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Former
group member Kevin Rosso talks with Energy Secretary Steven Chu
at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, August 10, 2009 (photo
courtesy of the Tri-City Herald).
We are
a research group
directed by University Distinguished Professor Michael Hochella
within the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech. Our work
is in the field of nanoscience applied to environmental geochemistry,
biogeochemistry, and mineralogy. We are a core member of the national
Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (CEINT).
We also study other complex environmental systems including mineral-microbe
interactions and mineral surface science.
For more
information on our research, our lab, and the group itself, please
follow the links below.
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Latest
News and Events
(last
updated: Nov. 09)
- Congratulations to Saumya Bose (2006) and his wife Divya on
the birth of their daughter, Sana! Saumya also has a new job
at Arcadis, US, Inc in Emeryville, CA.
- Mike gave the William
Smith Lecture, entitled "New Hidden Earth: Nanoparticles
and their Global Role in the Environment, Pollution, and Human
Health" at the William
Smith Meeting 2009 hosted by the Geological Society at the
Burlington House in London England (Sept 21-23, 2009).
- Mike, Rebecca and
Carol all presented work at the 1st annual
International Conference on the Environmental Implications of
Nanotechnology in Washington, D.C. (Sept. 8-9, 2009).
- Kelly Plathe recently
gave a talk at the 4th
International Conference on Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles
and Nanomaterials in Vienna, Austria (Sept. 6-9, 2009).
- Dr. Takuya Echigo
from the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural
Sciences in Ibaraki, Japan, recently joined us as a new post-doctoral
scholar. Welcome Takuya!
- Former PhD student
Juan Liu (2009) has recently started a post-doc position at
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory working with former PhD
student Kevin Rosso (1998) and Don Baer.
- Former PhD student
Nick Wigginton (2008) is now an Associate Editor at Science
Magazine. He is presently working out of the Science office
in Cambridge, England, but will be moving to the main Washington,
D.C. office in the next few months.
- Former PhD student
Treavor Kendall (2003) has recently taken a professorship at
Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.
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Last
summer, Mike (and a few of his colleagues) appeared on the science
radio program Pulse of
the Planet. The program, featured on NPR stations across the country,
airs as two-minute clips of Earth-related research, news, and interviews.
Mike is the focus of several episodes as part of the 'Science Diaries'
series. To listen to the audio files and read a transcript of each
episode, follow this
link. Individual links are also provided below. You can read Mike's
'Science Diary' Blog here
and a VT press release here.
Note: If you use iTunes,
you can subscribe to the Pulse of the Planet Podcast by clicking here.
Individual episode links
: Clark
Fork River, Hours
in the Library, Headwaters,
Restoration,
Comparison,
Shelved,
Samples,
and Found
It!
Update: Pulse of the
Planet now charges a small fee ($0.49) to listen to the programs through
their website. They are still free from iTunes.
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Mike
was one of the inaugural Principal Editors of
Elements – a magazine of mineralogy, geochemistry, and petrology.
Check out the new issue online for news and review articles relating
to all things geochemistry. |
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Mike
is the Principal Investigator of The
EIGER Project (Exploring Interfaces through Graduate Education
and Research). EIGER is funded by NSF’s Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program.
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Our group
is now part of ICTAS, VT's
new Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science. Construction
on the Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory,
which houses the new FEI
Titan 300 TEM, is complete. Additionally, our lab has now
expanded into the recently completed main ICTAS headquarters building
as a part of the 'Environmental
Nanoscience and Technology' Lab with faculty members from
Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, and Geosciences. |
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