Current opportunities for graduate research:
1. Fe-isotopes in the Fe-S system: This project, funded by the
national science foundation, will investigate Fe isotope fractionation
associated with aqueous species and minerals in the Fe-S system.
This information is critical to how we interpret the Fe-isotope
record derived from FeS minerals such as pyrite, information which has
been a key line of evidence for reconstructing the oceanic and
atmospheric changes in deep time on earth. This project will also
investigate Fe-S mineralization as part of this research. Summer
and research assistantship funding is available with this project, and
students can begin as early as January 2008. Students should have
a bachelors degree in geology, chemistry, enviornmental science,
civil/environmental engineering or associated fields - but classwork
and experience in laboratory chemistry/geochemistry is highly desired.
2. Environmental Technologies: Developing constructed wetland and
slag filters for nutrient immobilization. This project will be
looking at a combination of constructed wetlands and slag materials to
remove or immobilize nitrogen and phosphorus contaminants from
different water sources. A combination of geochemistry,
mineralogy, and microbiology is part of the overall goal for studying
these systems and optimizing their performance. Summer and
research assistantship support is available and students can begin in
summer 2008. Students should have a bachelors degree in geology,
chemistry, enviornmental science, civil/environmental engineering or
associated fields
