Prof. dr. ir. Rien van Genuchten

Vening Meineszgebouw A
Princetonlaan 8a
Kamer 0
3584 CB Utrecht

Prof. dr. ir. Rien van Genuchten

Researcher
Hydrogeology
+31 6 29 911 658
m.t.vangenuchten@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Feghhenabi, F., Hadi, H., Khodaverdiloo, H., van Genuchten, M. T., & Lake, L. (2023). Demonstration of Borage Salinity Tolerance as affected by Si Application Through Biochemical and Physiological Responses, and Growth Attributes. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 23(2), 1678-1693. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-023-01187-6
Peters, A., Hohenbrink, T. L., Iden, S. C., Van Genuchten, M. T., & Durner, W. (2023). Prediction of the absolute hydraulic conductivity function from soil water retention data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(7), 1565-1582. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1565-2023
Seki, K., Toride, N., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2023). Evaluation of a general model for multimodal unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 71(1), 22-34. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0039

2022

Scholarly publications

van Genuchten, M. (2022). The evolving world of soil physics. Journal of the Japanese Society of Soil Physics, 150, 7-10. https://doi.org/10.34467/jssoilphysics.150.0_7
Santo, M. C. O. L., Ramirez, M. G., Pontedeiro, E. M., van Genuchten, M., Alves, J. L. D., & Couto, P. (2022). Pore network evaluation of the hydrophysical properties of carbonate rocks (coquinas). In Proceedings of the joint XLIII Ibero-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering: XLIII CILAMCE, 21-25, November, 2022, Foz do Iguaçu - PR - Brazil (pp. 1-9). (Proceedings of the Ibero-Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering). CILAMCE. https://cilamce.com.br/anais/arearestrita/2022/10885.pdf
Seki, K., Toride, N., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2022). Closed-form hydraulic conductivity equations for multimodal unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Vadose Zone Journal, 21(1), 1-8. Article e20168. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20168
Rahmati, M., Latorre, B., Moret‐Fernández, D., Lassabatere, L., Talebian, N., Miller, D., Morbidelli, R., Iovino, M., Bagarello, V., Neyshabouri, M. R., Zhao, Y., Vanderborght, J., Weihermüller, L., Jaramillo, R. A., Or, D., Genuchten, M. V., & Vereecken, H. (2022). On Infiltration and Infiltration Characteristic Times. Water Resources Research, 58(5), 1-19. Article e2021WR031600. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021wr031600
Gomes, R. G. S., Gomes, G. J. C., Vargas, E. A., Van Genuchten, M. T., Pinto, J. T. M. G., & Rosa, F. A. (2022). Field-scale assessment of the unsaturated hydraulic properties of residual soils in southeastern Brazil. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 70(2), 244-256. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0013
Feghhenabi, F., Hadi, H., Khodaverdiloo, H., Van Genuchten, M. T., & Lake, L. (2022). Quantitative evaluation of silicon applications on wheat response to salinity: changes in photosynthetic pigments, chlorophyll fluorescence parameters, yield and yield components. Crop and Pasture Science, 73(10), 1118-1130. https://doi.org/10.1071/CP21676
Silveira, T. M., Hoerlle, F., Rocha, A. S., Lima, M. C. O., Ramirez, M. G., Pontedeiro, E. M., Van Genuchten, M. T., Cruz, D. O. A., & Couto, P. (2022). Effects of carbonated water injection on the pore system of a carbonate rock (coquina). Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 70(2), 257-268. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2022-0001
Feghhenabi, F., Hadi, H., Khodaverdiloo, H., van Genuchten, M. T., & Pessarakli, M. (2022). Improving wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) antioxidative defense mechanisms against salinity stress by exogenous application of potassium silicate. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 45(19), 2887-2905. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2022.2067776
Lima, M. C. O., Pontedeiro, E. M., Ramirez, M. G., Favoreto, J., dos Santos, H. N., van Genuchten, M. T., Borghi, L., Couto, P., & Raoof, A. (2022). Impacts of Mineralogy on Petrophysical Properties. Transport in Porous Media, 145(1), 103-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-022-01829-w

2021

Scholarly publications

Ngo-Cong, D., Antille, D. L., van Genuchten, M. T., Nguyen, H. Q., Tekeste, M. Z., Baillie, C. P., & Godwin, R. J. (2021). A modeling framework to quantify the effects of compaction on soil water retention and infiltration. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 85(6), 1931-1945. https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20328
Zhuang, L., Raoof, A., Mahmoodlu, M. G., Biekart, S., de Witte, R., Badi, L., van Genuchten, M. T., & Lin, K. (2021). Unsaturated flow effects on solute transport in porous media. Journal of Hydrology, 598, 1-9. Article 126301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126301
Feghhenabi, F., Hadi, H., Khodaverdiloo, H., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2021). Borage (Borago officinalis L.) response to salinity at early growth stages as influenced by seed pre-treatment. Agricultural Water Management, 253, 1-9. Article 106925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.106925
Mahmoodlu, M. G., Raoof, A., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2021). Effect of soil textural characteristics on longitudinal dispersion in saturated porous media. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 69(2), 161-170. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2021-0004

2020

Scholarly publications

Gonçalves, R. D., Teramoto, E. H., Engelbrecht, B. Z., Alfaro Soto, M. A., Chang, H. K., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2020). Quasi-Saturated Layer: Implications for Estimating Recharge and Groundwater Modeling. Groundwater, 58(3), 432-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12916
Ngo-Cong, D., Mai-Duy, N., Antille, D. L., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2020). A control volume scheme using compact integrated radial basis function stencils for solving the Richards equation. Journal of Hydrology, 580, 1-10. Article 124240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124240
Cotta, R. M., Naveira-Cotta, C. P., van Genuchten, M. T., Su, J., & Quaresma, J. N. N. (2020). Integral transform analysis of radionuclide transport in variably saturated media using a physical non-equilibrium model: Application to solid waste leaching at a uranium mining installation. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 92(1), Article e20190427. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202020190427
Lipovetsky, T., Zhuang, L., Teixeira, W. G., Boyd, A., Pontedeiro, E. M., Moriconi, L., Alves, J. L. D., Couto, P., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2020). HYPROP measurements of the unsaturated hydraulic properties of a carbonate rock sample. Journal of Hydrology, 591, Article 125706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125706
Feghhenabi, F., Hadi, H., Khodaverdiloo, H., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2020). Seed priming alleviated salinity stress during germination and emergence of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Agricultural Water Management, 231, 1-8. Article 106022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106022
Rudiyanto, Minasny, B., Shah, R. M., Setiawan, B. I., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2020). Simple functions for describing soil water retention and the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from saturation to complete dryness. Journal of Hydrology, 588, 1-19. Article 125041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125041
Lima, M. C. O., Pontedeiro, E. M., Ramirez, M., Boyd, A., Van Genuchten, M. T., Borghi, L., Couto, P., & Raoof, A. (2020). Petrophysical Correlations for the Permeability of Coquinas (Carbonate Rocks). Transport in Porous Media, 135(2), 287-308. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-020-01474-1

2019

Scholarly publications

Grecco, K. L., Miranda, J. H. D., Silveira, L. K., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2019). HYDRUS-2D simulations of water and potassium movement in drip irrigated tropical soil container cultivated with sugarcane. Agricultural Water Management, 221, 334-347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2019.05.010
Godoy, W., Pontedeiro, E. M., Hoerlle, F., Raoof, A., van Genuchten, M., & Couto, P. (2019). NMR-based segmentation of a coquina sample for digital petrophysics. Paper presented at 1st EAGE Workshop on Pre-Salt Reservoir: From Exploration to Production, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Afrasiabi, F., Khodaverdiloo, H., Asadzadeh, F., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2019). Comparison of alternative soil particle-size distribution models and their correlation with soil physical attributes. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 67(2), 179-190. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2018-0009
Saffari, R., Nikooee, E., Habibagahi, G., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2019). Effects of Biological Stabilization on the Water Retention Properties of Unsaturated Soils. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 145(7), 1-12. Article 04019028. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0002053
Tavangarrad, A. H., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Rosati, R., Digirolamo, L., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2019). Capillary pressure–saturation curves of thin hydrophilic fibrous layers: effects of overburden pressure, number of layers, and multiple imbibition–drainage cycles. Textile Research Journal, 89(23-24), 4906-4915. https://doi.org/10.1177/0040517519844209
Godoy, W., Pontedeiro, E. M., Hoerlle, F., Raoof, A., Van Genuchten, M. T., Santiago, J., & Couto, P. (2019). Computational and experimental pore-scale studies of a carbonate rock sample. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 67(4), 372-383. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2019-0009

2018

Scholarly publications

Ghanbarian, B., Ebrahimian, H., Hunt, A. G., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). Theoretical bounds for the exponent in the empirical power-law advance-time curve for surface flow. Agricultural Water Management, 210, 208-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.08.010
Rassam, D., Šimůnek, J., Mallants, D., & van Genuchten, M. (2018). The HYDRUS-1D Software Package for Simulating the One-Dimensional Movement of Water, Heat, and Multiple Solutes in Variably-Saturated Media: Tutorial. CSIRO - Land and Water.
Dijkema, J., Koonce, J. E., Shillito, R. M., Ghezzehei, T. A., Berli, M., Van Der Ploeg, M. J., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). Water Distribution in an Arid Zone Soil: Numerical Analysis of Data from a Large Weighing Lysimeter. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2017.01.0035
Šimůnek, J., Van Genuchten, M. T., & Kodešová, R. (2018). Thematic Issue on HYDRUS Software Applications to Subsurface Fluid Flow and Contaminant Transport. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 129-132. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0060
Šimůnek, J., Šejna, M., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). New features of version 3 of the HYDRUS (2D/3D) computer software package. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 133-142. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0050
Batalha, M. S., Barbosa, M. C., Faybishenko, B., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). Effect of temporal averaging of meteorological data on predictions of groundwater recharge. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0051
Lazarovitch, N., Vanderborght, J., Jin, Y., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). The Root Zone: Soil Physics and Beyond. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.01.0002
Mahmoodlu, M. G., Van Genuchten, M. T., Sweijen, T., & Raoof, A. (2018). Unsaturated hydraulic properties of heterogeneously packed sands: A pore-scale computational study. Journal of Hydrology, 565, 570-580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.07.060
Pontedeiro, E. M., Heilbron, P. F., Perez-Guerrero, J., Su, J., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). Reassessment of the Goiânia radioactive waste repository in Brazil using HYDRUS-1D. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 202-210. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0047
Bezerra-Coelho, C. R., Zhuang, L., Barbosa, M. C., Soto, M. A., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2018). Further tests of the HYPROP evaporation method for estimating the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0046

Professional publications

Šejna, M., Šimůnek, J., & van Genuchten, M. (2018). The HYDRUS Software Package for Simulating Two- and Three-Dimensional Movement of Water, Heat, and Multiple Solutes in Variably-Saturated Media, User Manual, Version 3.0. PC Progress.
Šimůnek, J., van Genuchten, M., & Šejna, M. (2018). The HYDRUS Software Package for Simulating Two- and Three-Dimensional Movement of Water, Heat, and Multiple Solutes in Variably-Saturated Media, Technical Manual, Version 3.0. PC Progress.

2017

Scholarly publications

Zhuang, L., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Kleingeld, P. J., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). Revisiting the horizontal redistribution of water in soils: Experiments and numerical modeling. Water Resources Research, 53(9), 7576-7589. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR020410
Mallants, D., Šimůnek, J., van Genuchten, M. T., & Jacques, D. (2017). Simulating the fate and transport of coal seam gas chemicals in variably-saturated soils using HYDRUS. Water (Switzerland), 9(6), Article 385. https://doi.org/10.3390/w9060385
Gomes, G. J. C., Vrugt, J. A., Vargas, E. A., Camargo, J. T., Velloso, R. Q., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). The role of uncertainty in bedrock depth and hydraulic properties on the stability of a variably-saturated slope. Computers and Geotechnics, 88, 222-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.03.016
Zhuang, L., Bezerra Coelho, C. R., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). Analysis of the hysteretic hydraulic properties of unsaturated soil. Vadose Zone Journal, 16(5), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2016.11.0115
Fathi, H., Raoof, A., Mansouri, S. H., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). Effects of porosity and water saturation on the effective diffusivity of a cathode catalyst layer. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 164(4), F298-F305. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0871704jes
G. Mahmoodlu, M., Pontedeiro, E. M., Pérez Guerrero, J. S., Raoof, A., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). Dissolution kinetics of volatile organic compound vapors in water: An integrated experimental and computational study. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 196, 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2016.12.004
de Vries, E. T., Raoof, A., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). Multiscale modelling of dual-porosity porous media: a computational pore-scale study for flow and solute transport. Advances in Water Resources, 105, 82-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.04.013
Aslannejad, H., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Raoof, A., de Winter, D. A. M., Tomozeu, N., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2017). Characterizing the hydraulic properties of a paper coating layer using FIB-SEM tomography and 3D pore-scale modeling. Chemical Engineering Science, 160, 275-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2016.11.021

2016

Scholarly publications

Moreira, P. H. S., Van Genuchten, M. T., Orlande, H. R. B., & Cotta, R. M. (2016). Bayesian estimation of the hydraulic and solute transport properties of a small-scale unsaturated soil column. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 64(1), 30-44. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0002
Neto, D. C., Chang, H. K., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2016). A Mathematical View of Water Table Fluctuations in a Shallow Aquifer in Brazil. Groundwater, 54(1), 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12329
Šimůnek, J., van Genuchten, M. T., & Šejna, M. (2016). Recent developments and applications of the HYDRUS computer software packages. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(7). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2016.04.0033
Babaeian, E., Homaee, M., Montzka, C., Vereecken, H., Norouzi, A. A., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2016). Soil moisture prediction of bare soil profiles using diffuse spectral reflectance information and vadose zone flow modeling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 187, 218-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.10.029
Mahmoodlu, M. G., Raoof, A., Sweijen, T., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2016). Effects of sand compaction and mixing on pore structure and the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(8), 1-11. Article vzj2015.10.0136. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2015.10.0136
Zhuang, L., Hassanizadeh, S. M., van Genuchten, M. T., Leijnse, A., Raoof, A., & Qin, C. (2016). Modeling of horizontal water redistribution in an unsaturated soil. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2015.08.0109

2015

Scholarly publications

Chen, L., Xiang, L., Young, M. H., Yin, J., Yu, Z., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2015). Optimal parameters for the Green-Ampt infiltration model under rainfall conditions. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 63(2), 93-101. https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2015-0012
Babaeian, E., Homaee, M., Vereecken, H., Montzka, C., Norouzi, A. A., & Van Genuchten, M. T. (2015). A comparative study of multiple approaches for predicting the soil-water retention curve: Hyperspectral information vs. basic soil properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 79(4), 1043-1058. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2014.09.0355
Rashid, N. S. A., Askari, M., Tanaka, T., Simunek, J., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2015). Inverse estimation of soil hydraulic properties under oil palm trees. Geoderma, 241-242, 306-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.12.003
Rudiyanto, Sakai, M., Van Genuchten, M. T., Alazba, A. A., Setiawan, B. I., & Minasny, B. (2015). A complete soil hydraulic model accounting for capillary and adsorptive water retention, capillary and film conductivity, and hysteresis. Water Resources Research, 51(11), 8757-8772. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017703
Mahmoodlu, M. G., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Hartog, N., Raoof, A., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2015). Evaluation of a horizontal permeable reactive barrier for preventing upward diffusion of volatile organic compounds through the unsaturated zone. Journal of Environmental Management, 163, 204-213. Article 4989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.08.025

2014

Scholarly publications

Wang, Z., Jin, M., Simunek, J., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2014). Evaluation of mulched drip irrigation for cotton in arid Northwest China. Irrigation Science, 32, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-013-0409-x

Professional publications

van Genuchten, M. T., Naveira-Cotta, C., Skaggs, T. H., Raoof, A., & Pontedeiro, E. M. (2014). The use of numerical flow and transport models in environmental analyses. In W. Geraldes Teixeira, M. Bacis Ceddia, M. Vasconcelos Ottoni, & G. Kangussu Donnagema (Eds.), Application of soil physics in environmental analyses: Measuring, modelling and data integration (pp. 349-376). (Progress in Soil Science). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06013-2_15

2013

Scholarly publications

Vaz, C. M. P., Manieri, J. M., de Maria, I. C., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2013). Scaling the dependency of soil penetration resistance on water content and bulk density of different soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 77(5), 1488-1495. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.01.0016
Pérez Guerrero, J. S., Pontedeiro, E. M., van Genuchten, M. T., & Skaggs, T. H. (2013). Analytical solutions of the one-dimensional advection–dispersion solute transport equation subject to time-dependent boundary conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 221, 487-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2013.01.095
Sadeghi, G., Schijven, J. F., Behrends, T., Hassanizadeh, S. M., & van Genuchten, M. T. (2013). Bacteriophage PRD1 batch experiments to study attachment, detachment and inactivation processes. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 152, 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.06.002

2012

Scholarly publications

Zhang, Q., Hassanizadeh, S. M., Raoof, A., van Genuchten, M. T., & Roels, S. (2012). Modeling virus transport and remobilization during transient partially-saturated flow. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(2), Article vzj2011.0090. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2011.0090