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Harris W. Martin
(Cardno ATC) |
M.S. |
1982 |
The kinetics of nonexchangeable potassium release in coastal plain soils |
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2 | 
| Philip M. Jardine
(Obituary)
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | M.S. | 1983 | Kinetics and thermodynamics of potassium-calcium exchange in a multireactive soil system |
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3 | 
| Clare M. (Evans) Casselberry | M.S. | 1983 | The kinetics and mechanisms of boron adsorption and desorption in mid-Atlantic coastal plain soils |
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4 | 
| Theodore H. Carski (DuPont Co.) | Ph.D. | 1986 | Aspects of nitrogen kinetics in mid-Atlantic soils |
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5 | 
| Richard A. Ogwada (Florida Department of Children & Families) | Ph.D. | 1986 | Kinetics and mechanisms of ion exchange on soil constituents |
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6 | 
| Cristian P. Schulthess
(U of Connecticut) | Ph.D | 1987 | Cation and anion adsorption behavior on oxide surfaces |
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7 | 
| Maria C. (Sadusky) Pautler
(U of Delaware) | M.S. | 1987 | Chemistry and availability of potassium silicates in soils |
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8 | 
| Mark R. Noll (SUNY Brockport) | Ph.D. | 1989 | Geochemical dynamics of cesium sorption by selected clay minerals |
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9 | 
| Matthew J. Eick (Virginia Tech) | M.S. | 1990 | Potassium-calcium exchange kinetics on clay minerals |
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10 | 
| Pengchu Zhang (Sandia National Lab) | Ph.D. | 1990 | Kinetics and mechanisms of anion adsorption and desorption at the goethite-water interface using pressure-jump relaxation |
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11 | 
| Scott E. Fendorf
(Stanford) | Ph.D. | 1992 | Oxidation and sorption mechanisms of hydrolyzable metal ions on oxide surface |
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12 | 
| Charles V.Toner, IV (Atlantic Hydrologic, Inc.) | Ph.D. | 1993 | Chemical reaction kinetics and bonding mechanisms of boron adsorption and desorption of alumina |
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13 | 
| Michael G. Stapleton (Slippery Rock U) | Ph.D. | 1995 | Sorption kinetics and mechanisms of hydrophobic ionizable organic compounds on surfactant-modified clays |
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14 | 
| Matthew J. Eick (Virginia Tech) | Ph.D. | 1995 | Dissolution kinetics of lunar simulants and the sorption of oxyanions and nickel on secondary weathering products |
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15 | 
| Liya Tang (Bristol-Myers Squibb) | Ph.D. | 1996 | Equilibrium and kinetic studies of atrazine adsorption and desorption on soils and soil constituents |
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16 | 
| John P. DiVincenzo (Middle Tennessee SU) | Ph.D. | 1996 | Slow sorption kinetics of pentachlorophenol on soil |
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17 | 
| Monica Ball
(FMC Corporation) | M.S. | 1996 | Non thesis option |
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18 | 
| Min M. Zhou
(Obituary)
(Cardinal Health) | Ph.D. | 1996 | Extraction of pesticide residues in soils using multivariate optimization and supercritical fluid extraction |
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19 | 
| Tim E. Alcacio (Pfizer) | M.S. | 1997 | An X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) study of lead complexes at the gibbsite and pyrophyllite solid/liquid interfaces |
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20 | 
| Douglas R. Ware
| M.S. | 1997 | The aqueous hydrolysis of tribenuron methyl |
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21 | 
| S.Erin O'Reilly (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement) | M.S. | 1998 | Arsenate sorption/desorption kinetics and competition reactions on goethite |
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22 | 
| Daniel G. Strawn (U of Idaho) | Ph.D. | 1999 | Kinetics and mechanisms of lead sorption and desorption on soils and soil materials |
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23 | 
| Christopher J. Matocha (U of Kentucky) | Ph.D. | 2000 | Reactivity of manganese oxide minerals with soil organic matter and lead |
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24 | 
| Kirk G. Scheckel (US EPA) | Ph.D. | 2000 | Kinetics and mechanisms of the formation and dissolution of nickel(II) surface precipitates on clay minerals and metal oxides using macroscopic, spectroscopic, microscopic, and thermogravimetric techniques |
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25 | 
| Evert J. Elzinga
(Rutgers) | Ph.D. | 2000 | Spectroscopic studies of metal sorption reactions to soil minerals |
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26 | 
| Darryl R. Roberts
(Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) | Ph.D. | 2001 | Speciation and sorption mechanisms of metals in soils using bulk and micro-focused spectroscopic and microscopic techniques |
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27 | 
| Yuji Arai (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) | Ph.D. | 2002 | Reaction dynamics and chemical speciation of phosphorus and arsenic (III and V) at the metal oxide-water interface and in soils |
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28 | 
| Derek Peak (U of Saskatchewan) | Ph.D. | 2002 | Application of molecular-scale spectroscopic tools to probe oxyanion reactivity in soils |
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29 | 
| James A. Dyer (Savannah River National Lab) | Ph.D. | 2002 | Advanced approaches for modeling trace metal sorption in aqueous systems |
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30 | 
| Laura (Kirk) Power (Parametrix) | M.S. | 2003 | Metal sorption effects on arsenite(III) oxidation kinetics at the birnessite-water interface |
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31 |

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Maarten Nachtegaal
(Paul Scherrer Institut) |
Ph.D. |
2003 |
The influence of competing sorbents on the dynamics and mechanisms of metal reactions in natural systems: A multiscale approach |
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32 |

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Stefan Hunger
(Harress Pickel Consult) |
Ph.D. |
2003 |
Mechanisms of phosphorus stabilization in the soil environment: A molecular scale evaluation |
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33 | 
| Jeff Everhart
(Chemours) | M.S. | 2003 | Nickel bioavailability in smelter-contaminated soils: An environmental case study of Port Colborne, Canada |
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34 | 
| Markus Gräfe
(cbm-adeo) | Ph.D. | 2004 | Formation and occurence of metal-arsenate precipitates in the environment |
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35 | 
| Kristin (Staats) Borda
(Eastern Camden County Regional School District ) | M.S. | 2005 | Phosphorus in alum amended poultry litter systems: Distribution, speciation, and interactions with aluminum oxides. |
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36 | 
| David McNear (University of Kentucky) | Ph.D. | 2006 | The plant-soil interface: Nickel bioavailability and the mechanisms of plant hyperaccumulation. |
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37 |

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Kristian Paul
(Bayer CropScience) |
Ph.D. |
2007 |
Molecular modeling study of sulfate and phosphate adsorption at the mineral-water interface |
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38 |
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Ryan Tappero
(National Synchrotron Light Source) |
Ph.D. |
2009 |
Spectromcroscopic study of cobalt speciation and localization in hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale |
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39 |
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Jennifer (Seiter) Moser
(Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center) |
Ph.D. |
2009 |
The fate and speciation of arsenic in soils and poultry production systems |
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40 |

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Mengqiang Zhu
(University of Wyoming) |
Ph.D. |
2010 |
Sturcture and reactivity study of biotic and abiotic poorly crystalline manganese oxides |
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41 |

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Brandon Lafferty(Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center) |
Ph.D. |
2010 |
Oxidation and sorption kinetics of arsenic on a poorly crystalline manganese oxide |
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42 |

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Saengdao Khaokaew
(Department of Soil Science, Kasetsart University) |
Ph.D. |
2010 |
Speciation and release kinetics of cadmium and zinc in paddy soils
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43 |

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Gautier Landrot
(Soleil Synchrotron) |
Ph.D. |
2010 |
Kinetics and mechanisms of chromium (III) oxidation and precipitation on manganese oxides, in real time at the molecular level |
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44 |

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Masayuki Shimizu
(Pioneer) |
Ph.D. |
2010 |
Metylarsenate sorption and speciation mechanisms in natural systems |
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45 |
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Camille Jones
(UC San Francisco) |
M.S. |
2011 |
Coupling of biotic and abiotic arsenite oxidation in soil |
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46 |
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Cecily Moyer
(Mary McDowell Friends School) |
M.S. |
2012 |
The role of iron plaques in immobilizing arsenic in the rice-root environment |
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47 |
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Dalton Abdala
(Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source) |
Ph.D. |
2013 |
On the use of extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy to determine the bonding configurations of orthophosphate surface complexes at the goethite/water interface |
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48 |
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Chunmei Chen
(University of Georgia) |
Ph.D. |
2013 |
Investigating organic matter-mineral interactions at the molecular scale: An integrated field and laboratory study |
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49 |
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Matthew Siebecker
( Faculty Member at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas)
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Ph.D. |
2013 |
Environmental speciation, chemistry, stability and kinetics of nickel in soils, mineral systems, and plants |
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50 |
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Yun "Elizabeth" Wu
(Capital One)
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Ph.D. |
2014 |
The effects of iron(II) on arsenic(III) oxidation and arsenic sorption/desorption on manganese oxides |
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51 |
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Shannon (Carter) Cahill
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Ph.D. |
2014 |
A comprehensive study of the characterization of particulate matter emissions from a Delmarva broiler poultry operation |
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52 |
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Joshua LeMonte
(Environmental Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center) |
Ph.D. |
2016 |
Impacts of sea level rise on arsenic mobility and cycling In contaminated coastal soils |
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53 |

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Jana Mihalic
(Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) |
M.S. |
2016 |
Non thesis option |
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54 |

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Autumn Starcher
( Faculty Member at Marshall University, Huntington, WV)
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Ph.D. |
2016 |
Environmental factors impacting the formation and kinetics of Fe(II) layered hydroxides on minerals and soils |
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55 |

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Audrey Gamble
(Auburn University)
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Ph.D. |
2017 |
Speciation and reactivity of phosphorus and arsenic in Mid-Atlantic soils |
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56 |

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Jason Fischel (University of Delaware)
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Ph.D. |
2018 |
Soil chemical processes and properties impacting chromium cycling in highly contaminated soils |
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57 |

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Matthew Fischel
(University of Delaware)
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Ph.D. |
2019 |
The biogeochemical cycling of arsenic in a changing climate |
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58 |

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Tyler Sowers
(US Environmental Protection Agency)
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Ph.D. |
2019 |
Organo-mineral associations and sequestration mechanisms impacting carbon cycling in diverse terrestrial and aquatic systems |
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59 |

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Aaron Betts
(US Environmental Protection Agency) |
Ph.D. |
2019 |
Clay Mineral Influences on the Formation of Ferrous Layered Hydroxides (LDH) in Flooded Soil Environments |
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