Deqiang Mao

Deqiang Mao is a Professor of Hydrogeology at the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China. He holds a PhD in Hydrology from The University of Arizona (2012), with prior academic appointments at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (Assistant Professor, 2016-2017) and postdoctoral positions at Colorado School of Mines and The University of Arizona. His research focuses on hydrogeophysics, inverse modeling, and groundwater system characterization.

• Education: PhD (The University of Arizona), MS (China University of Geosciences), BS (China University of Mining and Technology)

His work integrates geophysical methods like induced polarization and resistivity tomography with hydrological modeling to solve subsurface characterization challenges, including contaminant transport, coal seam fires, and aquifer heterogeneity. He actively collaborates with international researchers and serves on AGU committees for hydrogeophysics and groundwater. As a reviewer for major journals, he emphasizes quantitative approaches in hydrogeology and geophysics.

Deqiang Mao's research has driven innovations in bioelectrochemical remediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils, time-domain induced polarization tomography, and high-performance computing applications in subsurface hydrology. He has co-authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in Geophysics, Water Resources Research, and Journal of Hydrology, advancing field and laboratory techniques for groundwater monitoring.

He maintains an open research group at Shandong University, seeking students with quantitative backgrounds in hydrogeology or geophysics. His work bridges theoretical developments in inverse modeling with practical applications in mining hydrology, contaminant remediation, and geophysical survey optimization.