Dr. Robert "Bob" Lowell

Professor Emeritus

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340

Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: bob.lowell@eas.gatech.edu

Website: http://hydrotherm.eas.gatech.edu/

Education

• Ph.D., Geophysics, Oregon State University
• M.S., Physics, Oregon State University
• B.S., Physics, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Awards

• Sigma Xi Best Paper Award for Senior Faculty, Georgia Tech, 2002

Research Interests

• Sea floor and continental hydrothermal systems
• Mathematical modeling of heat, fluid, and chemical transport in Earth's crust
• Ocean ridge crustal structure
• Magmatic processes
• Multi-phase flow
• Methane gas hydrate evolution
• Soil temperatures and wetland hydrology