Edward Bolton's Résumé

Edward W. Bolton, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist

Yale University
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Kline Geology Laboratory
P.O. Box 208109
New Haven, CT 06520-8109
U.S.A.

1(203) 432-3149 (office)
1(203) 432-3134 (fax: shared)
E-mail: edward.bolton@yale.edu
WWW: http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~bolton
Citizenship: U.S.A.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Numerical Modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Numerical Simulation of Flow, Reactions, and Transport in Heterogeneous Porous Media
Finite Difference, Global-Galerkin, Spectral-Transform, and Particle Tracking Methods
Experimental Fluid Mechanics: Rotating Convection, Bubble Dynamics, including LABVIEW and Data Acquisition
Nonlinear Thermal Convection and Stability Analysis
Wavelet Analysis of Time Series and Climate
Landform Evolution and Erosion Modeling
Flow Visualization of Common Fluid Instabilities
Spherical Shell Basis Functions and Curvilinear Coordinates

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT (at Yale University)

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 1986-1993, yearly
Physical Oceanography, 1987-1992, yearly
Theoretical Fluid Dynamics, 1988
Applied Mathematics Senior Seminar, 1990
Pattern Formation in Biological and Physical Systems, 1990
Computational Fluid Dynamics, 1995.
Advanced Differential and Partial Differential Equations, 1996

INVITED LECTURE SERIES

Modeling Reactive Flows in Earth's Crust (August 3-4, 2001; Institut fuer Geologie, Mineralogie und Geophysik; Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany)

EMPLOYMENT	Senior Research Scientist	2005 - Present
	Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University	New Haven, CT
	See research topics under entry below



	Research Scientist	2000 - 2005
	Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University	New Haven, CT
	Formulated, coded, and published simulations of flow, reactions, and transport in heterogeneous porous media

	Associate Research Scientist	1993 - 2000
	Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University	New Haven, CT
	Formulated, coded, and published simulations of flow, reactions, and transport in heterogeneous porous media

	Developed simulation code for landform evolution via hydraulic erosion and for water/oil/gas flows relevant to water injection secondary oil recovery with interface motion

	Lecturer of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University	Fall 1995 - Spring 1996 New Haven, CT
	Lecturer Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University	Fall 1992 - Spring 1993 New Haven, CT
	Assistant Professor Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University	Fall 1986 - Spring 1992 New Haven, CT
	Postdoctoral Researcher Ecole Normale Superieure	Winter 1985 - Summer 1986 Paris, France
	Postgraduate Researcher Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA	Fall 1981 - Winter 1985 Los Angeles, CA
	High School Teacher Taught Physics, Chemistry, Basic Math, and General Science	Fall 1978 - Spring 1979 Honolulu, HI

EDUCATION :	Ph.D. in Geophysics and Space Physics University of California, Los Angeles	1985 Los Angeles, CA
	M.S. in Geophysics and Space Physics University of California, Los Angeles	1982 Los Angeles, CA
	B.S. in Physics Pacific Union College	1980 Angwin, CA
	M.A. in Teaching of Physical Science Pacific Union College	1978 Angwin, CA
	B.S. in Physical Science Pacific Union College	1977 Angwin, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Van Hise, J.R., D.E. Martz, R.A. Jackson, D.Y. Kunihira and E.W. Bolton (1982) Polonium-218 half-life, Physical Review C, 25. 2802-2804.
Busse, F.H. and E.W. Bolton (1984) Instabilities of convection rolls with stress-free boundaries near threshold, J. Fluid Mech., 146, 115-125.
Bolton, E.W. and F.H. Busse (1985) Stability of convection rolls in a layer with stress-free boundaries, J. Fluid Mech., 150, 487-498.
Azouni, M.A., E.W. Bolton and F.H. Busse (1986) Convection driven by centrifugal buoyancy in a rotating annulus, Geophys. Astroph. Fluid Dyn., 34 301-317.
Bolton, E.W., F.H. Busse and R.M. Clever (1986) Oscillatory instabilities of convection rolls at intermediate Prandtl numbers, J. Fluid Mech., 164, 469-485.
Fauve, S., E.W. Bolton and M.E. Brachet (1987) Nonlinear oscillatory convection: A quantitative phase dynamics approach, Physica, 29D, 202-214.
Bolton, E.W. (1993) A simple notation for differential vector operations in orthogonal curvilinear coordinates, Geophysical Journal International, 115, 654-666.
Bolton, E.W. and J. Maurer (1994) A new roll-type instability in an oscillating fluid plane, J. Fluid Mech, 268, 293-313.
Bolton, E.W., K.A. Maasch and J. M. Lilly (1995), A wavelet analysis of Plio-Pleistocene climate indicators: A new view of periodicity evolution, Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 2753-2756.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga and D. Rye, (1996) A model for the kinetic control of quartz dissolution and precipitation in porous media flow with spatially variable permeability: Formulation and examples of thermal convection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 22157-22187.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga and D. Rye, (1997) Dissolution and precipitation via forced-flux injection in a porous medium with spatially variable permeability: Kinetic control in two dimensions, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, pp. 12159-12171.
Bolton, E.W., A.C. Lasaga and D.M. Rye, (1999) Long-term flow/chemistry feedback in a porous medium with heterogeneous permeability: Kinetic control of dissolution and precipitation, American Journal of Science, v. 299, pp. 1-68.
Luttge, A., E.W. Bolton, and A.C. Lasaga, (1999) An interferometric study of the dissolution kinetics of anorthite: The role of reactive surface area, American Journal of Science, v. 299, pp. 652-678.
Seilacher, A., M. Meschede, E.W. Bolton, and H. Luginsland, (2000) The Precambrian "fossil" Vermiforma is a tectograph, Geology, v. 28, pp. 235-238.
Lasaga, A.C., A. Luttge, D.M. Rye, and E.W. Bolton, (2000) Dynamic treatment of invariant and univariant reactions in metamorphic systems, American Journal of Science, v. 300, pp. 173-221.
Lasaga, A.C., D.M. Rye, A. Luttge, and E.W. Bolton, (2001) Calculation of fluid fluxes in Earth's crust, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 65, No. 7, pp. 1161-1185.
Breeding, C.M., J.J. Ague, M. Brocker, and E.W. Bolton, (2003) Blueschist preservation in a retrograded, high-pressure, low-temperature metamorphic terrane, Tinos, Greece: Implications for fluid flow paths in subduction zones, G-cubed, Vol. 4, No. 1, 22 Jan. 2003.
Rye, D.M., E.W. Bolton, A. Luttge (2003) Erratum to Antonio C. Lasaga, Danny M. Rye, Andreas Luttge, and Edward W. Bolton (2001) "Calculation of fluid fluxes in the Earth's crust," Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 67, No. 9, p. 1755.
Luttge, A., E.W. Bolton, and D.M. Rye (2004) A kinetic model of metamorphism: An application to siliceous dolomites, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI: 10.1007/s00410-003-0520-8, Vol. 146, No. 5, January 2004 pp. 546 - 565
Wildman, R. A., Berner, R. A., Petsch, S. T., Bolton, E. W., Eckert, J.O., Mok, U., and, Evans, J.B., (2004) The weathering of sedimentary organic matter as a control on atmospheric O2: I. Analysis of a black shale, American Journal of Science, Vol. 304, p. 234-249.
Bolton, E.W., D.M. Rye, J.J. Ague, and A. Luttge, (2004) Modeling contact metamorphism of siliceous dolomite via kinetic control of overall reactions, Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June -2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, pp. 269-272.
Berner, R.A., E.W. Bolton, R.A. Wildman, and S.T. Petsch, (2004) Organic matter weathering and atmospheric oxygen: A field and modeling study of black shale oxidation, Water-Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 27 June -2 July 2004, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, pp. 805-808.
Bolton, E. W., Berner, R. A., and Petsch, S. T., (2006) The weathering of sedimentary organic matter as a control on atmospheric O₂: II. Theoretical Modeling, to appear in American Journal of Science, October, Vol. 306, pp. 575-615.

BOOK REVIEWS

Bolton, E.W., Review of Buoyancy-induced Flows and Transport, by B. Gebhart, et.al., (Hemisphere, New York, 1988), which appeared in American Scientist, 77, pp. 298-299, 1989.
Bolton, E.W., Review of Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 22, John L. Lumley, et al., editors, published by Annual Reviews, Palo Alto, California 1990, for the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 72, 1399-1400, 1991.

SELECTED AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

Joliot-Curie Bourse, 1985, at Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, administered by the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, France.
Associate Editor, American Journal of Science, January 2004 - Present.

COMPUTER USAGE EXPERIENCE

UNIX SYSTEMS: DEC Alphas, SUN Ultras, SGI
VAX SYSTEMS: Microvax user and administrator
OTHER SYSTEMS: Macs, PCs, linux
LANGUAGES: FORTRAN, C, Mathematica
GRAPHICS: Splus, IslandDraw, UIS, GL, Matlab, CorrelDraw, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Illustrator
TEXT FORMATTING: TEX, LATEX, MS Word, IslandWrite

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Synthetic Landform Creation for the U.S. Army and Naval Research Laboratory
Demonstration Devices and Text Development for The American Museum of Natural History
Fluid Sculpture Creation
Educational Video Creation
Technical Advisor for Tidal Electric, Inc.

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