Daniel Gimenez

Department of Environmental Science Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 14 College Farm Road New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732-932-9800, Ext. 6205 Fax: 732-932-8644 gimenez@envsci.rutgers.edu

Research Interests:

My research focuses on the development of quantitative parameters of soil structure using fractal techniques. I also study the scaling of soil transport coefficients used in simulation models of the soil-plant atmosphere continuum. Development of statistical (pedotransfer) models of soil hydraulic properties is also part of my work. My laboratory facilities include equipment to measure soil hydraulic properties (pressure plate apparatus, mist infiltrometer, thermocouple psychrometer), solute movement in soil columns (leaching column), gradient of chemical and physical properties in soil aggregates (soil aggregate eroder), soil water content with Time Domain Reflectometry, and thermal conductivity of soils. My research on developing pedotranfer functions and image analyses of soils in the United States is done in cooperation with the Agricultural Research Service--USDA (Hydrology Laboratory, Beltsville. MD, and Soil and Water Management Research, St. Paul, MN), the Natural Resources and Conservation Service—USDA at Lincoln, NE, and the Department of Land Resources Sciences at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.