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My colleagues and other staff in the Hydrogeology group at UU have contributed
immensely to my personal and professional development. The group
has been a source of friendships, as well as good advice and collaboration. I
would like to thank my friends: Saskia, Vahid, Nikos, Niels, Jack, Reza, Marian,
Simona, Mariene, Brijesh, Imran, Qiu, Mojtaba, Wouter, and Shuai, as
well as Leonid who visited our group from University of Bergen. Special thank
to Margreet, who was of great help whenever trying to figure out all those
administrative issues. Margreet, I always enjoyed our short talks during the
“koffiepauze”!
From November 2010 I have started my postdoc research, on pore scale
modeling of reactive solutes, at the experimental rock deformation group /
HPT-lab, Utrecht University. I would like to thank Chris Spiers for his support.
I am enjoying my postdoc research a lot. A big thank goes to my other
friends and colleagues in HPT-lab: Colin, Hans, Magda, André, Jon, Eimert,
Gert, Peter, Anne, Tim, Nawaz, Elisenda, Sabine, Sander, Bart, Reinier, Loes,
Sabrina, and Ken.
From the time I came to Holland I was so lucky to meet many great people,
that later became my friends. They have contributed indirectly to this study. I
would like to mention a few in particular: Babak, Pasha, Marzieh, Vyron, Angelique,
David, Bamshad, Baukje, Eefje, Eric, Farnoush, Rory, Lotte, Sander,
Guillaume, Maartje, Mohammad, Moniek, Renée, Rick, Roeland, Veerle, Hajar,
Roza, Sanaz, and Sourish.
Lastly, and most importantly, I wish to thank my family; in particular my
parents, Parvin and Abbass, who raised me, supported me, taught me, and
loved me. To them I dedicate this thesis.
Amir Raoof
Utrecht
August 2011
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