Ryan Brauchla

Geologist

Ryan Brauchla is a geologist specializing in geophysical field data collection and instrumentation.  He has performed geophysical surveys at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford Site using non-invasive geophysical methods such as ground-penetrating radar, magnetometry, and high-resolution resistivity. The results were used to create three-dimensional maps of the contaminant plumes in the vadose zone beneath the highly radioactive single-shell tanks in the SX, TX-TY, and C Waste Management Areas. He is trained to perform field work in hazardous and radioactive conditions.  Ryan has supported other resistivity-based surveys in Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Chile.  In addition, he has experience with using non-intrusive geophysical methods in an urban environment to verify incomplete historical documents. Ryan also provides well site geology support to well drilling and construction projects that involve collection of vadose and aquifer sediment samples.

Ryan’s academic interests include comparative planetary geology and the detection of extrasolar planets. Ryan is currently awaiting the results of the Kepler and New Horizons missions with great anticipation.

 

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