Wenbin Wang, Ph.D.

Dr. Wang, an associate scientist and hydrogeologist at Wildermuth Environmental, Inc. (WEI), has over 20 years of professional experience in the field of hydrogeology. His technical expertise includes the development of hydrological-hydrogeological conceptual models for complex surface and subsurface water systems; numerical modeling of multiphase flow and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated porous and fractured mediums; developing flow and transport codes; designing Windows-based software; estimating hydraulic parameters via direct and indirect methods; applying statistics, geostatistics, and stochastic methods in hydrogeology; sensitivity and error analysis; and site/basin scale characterization. Dr. Wang is well-versed in various modeling software applications, including TOUGH2/ITOUGH2, MODFLOW, PEST, MT3D, PATH3D, MODPATH, FLOWPATH, HYDRUS-1D/2D, UNSAT, HEC, GSLIB, ROSETTA, AQTESOLV, PHREEQC, and MINTEQ. In addition, he is highly proficient in several major programming languages, including Fortran, Visual Basic, Java, and C#. Dr. Wang has developed multiple groundwater flow and transport codes and is the author of U-Win software—a user-friendly, unsaturated flow code that is applied in heap leach mining. He has also developed several regional hydrogeological conceptual and numerical models to solve complex water resources and water quality problems. Specifically, since joining WEI, Dr. Wang has developed regional flow and transport models for the Chino Basin, the Beaumont Basin, the Arlington Basin, Mammoth Lakes Valley, the San Bernardino Basin, and the Palmdale area.

Prior to joining WEI, Dr. Wang served as a hydrogeologist with the China Geological Survey, as a Lecturer and Associate Professor of Hydrogeology at the Chengdu University of Technology, and as a hydrogeologist at an Arizona-based water management consulting firm.

Dr. Wang received a B.A. in Hydrogeology from the Chengdu University of Technology in 1984, an M.S. in Hydrogeology from the Chengdu University of Technology in 1989, and a Ph.D. in Subsurface Hydrology from the University of Arizona in 2002. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the Soil Science Society of America, the Groundwater Resources Association of California, and the National Groundwater Association. Dr. Wang is a licensed professional geologist in the State of California.

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