Matthew Jones

Matthew’s research focuses on understanding how water moves between surface water and groundwater sources. His work has long-term implications for the understanding and protection of groundwater resources.

He is helping to develop the cutting-edge Stream Bed Point Velocity Probe, which is a novel probe to accurately measure groundwater velocity, and he is using it to characterize the hydraulic connection between a crude-oil contaminated aquifer and a small lake in north-central Minnesota. Matt’s work is a vital contribution to an inter-disciplinary, multi-decadal research project led by the United States Geological Survey at the National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site near Bemidji, MN.