Basic Introduction:

Zhilin Guo graduated from the University of Arizona with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Hydrology at the University of California, Davis. In August 2019, she joined SUSTech. She has been studying on the mechanism and remediation of groundwater pollution and the sustainability of groundwater resources under global change. She has been supported by national, provincial and municipal projects such as the National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation. She is currently the Vice Chair of the UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network, a member of the Groundwater Committee of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Groundwater Hydraulics and Management Technical Committee of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). She is also the associate editor of Groundwater, a top international journal in the field of groundwater.

Professional Experience:

2022.09-present Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen

2019.09-2022.08 Research Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen

2016.02-2019.08 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Davis, CA

2015.09-2016.01 Senior Research Associate, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

2012.07-2015.08 Research Associate, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Education:

2012.08-2015.08 University of Arizona, Ph.D. in Environmental Science (minor in Hydrology)

2010.08-2012.05 University of Florida, M.S. in Environmental Engineering Science 

2006.09-2010.05 Shanxi University, B.S. in Resources, Environment & Urban-rural Planning Management.

Synergistic Activities:

· Vice Chair for UNESCO Groundwater Youth Network (2022-present)

· Associate Editor for Groundwater Journal (2020-present)

· Member of IAHR Groundwater Hydraulics and Management Technical Committee (2020-present)

· Secretary of CSES Ecological Geology and Environment Committee (2019-present)

· Member of AGU Groundwater Technical Committee (2017-present)

· Primary Convener and Chair of AGU session, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

· Primary Convener and Chair of GSA session, 2020

· Reviewer for Journals

· Advances in Water Resources

· Groundwater

· Hydrogeology Journal

· Hydrological Processes

· Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

· Journal of Hydrology

· Water Resources Research    

Awards and Honors:

1. 2020, Water Resources Research Editor’s Choice Award

2. 2019, Outstanding Presentation Award at the 5th Groundwater Science Youth Forum

3. 2015, NIEHS K.C. Donnelly Externship Award

4. 2014, EPA Superfund Research Program Training Core Fellowship

5. 2015, Graduate College Fellowship

Selected funded projects:

[1] National Key R&D program of China (Grant No. 2016YFC0402806), Groundwater over-exploitation protection key technologies and application in Huang-Huai River. Topic 2，2021.12-2025.5, PI.

[2] The Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 92047202), Mechanisms and simulations of groundwater changes in the southwestern river basins. Task 3, 2021-01to 2023-12, PI.

[3] Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 42007162), Parameterization of upscaling method on modeling contaminant transport under transient flow conditions. 2021-01 to 2023-12, PI.

[4] Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant Nos. 2020A1515010891), Contaminant migration and groundwater environmental management at an industrial park, 2019-10 to 2022-09, PI.

[5] Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission (Grant Nos. RKX20190718213410182), Study of sustainable development cases and development strategies in Shenzhen, 2019-10 to 2020-09, PI.

[6] U.S Department of Energy，CERC-WET,Energy consequences of ongoing conversion of groundwater systems into closed hydrologic basins due to overdraft, 2016-2021, Participate.

[7] The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Research Program (P42ES04940), Mass-Transfer and Mass Flux Dynamics of Chlorinated-Solvents in Heterogeneous System, 2010.08-2015.08, Participate. 

Research Interests:

1. characterization of aquifer heterogeneity, non-Fickian transport modeling

2. evaluation of site contamination and remediation processes 

3. upscaling of non-Fickian transport processes

4. regional groundwater contamination risk assessment

Published Works:

1. Guo, Zhilin, Kewei Chen, Shuping Yi, and Chunmiao Zheng*. Response of groundwater quality to river-aquifer interactions during managed aquifer recharge: A Reactive transport modeling analysis. Journal of Hydrology, 2022: 128847.

2. Jing, Hao; He, Xin; Tian, Yong; Lancia, Michele; Cao; Guoliang; Crivellari, Alessandro; Guo, Zhilin；Zheng, Chunmiao;  Comparison and interpretation of data-driven models for simulating human-impacted groundwater dynamics in the North China Plain. Journal of Hydrology, 2022：128751.

3. Yin, Maosheng, Rui Ma*, Yong Zhang, Jingjing Lin, Zhilin Guo, and Chunmiao Zheng. Competitive control of multiscale aquifer heterogeneity on solute transport in an alluvial aquifer. Journal of Hydrology, 2022: 128819.

4. Zheng, Chunmiao*; Guo, Zhilin*, Plans to protect China’s depleted groundwater, Science, 2022, 375(6583):827-827.

5. Yan, Ni‡; Guo, Zhilin‡; Brusseau, Mark L.*; Sucralose as an oxidative-attenuation tracer for characterizing the application of in situ chemical oxidation for the treatment of 1,4-dioxane, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 2022 : 1165-1172.

6. Yin, Maosheng; Ma, Rui; Zhang, Yong; Chen, Kewei; Guo, Zhilin; Zheng, Chunmiao*; A dual heterogeneous domain model for upscaling anomalous transport with multi-peaks in heterogeneous aquifers, Water Resources Research, 2022, 10.1029/2021WR031128.

7. Feng, Yu; Zeng, Zhenzhong*; Searchinger, Tim; … Guo, Zhilin; …  Zheng; Chunmiao*; Doubling of annual forest carbon loss over the tropics during the early twenty-first century, Nature Sustainability, 2022, 10.1038/s41893-022-00854-3.

8. Liu, Xiaoting; Zhang, Yong; Sun, Hongguang*; Guo, Zhilin; A fractional-order dependent collocation method with graded mesh for impulsive fractional-order system, Computational Mechanics, 2022, 69(4):1-19

9. Guo, Zhilin; Ma, Rui, Zhang, Yong; Zheng, Chunmiao*, Contaminant transport in heterogeneous aquifers: A critical review of mechanisms and numerical methods of non-Fickian dispersion, Science China: Earth Sciences, 2021, 64(8).

10. Pauloo, Richard A.*; Fogg, Graham E.; Guo, Zhilin*; Henri, Christopher V.; Mean flow direction modulates non-Fickian transport in a heterogeneous alluvial aquifer-aquitard system, Water Resources Research, 2021, e2020WR028655.

11. Pauloo, Richard A.*; Fogg, Graham E.; Guo, Zhilin*; Harter, Thomas; Anthropogenic basin closure and groundwater salinization (ABCSAL), Journal of Hydrology, 2021, 593, 125787.

12. Guo, Zhilin*; Henri, Christopher V.; Fogg, Graham E.; Zhang, Yong; Zheng, Chunmiao; Adaptive Multirate Mass Transfer (aMMT) Model: A New Approach to Upscale Regional-Scale Transport Under Transient Flow Conditions, Water Resources Research, 2020, 56(2): e2019WR026000.

13. Guo, Zhilin*; Russo, Ann E.; DiFilippo, Erica L.; Zhang, Zhihui; Zheng, Chunmiao; Brusseau, Mark L.*; Mathematical modeling of organic liquid dissolution in heterogeneous source zones, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2020, 235: 103716.

14. Wang, Jiaqi; Ma, Rui*; Guo, Zhilin; Qu, Le; Yin, Maosheng; Zheng, Chunmiao; Experiment and multicomponent model based analysis on the effect of flow rate and nitrate concentration on denitrification in low-permeability media, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2020, 235: 103727.

15. Hua, Shanshan; Jing, Hao; Yao, Yingying; Guo, Zhilin; Lerner, David N.; Andrews, Charles B.; Zheng, Chunmiao*; Can groundwater be protected from the pressure of China’s urban growth? Environment International, 2020, 143: 105911.

16. Guo, Zhilin*; Fogg, Graham E.; Henri, Christopher V.; Upscaling of Regional Scale Transport Under Transient Conditions: Evaluation of the Multirate Mass Transfer Model, Water Resources Research, 2019, 55(7): 5301-5320.

17. Guo, Zhilin *; Brusseau, Mark L.; Fogg, Graham E.; Determining the long-term operational performance of pump and treat and the possibility of closure for a large TCE plume, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019, 365:796-803.

18. Guo, Zhilin*; Fogg, Graham E; Brusseau, Mark L; LaBolle, Eric M; Lopez, Jose; Modeling groundwater contaminant transport in the presence of large heterogeneity: a case study comparing MT3D and RWhet, Hydrogeology Journal, 2019, 27(4):1363-1371.

19. Guo, Zhilin; Brusseau, Mark L*; The impact of well-field configuration and permeability heterogeneity on contaminant mass removal and plume persistence, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 333: 109-115.

20. Brusseau, Mark L.*; Carroll, Kenneth C.; Guo, Zhilin; Mainhagu, Jon; Borehole diffusive flux apparatus for characterizing diffusive mass-transfer in subsurface systems, Environmental Earth Sciences, 2018, 77:648.

21. Brusseau, Mark L.*; Guo, Zhilin; The integrated contaminant elution and tracer test toolkit, ICET3, for improved characterization of mass transfer, attenuation, and mass removal, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2018, 208:17-26.

22. Guo, Zhilin; Brusseau, Mark L.*; The impact of well-field configuration on contaminant mass removal and plume persistence for homogeneous versus layered systems, Hydrological Processes, 2017, 31: 4748- 4756.

23. Guo, Zhilin; Brusseau, Mark L.*; Modified well-field configurations for improved performance of contaminant elution and tracer tests, Water Air & Soil Pollution, 2017, 228: 261.

24. Brusseau, Mark L.*; Guo, Zhilin; Assessing contaminant-removal conditions and plume persistence through analysis of data from long-term pump-and-treat operations, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2014,164: 16-24.

25. [21] Matthieu III, Donald E.; Brusseau, Mark L.*; Guo, Zhilin; Plaschke, Manfred; Carroll, Kenneth C.; Fred, Brinker; Persistence of a Groundwater Contaminant Plume after Hydraulic Source Containment at a Chlorinated-Solvent Contaminated Site, Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation, 2014; 34(4): 23-32.

26. 王佳琪,郭芷琳*,田勇,范林峰,曾文科,王晓丽,苏皝,Lancia Michele,郑春苗,海水入侵模拟与预测技术方法及应用,水文地质工程地质, 2022, doi:10.16030/j.cnki.issn.1000-3665.202105037

27. 郭芷琳,马瑞,张勇,郑春苗,地下水污染物在高度非均质介质中的迁移过程：机理与数值模拟综述,中国科学：地球科学, 2021, doi:10.1360/SSTe-2020-0245.