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John
M. Shafer
Director and Research Professor
Certified
Professional Hydrologist No. 218
B.S., Earth Science
, Penn State University , 1973
M.S., Resource Development
, Michigan State University , 1975
Ph.D., Civil Engineering
, Colorado State University , 1979
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Fax: 803-978-7528
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Research
Areas:
Groundwater
flow and transport analysis, Analysis of spatially varying phenomena,
Groundwater protection, Uncertainty analysis, Software development
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John M. Shafer joined the Earth Sciences and
Resources Institute at the University of
South Carolina (ESRI-SC) in 1992 as
Associate Director and Research Professor
and is currently Director of ESRI-SC.
Before coming to the University of South
Carolina, Dr. Shafer was Head of the
Hydrology Division of the Illinois State
Water Survey, an affiliated agency of the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
During his eight years at the Illinois State
Water Survey he was involved in a number of
groundwater-related research initiatives.
Dr. Shafer was responsible for the Survey’s
involvement in the characterization of a
candidate site for a low-level radioactive
waste disposal facility in Illinois and a
key contributor to the technical design of
the State’s groundwater protection program
for which he received the Illinois
Groundwater Science Award.
Prior to his employment at the Illinois
State Water Survey, Dr. Shafer was a Senior
Research Engineer with Battelle Memorial
Institute’s Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory in Richland, Washington. While
with PNNL from 1980 to 1984, he studied
issues ranging from climate change impacts
on hydrology to consequences of severe
accidents at commercial reactor sites.
Before joining PNNL, Dr. Shafer was a
Research Associate in 1980 with the College
of Engineering, Colorado State University at
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dr. Shafer earned his Ph.D. degree in Civil
Engineering from Colorado State University,
where his dissertation applied network
optimization theory to the study of complex,
multi-component water resources systems. He
holds an M.S. degree in Resource Development
from Michigan State University and a B.S
degree in Earth Science from Penn State
University.
Dr. Shafer’s research focus includes
integrated site characterization, coupled
simulation-optimization approaches to
solving groundwater problems, incorporation
of uncertainty analysis in groundwater flow
modeling and wellhead protection area
delineation, and groundwater susceptibility
and contamination potential analysis. He is
the recipient of the 1991 John C. Frye
Memorial Award of the Geological Society of
America, and included in the 2001 edition of
Marquis’ Who’s Who in America.
Dr. Shafer has published many peer-reviewed
papers, book chapters and articles on a wide
range of hydrologic and geohydrologic
topics. He has presented is work at national
and international meetings and conferences
and is frequently an invited speaker. He is
the developer of GWPATH, the popular
groundwater pathline and travel time
analysis software package for
microcomputers. Dr. Shafer is a certified
Professional Hydrologist and a consultant to
Argonne National Laboratory, South Florida
Water Management District, and other public
and private organizations.
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