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John M. Shafer joined the Earth Sciences and
Resources Institute at the University of
South Carolina (ESRI-USC) in 1992 as
Associate Director and Research Professor
and is currently Director of ESRI-USC.
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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