Neil C. Sturchio
Research Interests
Aerial view of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne
National Laboratory (35 km west of UIC)
Atomic force microscopy images of orthoclase (001) surface
reacting with flowing pH 12.9 solution |
My current research activities are concentrated in several areas, mainly involving assorted basic and applied geochemical and isotopic studies of mineral-water systems in the field and laboratory, over a wide range of scales from atomic to continental. These activities involve many collaborators. Ongoing studies include: (1) geochemical and isotopic studies of groundwaters and paleoclimate in Egypt; (2) development of applications of krypton-81 in hydrologic studies of continental and submarine groundwaters; (3) geochemical and isotopic studies of nitrate and other contaminants in the Illinois River waterway and associated wetlands; (4) chemical and isotopic studies of travertines in central Italy; (5) investigations of various chlorinated organics and perchlorate behavior in field and laboratory settings, for determination of characteristic isotopic compositions of natural and anthropogenic chlorine compounds and the isotope effects of their microbial degradation; and (6) synchrotron radiation studies of mineral-fluid interfaces at the Advanced Photon Source .
Personal
Information
Aqueous
Geochemistry Laboratory |
Selected recent publications (2002-2005):
Brown G. E. and Sturchio N. C., 2002. Overview of synchrotron radiation applications to low temperature geochemistry and environmental science. Rev. Mineral. Geochem . 49, 1-119.
Minissale A., D. M. Kerrick, G. Magro, M. T. Murrell, M. Paladini, S. Rihs, N. C. Sturchio, F. Tassi and O. Vaselli, 2002. Structural, hydrological, geochemical and climatic parameters affecting the precipitation of Quaternary travertines along the Tiber valley, north of Rome ( Italy ). Earth Planet. Sci. Letters 203, 709-728.
Drenzek N., Tarr C., Eglinton T., Heraty L., Sturchio N. C., Shiner V., and Reddy C., 2002. Stable chlorine and carbon isotopic compositions of selected semi-volatile organochlorine compounds. Organic Geochemistry 33, 437 -444.
Reddy, C.M., Xu, L., Drenzek , N.D. , Sturchio , N.C. , Heraty, L.J., Kimblin, C., and Butler , A.., 2002. A chlorine isotope effect for enzyme-catalyzed chlorination. Journal of the American Chemical Society 124, 14526-14527.
Kelly S., Newville M., Cheng L., Kemner K., Sutton S., Fenter P., Sturchio N. C., and Spötl C., 2003. Uranyl incorporation in natural calcite. Environmental Science and Technology 37, 1284-1287.
Sturchio N. C. and Chan L. H., 2003. Lithium isotope geochemistry of the Yellowstone hydrothermal system. Society of Economic Geologists Special Publication 10, 171-180.
Sturchio N. C., Hatzinger P., Adkins M., Suh C., and Heraty L., 2003. Chlorine isotope fractionation during microbial perchlorate reduction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37, 3859-3863.
Sturchio N. C., et al. 2004. One million year old groundwater in the Sahara revealed by 81 Kr and 36 Cl. Geophysical Research Letters 31, L05503, doi:10.1029/2003GL019234.
Rihs S., Sturchio N. C., Orlandini K., Cheng L., Teng H., Fenter P., and Bedzyk M., 2004. The interaction of uranyl with the calcite surface under alkaline conditions. Environmental Science and Technology 38, 5078-5086.
Geissbühler p., P. Fenter, E. DiMasi, G. Srajer, L.B. Sorensen, N.C. Sturchio,, 2004. Three-Dimensional Structure of the Calcite-Water Interface. Surface Science 573, 191-203.
Patterson L. J., Sturchio N. C., Kennedy B. M., van Soest M.C., Sultan M.I., Lu Z.T., Lehmann B. E., Purtschert R., El Kaliouby B., Dawood Y., and Abdallah A.M, 2005. Cosmogenic, radiogenic, and stable isotopic constraints on groundwater residence time in the Nubian Aquifer, Western Desert of Egypt. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst . 6(1), Q01005, doi:10.1029/2004GC000779.
P. Fenter and N. C. Sturchio, 2005. Mineral-Water Interfacial Structures Revealed by Synchrotron X-ray Scattering. Progress in Surface Science 77, 171-258.
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