Current and past Collaborators

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Past and present PhD Students

1996: Marwan ALKATTAN (co-directed with J. SCHOTT and J.-L. DANDURAND) - Variation of halite and calcite dissolution kinetics as a function of fluid saturation state and the concentration aqueous inhibitors

1999: Jean-Marie GAUTIER (co-directed with J. SCHOTT)- Experimental and theoretical study of the dissolution and crystallization rates of silicate minerals at hydrothermal conditions: The case of quartz and K-feldspar

2003: Patricia FOURNIER - Investigation of the behavior of lead during low temperature geochemical processes.

2005: Pablo CUBILLAS (co directed with Manolo PRIETO) – Coupled dissolution – precipitation of carbonate minerals: Application to sequestrating toxic metals in the environment.

2005: Najatte Harouiya - The role of phosphate dissolution and precipitation in environmental processes.

2006: Claire CHAIRAT - Application of phosphate minerals to the storage of radioactive waste.

2007: Messaoud HACINI: Mineral precipitation rates in natural evaporative lakes.

2009: Gueseppi SALDI: The precipitation rates of magnesite.

2009: Teresa RONCAL-HERRERO: Phosphate mineral reactivity and the global P cycle.

2009: Teresa FLAATHEN: The consequences of CO2-H2O-basalt interaction and fluid flow during carbon sequestration efforts.

2011: Chirif GERBERI: The hydrology/geochemistry of evaporative river systems.

2011: Samuel PARRY (co-directed with Mark HODSON): Development of soil from rock

2012: Gabriella STOCKMAN (co-directed with Siggi GISLASON): Effect of mineral coating on reactivity and application to CO2 sequestration.

2013: Snori GUDBRANDSSON (co-directed with Siggi GISLASON): Basalt reactivity and the in-situ carbonation of basalts.

2013: Iwona GALECZKA (co-directed with Siggi GISLASON): CO2-Basalt interaction – Implications for carbon storage.

2015: Eydis Eirksdottir (co-directed with Siggi GISLASON): The dirce quantification of the link between climate and weathering.

2015: Andrew BRAY (with Liane BENNING): Reactivity of biotite surfaces and microbal acquisition of neutrients.

2016: Ulf-Nicholas Berninger (with Guntram JORDAN): Kineitcs of dolomite precipitation and the ‘dolomite probelem’.

2016. Bing ZHOU: (Chinese exchange PhD) The carbonation of sedimentary rocks.

2016 Bi-Yuan Zhen-Wu (with S. STIPP) The kinetics and thermodynamics of barite dissolution and precipitation.

2017: Andrea Perez-Fernandez: Stable isotope fractionation during caronate dissolution.

2017 Martin Voigt: The chemistry of trace elements and their isotopes.

2017 Christopher GRIMM: The link between ocean particulate material, primary productivity and climate.

2017 Sandra O. Snæbjörnsdóttir (with S.R. Gislason): The chemistry and carbon fixation at the CarbFix site.

2017 Alvaro Sainz-Garcia (with F. GRANDIA): Development of computational tools to predict subsurface geochemical transport.

2019 Franzska STAMM (with J. SCHOTT): Determination of the equilibrium isotopic fractionation factors for Si and Mg in aqeous fluid-mineral systems.

2019 Cristina Castillo Alvarez (with J. Schott): Nickel isotope fractionion in calcite-water systems.

In progress Fieke MULDERS: Reactivity of Mg and Fe bearing minerals.

In progress Lisa FUELLENBACH: Attenuation of toxic metal mobility in water-rock systems.

In progress Lei YU: Studies of mineral carbonation in the pre4sence of sulfur.

Past and Present Post-docs

1997-1999 Carlos JOVE: Experimental characterization of coupled permeability and water-mineral interaction in sedimentary rocks.

2001-2004: Stephan KOHLER: Experimental determination of the rates and mechanism of clay mineral dissolution and precipitation.

2006-2008: Raul MARTINEZ: Biomineralization of calcite.

2007-2009: Chris PEARCE: Mg isotope fractionation during Earth surface Processes

2009-2011: Tamarin DIETRICH: Reactivity of Mg silicates and health

2009-2011 Morgan JONES: Sr and Nd fractionation among sediments and seawater: inmpact of Global cycles of the Elements

2010-2013 Vasillis Mavromatis: Mg isotope exchange in carbonates.

2010-2013 Julian DECLERCQ: Carbonation of forsterite

2012-2014: Thomas RINDER: Controls on Si isotope fraction

2015-present: Giseppe SALDI: Thermodynamanics of isotope fractionation.

2016-2018: Anna HARRISON: Carbonation of hydrous Mg carbonates.

2017-2018: Ioanis Rigopoulos: Enhanced weathering of mafic rocks and minerals.

2017-present: Chiara Marieni: Carbon storage in basalts.