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906
National Ranking
314

Michael A. Celia publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Celia sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 276 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Michael A. Celia D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Celia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the development of subsurface flow and transport models in groundwater remediation and CO2 sequestration.
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael A. Celia is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and focuses their research on environmental science and engineering. Their work predominantly addresses environmental engineering applications, with significant contributions to global and planetary change, ocean engineering, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials.

The primary topics of their research include CO2 sequestration and geologic interactions, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, environmental impact and sustainability, groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, enhanced oil recovery techniques, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Michael A. Celia has published papers in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Applied Energy

Highlighted recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael A. Celia include:

  • The calibration and deployment of a low-cost methane sensor, 2020, Atmospheric Environment
  • Variability observed over time in methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells, 2020, International journal of greenhouse gas control
  • Electric power development associated with the Belt and Road Initiative and its carbon emissions implications, 2020, Applied Energy
  • Field-Scale Modeling of CO2 Mineral Trapping in Reactive Rocks: A Vertically Integrated Approach, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • A Pore-Network Simulation Model of Dynamic CO2 Migration in Organic-Rich Shale Formations, 2020, Transport in Porous Media

Their research collaborations frequently involve other scholars such as Karl W. Bandilla, Denise L. Mauzerall, Yiheng Tao, Tom J.W. Postma, and Stuart N. Riddick.

Michael A. Celia's contributions have been recognized with multiple professional distinctions, including becoming a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for work on subsurface flow and transport models in groundwater remediation and CO2 sequestration. They are also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2008 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2000.

Best Publications

  • A General Mass-Conservative Numerical Solution for the Unsaturated Flow Equation

    Michael Anthony Celia;Efthimios T. Bouloutas;Rebecca L. Zarba

  • Injection and Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Aquifers: Analytical Solution for CO2 Plume Evolution During Injection

    Jan Martin Nordbotten;Michael Anthony Celia;Stefan Bachu

  • Large-scale natural gradient tracer test in sand and gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2, Analysis of spatial moments for a nonreactive tracer

    Stephen P. Garabedian;Dennis R. LeBlanc;Lynn W. Gelhar;Michael A. Celia

  • An Eulerian-Lagrangian localized adjoint method for the advection-diffusion equation

    Michael A. Celia;Thomas F. Russell;Ismael Herrera;Richard E. Ewing

  • A benchmark study on problems related to CO2 storage in geologic formations

    Holger Class;Anozie Ebigbo;Rainer Helmig;Helge K. Dahle

  • A Functional Relationship Between Capillary Pressure, Saturation, and Interfacial Area as Revealed by a Pore-Scale Network Model

    Paul C. Reeves;Michael Anthony Celia

  • Dynamic Effect in the Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationship and its Impacts on Unsaturated Flow

    S. Majid Hassanizadeh;Michael A. Celia;Helge K. Dahle

  • Large-scale natural gradient tracer test in sand and gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: 3. Hydraulic conductivity variability and calculated macrodispersivities

    Kathryn M. Hess;Steven H. Wolf;Michael A. Celia

  • Spatial characterization of the location of potentially leaky wells penetrating a deep saline aquifer in a mature sedimentary basin

    Sarah E. Gasda;Stefan Bachu;Michael Anthony Celia

  • Status of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers with emphasis on modeling approaches and practical simulations

    M. A. Celia;S. Bachu;J. M. Nordbotten;K. W. Bandilla

  • Semianalytical Solution for CO2 Leakage through an Abandoned Well

    Jan Martin Nordbotten;Michael Anthony Celia;Stefan Bachu;Helge K. Dahle

  • Upscaling geochemical reaction rates using pore-scale network modeling

    Li Li;Catherine A. Peters;Michael A. Celia

  • Wellbore integrity analysis of a natural CO2 producer

    Walter Crow;J. William Carey;Sarah Gasda;D. Brian Williams

  • Peer Reviewed: Safe Storage of CO2 in Deep Saline Aquifiers

    Robert G. Bruant;Andrew J. Guswa;Michael A. Celia;Catherina A. Peters

  • Geological Storage of CO2: Modeling Approaches for Large-Scale Simulation

    Jan Martin Nordbotten;Michael Anthony Celia

  • Similarity solutions for fluid injection into confined aquifers

    Jan M. Nordbotten;Jan M. Nordbotten;Michael Anthony Celia

  • Contaminant transport and biodegradation: 2. Conceptual model and test simulations

    J. Scott Kindred;Michael Anthony Celia

  • Direct measurements of methane emissions from abandoned oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania

    Mary Kang;Cynthia M. Kanno;Matthew C. Reid;Xin Zhang

  • Models of soil moisture dynamics in ecohydrology: A comparative study

    Andrew J. Guswa;Michael Anthony Celia;I. Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Analytical solutions for leakage rates through abandoned wells

    Jan Martin Nordbotten;Michael Anthony Celia;Stefan Bachu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan M. Nordbotten
Jan M. Nordbotten University of Bergen
Stefan Bachu
Stefan Bachu Alberta Innovates
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University
Denise L. Mauzerall
Denise L. Mauzerall Princeton University
Catherine A. Peters
Catherine A. Peters Princeton University
Rainer Helmig
Rainer Helmig University of Stuttgart
S. Majid Hassanizadeh
S. Majid Hassanizadeh Utrecht University
Philip John Binning
Philip John Binning Technical University of Denmark
William G. Gray
William G. Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mark Person
Mark Person New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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