Dr. Matthew Silver
Working area(s)
Geochemical processes of infiltrating water in arid environments during managed aquifer recharge Vadose zone hydrology and reactive transport of chemical species in groundwater
Contact
Scientific Education
since 2014
Ph.D. Student at TU Darmstadt Research topic: Geochemical and water-quality aspects of using desalinated water and treated wastewater to recharge groundwater
2004 – 2007
M.Sc. in Geology California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA. Master’s thesis: Heat as a tracer to examine flow in the streambed of a gravel-bed river
1998 – 2002
B.A. in Geology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Honors thesis: Plan-view geometry of Touchet bed clastic dikes: indications of a seismic origin
Professional Development
2009 – 2011
Project Geologist and Technical Lead Shaw Environmental, Concord, California, USA Delineated contaminants in soil and groundwater and designed treatments to reduce contamination
2007 – 2008
Executive Fellow California Energy Commission, Sacramento, California, USA Developed policy to increase renewable energy production within California’s water and wastewater systems
2002 – 2004
Naturalist and Science Instructor Various outdoor and science education institutes in the western United States
Other Development and Education
2012 – 2013
German language courses completed
2011 – 2012
Master of Business Administration Mannheim Business School, Mannheim, Germany
Conference Presentations
2010
Silver, M. H., K. D. MacFarlane, D. A. Cacciatore, D. P. Leigh, and A. Atta, Biobarrier Treatment of a TCE Plume in Heterogeneous Soil: Battelle 7th International Conference on Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds
2006
Silver, M. H., T. C. Horner, and D. G. Evans, Evaluation of Heat as a Tracer to Quantify Longitudinal Water Flow in the Hyporheic Zone: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 7, p. 330
2005
Horner, T. C., and M. H. Silver, Meter-Scale Tracer Tests to Estimate Seepage Velocity and Hydraulic Conductivity in Salmon Spawning Gravels of the American River, Sacramento CA: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 7, p. 106
2002
Silver, M. H., and K. R. Pogue, Analysis of Plan-View Geometry of Clastic Dike Networks in Missoula Flood Slackwater Sediments (Touchet Beds), Southeastern Washington: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 5, p. 24 (Outstanding Undergraduate Oral Presentation)
2001
Silver, M. H., A. S. Gendaszek, E. B. Grosfils, S. E. H. Sakimoto, C. V. Mendelson, and J. E. Bleacher, Wrinkle Ridge Formation North of Orcus Patera, Mars: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII, abstract 1043 (Stephen E. Dwornik Planetary Geoscience Student Poster Honorable Mention)