• B.Sc., University of East Anglia (UK), 1992
• M.Sc., University of N. Wales, 1993
• Ph.D., Lancaster University, 1997

• Low-frequency electrical properties (spectral Induced polarization, induced polarization, complex resistivity) of near-surface soils
• Hydrogeophysics: "Fusing hydrogeological and geophysical research to improve knowledge of flow & transport in subsurface"
• Biogeophysics: "Fusing biological and geophysical research to improve knowledge of microbial processes in subsurface"
• Wetlands/Peatlands geophysics
• Methane Cycling in Northern Peatlands

COURSE SYLLABUSES
Most recent syllabuses of the courses taught at Rutgers

Undergraduate
• 21:460:206:01: Environmental Geology
• 21-460-427: Hydrogeology

Graduate
• 26-380-608-01: Ground Penetrating Radar
• 26-380-606-S01: Electrical Environmental Geophysics
• 26-380-607-S01: Seismic and potential field environmental geophysics

• AGU Chapman Conference on Biogeophysics, Oct 13-16, 2008, Portland, ME
• EEGS NSGS Workshop on Induced Polarization: Research and Recent Advances in Near Surface Applications

(*Student mentored; #Postdoctoral scientist mentored)

Hydrogeophysics research
• Wu, Y., Versteeg, R., Slater, L. and LaBrecque, D., 2009, Calcite precipitation dominates the electrical signatures of zero valent iron columns under simulated field conditions, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 106, 131-143
• Slater, L. and Comas, X., 2008. The contribution of GPR to water resources research, In, Jol. H., Ed., GPR Radar Theory and Applications, Elsevier, New York, 544 pp.
• Wishart, D.N., Slater, L.D., Schnell, D.L. and Herman, G.C., 2009, Hydraulic anisotropy characterization of pneumatic-fractured sediments using azimuthal self potential gradient, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 103, 134–144
• Wishart#, D.N., Slater, L. and Gates, A., 2008, Anisotropy characterization in fractured crystalline bedrock using field-scale azimuthal self potential gradient (ASPG), Journal of Hydrology, 358, 35-45
• Robinson, D.A., Binley, A., Crook, N., Day-Lewis, F., Ferre, P.T., Grauch, V.J.S., Knight, R., Knoll, M., Lakshmi, V., Miller, R., Nyquist, J., Pellerin, L., Singha, K. and Slater, L, 2008, Advancing process-based watershed hydrological research using near-surface geophysics: A vision for, and review of, electrical and magnetic geophysical methods, Hydrological Processes, 22, 18, 3604-3635
• Slater, L., 2007, Near surface electrical characterization of hydraulic conductivity: from petrophysical properties to aquifer geometries - a review, Surveys in Geophysics, 28, 169-197

Biogeophysics research
• Atekwana, A. and Slater, L., Biogeophysics: A New Frontier in Earth Science Research, Reviews of Geophysics, doi:10.1029/2009RG000285, In Press.
• Slater, L., F. D. Day-Lewis, D. Ntarlagiannis, M. O'Brien, and N. Yee, 2009, Geoelectrical measurement and modeling of biogeochemical breakthrough behavior during microbial activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L14402, doi:10.1029/2009GL038695.
• Chen, J., Hubbard, S.S., Williams, K.H., Pride, S., Li, L. and Slater, L.,2009, A state-space Bayesian framework for estimating biogeochemical transformations using time-lapse geophysical data, Water Resources Research, 45, W08420, doi:10.1029/2008WR007698
• Personna*, Y., Ntarlagiannis#, D., Slater, L., Yee, N., O’Brien*, M. and Hubbard, S., 2008, Spectral Induced Polarization and Electrodic Potential Monitoring of Microbially-Mediated Iron Sulfide Transformations, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeoscience, 113, G02020, doi:10.1029/2007JG000614
• Slater, L., Ntarlagiannis#, D., Yee, N., O’Brien*, M, Zhang*, C. and Williams, K.H., 2008, Electrodic voltages in the presence of sulfide: Implications for (1) monitoring natural microbial activity, and (2) SP electrode performance, Geophysics, 73, 2, F65-F70.
• Slater, L., Ntarlagiannis*, D., Personna*, Y.R. and Hubbard, S.S., 2007, Pore-scale Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) signatures associated with FeS biomineral transformations, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21404, doi 10.1029/2007GL031840

Peatlands geophysics & methane cycling
• Parsekian*, A., Slater, L., Comas, X. and Glaser, P., Variations in free phase gasesgasses in peat landforms determined by ground penetrating radar, Journal of Geophysical Research, In Press.
• Baird, A., Belyea, L., Comas, X., Reeve, A. and Slater, L., 2009, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Geophysical Monograph 184, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington DC, 299 pp
• Baird, A., Comas, X., Slater, L. Belyea, L. and Reeve, A.S., 2009, Understanding Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, In, Baird, A., Belyea, L., Comas, X., Reeve, A. and Slater, L., Eds, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Geophysical Monograph 184, American Geophysical Union (AGU), p 1-4.
• Comas, X. and Slater, L, 2009, Non-Invasive Field-Scale Characterization of Gaseous-Phase Methane Dynamics in Peatlands Using the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Method: In, Baird, A., Belyea, L., Comas, X., Reeve, A. and Slater, L., Eds, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Geophysical Monograph 184, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 159-172
• Reeve, A, Comas, X. and Slater, L., 2009, The influence of permeable mineral lenses on peatland hydrology In, Baird, A., Belyea, L., Comas, X., Reeve, A. and Slater, L., Eds, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Carbon Cycling in Northern Peatlands, Geophysical Monograph 184, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 289-298
• Kettridge, N., Comas, X., Baird, A., Slater, L., Strack, M., Thompson, D., Jol, H. and Binley, A., 2008, Ecohydrologically-important subsurface structures in peatlands are revealed by ground-penetrating radar and complex resistivity surveys, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, G04030, doi:10.1029/2008JG000787
• Comas#, X., Slater, L. and Reeve, A., 2008, Seasonal geophysical monitoring of biogenic gasses in a northern peatland: implications for temporal and spatial variability in free phase gas production rates, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, G01012, doi:10.1029/2007JG000575
• Slater, L., Comas*, X., Ntarlagiannis*, D. and Roy Moulik*, M., 2007, Resistivity-based monitoring of biogenic gasses in peat soils, Water Resources Research, 43, W10430, doi:10.1029/2007WR006090
• Comas#, X. and Slater, L., 2007, Evolution of biogenic gasses in peat blocks inferred from noninvasive dielectric permittivity measurements, Water Resources Research, 43, W05424, doi:10.1029/2006WR005562