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Carl Steefel

Senior Scientist

Geochemistry Dept

Orcid identifier0000-0002-2802-611X
  • Senior Scientist
    Geochemistry Dept
  • 510-502-3660 (Mobile)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Energy Geosciences Division, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States

BIO

Carl Steefel is currently a Senior Scientist at Berkeley Laboratory in the Energy Geosciences Division, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area. He also serves as head of the Geochemistry Department. He has over 40 years of experience in developing models for multicomponent reactive transport in porous media and applying them to topics related to geologic hydrogen, terrestrial geochemical fluxes, water-rock interaction, chemical and enhanced weathering, and reactive contaminant transport. Recent work has focused on modeling of geologic hydrogen and geochemical transport through clay-rich rocks. He is the principal developer of the CrunchFlow software, which won an R&D100 Award in 2017. He was named an AGU Fellow in 2019 and received the Berkeley Lab Director’s Award for Exceptional Scientific Achievement in 2020. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and formerly served as a Specialty Chief Editor for Frontiers of Water.

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, CA, USA2012 - present
  • Staff Scientist
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Geochemistry Department, Energy Geosciences Division, Berkeley, United States20 Jan 2004 - 2012

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of South Florida, Tampa, United States1994 - 1997
  • Post-doctoral Associate
    University of Bern, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Bern, Switzerland1990 - 1991
  • Teaching and Research Fellow
    Yale University, Geology, New Haven, United States1984 - 1990
  • Manuscripts Librarian
    Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, United States1975 - 1975

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Staff Scientist
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, United States1997 - 2003
  • Senior Research Scientist
    Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Interfacial Geochemistry Group, United States1994 - 1994
  • Research Scientist
    Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Interfacial Geochemistry Group, United States1992 - 1994
  • Geologist
    Anaconda Minerals, United States1980 - 1984
  • Geological Assistant
    United States Geological Survey, Branch of Exploration Research, Reston, United States1977 - 1977

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Yale University, New Haven, United States1991
  • MS
    University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States1981
  • BA
    Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, United States1974

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

AREA

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences

DIVISION

  • Energy Geosciences

RESEARCH AREAS