Research Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Technical University of Denmark, 1988.

Modeling of transport phenomena where the transport is occurring by diffusion, convection and radiation.

246 Clark Hall
434-924-1318
pb8n@virginia.edu

Primary research interest is the general modeling of transport phenomena, including: (1) saturated and unsaturated water flow in soils; (2) diffusion and convection of, and interaction between, chemicals in porous media; (3) sediment biogeochemical processes (denitrification, nitrification, mineralization, sulfate reduction); (4) laminar and turbulent fluid flow in enclosures, including transport of energy and chemicals; (5) boundary layer flows; (6) heat conduction in layered composites; and (7) bouyancy controlled flows. Current research activities involve the modeling of nitrogen transformations in Greenland marine sediments from measurements obtained by microelectrodes, nitrogen loss and oxygen depletion in marine and freshwater sediments, and phosphorus dynamics in marine carbonate sediments.

McGlathery, K.J., P. Berg, and R. Marino. 2001. Using porewater profiles to assess nutrient availability in marine carbonate sediments. Biogeochemistry. 56:239-263.

Berg, P., S. Rysgaard, P. Funch, and M. K. Sejr. 2001. Effects of bioturbation on solutes and solids in marine sediments. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 26:81-94.

Berg, P. and K. J. McGlathery. 2001. A high-resolution porewater sampling for sandy sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 46:203-210

Fossing H., T. G. Ferdelman, and P. Berg. 2000. Sulfate reduction and methane oxidation in continental margin sediments influenced by irrigation (South-East Atlantic off Namibia). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64:897-910.

Hoffman, C.C., S. Rysgaard, and P. Berg. 2000. Denitrification rates predicted by nitrogen-15 labeled nitrate microcosm studies, in situ measurements, and modeling. Journal of Environmental Quality 29(6):2020-2028.

Rysgaard S, P.B. Christensen, M.V. Sørensen, P. Funch, and P. Berg. 2000. Marine meiofauna, carbon and nitrogen mineralization in sandy and soft sediments of Disko Bay, West Greenland. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 21:59-71.

Berg, P. 1999. Long-term simulation of water movement in soils using mass-conserving procedures. Advances in Water Resources 22:419-430.