Kristina Keating

Associate Professor, Rutgers University Newark

2009 PhD Stanford University

2008 MSc Stanford University

2001 BASc University of British Columbia

kmkeat@rutgers.edu

Twitter: @kkechi, @rungeophysics


Current Members

Brian Higgins

PhD Student

Bridges to the Doctorate Fellow

Carolina Caro

MS Student

Guiliana Solarzano

Undergraduate Student

Nicole Urday 

Undergraduate Student 

Past Members

Yonghui Peng

PhD Student (Graduated 2021)

Thesis: An examination of soil texture and water content estimates from nuclear magnetic resonance


Yonesha Donaldson

Undergraduate Researcher (2018)

Geopaths Mentor


Now at the University of Georgia

Joaquin Cambeiro 

Undergraduate Researcher (2018/2019)

Geopaths Mentor


Now at Pacific Northwest National Labs


Gordon Osterman

PhD Student (graduated 2017)

Rutgers University Presidential Fellow

Best Student Paper, SEG 2016 

Thesis: Novel methods of estimating permeability using spectral induced polarization and nuclear magnetic resonance

Now at US Department of Agriculture

Judy Robinson

Research Associate (co-advised with Lee Slater)

2015 PhD Rutgers University, Newark

2010 MSc Rutgers University, Newark


Now at Pacific Northwest National Labs

Sam Falzone

Research Associate (co-advised with Lee Slater)

PhD Student (graduated 2016)

Thesis: An evaluation of the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance measurements to hydraulic parameters of the vadose zone.

Now at ARPA-E

Tonian Robinson

Undergraduate Researcher (co-advised with Lee Slater)


Now at University of South Florida

David Samuel Wallace

MS Student (graduated 2015)

Thesis: A laboratory study to develop a permeability model for unconsolidated glass bead packs by combining NMR and SIP measured parameters


Now at the Texas Water Science Center

Casey McGuffy

Undergraduate Researcher (2014)


Carl Rosier

Post Doctoral Researcher (2013/2014) 


Now at Agroecology Solutions



Chi Zhang

Post Doctoral Researcher (2013/2014)


Now at the University of Vienna 

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