CURRICULUM VITAE: MAGNUS PERSSON

Born: 1969, Sweden

Spouse: Annette Rosenberg. Children: Marcus (b. 1996) and Elin (b. 1999)

Employment

1995-1999           PhD student position, Dept. of Water Resour. Eng. Lund University.

2000-2002           Assistant Professor, Dept. of Water Resour. Eng. Lund University.

2002-present        Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Water Resour. Eng. Lund University.

Education:

1995                    Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Lund University.

1997                    Tekn. Lic. Dept. of Water Resour. Eng. Lund University.

1999                    Tekn. Dr. (PhD), Dept. of Water Resour. Eng. Lund University.

2001                    Docent (Assoc. Prof), Dept. of Water Resour. Eng. Lund University.

International courses

Use of models in soil and groundwater remediation, March 4-8 1996, IHW, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich, Switzerland.

Research visits

April 1998, The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), Damascus, Syria

November 1998, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

February 2000, INRGREF and IRD, Tunis, Tunisia.

Field of research:

Water and solute transport in unsaturated heterogeneous soil

Solute transport measurements using TDR

NAPL modelling in soils

Water dynamics in arid climates

New approaches in soil science (neural networks, fractals, chaos theory etc.)

Teaching

Assistant in the following courses for Civil Engineering students

Hydrology, basic course, autumn 1995

Hydraulics II, spring 1996

Water resources engineering, 1996-1997

Hydrological modelling, spring 1997

Assistant lecturer

Water resources engineering, autumn 1999

Hydrology and aquatic ecology, autumn 1999

Lecturer and course administrator

Water resources engineering, 2000-2003

Water and environment, 2003-present

Co-supervision of Doctor of Science Thesis Work

Hamed, Y. 2004. Use of marginal waters for irrigation in arid areas. PhD. Dissertation.

Öhrström, P. 2005. Unsaturated solute transport in a semiarid catchment. PhD. Dissertation, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ.

Supervision of Master of Science thesis work

1.    Wendt, J. 2003. Estimating dye tracer concentration by image analysis, MSc. Thesis, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ.

2.    Nilsson, A. 2003. Sludge manured energy forestry – An alternative for environmentally safe recycling of municipal sewage sludge as well as cadmium sink for cultivated fields in Skåne, MSc. Thesis, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ.

3.    Eliasson, S., and Larsson, M. 2006. The influence of land-use change, root abundance and macropores on saturated infiltration rate - a field study on western java, Indonesia. MSc. Thesis, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ.

Refereeing

Journal articles:

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Water Resources Research

Journal of Hydrology

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Vadose Zone Journal

European Journal of Soil Sciences

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavia Section B, Soil and Plant

Geoderma

Geophysical Research Letters

Journal of Arid Environments

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Hydrological Processes

Ambio

Contaminant Hydrology

Pedosphere

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Soil and Tillage Research

Assoc. Editor: Soil Science Society of America Journal (2003-2005)

Memberships

The American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America

Publications, Magnus Persson:

Conferences and Proceedings, oral presentation

1. Persson, M. Non-destructive measurements of solute transport in the unsaturated zone, Hydrologidagarna, CTH, Gothenburg, Sweden, 21-22 March 1996 (in Swedish).

2. Persson, M. Solute transport measurements using TDR, Hydrologidagarna, LTH, Lund, Sweden, 23-24 March 1998 (in Swedish).

3. Persson, M. Solute transport and water content measurements in arid soils using time domain reflectometry, International seminar on Rain water harvesting and management of small reservoirs in arid and semiarid areas, Lund, Sweden, 29 June -2 July 1998.

4. Persson, M. Improved calibrations of TDR measurements using artificial neural networks. Proceedings of the second international symposium and workshop on time domain reflectometry for innovative geotechnical applications, Evanston, Illinois, USA, September 5-7, 2001, pp. 128-139.

5. Persson, M. Using time domain reflectometry for non-aqueous phase liquid concentration measurements. Proceedings of the second international symposium and workshop on time domain reflectometry for innovative geotechnical applications, Evanston, Illinois, USA, September 5-7, 2001, pp. 362-373.

Not attended/presentation made by co-author

1. Persson, M., Berndtsson, R., Albergel, J., Nasri, S., Bahri, A., and Zante, P. A non-invasive approach for measurements of near-surface water content. EGS conference, Nice, April 20-24 1998. Journal Annales Geophysicae, Supplement of Volume 16, 1998.

2. Persson, M., R. Berndtsson, J. Albergel, P. Zante, S. Nasri, and A. Bahri. In situ calibration of solute transport measurements using time domain reflectometry. Proceedings of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Conference, New Frontiers & Challenges, Bangkok, Thailand, 8-12 November 1999, Vol. 5, I77-I86.

3. Persson, M., Olsson, J., Albergel, J., Zante, P., Nasri, S., Yasuda, H., Berndtsson, R., and Öhrström, P. Fractal theory to simulate unsaturated transport properties. International seminar on hydrology of the Mediterranean regions, Montpellier, October 11-13, 2000.

4. Öhrström, P., Hamed, Y., Persson, M., and Berndtsson, R. Characterizing solute transport in the unsaturated zone by simultaneous use of dye and TDR. EGS, Nice, France, March, 2001.

4. Sivakumar, B., Berndtsson, R., Puente, C. E., Persson, M., Uvo, C. B. A multi-variable chaotic approach for hydrological processes. Proceedings of the XXVI European Geophysical Society General Assembly, March 25-30, Nice, France, 2001.

5. Öhrström, P., J. Olsson, J. Albergel, P. Zante, S. Nasri, M. Persson, and R. Berndtsson. Non-linear scaling characteristics of solute transport in a small catchment, International seminar on small dams in the Mediterranean world, Tunis 28th – 31st May, 2001.

6. Olsson, J., M. Persson, and S. Haridy. Experimental investigation and numerical modelling of 2-D solute transport dynamics. Hydrofractals’03-An international conference on fractals in hydrosciences, Monte Veritá, Ascona; Switzerland, 24-29 Aug. 2003.

7. Yasuda, H., Berndtsson, R., Umegaki, Y., Persson, M., Sivakumar, B., Olsson, J., Jinno, K., and P. Öhrström (2003) A chaotic dynamical approach to simulate particle movement in the saturated zone, Proceedings of International Conference on Water and Environment, 15-18 December, Bhopal, India.

8 van Praagh, M., M. Persson, K.M. Persson. Assessment of hydrological parameters in Column leaching tests with Time Domain Reflectometry, Sardinia Symposium 2005, Cagliari, Italy, 3 -7 Oktober 2005.

Reports

1. Persson, M. and S. Söderström. Urban hydrological studies in Kuala Lumpur - local handling of storm water, M. Sc. Thesis, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ., 1994.

2. Lidström, V., J. Olsson, and M. Persson. Modelling of solute transport in the unsaturated zone, report 3189, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ., 1995.

3. Persson, M. Non-destructive measurements of solute transport in the unsaturated zone using TDR. Tecn. Lic. Dissertation, report 3212, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ., 1997.

4. Persson, M. Conceptualization of solute transport using time domain reflectometry, a combined laboratory and field study. PhD. Dissertation, report 1025, Dep. of Water Resources Engineering, Lund Univ., 1999.

Book reviews

1. Multiphase flow and transport processes in the subsurface, by Rainer Helmig, Vatten, 1998.

International journals (peer reviewed)

1.      Persson, M. Soil solution electrical conductivity measurements under transient conditions using TDR, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:997-1003, 1997.

2.      Persson, M. and R. Berndtsson. Texture and electrical conductivity effects on temperature dependency in time domain reflectometry, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62:887-893, 1998.

3.      Persson, M. and R. Berndtsson. Estimating transport parameters in an undisturbed soil column using time domain reflectometry and transfer function theory, J. Hydrol. 205:232-247, 1998.

4.      Persson, M. and R. Berndtsson. Non-invasive water content and electrical conductivity laboratory measurements using time domain reflectometry, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62:887-893, 1998.

5.      Persson, M. and R. Berndtsson. Water application frequency effects on steady state solute transport parameters, J. Hydrol. 225:140-154, 1999.

6.      Persson, M., R. Berndtsson, S. Nasri, J. Albergel, P. Zante, and Y. Yumegaki. Solute transport and water content measurements in clay soils using time domain reflectometry, Hydr. Sci. J. 45:833-847, 2000.

7.      Olsson, J., R. Berndtsson, A. Bahri, M. Persson, and K. Jinno. Nonlinear and scaling spatial properties of soil geochemical element contents, Water Resour. Res. 37:1031-1042, 2001.

8.      Persson, M. Solute transport measurements in different soil types using time domain reflectometry, Nordic Hydrol. 32:99-114, 2001.

9.      Persson, M., H. Yasuda, J. Albergel, R. Berndtsson, P. Öhrström, S. Nasri, and P. Zante. Modeling plot scale dye penetration by a diffusion limited aggregation (DLA) model, J. Hydrol. 250:98-105, 2001.

10.  Sivakumar, B., R. Berndtsson, and M. Persson. Monthly runoff prediction using phase-space reconstruction. Hydrol. Sci. J. 46:377-388, 2001.

11.  Persson, M., R. Berndtsson, and B. Sivakumar. Using Neural networks for calibration of time domain reflectometry measurements. Hydrol. Sci. J. 46:389-398, 2001.

12.  Persson, M. and R. Berndtsson. Transect scale solute transport measured by time domain reflectometry, Nordic Hydrol. 33:145-164, 2002.

13.  Öhrström, P., M. Persson, R. Berndtsson, S. Nasri, P. Zante, and J. Albergel. Field scale variation of preferential flow indicated from dye coverage, J. Hydrol. 257:164-173, 2002.

14.  Persson, M. Evaluating the linear dielectric constant-electrical conductivity model using time domain reflectometry. Hydrol. Sci. J. 47:269-278, 2002.

15.  Sivakumar, B., M. Persson, R. Berndtsson, and C.B. Uvo. Is correlation dimension a reliable indicator of low-dimensional chaos in short hydrological time series? Water Resour. Res. 38(2) 10.1029/2001WR000333, 2002.

16.  Persson, M. and R. Berndtsson. Measuring non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) saturation in soil using time domain reflectometry, Water Resour. Res. 38(5) 10.1029/2001WR000523, 2002.

17.  Persson, M., B. Sivakumar, and R. Berndtsson, O.H. Jacobsen, and P. Schjønning. Predicting the dielectric constant-water content relationship using artificial neural networks. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:1424-1429, 2002.

18.  Persson, M., and J.M. Wraith. Shaft-mounted time domain reflectometry probe for water content and electrical conductivity measurements. Vadose Zone J. 1:316-319, 2002.

19.  Olsson, J., M. Persson, J. Albergel, R. Berndtsson, P. Zante, P. Öhrström, and S. Nasri. Multiscaling analysis and random cascade modeling of dye infiltration. Water Resour. Res. 38(11) 10.1029/2001WR000880, 2002.

20.  Persson, M., C.B Uvo. Estimating soil solution electrical conductivity from time domain reflectometry measurements using neural networks. J. Hydrol. 273:249-256, 2003.

21.  Persson, M., S. Haridy. Estimating water content from electrical conductivity measurements with short time-domain reflectometry probes. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:478-482, 2003.

22.  Hamed, Y., M. Persson, and R. Berndtsson. Soil salinity measurements using different dielectric techniques. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:1071-1078, 2003.

23.  Öhrström, P., Hamed, Y., Persson, M., and Berndtsson, R. Characterizing solute transport in the unsaturated zone by simultaneous use of dye and bromide. J. Hydrol. 289:23-35, 2004.

24.  Persson, M., D. Bentz, and P. Flyhammar. Time domain reflectometry probe for water content and electrical conductivity measurements in highly saline porous media. Vadoze zone J. 3:1146-1151, 2004.

25.  Haridy, S.A., Persson, M., and R. Berndtsson. Estimation of LNAPL saturation using time domain reflectometry. Hydrol. Sci. J. 49:987-1000, 2004.

26.  Persson, M. Accurate dye tracer concentration estimations using image analysis. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 69:967-975, 2005.

27.  Sivakumar, B., R. Berndtsson, M. Persson, and C.B. Uvo. A multi-variable time series phase-space reconstruction approach to investigation of chaos in hydrological processes. Int. J. of Civil and Environ. Eng. 1:35-51, 2005.

28.  Persson, M., S. Haridy, J. Olsson, and J. Wendt. Solute transport dynamics by high-resolution dye tracer experiments—image analysis and time moments. Vadose zone J. 4:856-865, 2005.

29.  Persson, M. Estimating surface soil moisture from soil color using image analysis. Vadose Zone J. 4:1119-1122, 2005.

30.  Persson, M., J.M. Wraith, and T. Dahlin. A small-scale matric potential sensor based on time domain reflectometry. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70: 533-536, 2006.

31.  Hamed, Y. G. Samy, M. Persson. Evaluation of the WET-sensor compared to TDR, Hydrol. Sci. J. 51:671-681, 2006.

32.  Olsson, J., M. Persson, and K. Jinno. Analysis and modeling of solute transport by breakdown coefficients and random cascades. Water Resour. Res., 43, W03417, doi:10.1029/2005WR004631, 2007.

33.  van Praagh, M., M. Persson, and K.M. Persson. Water and solute movement in air pollution control residues measured by time domain reflectometry. J. Environ. Eng. Doi:10.1061/ASCE 0733-9372 2007 133:7 750, 2007.

34.  Hamed, Y, F. Bouksila, F. Slama, R. Berndtsson, A. Bahri, P. Öhrström, and M. Persson. Drip irrigation experiment in clayey and sandy soils using multiple tracers. (submitted).

35.  Öhrström, P., J. Olsson, J. Albergel, M. Persson, P. Zante, S. Nasri, and R. Berndtsson. Non-linear scaling characteristics of solute transport in a small catchment. (submitted).

36.  Hamed, Y., M. Persson, R. Berndtsson, S. Nasri, J. Albergel, P. Zante. Spatial variation of soil water content and electrical conductivity influenced by surface leveling. (submitted).

37.  Olsson J., and M. Persson. Two-dimensional solute transport dynamics- Non-linear scaling characteristics. (submitted).

38.  Bouksila, F. M. Persson, R. Berndtsson, A. Bahri, I. Bach Hamba, and C. Uvo. Estimating soil salinity over a shallow saline water table in semi-arid Tunisia. (submitted).

39.  Haridy, S., M. Persson, and R. Berndtsson. Mapping of LNAPLs and water Flow Using Time domain Reflectometry. (manuscript).

40.  Bouksila, F., M. Persson, R. Berndtsson, and A. Bahri. Soil water and salinity determination using different dielectric methods in saline gypsiferous soil. Hydrol. Sci. J. (accepted)

41.  Hamed, Y, R. Berndtsson, and M. Persson. Comparison of soil salinity, solute transport between three main types of cultivated soil in northeastern Egypt. Submitted

42.  Persson, M., and T. Dahlin. Profiling probe for water content and electrical conductivity measurements based on time domain reflectometry. (in prep)

43.  Hamed, Y, H. Yasuda, and M. Persson. Diffusion limited aggregation (DLA) modeling of solute transport in three main types of cultivated soil in northeastern Egypt. (in prep)

44.  Flyhammar, P., D. Bendz, M. Persson, and E. Erukporo. Solute transport mechanisms in pavement constructions – evaluation of lysimeter experiment. (submitted).

Books

1. Berndtsson, R. and M. Persson. Water and solute transport in the vadose zone, UNESCO's Encyclopedia for Life Support Systems (EOLSS), 2003.