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Research Interests
Multiscale modeling of multiphase and reactive fluid flow in deformable porous media, emphasizing the collective effect of coupled pore-scale mechanisms on the overall response at larger scales. I am particularly interested in the pore-scale origins of nonequilibrium—emergence of unstable, preferential pathways, hysteresis and rate-dependency, and their interplay with hydrodynamics, phase transitions and matrix alteration due to bio-chemo-mechanical processes such as fracturing, compaction, dissolution and precipitation. My research, which cuts across the interface of earth sciences, engineering and physics, is motivated by environmental and energy applications across scales, from filtration, desalinization or microfluidics to soil infiltration, evapotranspiration, contamination and remediation, sediment transport, enhanced energy recovery or carbon geosequestration.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Doctorate, University of California, Berkeley
Award Date: 1 Jan 2008
Agricultural Engineering—Water, Soil and Environmental Sciences, MSc, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Civil Engineering, BSc, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Award Date: 1 Jan 2000
Geological and Environmental Sciences, BSc, Degree, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Award Date: 1 Jan 1998
Keywords
- QE Geology
- Hydrogeology
- water resources
- geohazards
- energy recovery
- CCS
- QC Physics
- porous media
- pattern formation
- multiphase flow
- granular matter
- Pore-scale
- micromechanics
- numerical simulations
- Capillarity
- reactive transport
- TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
- Porous media flow
- Geomechanics
- Soil physics
- Hydrology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 3 Active
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The Royal Academy of Engineering: Development and evaluation of nanomaterials obtained from Colombian organic waste and biomass for enhanced CO2 capture and geo-storage process at shallow reservoirs conditions (e-CCS) or conventional CCS at deep reservoir conditions (CCS)
Holtzman, R. & Shariatipour, S.
1/05/21 → 30/04/24
Project: Research
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UKFN SIG: SIG on Flow, deformation, and reaction patterns in porous media
30/09/19 → …
Project: Research
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Impact of spatially correlated pore-scale heterogeneity on drying porous media
Borgman, O., Fantinel, P., Lühder, W., Goehring, L. & Holtzman, R., 1 Jul 2017, In: Water Resources Research. 53, 7, p. 5645-5658 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile20 Citations (Scopus)32 Downloads (Pure) -
Wettability Stabilizes Fluid Invasion into Porous Media via Nonlocal, Cooperative Pore Filling
Holtzman, R. & Segre, E., 16 Oct 2015, In: Physical Review Letters. 115, 16, 5 p., 164501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reactive transport under stress: Permeability evolution in deformable porous media
Roded, R., Paredes, X. & Holtzman, R., 1 Jul 2018, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 493, p. 198-207 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Capillary fracturing in granular media
Holtzman, R., Szulczewski, M. L. & Juanes, R., 28 Jun 2012, In: Physical Review Letters. 108, 26, 4 p., 264504 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of Pore-Scale Disorder on Fluid Displacement in Partially-Wettable Porous Media
Holtzman, R., 26 Oct 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 36221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile88 Citations (Scopus)33 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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InterPore – International Society for Porous Media
Ran Holtzman (Session Chair) & Ran Holtzman (Speaker)
2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Journal)
Ran Holtzman (Advisory Board Member)
2021 → 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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Frontiers in Physics (Journal)
Ran Holtzman (Advisory Board Member)
2021 → 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
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InterPore – International Society for Porous Media
Ran Holtzman (Speaker) & Ran Holtzman (Session Chair)
2021 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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International Conference on Computational Physics (Coventry, 2021)
Ran Holtzman (Organising Committee)
2020 → 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Prizes
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Accreditation of research and teaching-Associate Professor
Holtzman, Ran (Recipient), 2018
Prize: National/international honour
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Best Teaching Assistant Award, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology
Holtzman, Ran (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Golda Meir Fellowship Lectureship Award
Holtzman, Ran (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Grand Water Research Institute Excellence Scholarship, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology
Holtzman, Ran (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Jane Lewis Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
Holtzman, Ran (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively