Jirka Šimunek

Soil Physicist/Hydrologist

• Office: 2320 Geology
• Phone: (951) 827-7854
• jiri.simunek@ucr.edu

Academic Degrees:

• Ph.D. 1993 Hydrology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• M.S. 1984 Civil Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

Specialization:

• Numerical Modeling of water flow and solute transport
• Parameter Estimation of soil hydraulic properties
• Major Ion Chemistry modeling of biogeochemical processes
• Transport Processes in one and multi dimensions with various equilibrium and nonequilibrium solutes in variably saturated porous media

Research Group:

• Graduate Students

  • Julie Scanlan (Ph.D., Environmental Sciences program)
  • Yusong Wang (Ph.D., Environmental Sciences program)

• Other

  • Masaru Sakai - Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • Saeed Torkzaban - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Representative Publications:

• Šimunek, J. and J. W. Hopmans, Modeling compensated root water and nutrient uptake, Ecological Modeling, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.11.004, 220(4), 505-521, 2009.
• Šimunek, J., M. Th. van Genuchten, and M. Šejna, Development and applications of the HYDRUS and STANMOD software packages, and related codes, Vadose Zone Journal, doi:10.2136/VZJ2007.0077, Special Issue "Vadose Zone Modeling", 7(2), 587-600, 2008.
• Šimunek, J. and M. Th. van Genuchten, Modeling nonequilibrium flow and transport with HYDRUS, Vadose Zone Journal, doi:10.2136/VZJ2007.0074, Special Issue "Vadose Zone Modeling", 7(2), 782-797, 2008.
• Jacques, D., J. Šimunek, D. Mallants, and M. Th. van Genuchten, Modeling coupled hydrological and chemical processes: Long-term uranium transport following mineral phosphorus fertilization, Vadose Zone Journal, doi:10.2136/VZJ2007.0084, Special Issue "Vadose Zone Modeling", 7(2), 698-711, 2008.
• Bradford, S. A., J. Šimunek, M. Bettahar, M. Th. van Genuchten, and S. R. Yates, Significance of straining in colloid deposition: evidence and implications, Water Resour. Res., 42, W12S15, doi:10.1029/2005WR004791, 16 pp., 2006.
• Pang, L. and J. Šimunek, Evaluation of bacteria-facilitated cadmium transport in gravel columns using the HYDRUS colloid-facilitated solute transport model, Water Resour. Res., 42, W12S10, doi:10.1029/2006WR004896, 2006.
• Gonçalves, M. C., J. Šimunek, T. B. Ramos, J. C. Martins, M. J. Neves, and F. P. Pires, Multicomponent solute transport in soil lysimeters irrigated with waters of different quality, Water Resour. Res., 42, W08401, doi:10.1029/2006WR004802, 17 pp., 2006.
• Carrillo-González, R., J. Šimunek, S. Sauve, and D. Adriano, Mechanisms and pathways of trace element mobility in soils, Advances in Agronomy, 91, 111-178, 2006.
• Šimunek, J., Changming He, J. L. Pang, and S. A. Bradford, Colloid-facilitated transport in variably-saturated porous media: Numerical model and experimental verification, Vadose Zone Journal, 5, 1035-1047, 2006.

Courses Taught:

• SWSC107/ENWC207 - Soil Physics
• SWSC207/ENSC207 - Vadose Zone Processes
• SWSC202/ENSC202 - Introduction to Environmental Modeling
• ENSC191 - Seminar in the Professional Development

Graduate Program Affiliations and Research Focus Areas:

• Research Focus Areas

  • Soil and Water Sciences

• Program

  • Environmental Sciences

Honors and Awards

• Don and Betty Kirkham Award, 2005
• ESR International Fellow 2006
• CRCIF Visiting Fellow, Australia, 2007
• Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
• "Distinguished Visitor" of the Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation of the Sede Boqer Campus, Ben Gurion University, Israel, 2009.

Links:

• Complete Publication List (pdf)
• Models
• Personal website

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