Visiting Students
David Vuong
History
Visited: June 2005 - August 2005
Visiting from: Temple University, PA (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Observation of pyrite and other metal sulfides interacting with RNA
Contact
James LeVangie
History
Visited: June 2005 - to date
Visiting from: Stony Brook University - Chemistry Dpt., NY (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Degradation of RNA by Quartz
Contact
Aimee Pak
History
Visited: September 2004 - spring 2005
Visiting from: Stony Brook University - Chemistry Dpt., NY (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Radical generation from pyrite
Contact
Terry Minjares
History
Visited: June - August 2004
Visiting from: Our Lady on the Lake University, TX (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Radicals on mineral surfaces
Contact
Kimberly Odynocki
History
Visited: November 2003 - 2005
Visiting from: Stony Brook University - Chemistry Dpt., NY (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Ferritin research (particle sizing, zeta potential, photochemical experiments)
Contact
Xiang Zhiang
History
Visited: July 2003
Visiting from: Harvard University, MA (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Synthesis of manganese sulfides
Contact
Richard Laffers
History
Visited: July - August 2003
Visiting from: Comenius University, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Research while in the lab:
- Geochemical modeling (Geochemist's Workbench)
- FT-IR and Raman spectroscopy of minerals – building of a spectral database
Contact
Kristin Giamanco
History
Visited: June - August 2003
Visiting from: Bryn Mawr College, PA (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Hydrogen peroxide formation on transition metal sulfides surfaces
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Natasha Keith
History
Visited: June - August 2001
Visiting from: St. Cloud State University, MN (USA)
Research while in the lab:
- Testing phases in the ilmenite group for zeta potential and effectiveness as photocatalysts
