{"id":356,"date":"2020-12-13T01:45:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T01:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/?post_type=part&#038;p=356"},"modified":"2020-12-15T15:33:27","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T15:33:27","slug":"about-the-authors","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/part\/about-the-authors\/","title":{"raw":"About the Authors","rendered":"About the Authors"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignnone wp-image-406 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leonard Konikow\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dr. Leonard Konikow<\/strong> is a Scientist Emeritus with the United States Geological Survey, where he was a research hydrologist for more than 40 years. He is also the Editor\u2011in\u2011Chief of Groundwater journal. His research interests include the development and application of simulation models for groundwater flow and contamination problems, groundwater-surface water interactions, coastal submarine groundwater discharge processes, and groundwater depletion. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and has received the M. King Hubbert Science Award and Life Member Award from the National Ground Water Association and the O.E. Meinzer Award from the Geological Society of America. He also received the President\u2019s Award from the International Association of Hydrogeologists. He was the Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer for the Hydrogeology Division of GSA in 1986\u201187. He served on several committees of the National Research Council and in leadership positions in several professional societies. He is author or coauthor of numerous scientific articles and reports.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-408\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/john-bredehoeft-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Bredehoeft\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>Dr. John Bredehoeft<\/strong> had a 32\u2011year career with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as a research geologist and as a senior manager in their Water Resources Division. After retiring from the USGS, he went on to found a major geotechnical consulting firm. He had also served as Editor\u2011in\u2011Chief of Groundwater journal. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and recipient of several major awards and honors, including the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America, the Horton Award from AGU, the Meinzer Award from GSA, and the Life Member Award from the National Ground Water Association. He taught at the University of Illinois, Stanford, University of California \u2011 Santa Cruz, and San Francisco State University. He served on numerous national advisory committees for the National Research Council, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy. Bredehoeft is the author of more than 100 scientific papers in the refereed scientific literature. Together with George Pinder, they (1) developed and published the first widely used numerical groundwater flow model, and (2) the first widely used contaminant transport model.","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-406 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leonard Konikow\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow-65x72.jpg 65w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow-225x250.jpg 225w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow-350x389.jpg 350w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/leonard-konikow.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Leonard Konikow<\/strong> is a Scientist Emeritus with the United States Geological Survey, where he was a research hydrologist for more than 40 years. He is also the Editor\u2011in\u2011Chief of Groundwater journal. His research interests include the development and application of simulation models for groundwater flow and contamination problems, groundwater-surface water interactions, coastal submarine groundwater discharge processes, and groundwater depletion. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and has received the M. King Hubbert Science Award and Life Member Award from the National Ground Water Association and the O.E. Meinzer Award from the Geological Society of America. He also received the President\u2019s Award from the International Association of Hydrogeologists. He was the Birdsall Distinguished Lecturer for the Hydrogeology Division of GSA in 1986\u201187. He served on several committees of the National Research Council and in leadership positions in several professional societies. He is author or coauthor of numerous scientific articles and reports.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-408\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/john-bredehoeft-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Bredehoeft\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/john-bredehoeft-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/john-bredehoeft-65x83.jpg 65w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/john-bredehoeft-225x287.jpg 225w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/12\/john-bredehoeft.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. John Bredehoeft<\/strong> had a 32\u2011year career with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as a research geologist and as a senior manager in their Water Resources Division. After retiring from the USGS, he went on to found a major geotechnical consulting firm. He had also served as Editor\u2011in\u2011Chief of Groundwater journal. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and recipient of several major awards and honors, including the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America, the Horton Award from AGU, the Meinzer Award from GSA, and the Life Member Award from the National Ground Water Association. He taught at the University of Illinois, Stanford, University of California \u2011 Santa Cruz, and San Francisco State University. He served on numerous national advisory committees for the National Research Council, the National Science Foundation, and the Department of Energy. Bredehoeft is the author of more than 100 scientific papers in the refereed scientific literature. Together with George Pinder, they (1) developed and published the first widely used numerical groundwater flow model, and (2) the first widely used contaminant transport model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-356","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/356\/revisions\/409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=356"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-resource-development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}