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Dr. Ed Perfect

I am a Professor specializing in Vadose zone Hydrology. I joined the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA in August 2001. As a member of the Department’s Hydrogeology Research Group I am actively involved in both research and teaching.

My research interests are centered on relations between pore space geometry and soil/rock hydraulic and chemical transport properties, as well as understanding the scale-dependency of these relations.  My research is, or has been, supported by the Petroleum Research Fund, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Defense.

I teach a variety of courses including a large introductory undergraduate course (The Earth’s Environment), an upper-level undergraduate course in Hydrogeology, graduate courses on Data Analysis and Fractal Modeling, and specialized seminars for upper-level graduate students.

Dr. Ed Perfect

Contact Information

Dr. Ed Perfect
Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410

Phone: (865) 974-6017
Fax: (865) 974-2368
Email: eperfect@utk.edu