – 2004, China University of Mining and Technology, School of Resource and Earth Science, hydrology major, Bachelor
Supervisor: Prof. Yang Guoyong

Professional experience

2017.10 – today, School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University，Professor
2016.8 – 2017.9, Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Assistant professor
2016.1 – 2016.8, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School ofMines, Postdoc
2013.6 - 2015.12, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, Postdoc
2012.5 - 2013.5，Department of Hydrology, The University of Arizona, Postdoc

Service

Since 2016，AGU Hydrogeophysics Technical Committee Member
Sine 2014，AGU Groundwater Technical Committee Member
Since 2006, AGU member

Reviewers for: Advance in Water Resources; Applied Mathematical Modeling; Geophysics; Hydrology Research; Hydrogeology Journal; Journal of Hydrology; Stochastic Environmental Research andRiskAssessment;TransportinPorousMedia;WaterResourcesResearch

Research interest

1. Inverse modeling in hydrogeophysics

2. Parameter estimation in hydrogeology

3. Hydrological and geophysical model coupling

4. Application of geo-electrical methods in groundwater exploration and monitoring

5. High performance computing in hydrogeology and geophysics

Peer-reviewed articles

2019

1. H Wang, L Lu, Mao Deqiang, Z Huang, Y Cui, S Jin, Y Zuo, ZJ Ren,(2019)Dominance of electroactive microbiomes in bioelectrochemical remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils with different textures, Chemosphere.

2018

2. Mao Deqiang, Z Liu, W Wang, S Li, Y Gao, Z Xu, C Zhang, (2018) An application of hydraulic tomography to a deep coal mine: combining traditional pumping tests with water inrush incidents, Journal of hydrology 567, 1-11

3. Z Shao, A Revil, Mao Deqiang, D Wang, Finding buried metallic pipes using a non-destructive approach based on 3D time-domain induced polarization data, Journal of Applied Geophysics 151, 234-245

4. Shao, Z., Revil, A., MaoDeqiang. and Wang, D. (2017) Induced polarization signature of coal seam fires. Geophysical Journal International 208(3), 1313-1331.

5. Revil, A., Sleevi, M. and MaoDeqiang. (2017) Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles — Part 5: Influence of the background polarization. Geophysics, E77-E96.

6. Revil, A., MaoDeqiang, Shao, Z., Sleevi, M. and Wang, D. (2017) Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles — Part 6: The case of metals and semimetals. Geophysics, E97-E110.

2017

7. Shao, Z., Revil, A., Mao, D. and Wang, D. (2017) Induced polarization signature of coal seam fires. Geophysical Journal International 208(3), 1313-1331.

8. Revil, A., Sleevi, M. and Mao, D. (2017a) Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles — Part 5: Influence of the background polarization. Geophysics, E77-E96.

9. Revil, A., Mao, D., Shao, Z., Sleevi, M. and Wang, D. (2017b) Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles — Part 6: The case of metals and semimetals. Geophysics, E97-E110.

2016

10. Mao D. and A. Revil (2016), Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles, Part 3. A new approach to time domain induced polarization tomography, Geophysics, 81:4, D359-375, doi: 10.1190/geo2015-0283.1.

11. Mao D. A. Revil, L. Lu, Y. Zuo, J. Hinton and Z. Ren (2016), Geophysical monitoring of hydrocarbon- contaminated soil remediated with bioelectrochemical system, Environmental Sciences &Technology, 50(15), 8205-8213, doi:10.1021/acs.est. 6b00535.

12. Mao D. A. Revil and J. Hinton (2016), Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles. Part 4. Detection of metallic and non-metallic targets in time domain induced polarization tomography, Geophysics, 80(5), D525-538, doi:10.1190/GEO2015-0480.1.

13. Feist R. A, H.R. Barnard, Mao D., A. Revil and K. Singha (2015), Examining diel patterns of soil and xylem moisture using electrical resistivity imaging, J. Hydr., doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.03.003.

14. Zha Y, T-C J Yeh, W. Illman, T. Tanaka, P. Bruines, H. Onoe, H. Saegusa, D. Mao, S. Takeuchi, J‐C Wen, An Application of Hydraulic Tomography to a Large‐Scale Fractured Granite Site, Mizunami,Japan, Groundwater,doi:10.1111/gwat.12421.

2015

15. Yeh T.-C., Mao D., Zha Y., Wen J.-C., Wan L., Hsu K.-C. & Lee, C.-H., (2015). Uniqueness, scale, and resolution issues in groundwater model parameter identification, Water Science and Engineering, 8, 175- 194.doi:10.1016/j.wse.2015.08.002.

16. Mao D., T.-C. J. Yeh, W. Illman A. Revil, J.-C. Wen and Zha Y. (2015), Hydraulic tomography, in Handbook of Groundwater Engineering: 3rd edition, edited by J. H. Cushman and D. M. Tartakovsky, , Third Edition, CRC, ISBN: 978-1-49-870304-8, 2016.

17. Mao D., A. Revil, R. Hort, Munakata-Marr J. and Kulessa K. (2015), Resistivity and self-potential tomography applied to groundwater remediation and contaminant plumes: sandbox and field experiments, J. Hydr,doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.09.031.

18. Zhao Z., W. Illman, S. Berg, D. Mao and T.-C. Yeh (2015), Validation of hydraulic tomography in unconfined aquifer: a controlled sandbox study, Water. Resour.Res.,doi:10.1002/2015WR016910.

19. Hort R. A., A. Revil. Munakata-Marr J. and D. Mao (2015), Evaluating the potential for quantitative monitoring of in-situ chemical oxidation of aqueous phase TCE using in-phase and quadrature electrical conductivity, Water. Resour. Res., doi:10.1002/2014WR016868.

20. Revil. A, G. Z. Abdel Aal, E.A. Atekwana, D. Mao and N. Florsch. (2015), Induced polarizationresponse of porous media with metallic particles - Part 2. Comparison with a broad database of experiments data, Geophysics, doi:10.1190/GEO2014-0578.1.

21. Revil. A, N. Florsch and D. Mao (2015), Induced polarization response of porous media with metallic particles - Part 1. A theory for disseminated semi-conductors, Geophysics, doi: 10.1190/GEO2014- 0577.1.

2014

22. Revil A. D. Mao, A. Hass and M. Karaoulis (2014), Passive electrical monitoring and location of fluid leakages from wells, J. Hydr.,doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.003.

23. Wang X.-S., J.-P. Zuo and D. Mao (2014), SEM in-situ study on the effect of offset-notch on basalt cracking behavior under three–point load, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.09.006.

24. Zha Y. T.-C. J. Yeh, D. Mao, J. Yang and W. Lu. (2014), Usefulness of Flux Measurements during Hydraulic Tomographic Survey for Mapping Fractures, Adv. Water Resour., doi: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2014.06.008.

25. Karaoulis M., A. Revil and D. Mao. (2014), Localization of a coal seam fire using combined self- potential and resistivity data, Int. J. Coal Geol., doi:10.1016/j.coal.2014.04.011.

2013

26. Kuang X., J. J. Jiao, K. Zhang, and D. Mao (2013), Air and water flows induced by pumping tests in unconfined aquifers with low-permeability zones, Hydrol. Process, doi: 10.1002/hyp.10058.

27. Yan Zhu, L. Shi, J. Yang, J. Wu, and D. Mao (2013), Coupling methodology and application of a fully integrated model for contaminant transport in the subsurface system, J. Hydrology, 501, 56-72. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.07.038.

28. T.-C. J. Yeh, D. Mao, Y. Zha, K.-C. Hsu, C.-H. Lee and J.-C. Wen and J. Yang (2013), Why hydraulictomographyworks?GroundWater.doi:10.1111/gwat.12129.

29. Sun, R., T.-C. J. Yeh, D. Mao, M. Jin, W. Lu, and Y. Hao (2013), A temporal sampling strategy for transient hydraulic tomography analysis, Water Resour. Res., 49, 3881-3896,doi:10.1002/wrcr.20337.

30. Mao D., T.-C. J. Yeh, L. Wan, K.-C. Hsu, C.-H. Lee and J.-C. Wen (2013), Joint interpretation of sequential pumping tests in unconfined aquifers, Water Resour. Res., 49, 1782-1796, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20129.

31. Mao D., T.-C. J. Yeh, L. Wan, K.-C. Hsu, C.-H. Lee and J.-C. Wen (2013), Cross-correlation analysisand information content of observed heads during pumping in unconfined aquifers, Water Resour. Res., 49, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20066.

32. Mao, D., T.-C. J. Yeh, L. Wan, K.-C. Hsu and C.-H. Lee, (2013), Necessary and sufficient conditions for inverse modeling of flow through variably saturated porous media, Adv. Water Resour., http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.08.001.

2012

33. Yeh, T.-C. J., D. Mao, L. Wan, C.-H. Lee, J.-C. Wen, and W. Lu (2012), Replies to comments on “A revisit of drawdown behavior during pumping in unconfined aquifers” by Neuman and Mishra, Water Resour. Res., 48, W02802, doi:10.1029/2011WR011153.

2011

34. Mao, D., L. Wan, T.-C. J. Yeh, C.-H. Lee, K.-C. Hsu, J.-C. Wen and W. Lu (2011), A revisit of drawdown behavior during pumping in unconfined aquifers, Water Resour. Res., 47, W05502, doi: 10.1029/2010WR009326.

35. Kuang, X., J. J. Jiao, L. Wan, X. Wang, and D. Mao (2011), Air and water flows in a vertical sand column, Water Resour. Res., 47, W04506, doi:10.1029/2009WR009030.

36. Zhu J., T.-C. J. Yeh, and D. Mao (2011), Hydraulic tomography to characterize heterogeneity of unconfined Aquifers, Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences), Vol. 47, No. 3,p252-264.

2008

37. 毛德强，万力，张美静，詹红兵（2008），裂隙含水层中抽水井不均匀出水条件下的井流公式，工程勘察，1，35-38.

Conference session chairing

1. Mao, D., Judy Robinson, Christopher Zahasky, Bwalya Malama, Advances in Subsurface Characterization using Innovative Methods of Geophysics and Hydrogeology, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA, AGU Fall Meeting, 2017.

2. Carroll K.C., H. Michael, D. Mao, and P.K. Mishra, Advances, breakthroughs, and challenges in hydrogeologic sciences, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, AGU Fall Meeting, 2016.

3. Mao, D., K.L. Kuhlman, P.A. Marker and T. Lochbuehler, Advances in Hydrogeology and Hydrogeophysics: Innovations in Experimental Methods, Data Processing and Modeling, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, AGU Fall Meeting, 2014.

4. Mishra, P.K., D. Mao, B. Malama and B. Jafarpour, Innovative methods in hydrogeology andhydrogeophysics, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, AGU Fall Meeting, 2013.

Graduate student recruitment

Students with quantitative backgrounds and experience in either hydrogeology or geophysics (or both!!) are encouraged to apply. Please contact me if you are interested in joining my group.

Contact information

Mailing address:
Jingshi Rd 17922
School of Civil Engineering
Shandong University, Qianfoshan Campus
Jinan, Shandong province 250061

Email:maodeqiang@sdu.edu.cn

Personal website：http://faculty.sdu.edu.cn/~zmyeee/zh_CN/index.htm