Publications

For the most current list, see Google Scholar.  ·  h-index: 31  ·  i10-index: 47  ·  66 peer-reviewed papers  ·  4 patent families

† graduate student or postdoc  ·  * corresponding author

In Review

• 66
  Tong, Y., Moortgat, J., Duncanson, L., & Liu, Y. Climate Change and Human Pressure Jointly Drive Net Biomass Loss from Forest Loss and Gain in Sub-Saharan Africa. Communications Earth & Environment, in review.
• 65
  Hsu†, H.J., Tseng, K., Fuan, T., Liu, C., Lo, C., Moortgat, J., & Shum, C.K. An Automatic Cloud Removal and Mosaicking Algorithm for Seamless Satellite Image Processing. In review.

Published (peer-reviewed)

• 64
  Chowdhury*, S.R., Radhakrishnan, A., Hsu*, H.J., Subramoni, H., & Moortgat, J. (2025). From Bands to Depth: Understanding Bathymetry Decisions on Sentinel-2. IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV).

  doi:10.48550/arXiv.2601.12636
• 63
  Moortgat, J. (2025). Vapor-liquid equilibrium of water-hydrogen mixtures: A review of experimental data and modeling with a Cubic-Plus-Association Equation-of-State. PLOS ONE, 20(12), e0332157.

  doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332157
• 62
  Durand, M., Dai, C., Moortgat, J., Yadav, B., Frasson, R.P.d.M., Li†, Z., Wadkowski, K., Howat, I., & Pavelsky, T.M. (2024). Using river hypsometry to improve remote sensing of river discharge. Remote Sensing of Environment, 315, 114455.

  doi:10.1016/j.rse.2024.114455
• 61
  Kaushik†, S., Rafiq, M., Dharpure, J.K., Howat, I., Moortgat, J., Joshi, P.K., Singh, T., & Dietz, A.J. (2024). Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst flood in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya under climate warming. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 101286.
• 60
  Fawz, N., Cook, A.E., & Moortgat, J. (2023). Estimating Compressional Velocity and Bulk Density Logs in Marine Gas Hydrates Using Machine Learning. Energies, 16(23), 7709.

  doi:10.3390/en16237709
• 59
  Moortgat, J.* & Firoozabadi, A. (2023). Viscosification of CO₂ to Improve Subsurface Storage — A Modeling Study. International Journal for Greenhouse Gas Control, 129, 103984.

  doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2023.103984
• 58
  Li†, Z., Leong†, W.J., Durand, M., Howat, I., Wadkowski, K., Yadav, B., & Moortgat, J.* (2023). Super-resolution deep neural networks for water classification from free multispectral satellite imagery. Journal of Hydrology, 626, 130248.
• 57
  Moortgat, J.*, Li†, Z., Durand, M., Howat, I., Yadav, B., & Dai, C. (2022). Deep learning models for river classification at sub-meter resolutions from multispectral and panchromatic commercial satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 282, 113279.

  doi:10.1016/j.rse.2022.113279
• 56
  Fenglin, G., Chengxi, W., Yan, S., Qinghong, H., Chengxiang, W., Xiong†, F., Zhuo, L., & Moortgat, J. (2022). Organic pore heterogeneity and its formation mechanisms: Insights from the Lower Cretaceous lacustrine Shahezi shale in the Songliao Basin, NE China. Energy Exploration & Exploitation, 40(1), 112–131.

  doi:10.1177/01445987211044831
• 55
  Xiong†, F., Hwang, B., Jiang, Z., James, D., Lu, H., & Moortgat, J.* (2021). Kinetic emission of shale gas in saline water: Insights from experimental observation of gas shale in canister desorption testing. Fuel, 300, 121006.

  doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121006
• 54
  Eymold†, W.K., Walsh, T.B., Moortgat, J., Grove, B.S., & Darrah, T.H. (2021). Constraining fault architecture and fluid flow using crustal noble gases. Applied Geochemistry, 129, 104954.

  doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.104954
• 53
  Gao, F., Wang, C., Song, Y., Wan, C., Xiong†, F., Li, Z., Moortgat, J., & Zhan, S. (2021). Quantitative characterization of organic pore structure from gas adsorption in lower Cretaceous Lacustrine shales in the Songliao Basin, NE China. Lithosphere, 2021, 6644430.

  doi:10.2113/2021/6644430
• 52
  Xiong†, F., Rother, G., Gong, Y., & Moortgat, J.* (2021). Reexamining supercritical gas adsorption theories in nano-porous shales under geological conditions. Fuel, 287, 119454.

  doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119454
• 51
  Li†*, Moortgat, J., & Bolotnov, I.A. (2020). Nucleate boiling simulation using interface tracking method. Nuclear Engineering and Design, 369, 110813.

  doi:10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110813
• 50
  Moortgat, J.*, Li†, M., Amooie†, M.A., & Zhu†, D. (2020). A higher-order finite element reactive transport model for unstructured and fractured grids. Scientific Reports, 10, 15572.

  doi:10.1038/s41598-020-72354-3
• 49
  Xiong†, F., Rother, G., Tomasko, D., Pang, W., & Moortgat, J.* (2020). On the pressure and temperature dependence of adsorption densities and other thermodynamic properties in gas shales. Chemical Engineering Journal, 395, 124989.

  doi:10.1016/j.cej.2020.124989
• 48
  Xu, J., Dutta, S., He, W., Moortgat, J., & Shen, H.W. (2020). Geometry-driven detection, tracking and visual analysis of viscous and gravitational fingers. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28(3), 1514–1528.

  doi:10.1109/TVCG.2020.3017568
• 47
  Xiong†, F., Jiang, Z., Huang, H., Wen, M., & Moortgat, J.* (2019). Mineralogy and gas content of upper Paleozoic Shanxi and Benxi shale formations in the Ordos Basin. Energy & Fuels, 33(2), 1061–1068.

  doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b04059
• 46
  Soltanian†, M.R., Amooie†, M.A., Cole, D.R., Graham, D., Pfiffner, S., Phelps, T., & Moortgat, J.* (2018). Transport of Perfluorocarbon Tracers in the Cranfield Geological Carbon Sequestration Project. Greenhouse Gases: Science & Technology, 8(4), 650–671.

  doi:10.1002/ghg.1786
• 45
  Song, Y., Gao, F., Xiong†, F., Moortgat, J., Chen, L., Zhang, X., Chen, Z., & Li, Z. (2018). Quantitative characterization of pore connectivity using NMR and MIP: A case study of the Wangyinpu and Guanyintang Shales in the Xiuwu Basin, Southern China. International Journal of Coal Geology, 197, 53–65.

  doi:10.1016/j.coal.2018.07.007
• 44
  Amooie†, M.A., Soltanian†, M.R., & Moortgat, J.* (2018). Solutal convection in porous media: Comparison between boundary conditions of constant concentration and constant flux. Physical Review E, 98, 033118.

  doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.98.033118
• 43
  Dai, Z., Zhang, Y., Stauffer, P.H., Bielicki, J.M., Amooie†, M.A., Zhang, M., Yang, C., Zou, Y., Ampomah, W., Xiao, T., Jia, W., Middleton, R.S., Zhang, W., Sun, Y., Moortgat, J., & Soltanian†, M.R. (2018). Heterogeneity-Assisted Carbon Dioxide Storage in Marine Sediments. Applied Energy, 225, 876–883.

  doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.05.038
• 42
  Amooie†, M.A. & Moortgat, J. (2018). Higher-Order Black-Oil and Compositional Modeling of Multiphase Compressible Flow in Porous Media. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 105, 45–59.

  doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.03.016
• 41
  Moortgat, J. (2018). Reservoir Simulation with the Cubic Plus (Cross-) Association Equation of State for Water, CO₂, Hydrocarbons, and Tracers. Advances in Water Resources, 114, 29–44.

  doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.02.004
• 40
  Moortgat, J.*, Schwartz, F., & Darrah, T.H. (2018). Numerical Modeling of Methane Leakage in Fractured Tight Formations. Groundwater, 56(2), 163–175. Cover article

  doi:10.1111/gwat.12630
• 39
  Li, C., Moortgat, J., & Shen, H.-W. (2018). An Automatic Deformation Approach for Occlusion Free Egocentric Data Exploration. IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium (PacificVis), 215–224.

  doi:10.1109/PacificVis.2018.00035
• 38
  Eymold†, W.K., Miller, J.A., Swana, K., Murray, R., Moore, M.T., Whyte, C.J., Harkness, J.S., Moortgat, J., Vengosh, A., & Darrah, T.H. (2018). The Water and Gas Geochemistry of Hydrocarbon-rich Seeps from the Karoo Basin. Groundwater, 56(2), 204–224.

  doi:10.1111/gwat.12637
• 37
  Soltanian†, M.R., Dai, Z., Yang, C., Amooie†, M.A., & Moortgat, J.* (2018). Multicomponent Competitive Monovalent Cation Exchange in Hierarchical Porous Media with Multimodal Reactive Mineral Facies. Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment, 32(1), 295–310.

  doi:10.1007/s00477-017-1379-y
• 36
  Soltanian†, M.R., Amooie†, M.A., Cole, D.R., Darrah, T.H., Graham, D., Pfiffner, S., Phelps, T., & Moortgat, J.* (2018). Impacts of Methane on Carbon Dioxide Storage in Brine Formations. Groundwater, 56(2), 176–186.

  doi:10.1111/gwat.12633
• 35
  Soltanian†, M.R., Amooie†, M.A., Gershenzon, N., Dai, Z., Ritzi, R., Xiong†, F., Cole, D.R., & Moortgat, J.* (2017). Dissolution Trapping of Carbon Dioxide in Heterogeneous Aquifers. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(13), 7732–7741.

  doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b01540
• 34
  Amooie†, M.A., Soltanian†, M.R., & Moortgat, J.* (2017). Hydro-Thermodynamic Mixing of Fluids Across Phases in Porous Media. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(8), 3624–3634. Cover article

  doi:10.1002/2016GL072490
• 33
  Amooie†, M.A., Soltanian†, M.R., Xiong†, F., Dai, Z., & Moortgat, J.* (2017). Mixing and Spreading of Multiphase Fluids in Heterogeneous Bimodal Porous Media. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 3(3), 225–244.

  doi:10.1007/s40948-017-0060-8
• 32
  Xiong†, F., Jiang, Z., Li, P., Bi, H., Huang, H., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Amooie†, M.A., Soltanian†, M.R., & Moortgat, J.* (2017). Pore Structure of Transitional Shales in the Ordos Basin, NW China: Effects of Composition on Gas Storage Capacity. Fuel, 206, 504–515.

  doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.083
• 31
  Moortgat, J.* (2017). Adaptive Implicit Finite Element Methods for Multicomponent Compressible Flow in Heterogeneous and Fractured Porous Media. Water Resources Research, 53(1), 73–92.

  doi:10.1002/2016WR019644
• 30
  Moortgat, J.* & Firoozabadi, A. (2017). Water Coning, Water and CO₂ Injection in Heavy Oil Fractured Reservoir. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, 20(1), 168–183, SPE-183648-PA.

  doi:10.2118/183648-PA
• 29
  Soltanian†, M.R., Amooie†, M.A., Cole, D., & Moortgat, J.* (2016). Critical Dynamics of Gravito-Convective Mixing in Geological Carbon Sequestration. Scientific Reports, 6, 35921.

  doi:10.1038/srep35921
• 28
  Soltanian†, M.R., Amooie†, M.A., Cole, D.R., Graham, D.E., Hosseini, S.A., Hovorka, S., Pfiffner, S.M., Phelps, T.J., & Moortgat, J.* (2016). Simulating the Cranfield Geological Carbon Sequestration Project with High-Resolution Static Models and an Accurate Equation of State. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 54(1), 282–296.

  doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.10.002
• 27
  Moortgat, J.*, Amooie†, M.A., & Soltanian†, M.R. (2016). Implicit Finite Volume and Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for Multicomponent Flow in Unstructured 3D Fractured Porous Media. Advances in Water Resources, 96, 389–404.

  doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.08.007
• 26
  Moortgat, J.* & Firoozabadi, A. (2016). Mixed-Hybrid and Vertex-Discontinuous-Galerkin Finite Element Modeling of Multiphase Compositional Flow on 3D Unstructured Grids. Journal of Computational Physics, 315, 476–500.

  doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2016.03.054
• 25
  Moortgat, J.* (2016). Viscous and Gravitational Fingering in Multiphase Compositional and Compressible Flow. Advances in Water Resources, 89, 53–66.

  doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2016.01.002
• 24
  Nasrabadi, H.*, Moortgat, J., & Firoozabadi, A. (2016). New Three-Phase Multicomponent Compositional Model for Asphaltene Precipitation during CO₂ Injection Using CPA-EOS. Energy & Fuels, 30(4), 3306–3319.

  doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02944
• 23
  Shahraeeni, E.*, Moortgat, J., & Firoozabadi, A. (2015). High Resolution Finite Element Methods for 3D Simulation of Compositionally Triggered Instabilities in Porous Media. Computational Geosciences, 19(4), 899–920.

  doi:10.1007/s10596-015-9501-z
• 22
  Moortgat, J.* & Firoozabadi, A. (2013). Fickian Diffusion in Discrete-Fractured Media from Chemical Potential Gradients and Comparison to Experiment. Energy & Fuels, 27(10), 5793–5805.

  doi:10.1021/ef401141q
• 21
  Moortgat, J. & Firoozabadi, A.* (2013). Higher-Order Compositional Modeling of Three-phase Flow in Fractured Porous Media Based on Cross-flow Equilibrium. Journal of Computational Physics, 250, 425–445.

  doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2013.05.009
• 20
  Moortgat, J.* & Firoozabadi, A. (2013). Three-Phase Compositional Modeling with Capillarity in Heterogeneous and Fractured Media. SPE Journal, 18(6), 1150–1168, SPE-159777-PA.

  doi:10.2118/159777-PA
• 19
  Moortgat, J.*, Firoozabadi, A., Li, Z., & Espósito, R. (2013). CO₂ Injection in Vertical and Horizontal Cores: Measurements and Numerical Simulation. SPE Journal, 18(6), 331–344, SPE-135563-PA. 🏅 SPE Ferguson Medal 2014

  doi:10.2118/135563-PA
• 18
  Laitin, D.*, Moortgat, J., & Robinson, A.L. (2012). Geographic Axes and the Persistence of Cultural Diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 10263–10268.
• 17
  Moortgat, J., Li, Z., & Firoozabadi, A.* (2012). Three-Phase Compositional Modeling of CO₂ Injection by Higher-Order Finite Element Methods with CPA Equation of State for Aqueous Phase. Water Resources Research, 48, W12511.

  doi:10.1029/2011WR011736
• 16
  Moortgat, J.*, Sun, S., & Firoozabadi, A. (2011). Compositional Modeling of Three-Phase Flow with Gravity using Higher-Order Finite Element Methods. Water Resources Research, 47, W05511.

  doi:10.1029/2010WR009801
• 14
  Moortgat, J. & Firoozabadi, A.* (2010). Higher-Order Compositional Modeling with Fickian Diffusion in Unstructured and Anisotropic Media. Advances in Water Resources, 33, 951–968.

  doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.04.012
• 12
  Forsberg, M.*, Brodin, G., Marklund, M., Shukla, P.K., & Moortgat, J. (2006). Nonlinear Interactions between Gravitational Radiation and Modified Alfvén Modes in Astrophysical Dusty Plasmas. Physical Review D, 74, 064014.

  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.064014
• 11
  Moortgat, J.* & Marklund, M. (2006). Scalar Perturbations in Two-Temperature Cosmological Plasmas. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 369(4), 1813–1821.

  doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10419.x
• 10
  Moortgat, J.* & Kuijpers, J. (2006). Scattering of Magnetosonic Waves in a Relativistic and Anisotropic Magnetized Plasma. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 368(3), 1110–1122.

  doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10189.x
• 9
  Moortgat, J.* & Kuijpers, J. (2004). Gravitational Waves in Magnetized Relativistic Plasmas. Physical Review D, 70(2), 023001.

  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.70.023001
• 8
  Moortgat, J.* & Kuijpers, J. (2003). Gravitational and Magnetosonic Waves in Gamma-Ray Bursts. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 402(3), 905–911.

  doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030271

Patents

Four parent patent families filed in more than 25 international jurisdictions; 10 fully issued patents in the United States, Japan, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa; 22+ additional applications pending worldwide.