Christopher Zahasky
Expert in hydrogeology, energy resources, and challenges at the energy-water nexus
Assistant Professor, Department of Geoscience College of Letters and Science — Home and cell phones available upon request czahasky@wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @ChrisZahasky
Topics
- Contaminant hydrogeology - the study of how fluids and contaminants (e.g. PFAS, bacteria, chemical spills) enter and travel through the subsurface
- Carbon capture and storage - a technology for mitigating emissions from fossil fuel power plants and large industrial point sources
- Conventional and unconventional energy resources - hydraulic fracturing processes for extracting shale gas and oil, geothermal energy production, and nuclear waste storage