Dr. Hongbin Zhan

Dr. Hongbin Zhan is a Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Professor of Water Management and Hydrological Science, and Professor of the Energy Institute at Texas A&M University (TAMU). He is the Holder of the Endowed Dudley J. Hughes '51 Chair in Geology and Geophysics at TAMU. His teaching and research interests are in fundamental processes of groundwater hydrology, chemical and heat transport in geological formations and their applications in water resources and geothermal resource management, and geological, environmental, and petroleum engineering. He was the Montague Scholar from the Center for Teaching Excellence at TAMU (1999), the Fred Burggraf Award recipient (2004) for recognition of excellence in transportation research by researchers 35 years of age or younger from the Transportation Research Board (TRB), administrated by the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering & Medicine. He was an elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America (2006), a recipient of Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, Water Resources Research, American Geophysical Union (2020), and an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2023).