Daniel Lavery

I am a hydrogeologist in the Aquifer Mapping Program, primarily performing 3D geologic modelling of New Mexico basins and aquifers. I also have an interest in aqueous geochemistry and water quality as well. My aim in my work is to create practicable data and tools for water managers to make decisions about sustainability.

_{"If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal." (Carl Sagan)}

2023 - M.S. Earth and Planetary Sciences

• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
• "Environmental Fate of Sulfur in Sulphur Creek, Valles Caldera, NM: Implications for Metal Transport and Water Quality"

2021 - B.S. Geosciences, Geology concentration

• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX

Current Skills

• Aqueous geochemistry
• Geochemistry lab methods (major ion chemistry, stable istopes of water, radiogenic isotopes)
• Geochemical modelling (The Geochemist's Workbench, PhreeqC)
• Field geochemical sampling
• Python (pandas, sklearn, matplotlib, geopandas, arcpy, re)
• R (tidyverse, ggplot, regex)
• ESRI (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS ArcMap)
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Developing Skills

• 3D Interpolation
• Machine Learning Models (Python sklearn)
• Matlab
• Principal Components Analysis

3D Geologic Modelling Efforts

• Delaware Basin Basement-to-Surface (complete)
• Central High Plains (ongoing)

Rio Arriba County Water Quality Assessment (complete)

Middle Rio Grande Aquifer Banking Index (complete)

2D State Aquifer Map (ongoing)

Newton, B.T., Koning, D.J., Kelley, S.A., Mamer, E., Lavery, D.J., Morton, C., Doherty, A.L.M., Sturgis, L., and Timmons, S., 2024, Evaluation of Groundwater Resources for Communities in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 630.

Lavery, D., Reyes Correa, M., Baca, A., Martin, L., and Attia, S., 2024, 3D Geologic Framework of the Delaware Basin, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mienral Resources Open-File Geologic Map 318.

Koning, D., Sturgis, L., Lavery, D., and Mamer, E., 2024, Aquifer storage and feasibility analysis for Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources Open-File Report 631, 42 p.

Lavery, D.J., 2023, Environmental Fate of Sulfur in Sulphur Creek, Valles Caldera, NM: Implications for metal transport and water quality [M.S. thesis]: University of New Mexico, 45 p.

Polyak, V.J., Curry, B.H., Lavery, D.J., Strasberg, Z.L., Cutler, S., Song, W., Crossey, L.J., Karlstrom, K.E., and Asmerom, Y., 2023, Large negative δ²³⁸U anomalies in endogenic-type travertine systems: Geology, v.51, p. 1048-1052

Lavery, D.J., Sturgis, L., and Baca, A., 2024, Utilizing Open-Source Data and Modeling Methods to Address Groundwater Needs in New Mexico: Geological Society of America Connects Hybrid Course #505, Anaheim, CA.