Dr. William Golz

My work describes how soluble chemicals cross natural interfaces between two distinct materials, an obvious example of which is the layered rock in the Grand Canyon. Even though such effects are poorly understood, boundary conditions have become the focal point of a lively historical debate which has spanned five decades.

My work provides definitive mathematical proof that there is only one set of correct boundary conditions for a problem which is very general in nature. Physical applications of my work include providing a better understanding of antibiotic resistance in bacterial biofilms, improving biological nitrification and denitrification in the aquaculture systems used to provide food-fish for developing countries, and how contaminants like those released following hurricane Katrina will behave as they travel through Louisiana's coastal marshes in the decades to come.