Contact Information
Building 4, Room 404
2204 Griffith Dr
Champaign, IL 61820
4049-B Natural History Bldg
1301 W. Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Areas
Biography
I am a full-time hydrogeologist at the Illinois State Water Survey and a first-year PhD student in Geology. My research interests are broadly focused on applied solutions to water supply problems in both urban and agricultural settings, including mechanisms for well degradation in deep basin aquifers, road salt's impact in urbanized areas, understanding uncertainty's role in driving water supply decisions, and participatory modeling as a framework for stakeholder engagement.
Education
M.A. in Geology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
B.S. in Geological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton
Highlighted Publications
Abrams, D.B., D.H. Mannix, D.R. Hadley, & G.S. Roadcap (2018). Groundwater Flow Models of Illinois: Data, Processes, Model Performance, and Key Results. (2018-04). Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, IL. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/102968.
Mannix, D.H., D.B. Abrams, D.R. Hadley, and G.S. Roadcap (2018). Conceptualizing leakage and storage contributions from long open interval wells in regional deep basin flow models. Hydrologic Processes, 33: 271– 282. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13324.
Mannix, D.H., D.B. Abrams, G.S. Roadcap, D.R. Hadley, and W.R. Kelly (2017). Groundwater Depletion in Chicago’s Southwestern Suburbs (MP 208). Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, IL. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100090.
Abrams, D.B., G.S. Roadcap, and D.H. Mannix (2017). Developing Potentiometric Surfaces and Flow Fields with a Head-Specified MODFLOW Model. Groundwater, 56: 8-17. doi:10.1111/gwat.12540.