9 About the Author

Dr. J.F. Devlin is a Professor in the Geology Department at the University of Kansas, USA, and previously served on the faculty of the University of Waterloo. He has 35 years of experience in the groundwater field, has supervised 35 student theses and published 75 peer reviewed articles in groundwater research. He has worked collaboratively with academic and government researchers in the USA, Canada, France, Denmark, and New Zealand. He has also worked jointly with industrial partners in North America and Europe. His research interests range from organic contaminant geochemistry to aquifer characterization, bioremediation, subsurface mixing in groundwater remediation schemes, and the direct measurement of groundwater velocity. He currently serves on the Board of the Tumbling Creek Cave Foundation and has served as an Associate Editor for Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation and the Hydrogeology Journal and as Editor-in-Chief for Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation. He the recipient of the W.B. Pearson Medal from the University of Waterloo, an NSF Career Award, the Otto Monsted guest professorship at DTU, Leo M. & Robert M. Orth Water Resources Award and a Kemper Award for teaching excellence.