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My lab is full of interesting diversity with my students and support staff. To learn more about each one, please see below. If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree….contact me at fein@nd.edu |
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Sarrah Dunham-Cheatham—
Current projects (1) The effects of non-metabolizing bacterial cells on the precipitationof U, Pb, and Ca phosphates. (2) Investigation of mercury complexation to bacterial surfaces. |
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Ling Sheng— Ph.D student Current projects (1) Effects of uranium speciation on the rate of U(VI) reduction by Shewanella oneidensis. (2) Effects of clay minerals on U(VI) bioreduction. |
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Tom Duster—Ph.D student Current projects (1) Comparison of the aggregation behavior of TiO2 nanoparticles exposed to fulvic acid and B.subtilis exudates. (2) Mechanisms of interaction between engineered nanoparticles (carbon nanotubes and graphene oxide) and environmental surfaces.
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Experimental Geochemistry and Geomicrobiology Laboratory |
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Shannon Flynn—Ph.D student Current projects (1) Thermodynamic stabilities of uranyl peroxide nanoclusters. (2) Extraction of bitumen from oil sands with ionic liquids. (3) Investigating cadmium toxicity to bacterial surfaces using the surface complexation modeling approach. (4) Comparison of thermodynamic stabilities of uranyl and neptunyl-incorporated actinide minerals.
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End of summer 2010 |
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Haiwei Huang—Visiting Scholar—Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
Current projects (1) Biosorption of arsenate and arsenite on bacterial and fungal surfaces.
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Ryan Nell—Ph.D student Current projects (1) Stability constants of uranyl phosphates and bacterial surface complexes. (2) Role of sulfhydryls on bacterial cell walls in the biosorption of mercury.
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Qiang Yu—Ph.D student Current projects (1) Sulfate adsorption and reduction mechanisms on the bacteria S.oneidensis.
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