Department of Geology (513) 529-1947 (Office)

Miami University (513) 529-1542 (Fax)

Oxford, Ohio 45056 levyj@muohio.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Resources Program, Institute for Environmental Studies, 1993.

M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Land Resources Program, Institute for Environmental Studies, 1989.

B.A., Brown University, Providence, RI, Religious Studies, 1981

EMPLOYMENT

2000-present Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

1993 Research Associate, Water Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison; supervisor: Dr. Gordon Chesters.

1989-1993 Research Assistant, Water Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison; supervisor: Dr. Gordon Chesters.

1988-1989 Research Assistant, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey; supervisor: Dr. Kenneth R. Bradbury.

1987-1988 Research Assistant, Water Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison; supervisor: Dr. Gordon Chesters.

1982-1986 Teacher, The Canterbury School, Accokeek, MD. Science, mathematics and social studies at junior and senior high school levels.

THESES

Levy, J. (1993) A Field and Modeling Study of Atrazine Transport and Fate in Groundwater. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation. Land Resources Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 586 pp.

Levy, J. (1989) Development of Predictive Capacity for Evaluating Pesticide Movement to Groundwater. Master of Science Thesis. Land Resources Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 225 pp.

PUBLICATIONS

Levy, J and EE Ludy (2000) Uncertainty quantification for wellhead protection areas: the Gauss-Hermite quadrature approach. Ground Water, 38: 63-75.

Levy, J and L Mayer (1999) Systems modeling of nonequilibrium chemical reactions using STELLA. J. Geoscience Education, 47: 413-419.

Levy, J, MK Clayton and G Chesters (1998) Using an approximation of the three-point Gauss-Hermite quadrature formula for model prediction and quantification of uncertainty. Hydrogeology Journal, 6:457-468.

PUBLICATIONS (continued)

Levy, J, G Chesters, DP Gustafson and HW Read (1998) Assessing aquifer susceptibility to and severity of atrazine contamination at a field site in south-central Wisconsin. Hydrogeology Journal, 6:483-499.

Levy, J (1997) SAGE remarks, Honey, I shrunk the class: thoughts on personalizing large lecture classes. GSA Today, 7: 14-17.

Levy, J and G Chesters (1995) Simulation of atrazine and metabolite transport and fate in a sandy-till aquifer. J. Contam. Hydrol., 20: 67-88.

Levy, J (1995) Assessing aquifer susceptibility to contamination at an agricultural field site in Wisconsin. Adaptation of Levy (1993) to a case study in: Zheng, C. and G. D. Bennett (1995) Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling: Theory and Practice. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.

Levy, J, G Chesters, MK Clayton, and JM Harkin (1991). Development of a predictive capacity for evaluating pesticide movement to groundwater. In: AA Jennings and NE Spangenberg (eds.) Surface and Groundwater Quality: Pollution Prevention, Remediation, and the Great Lakes. American Water Resources Assoc., Bethesda, MD. pp. 261-274.

Bradbury, KR, MA Muldoon, A Zaporozec, and J Levy (1991). Delineation of wellhead protection areas in fractured rocks. EPA 5701/9-91-009 Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. 144 pp.

Zaporozec, A, KR Bradbury, J Levy, and MA Muldoon (1990). Methods for delineating wellhead protection areas in fractured rocks. In: A Zaporozec (ed.), Minimizing Risk to the Hydrologic Environment. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA. pp. 174-181.

Chesters, G, GV Simsiman, J Levy, BJ Alhajjar, RN Fathulla, and JM Harkin (1989). Environmental fate of alachlor and metolachlor. Revs .Environ .Contam .Toxicol., 110:1-74.

ABSTRACTS

Mignery, MB, J Levy, RA Sheets, B Whitteberry (2000) Extent and impact of induced infiltration at a well field in southwest Ohio. Abstract 51853. 2000 Fall meeting of the Geological Society of America

Sun, K, J Levy, RH Findlay, J Brannock, ATomaras, KL Mumy, JA Porter (2000) Effect of sediment characteristics on bacterial transport through intact aquifer sediment cores. Abstract 50436. 2000 Fall meeting of the Geological Society of America

Levy, J and EE Ludy (1999) Quantifying the uncertainty associated with delineating wellhead protection areas using the Gauss-Hermite quadrature approach. Abstract 51536. 1999 Fall meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Lustig, AG and J Levy (1999) Comparison of hydraulic conductivity estimates using a variety of techniques at a field site in southwestern Ohio. Abstract 51644. 1999 Fall meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Mignery, MB and J Levy (1999) Impact of induced infiltration on water quality at a wellfield in southwest Ohio. Abstract 51512. 1999 Fall meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Schran, HL, A Lustig, J Levy and RH Findlay (1999) Microbial biomass and community structure of a shallow glacial-outwash aquifer sediment. Abstract for 1999 meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

Sun, K, AJ Rossman, J Levy, RH Findlay and HL Schran (1998) Bacterial transport through intact sediment cores: variability of transport parameters and controlling aquifer characteristics. Abstract 51051, 1998 Fall meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Schran, HL, AJ Rossman, J Levy, RH Findlay (1998) Microbial community structure of a shallow groundwater sediment and coliform bacterial transport. 1998 Ohio, Allegheny, Kentucky & Tennessee ASM Branch Meeting, p. 40.

Schran, HL, AJ Rossman, J Levy, RH Findlay (1998) Microbial community structure of a shallow groundwater sediment. 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Halifax Canada, p. 296.

Rossman, AJ and J Levy (1997) The influence of the indigenous groundwater microbial community on the transport of invasive bacteria. Abstract H21F-09. 1997 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Ludy, EE and J Levy (1997) Quantification of the uncertainty associated with delineating wellhead protection areas. Abstract H22E-26. 1997 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Rossman, AJ, J Levy and R Findlay (1997) Determining the significance of the autochthonous (indigenous) microbial community in the transport of allochthonous (invasive) bacteria in groundwater. Abstract H42B-05. 1997 Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Vanni, MJ, JL Auch, JL Evarts, J Headworth, J Levy, WH Renwick, MH Schaus, P Sibley, E Thobaben, S Wolfer and J Woycke (1997) The role of gizzard shad in nutrient dynamics in Ohio reservoirs: a watershed perspective. For the Conference on Ohio Fish and Wildlife.

Levy, J and T Rayne (1996) Characterization of hydraulic conductivity heterogeneity of a sandy till based on two studies at different scales. Abstract H42C-13. 1996 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union.

Swartwout, R and J Levy (1996) Extent and distribution of groundwater contamination from atrazine and atrazine metabolites in a buried valley aquifer in southwest Ohio. Abstract for the 41st Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, Lexington, KY, September, 1996.

Covarrubias, EO, E Ludy and J Levy (1996) Spatial variability of glacial outwash hydraulic conductivity within a single borehole as determined in situ and through laboratory analyses. Abstract for the 41st Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, Lexington, KY, September, 1996.

Levy, J, G Chesters, DP Gustafson and HW Read (1995) Assessing aquifer susceptibility to and severity of atrazine contamination at a field site in south-central Wisconsin. Abstract no. 12,836, Geological Society of America Abstracts Vol. 27(6).

Levy, J, G Chesters, DP Gustafson and HW Read (1992). Atrazine and metabolite contamination of groundwater at a grade-A dairy farm in Dane County, WI: an update. Abstract no. 4, AWRA Wisconsin Section 16th Annual Mtg., La Crosse WI, March, 1992.

Levy, J, G Chesters, DP Gustafson and HW Read (1991). Distribution, transport and fate of atrazine and its metabolites in groundwater at a grade-A dairy farm in Dane County, WI. Abstract no. 1, AWRA Wisconsin Section 15th Annual Mtg., Oshkosh, WI, March, 1991.

Levy, J, G Chesters, HW Read, and DP Gustafson (1991). Atrazine breakdown, movement and the importance of metabolites. Proc. 1991 Fertilizer, Aglime Pest Mgmt Conf, 30:115-126.

Bradbury, KR, MA Muldoon, J Levy, and A Zaporozec (1989). Delineation of wellhead protection areas in a fractured dolomite aquifer. Abstract H11B-6, Eos, 70(43): 1079.

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