Welcome

I completed a Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy at Penn State University working with Professor Peter Heaney. My work involved analyzing synthetic and natural manganese oxides, and their reactions with contaminant metals. Mn oxides have practical applications in environmental remediation, batteries, and solar cells. I apply several techniques including X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy coupled with electron dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, electron probe microanalysis, x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and time-resolved X-ray diffraction coupled with flow-through reactions to better characterize Mn oxides and their structural changes during reactions.