Raymond Hess

Raymond is a Research Assistant at Rutgers University, where he uses electrical geophysical methods and remote sensing to help quantify soil–atmosphere carbon exchange in subtropical and northern peatland ecosystems. Before joining the Hydrogeophysics Group at Rutgers, Raymond contributed to managed aquifer recharge projects at UC Santa Cruz, leveraging grain size analysis for baseline estimates of field-scale infiltration potential. While at San José State University, and as part of the Visiting Faculty Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Raymond applied a numerical model to simulate dry season dynamics of tree root water uptake and soil matrix potential using stable water isotopes as a tracer, an effort aimed to inform ecosystem resilience in a high elevation mountainous watershed.