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Former Hochella Group Members
Name
Role
Year Finished
Present Position
Rebecca French
Ph.D.
2011
AGU Congressional Fellowship
Kelly Plathe
Ph.D.
2010
Post-doctoral researcher, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
Juan Liu
Ph.D.
2009
Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nick Wigginton
Ph.D.
2008
Associate Editor, Science Magazine
Ph.D.
2008
Research Associate, Harvard University
Saumya Bose
Ph.D.
2006
Geologist II, ARCADIS, U.S., Inc
Ph.D.
2005
Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
Ph.D.
2004
Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo
Treavor Kendall
Ph.D.
2003
Director of Geochemistry, Calera Corporation
Ph.D.
2002
Physical Scientist, Mineral Management Services, GMO Region
Ph.D.
2001
Associate Professor, Ohio State University
Robert Weaver
Ph.D.
2001
Principal Scientist, Pre-Formulation group, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, NJ
Ph.D.
1999
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
Ph.D.
1998
Associate Director, Environmental Dynamics & Simulation, Pacific Northwest Natioinal Laboratory
Ph.D.
1995
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Jodi (Junta) Rosso
Ph.D.
1994
Series Editor, Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry
Ph.D.
1993
Professor, University of Notre Dame
Ph.D.
1991
Professor, University of Wyoming
Ph.D.
1991
Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Post-Doc
2010
Associate Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of Earth Sciences (Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry)
Takuya Echigo
Post-Doc
2010
 
Post-Doc
2005
Research Scientist, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany
Post-Doc
2004
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Irina Chernyshova
Guest Faculty
2004
Professor, University of St. Petersburg, Russia
Chris Tadanier
Post-Doc
1999
Senior Scientist, Black & Veatch Corporation
Post-Doc
1997
Associate Professor, Miami (Ohio) University
Post-Doc
1996

Director of the Institute for Energy Research, Jülich, Germany

Professor, University of Aachen, Germany

Post-Doc
1992
Professor, Virginia Tech
Tracy Tingle*
Post-Doc
1990
Senior Research Associate, Stanford University, *Deceased
Paul Wersin
Post-Doc
1990
Gruner Ltd. Consulting, Basel, Switzerland

Alison Smith
B.S.
2007
M.D./Ph.D. Program, Tulane University
Kristin (Staats) Borda
Grad. Assoc.
2006
Science Teacher, Eastern Regional High School, NJ
Eric Rufe
M.S.
2001
Field Engineer, Veeco Instruments, Inc.
Andrew Stack
B.S.
1997
Senior Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Lab
M.S.
1994
Project Developer, Renewable Resources Group, Los Angeles, CA
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