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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological),Mineralogy, Crystallography |
| Keywords | Schwermetalltransport, TEM, saure Bergwerksablüsse, Mikrominerale |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Blacksburg |
| Institution | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Institute | Department of Geological Sciences |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Andrew Putnis | Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Münster |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/02/2002 |
Programme(s)
| 2001 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Hochella is the scientist in the US most closely identified with setting up a completely new interdisciplinary research area now termed Mineral Surface Science. This involves the experimental and theoretical study of the reactivity of mineral surfaces with the aim of understanding the interaction of minerals with their chemical environment. He has pioneered the use of Scanning Probe Microscopies in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. His work in Münster is an electron microscope study to analyse heavy metal pollutants from acid mine drainage. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2002 | Hochella, M. H. Jr.: Nanoscience and technology: The next revolution in the Earth sciences. . In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2002, 593-605 |
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| 2002 | Hochella, M. H., Jr.: Sustaining Earth: Thoughts on the present and future roles of mineralogy in environmental science. . In: Mineralogical Magazine, 2002, 627-652 |