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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 1938 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David B. Watson is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable focus on subfields including Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Pollution, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics covered in their work include Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies.

David B. Watson has contributed to several publications, including recent papers such as:

  • A preliminary computational surface oil spill trajectory model for ice-covered waters and its validation with two oil spill events: A field experiment in the Barents Sea and an accidental spill in the Gulf of Finland, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Global Geo-processed Data of Aquifer Properties by 0.5° Grid, Country and Water Basins, 2024, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Globally Gridded Groundwater Extraction Volumes and Costs under Six Depletion and Ponded Depth Targets, 2024, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Global Geo-processed Data of Aquifer Properties by 0.5° Grid, Country and Water Basins, 2024, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Their frequent co-authors include Hassan Niazi, Mohamad Hejazi, Stephen Ferencz, Chris Vernon, and Neal T. Graham, each contributing to multiple collaborative works.

The venues where their work is commonly published are:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

David B. Watson has been recognized with several awards, including Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2013, Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1938, and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1933.

Best Publications

  • A catalytic beacon sensor for uranium with parts-per-trillion sensitivity and millionfold selectivity

    Juewen Liu;Andrea K. Brown;Xiangli Meng;Donald M. Cropek

  • In situ bioreduction of technetium and uranium in a nitrate-contaminated aquifer.

    J D Istok;J M Senko;L R Krumholz;D Watson

  • Metagenomic insights into evolution of a heavy metal-contaminated groundwater microbial community

    Christopher L Hemme;Ye Deng;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Matthew W Fields

  • Performance evaluation of a zerovalent iron reactive barrier: Mineralogical characteristics

    Debra Helen Phillips;Baohua Gu;David B Watson;Yul Roh

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Environmental whole-genome amplification to access microbial populations in contaminated sediments.

    Carl B. Abulencia;Denise L. Wyborski;Joseph A. Garcia;Mircea Podar

  • Denitrifying Bacteria from the Genus Rhodanobacter Dominate Bacterial Communities in the Highly Contaminated Subsurface of a Nuclear Legacy Waste Site

    Stefan J. Green;Om Prakash;Puja Jasrotia;Will A. Overholt

  • Natural Bacterial Communities Serve as Quantitative Geochemical Biosensors

    Mark Burnham Smith;Andrea M. Rocha;Chris S. Smillie;Scott Wilder Olesen

  • In situ bioreduction of uranium (VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen.

    Weimin Wu;Jack M Carley;Jian Luo;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremediation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 1. Conditioning of a treatment zone.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Michael Fienen;Tonia Mehlhorn

  • Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments, Associated with Bioremediation of Uranium to Submicromolar Levels

    Erick Cardenas;Weimin Wu;Mary Beth Leigh;Jack M Carley

  • Denitrifying Bacteria Isolated from Terrestrial Subsurface Sediments Exposed to Mixed-Waste Contamination

    Stefan J. Green;Om Prakash;Thomas M. Gihring;Denise M. Akob

  • Natural humics impact uranium bioreduction and oxidation.

    Baohua Gu;Hui Yan;Ping Zhou;David B. Watson

  • Rhodanobacter denitrificans sp. nov., isolated from nitrate-rich zones of a contaminated aquifer.

    Om Prakash;Stefan J. Green;Stefan J. Green;Puja Jasrotia;Will A. Overholt

  • Utilization of microbial biofilms as monitors of bioremediation.

    A. D. Peacock;Y. J. Chang;J. D. Istok;L. Krumholz

  • Microbiological characteristics in a zero-valent iron reactive barrier.

    Baohua Gu;David B Watson;Liyou Wu;Debra Helen Phillips

  • Mineralogical characteristics and transformations during long-term operation of a zerovalent iron reactive barrier.

    Debra Helen Phillips;David B Watson;Yul Roh;Baohua Gu

  • Significant Association between Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Uranium-Reducing Microbial Communities as Revealed by a Combined Massively Parallel Sequencing-Indicator Species Approach

    Erick Cardenas;Wei-Min Wu;Mary Beth Leigh;Jack Carley

  • Impacts on microbial communities and cultivable isolates from groundwater contaminated with high levels of nitric acid–uranium waste

    Matthew Wayne Fields;Matthew Wayne Fields;Tingfen Yan;Sung-Keun Rhee;Sue L Carroll

  • Composition and Diversity of Microbial Communities Recovered from Surrogate Minerals Incubated in an Acidic Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer

    Catherine L. Reardon;David E. Cummings;Lynn M. Petzke;Barry Lee Kinsall

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip M. Jardine
Philip M. Jardine University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Wei-Min Wu
Wei-Min Wu Stanford University
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Baohua Gu
Baohua Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Peter K. Kitanidis
Peter K. Kitanidis Stanford University
Christopher W. Schadt
Christopher W. Schadt Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Matthew W. Fields
Matthew W. Fields Montana State University
Joel E. Kostka
Joel E. Kostka Georgia Institute of Technology
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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