Dr. Oshri Borgman

Impact of porous media heterogeneity on fluid flow and solute transport, mixing, and reactions. 

• Impact of structural heterogeneity on solute transport, mixing, and reactions in variably saturated porous media
• Solute mixing and reactions during intermittent two-phase flow in porous media
• Impact of heterogeneity on fluid phase distribution during drainage imbibition cycles
• Interplay between heterogeneity, biofilm formation, and drainage in porous media

• Soil and water for environmental sciences
• Numerical methods for water sciences

1. Borgman, O., Turuban, R., Géraud, B., Le Borgne, T. & Méheust, Y. Solute front shear and coalescence control concentration gradient dynamics in porous micromodel. Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2022GL101407 (2023).
2. Borgman, O., Be’er, A. & Weisbrod, N. Direct visualization of colloid transport over natural heterogeneous and artificial smooth rock surfaces. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 251, 104067 (2022).
3. Borgman, O. & Holtzman, R. Impact of matrix deformations on drying of granular materials. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 153, 119634 (2020).
4. Borgman, O., Darwent, T., Segre, E., Goehring, L. & Holtzman, R. Immiscible fluid displacement in porous media with spatially correlated particle sizes. Advances in Water Resources 128, 158–167 (2019).
5. Biswas, S., Fantinel, P., Borgman, O., Holtzman, R. & Goehring, L. Drying and percolation in correlated porous media. Physical Review Fluids 3, 1–11 (2018).
6. Borgman, O., Fantinel, P., Lühder, W., Goehring, L. & Holtzman, R. Impact of spatially correlated pore‐scale heterogeneity on drying porous media. Water Resources Research 53, 5645–5658 (2017).
7. Fantinel, P., Borgman, O., Holtzman, R. & Goehring, L. Drying in a microfluidic chip: Experiments and simulations. Scientific Reports 7, 15572 (2017).
8. Borgman, O. & Chefetz, B. Combined effects of biosolids application and irrigation with reclaimed wastewater on transport of pharmaceutical compounds in arable soils. Water Research 47, 3431–3443 (2013).

2024-2026 - Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure
Project title: Fluid Displacement in Porous Media: Factors Affecting Hydrogen Storage
Total grant amount: NIS 314,123
Collaborator: Dr. Yaniv Edery, Technion, Israel

2024-2026 - MIGAL internal call 2024
Project title: Impact of bacterial biofilm matrix on water retention in heterogeneous porous media and its implication for plant growth under water-limited conditions
Total grant amount: NIS 200,000
Collaborator: Dr. Elhanan Tzipilevich, MIGAL, Israel

2019-2021 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship 2018, European Commission
Project title: Impact of structural heterogeneity on solute transport and mixing in unsaturated porous media (UnsatPorMix – 843594)
Supervisor: Yves Méheust | Mentor: Tanguy Le Borgne
Total grant amount:  €196,707.84