Dr. Yakirevich’s areas of research include: experimental and theoretical investigation of water flow, solute and heat transfer in porous and fractured media; formulation of mathematical models for multiphase and multicomponent flow and transport in the vadose zone and groundwater system; simulation of saltwater-intrusion problems; simulation of overland flow, solutes transport in runoff and streams; estimating mass-transfer parameters from laboratory- or field-measured water and solute distribution data. A combination of analytical and numerical methods is used in these studies.

M.Sc. Voronezh State University, USSR. Mechanics, 1973.

Title of thesis: Advective Dispersion of Solutes in Porous Media, Dead-End Pore Volume Being Taken into Account.

Ph.D. All-Union Research Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Land Reclamation, Moscow, USSR. Soil Physics, 1981

Title of thesis: Use of Model of Heat, Moisture and Salt Transfer in Soil for Drainage Parameters Optimization