Alan E. Fryar
Resumé

Business address

Department of Geological Sciences
University of Kentucky
101 Slone Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0053
Phone: (859) 257-4392
Fax: (859) 323-1938
E-mail alan.fryar@uky.edu


Education

B.S. cum laude 1984, geology and history, Duke University
M.S. 1986, geology, Texas A&M University
Ph.D. 1992, geology, University of Alberta 


Employment

Professional affiliations

American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
International Association of Hydrogeologists
Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists
National Ground Water Association


Representative publications (*indicates abstract available on Web)

Fryar, A.E., 2005, Review of "Fundamentals of Ground Water," by F.W. Schwartz and Hubao Zhang: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 11, no. 3, p. 285 - 286. 

Mukherjee, A., Fryar, A.E., and LaSage, D.M., 2005, Using tracer tests to assess natural attenuation of contaminants along a channelized Coastal Plain stream: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, in press.

*Fryar, A.E., Mullican, W.F., III, and Macko, S.A., 2001, Chemical evolution during recharge to and flow within the High Plains aquifer, Texas: Hydrogeology Journal, v. 9, no. 6, p. 522 - 542. 

Etienne, N., Butler, D.L., Fryar, A.E., and Coyne, M.S., 2001, Trichloroethene biodegradation potential in wetland soils and paleowetland sediments: Bioremediation Journal, v. 5, no. 1, p. 27 - 50. 

*Mehta, S., Fryar, A.E., Brady, R.M., and Morin, R.H., 2000, Modeling regional salinization of the Ogallala aquifer, Southern High Plains, TX, USA: Journal of Hydrology, v. 238, p. 44 - 64. 

Fryar, A.E., Wallin, E.J., and Brown, D.L., 2000, Spatial and temporal variability in seepage between a contaminated aquifer and tributaries to the Ohio River: Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, v. 20, no. 3, p. 129 - 146. 

*Fryar, A.E., Macko, S.A., Mullican, W.F., III, Romanak, K.D., and Bennett, P.C., 2000, Nitrate reduction during ground-water recharge, Southern High Plains, Texas: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 40, p. 335 - 363. 

*Mehta, S., Fryar, A.E., and Banner, J.L., 2000, Controls on the regional-scale salinization of the Ogallala aquifer, Southern High Plains, Texas, USA: Applied Geochemistry, v. 15, p. 849 - 864. 

Fryar, A.E., 1999, Review of "Groundwater in Geologic Processes," by S.E. Ingebritsen and W.E. Sanford: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 47, p. 498. 

*Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz, F.W., 1998, Hydraulic-conductivity reduction, reaction-front propagation, and preferential flow within a model reactive barrier: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 32, p. 333 - 351. (Erratum: Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz, F.W., 2001, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 51, p. 127 - 129.) 

Mullican, W.F., III, Johns, N.D., and Fryar, A.E., 1997, Playas and recharge of the Ogallala aquifer on the Southern High Plains of Texas - an examination using numerical techniques: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 242, 72 p. 

Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz, F.W., 1994, A method for studying diagenesis in shallow sediments using flow-through columns: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A64, no. 3, p. 679 - 681. 

Fryar, A.E., and Schwartz, F.W., 1994, Modeling the removal of metals from ground water by a reactive barrier: experimental results: Water Resources Research, v. 30, no. 12, p. 3455 - 3469. 

Mullican, W.F., III, Fryar, A.E., and Johns, N.D., 1994, Vertical transport of contaminants through perched aquifers to the Ogallala aquifer, Pantex Plant area, Southern High Plains, Texas, in Dutton, A.R., ed., Toxic substances and the hydrologic sciences: Minneapolis, American Institute of Hydrology, p. 547 - 562. 

Mullican, W.F., III, Johns, N.D., and Fryar, A.E., 1994, What a difference a playa can make: defining recharge scenarios, rates, and contaminant transport to the Ogallala (High Plains) aquifer, in Urban, L.V., and Wyatt, A.W., eds., Proceedings, Playa Basin Symposium: Lubbock, Texas Tech University, p. 97 - 106. 

Fryar, A.E., and Domenico, P.A., 1989, Analytical inverse modeling of regional-scale tritium waste migration: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 4, p. 113 - 125. 


Research grants (lead principal investigator except where noted)
 

Development of a conceptual stratigraphic model for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute, University of Kentucky, $116,002, May 2004 - September 2005.

Role of adsorption and desorption on the movement and tracking of fecal indicator microbes through soil and karst environments: UK College of Agriculture, Senate Bill 271 program, $76,738, July 2004 - June 2006.

Regional ground-water flow and water-quality trends in the Bengal basin: Office of the Vice-President for Research, University of Kentucky, Research Committee Grant, $3,500, July 2003 - June 2004. 

Natural attenuation of trichloroethene and technetium-99: Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, $22,800, July 2002 - June 2004. 

Role of suspended sediment in facilitating pathogen transport in Inner Bluegrass karst aquifers: UK College of Agriculture, Senate Bill 271 program, $68,999, July 2002 - June 2004. 

Laboratory investigations of abiotic attenuation of trichloroethene by soils and sediments: Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, $20,274, February 1999 - June 2002. 

Natural attenuation of trichloroethene and technetium-99 during seepage to and flow within Little Bayou Creek: Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, $64,380, February 1999 - June 2002. 

Reservoir-watershed linkages: the effects of water level management on hydrology and water quality in hydro-electric reservoirs (co-principal investigator): Kentucky DOE/EPSCoR program, $49,898, October 1999 - September 2000. 

Modeling of chemical evolution during ground-water recharge and flow, Southern High Plains, Texas: Office of the Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky, Special Summer Faculty Research Fellowship, $7,500, June - August 2000. 

Natural attenuation of trichloroethene in wetland soils and paleowetland sediments: U.S. Geological Survey, Regional Water-Resources Competitive Grants Program, $57,380, September 1997 - August 2000.

Experimental and mathematical modeling of trichloroethene sorption to and diffusion in basalt: Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky, Research Committee Grant, $3,230, June - August 1999. 

Spatial and temporal variability in seepage fluxes between contaminated aquifers and tributary streams: U.S. Geological Survey, Regional Water-Resources Competitive Grants Program, $16,118, September 1996 - February 1998. 

Proposed laboratory studies of abiotic reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene by basalt and sediments: Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $25,000, November 1995 - August 1997. 


Teaching (University of Kentucky)

Academic advising

Ph.D. dissertations - 2 completed, 2 in progress
M.S. theses - 6 completed, 2 in progress 


Professional service

Conference session convenor

Manuscript reviews
Proposal reviews
University/state service


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