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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1992 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

M. Th. van Genuchten is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and environmental science, with a particular emphasis on civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, and plant science. Their work covers specialized topics related to soil and unsaturated flow, groundwater flow and contamination, soil moisture and remote sensing, and plant stress responses and tolerance, among others.

Their research output includes publications in prominent journals, frequently contributing to the following venues:

  • Vadose Zone Journal
  • Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Transport in Porous Media

Notable recent papers by van Genuchten span from 2020 to 2024 and include:

  • "Seed priming alleviated salinity stress during germination and emergence of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)," 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • "Developments and applications of the HYDRUS computer software packages since 2016," 2024, Vadose Zone Journal
  • "Unsaturated flow effects on solute transport in porous media," 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • "Simple functions for describing soil water retention and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from saturation to complete dryness," 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • "A modeling framework to quantify the effects of compaction on soil water retention and infiltration," 2021, Soil Science Society of America Journal

Van Genuchten has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Elizabeth M. Pontedeiro
  • Paulo Couto
  • Amir Raoof
  • Faride Feghhenabi
  • Hashem Hadi

Their research portfolio reveals a strong focus on modeling and analysis of soil water retention, unsaturated flow, and transport phenomena in porous media. Their work also engages with plant science topics, particularly in relation to responses to environmental stressors such as salinity.

M. Th. van Genuchten's professional recognitions include fellowships with major scientific organizations. They were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2003 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • rosetta: a computer program for estimating soil hydraulic parameters with hierarchical pedotransfer functions

    Marcel G. Schaap;Feike J. Leij;Martinus Th. van Genuchten

  • Mass transfer studies in sorbing porous media. I. Analytical solutions

    M. Th. van Genuchten;P. J. Wierenga

  • The RETC code for quantifying the hydraulic functions of unsaturated soils

    M.Th. Van Genuchten;F.J. Leij;S.R. Yates

  • A dual-porosity model for simulating the preferential movement of water and solutes in structured porous media

    H. H. Gerke;M. T. van Genuchten

  • Review and comparison of models for describing non-equilibrium and preferential flow and transport in the vadose zone

    Jirka Šimůnek;Nick J. Jarvis;M.Th. van Genuchten;Annemieke Gärdenäs

  • Estimating Uncertain Flow and Transport Parameters Using a Sequential Uncertainty Fitting Procedure

    K. C. Abbaspour;C. A. Johnson;M. Th. van Genuchten

  • Neural network analysis for hierarchical prediction of soil hydraulic properties

    Marcel G. Schaap;Feike J. Leij;Martinus Th. van Genuchten

  • Water flow and solute transport processes in the unsaturated zone

    D. R. Nielsen;M. Th. Van Genuchten;J. W. Biggar

  • Two-Site/Two-Region Models for Pesticide Transport and Degradation: Theoretical Development and Analytical Solutions

    M. Th. van Genuchten;R. J. Wagenet

  • Mass Transfer Studies in Sorbing Porous Media: II. Experimental Evaluation with Tritium (3H2O)1

    M. Th. van Genuchten;P. J. Wierenga

  • Effect of the shape of the soil hydraulic functions near saturation on variably-saturated flow predictions

    T. Vogel;M.Th. van Genuchten;M. Cislerova

  • Using Texture and Other Soil Properties to Predict the Unsaturated Soil Hydraulic Functions

    J. H. M. Wösten;M. Th. van Genuchten

  • Using pedotransfer functions to estimate the van Genuchten-Mualem Soil Hydraulic Properties: a review.

    Harry Vereecken;Mélanie Weynants;Mathieu Javaux;Mathieu Javaux;Y. Pachepsky

  • Flux-Averaged and Volume-Averaged Concentrations in Continuum Approaches to Solute Transport

    J. C. Parker;M. Th. van Genuchten

  • Boundary Conditions for Displacement Experiments through Short Laboratory Soil Columns1

    M. Th. van Genuchten;J. C. Parker

  • Evaluation of a first-order water transfer term for variably saturated dual-porosity flow models

    H. H. Gerke;M. T. van Genuchten

  • On the Equivalence of Two Conceptual Models for Describing Ion Exchange During Transport Through an Aggregated Oxisol

    P. Nkedi-Kizza;J. W. Biggar;H. M. Selim;M. Th. Van Genuchten

  • Parameter estimation for unsaturated flow and transport models — A review

    J.B. Kool;J.C. Parker;M.Th. van Genuchten

  • A consistent set of parametric models for the two-phase flow of immiscible fluids in the subsurface

    L. Luckner;M. Th. Van Genuchten;D. R. Nielsen

  • An Evaluation of Kinetic and Equilibrium Equations for the Prediction of Pesticide Movement Through Porous Media1

    M. Th. van Genuchten;J. M. Davidson;P. J. Wierenga

  • The RETC code for quantifying the hydraulic functions of unsaturated soils: project summary

    M.Th. Van Genuchten;F.J. Leij;S.R. Yates

Frequent Co-Authors

Jirka Šimůnek
Jirka Šimůnek University of California, Riverside
Todd H. Skaggs
Todd H. Skaggs US Department of Agriculture
Dirk Mallants
Dirk Mallants Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Feike J. Leij
Feike J. Leij California State University, Long Beach
Jan Feyen
Jan Feyen University of Cuenca
Binayak P. Mohanty
Binayak P. Mohanty Texas A&M University
Peter J. Shouse
Peter J. Shouse Agricultural Research Service
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Mathieu Javaux
Mathieu Javaux Université Catholique de Louvain

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