Curriculum Vitae Björn Gylling
Date of issue: April 25, 2019
Björn Gylling bjorn@gylling-geosolutions.com
3556 Davis Street Phone +1 224 255 9104
Evanston, IL 60203 gylling-geosolutions.com
USA
Education
PhD in Chemical Engineering: KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, October 1997.
M. Sc in Chemical Engineering: KTH/ University of Sydney, Australia, December 1990.
Work history
Gylling GeoSolutions, Consultant, from April 2, 2018
SKB, Head research coordinator Solute Transport, July 2010 – March 2018
Kemakta Konsult AB, Consultant, November 1997 – June 2010
Key work experiences
The key work experiences may be summarized as:
· Modelling of groundwater flow and transport of Solutes
· Safety assessments of geological repositories for hazardous waste
· Coordination of research on solute transport processes and hydrogeology
· Technical secretary in SKB Task Force on modelling Groundwater Flow and Transport of Solutes (www.skb.se/taskforce)
· Site descriptive modelling
· Software development projects
Publications and reports
Andersson J., M. Elert, L. Moreno, B. Gylling and J.O. Selroos， 1998. Derivation and treatment of the flow-wetted surface and other geosphere parameters in the models FARF31 and COMP23 for use in the safety assessment, SKB R-98-60, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Deissmann G., Trinchero P., Molinero J., Puigdomenech I., Gylling B., Ebrahimi H., Bosbach D., 2017. Micro-continuum simulation of radionuclide migration in a synthetically generated fractured-matrix system: Application of High Performance Computing to evaluate effects of system heterogeneity at the micrometer scale. Migration 2017 Conference, September 10-15, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Elert, M., Gylling, B., Lindgren, M., 2004. Assessment model validity document FARF31, SKB R-04-51, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co.
Finsterle, S., B. Lanyon, M. Åkesson, S. Baxter, M. Bergström, N. Bockgård, W. Dershowitz, B. Dessirier, A. Frampton, Å. Fransson, A. Gens, B. Gylling, I. Hančilová, D. Holton, J. Jarsjö, J.-S. Kim, K.-P. Kröhn, D. Malmberg, V.-M. Pulkkanen, A. Sawada, A. Sjöland, U. Svensson, P. Vidstrand, H. Viswanathan, 2018. Conceptual uncertainties in modelling the interaction between engineered and natural barriers of nuclear waste repositories in crystalline rock, In: Norris, S., E.A.C. Neeft, and M. Van Geet (eds.): Multiple Roles of Clays in Radioactive Waste Confinement, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 482, doi: 10.1144/SP482.12, 2018.
Gustafson G., Gylling B., and Selroos J-O, 2008. Bridging the gap between site characterisation and performance assessment models for radionuclide transport modeling in the Äspö task force on modeling of groundwater flow and transport of solutes, Abstracts, 33rd International Geologial Congress, Oslo, p. 16.
Gustafson G., Gylling B., and Selroos J.-O.， 2009. The Äspö Task Force on groundwater flow and transport of solutes: bridging the gap between site characterization and performance assessment for radioactive waste disposal in fractured rocks, DOI 10.1007/s10040-008-0419-6, on-line, Hydrogeology Journal.
Gylling B.， 1997. Development and applications of the Channel Network model for simulations of flow and solute transport in fractured rock, PhD Thesis, Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, ISBN 91-7170-190-7, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Gylling B., Lanyon B., Soler J., Nilsson K., Löfgren M., Trinchero P., Selroos J.-O., Poteri A., Koskinen L., 2019. Increasing the realism in solute transport modelling. In Proceedings of IHLRWM 2019, Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019, pp. 364-371.
Gylling B., Lanyon B., Finsterle S., 2019. Collaborative testing and modelling of engineered barrier system performance: Task 8 of SKB Task Force. In Proceedings of IHLRWM 2019, Knoxville, TN, April 14-18, 2019, pp. 377-386.
Gylling B., Marsic N, Hartley L, and D Holton, 2004. Application of hydrogeological modelling methodology using NAMMU and CONNECTFLOW – Task 1, 2, 3 and 4, SKB R-04-45, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B. and L. Eriksson， 2001. Assessment model validity document - HYDRASTAR: A stochastic continuum program for groundwater flow, SKB R-01-61, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B., B. Khademi, and L. Moreno, 1998. Modelling of the Tracer Retention Understanding Experiment Task 4C-D using The Channel Network model, SKB International Cooperation Report ICR 98-01, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B., Birgersson L., Moreno L. and I. Neretnieks， 1998. Analysis of a long-term pumping and tracer test using the channel network model, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 32, pp 203-222.
Gylling B., D. Walker and L. Hartley, 1999. Site-scale groundwater flow modelling of Beberg, SKB Technical Report TR-99-18, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B., Hartley L., Joyce S., Woollard H., Marsic N., Sidborn M., Puigdomenech I., Selroos J-O., 2014. Assessment of groundwater chemical evolution for a spent nuclear fuel repository under prolonged temperate conditions: An application of efficient coupled groundwater flow and reactive transport simulation. AGU Fall Meeting 2014, December 15-19, 2014, San Francisco, USA.
Gylling B., Joyce S., Marsic N., Luterkort D., Johansson R., 2012. A sensitivity analysis on repository sealing methodology. In proceedings of 34th International Geological Congress (IGC), August 5-10, 2012, Brisbane, Australia.
Gylling B., L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks, 1995. Vilka data behövs för radionuklidtransportberäkningar och hur kan transportparametrar bestämmas från fältdata, In proceedings of a workshop about Acceptanskriterier för bergrunden vid djup geologisk slutförvaring av använt kärnbränsle, Göteborg, 13-14 September 1994, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SKI report 95-57， (In Swedish).
Gylling B., L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks， 1997. Modelling of solute transport in fractured media by using a Channel Network model. Presented at ICEM'97, Singapore.
Gylling B., L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks， 1999. SR 97 - Use of Alternative Models Project, Channel network modelling of Aberg, Performance assessment using CHAN3D, SKB R-99-44, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B., L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks，1995. A channel network model for radionuclide transport in fractured rock - Testing against field data, MRS-94 Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVIII, Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 25-29, 1994. Ed. T. Murakami and R.C. Ewing, p. 395-402.
Gylling B., L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks，1995. Transport of solute in fractured media, based on a channel network model. In Proceedings of Groundwater Quality. Remediation and Protection Conference, Eds K. Kovar and J. Krasny, 107-113, Prague May 14-19.
Gylling B., L. Moreno, I. Neretnieks, and L. Birgersson， 1994. Analysis of LPT2 using The Channel Network Model, SKB International Cooperation Report ICR 94-05, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B., L. Romero, L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks，1996. Coupling of the near field release to the far field transport- Using NUCTRAN and CHAN3D, In Transactions of TOPSEAL96, International Topical Meeting, European Nuclear Society, Stockholm June 9-12, Vol II Poster Papers.
Gylling B., L. Romero, L. Moreno and I. Neretnieks，1996. Transport from the canister to the biosphere - Using a model coupling concept, In proceedings of MRS 1996 Fall Meeting, II: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX.
Gylling B., M. Lindgren and H. Widén， 1999. Preparatory hydrogeolical calculations for site-scale models of Aberg, Beberg and Ceberg, SKB R-99-06, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Gylling B., Moreno, L. and I. Neretnieks， 1998. Simulation of radionuclide release from a repository to the biosphere - using a model coupling concept, Nuclear Technology, vol. 122, 1, pp 93-103.
Gylling B., Moreno, L. and I. Neretnieks， 1999. The Channel Network model - A tool for transport simulations in fractured media, Ground Water, 37, pp 367-375.
Gylling B., Trinchero P., Molinero J., Deissmann G., Svensson U., Ebrahimi H., Hammond G.E., Bosbach D., Puigdomenech I., 2016. A DFN-based High Performance Computing approach to the simulation of radionuclide transport in mineralogically heterogeneous fractured rocks. AGU Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2016, San Francisco, USA.
Gylling B., Iraola A., Trinchero P., Voutilainen M., Bosbach D., Deissmann G., 2018. Modelling the Long Term Sorption Diffusion Experiment (LTDE-SD) at Äspö HRL using a microtomography-based inter-granular network. AGU Fall Meeting, December 10-14, 2018, Washington D.C., USA.
Hartley L, Cox I, Holton D, Hunter F, Joyce S, Gylling B, and M Lindgren, 2004. Groundwater flow and radionuclide transport modelling using CONNECTFLOW in support of the SR Can assessment, SKB R-04-61, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Hartley L, Cox I, Hunter F, Jackson P, Joyce S, Swift B, Gylling B, Marsic N., 2005. Regional hydrogeological simulations for Forsmark - numerical modelling using CONNECTFLOW. Preliminary site description Forsmark area - version 1.2, SKB R-05-32, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Hartley L, Hoch A, Jackson P, Joyce S, McCarthy R, Swift B, Gylling B, Marsic N, 2006. Groundwater flow and transport modelling during the temperate period for the SR-Can assessment. Laxemar subarea - version 1.2, SKB R-06-99，Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Hartley L, Hunter F, Jackson P, McCarthy R, Gylling B, Marsic N., 2006. Regional hydrogeological simulations using CONNECTFLOW - Preliminary site description Laxemar sub-area - version 1.2, SKB R-06-23, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Hartley L, Jackson P, Joyce S, Roberts D, Shevelan J, Swift B, Gylling B, Marsic N, Hermanson J, Öhman J., 2007. Hydrogeological pre-modelling exercises; Assessment of impact of the Äspö HRL, Sensitivity of palaeo-hydrogeology, Development of a local near-surface Hydro-DFN for KLX09B-F, Site descriptive modeling SDM-Site Laxemar SKB R-07-57, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Hartley L, Worth D, Gylling B, N Marsic and J Holmén, 2004. Preliminary site description: Groundwater flow simulations, Simpevarp area (version 1.1) modelled with CONNECTFLOW, SKB R-04-63, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Hartley L., Joyce S., Woollard H., Marsic N., Sidborn M., Gylling B., Puigdomenech I., Koskinen L., 2015. Coupled groundwater flow and reactive transport simulations of the evolution of groundwater chemistry for a deep geologic repository in shield rocks. IAH-CNC, October 27-30, 2015, Waterloo, Canada.
Holmén, J., Stigsson, M., Marsic, N., Gylling, B., 2003. Modelling of groundwater flow and flow paths for a large regional domain in northeast Uppland. A three-dimensional, mathematical modelling of groundwater flows and flow paths on a super-regional scale, for different complexity levels of the flow domain, SKB R-03-24, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co.
Hunter F., Hartley L., Hoch A., Jackson P., McCarthy R., Marsic N., Gylling B.，2008. Calibration of regional palaeohydrogeology and sensitivity analysis using hydrochemistry data in site investigations, Applied Geochemistry, issue 7, vol. 23, pp. 1982-2003.
Iraola A., Trinchero P., Voutilainen M., Gylling B., Selroos J-O., Molinero J., Svensson U., Bosbach D., Deissmann G., 2017. Microtomography-based Inter-Granular Network for the simulation of radionuclide diffusion and sorption in a granitic rock, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 207 (2017) 8–16, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.10.003.
Joyce S, Simpson T, Hartley L, Applegate D, Hoek J, Jackson P, Roberts D, Swan D, Gylling B, Marsic N, Rhén I, 2010. Groundwater flow modelling of periods with temperate climate conditions – Laxemar Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., SKB R-09-24.
Liu, L., Moreno, L., I. Neretnieks, and B. Gylling, 2010. A safety assessment approach using coupled NEAR3D and CHAN3D - Forsmark, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., SKB R-10-69, Stockholm.
Luterkort, D., Gylling, B., Johansson, R., 2012. Closure of the Spent Fuel Repository in Forsmark. Studies of alternative concepts for sealing of ramp, shafts and investigation boreholes, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., SKB TR-12-08.
Marsic N., Gylling B. and B. Grundfelt and L. Hartley, 2000. Modelling of the site scale hydrological situation at Beberg using NAMMU, SKB R-00-14, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm, 2000.
Molinero J., Deissmann G., Trinchero P.,·Ebrahimi H.,·Bosbach D.,·Gylling B.,· Svensson U., 2015. High performance reactive transport modeling for understanding radionuclide behaviour in fractured crystalline rocks at sub-millimeter scale, conference paper, Migration 2015, September 13-18, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
Moreno L. and B. Gylling, 1998. Equivalent flow rate concept used in the near field transport model COMP23 - Proposed values for SR 97, SKB R-98-53, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Moreno L., I. Neretnieks, and B. Gylling，1993. Modeling of fluid and solute transport in fractured rock. In proceedings of the 4th Annual International High Level Radioactive Waste Conference, 2, pp 1128-1133, Las Vegas, USA.
Moreno, L., B. Gylling, and I. Neretnieks，1995. Solute transport in fractured media - the important mechanisms for performance assessment, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., SKB Technical Report TR-95-11, Stockholm.
Moreno, L., B. Gylling, and I. Neretnieks，1997. Solute transport in fractured media - the important mechanisms for performance assessment, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 25, pp. 283-298.
Rhén I, Forsmark T, Hartley L, Jackson P, Roberts D, Swan D, Gylling B, 2008. Hydrogeological conceptualisation and parameterisation. Site descriptive modelling SDM-Site Laxemar, SKB R-08-78.
Rhén I, Forsmark T, Hartley L, Joyce, S., Roberts D, Gylling B, Marsic, N., 2009. Bedrock hydrogeology. Model testing and synthesis. Site descriptive modelling SDM-Site Laxemar, SKB R-08-91.
Selroos J-O, Walker D, Ström A, Gylling B, and S Follin， 2002. Comparison of alternative modelling approaches for flow and transport in fractured rock. Journal of Hydrology, 257, pp 174-188.
Selroos J-O., Walker D., Ström A., Gylling B. and Follin S，2000. Comparison of alternative modelling approaches for flow and transport in fractured rock, Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting, Tokyo, Japan.
Soler J.M., Löfgren M., Nilsson K., Lanyon G.W., Gylling B., Vidstrand P., Neretnieks I., Moreno L., Liu L., Meng S., Svensson U., Trinchero P., Iraola A., Ebrahimi H., Molinero J., Deissmann G., Říha J., Hokr M., Vetešník A., Vopálka D., Gvoždík L., Trpkošová D., Havlová V., Park D.-K., Ji S.-H., Tachi Y., Ito T., 2017. SKB Task Force – Predictive modelling of a matrix diffusion experiment in gneiss at ONKALO (Finland). Migration 2017 Conference, September 10-15, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Tachi Y., Ito T., Gylling B., 2017. Modeling the in-situ Long-Term Sorption and Diffusion Experiment (LTDE-SD) at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden: Scaling approach from laboratory to in-situ condition. Migration 2017 Conference, September 10-15, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Trinchero P., Puigdomenech I., Molinero J., Ebrahimi H., Gylling B., Svensson U., Bosbach D., Deissmann G., 2016. Continuum-based DFN-consistent simulations of oxygen ingress in fractured crystalline rocks. AGU Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2016, San Francisco, USA.
Trinchero, P., Molinero, J., Deissmann, G., Svenson, U., Gylling, B., Ebrahimi, H., Hammond, G., Bosbach, D., Puigdomenech, I., 2016. Implications of grain-scale mineralogical heterogeneity for radionuclide transport in fractured media. Transport in Porous Media 1, 73-90, doi:10.1007/s11242-016-0765-0.
Trinchero P., Cvetkovic V., Selroos J-O., Gylling B., Molinero J., Deissmann G., Bosbach D., 2017. Upscaling radionuclide transport in fractured crystalline rocks. Migration 2017 Conference, September 10-15, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Trinchero P., Löfgren M., Bosbach D., Deissmann G., Ebrahimi H., Gylling B., Molinero J., Puigdomenech I., Selroos J-O., Sidborn M., Svensson U., 2017. Representation of the crystalline rock matrix as a micro-Discrete Fracture Network: concepts and application. AGU Fall Meeting 2017, December 11-15, 2017, New Orleans, USA.
Trinchero P., Painter S., Ebrahimi H., Gylling B., Selroos J.-O., Molinero J., 2017. Assessing nickel transport in the bedrock at SFL using a smart kd approach. Migration 2017 Conference, September 10-15, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Trinchero P., Puigdomenech I., Molinero J., Ebrahimi H., Gylling B., Svensson U., Bosbach D., Deissmann G., 2017. Continuum-based DFN-consistent numerical framework for the simulation of oxygen infiltration into fractured crystalline rocks, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 200 (2017) 60–69.
Trinchero P, Molinero J, Ebrahimi H, Puigdomenech I, Gylling B, Svensson U, Bosbach D, Deissmann G, 2018. Simulating Oxygen Intrusion into Highly Heterogeneous Fractured Media Using High Performance Computing. Mathematical Geosciences, July 2018, Volume 50, Issue 5, pp 549–567, doi:10.1007/s11004-017-9718-6.
Trinchero P, Sidborn M, Puigdomenech I, Svensson U, Ebrahimi H, Molinero J, Gylling B, Bosbach D, Deissmann G, 2019. Transport of oxygen into granitic rocks: Role of physical and mineralogical heterogeneity, Journal of contaminant hydrology 220 108-118, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2018.12.001.
Walker D, B Gylling and Jan-Olof Selroos, 2005. Up-scaling of hydraulic conductivity and telescopic mesh refinement, Ground Water, vol. 43, 1, pp 40-51.
Walker D, Gylling B, Ström A, and Selroos J-O， 2001. Hydrogeologic studies for nuclear waste disposal in Sweden. Hydrogeology Journal, 9, 419-431.
Walker D. and B. Gylling, 1998. Site-scale groundwater flow modelling of Aberg, SKB Technical Report TR-98-23, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Walker D. and B. Gylling， 1999. Site-scale groundwater flow modelling of Ceberg, SKB Technical Report TR-99-13, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
Walker D., Gylling B., Ström A. and Selroos J-O， 2000. Summary of Hydrologic Studies for Nuclear Waste Disposal in Sweden, Spectrum 2000 International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management, ANS.
Walker, D., Gylling, B., 2002. Site-scale groundwater flow modelling of Aberg and upscaling of conductivity, SKB R-02-24, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co., Stockholm.
von Schenck H., Kautsky U.,·Gylling B., Abarca·E., Molinero J., 2015. Advancing the Modelling Environment for the Safety Assessment of the Swedish LILW Repository at Forsmark, MRS Online Proceeding Library 1744 · January 2015.
Voutilainen M., Siitari-Kauppi M., Sammaljärvi J., Parkkonen J., Miettinen A., Yli-Kaila M., Koskinen L., Gylling B., Selroos J.-O., 2017. Characterization of heterogeneous pore and mineral structure of crystalline rock samples from Äspö and Olkilouto. Migration 2017 Conference, September 10-15, 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Voutilainen, M., Miettinen, A., Sardini, P., Parkkonen, J., Sammaljärvi, J., Gylling, B., Selroos, J.O., Yli-Kaila, M., Koskinen, L., Siitari-Kauppi, M., 2019. Characterization of spatial porosity and mineral distribution of crystalline rock using X-ray micro computed tomography, C-14-PMMA autoradiography and scanning electron microscopy, Journal of Applied Geochemistry 101 (2019), pp 50-61, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.12.024.