Associate Professor
Director of the X-Ray Laboratory Department of Geography & Geosciences University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 USA e-mail: [email protected] Ph.D. (Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the Environment) Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. 2007. M. S. (Sedimentology & Geochemistry) Université de Paris XI - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France. 2003. B. S. (Biology and Geology) Université de Nantes, France - Laboratoire de Planétologie & Géodynamique, 2001. download CV here |
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I am Nico Perdrial, associate professor at University of Vermont. As a low-temperature geochemist and environmental mineralogist I apply high-precision aqueous geochemical techniques and state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques to understand molecular-scale geochemical processes in bio/geo media and predict contaminant fate in disturbed systems.
My research aims at determining the mechanisms of mineral transformation in low temperature environments. To achieve this goal I apply a variety of state-of-the-art tools spanning from the atomic scale to the field scale combined with aqueous geochemistry. Using a combination of nanoscale (HRTEM, XAS), microscale (SEM, XRD) and macroscale (XRF, GIS) probing techniques, I design experiments to solve field-based environmental issues. My current research investigates this aspect in three principal projects: i) behavior and remediation of Pb in soils, ii) nanoscale to macroscale weathering mechanisms and iii) sub-glacial paleo stratigraphy.
I am also a collaborator on various projects that aim to investigate geochemical responses to environmental disturbances.
My research aims at determining the mechanisms of mineral transformation in low temperature environments. To achieve this goal I apply a variety of state-of-the-art tools spanning from the atomic scale to the field scale combined with aqueous geochemistry. Using a combination of nanoscale (HRTEM, XAS), microscale (SEM, XRD) and macroscale (XRF, GIS) probing techniques, I design experiments to solve field-based environmental issues. My current research investigates this aspect in three principal projects: i) behavior and remediation of Pb in soils, ii) nanoscale to macroscale weathering mechanisms and iii) sub-glacial paleo stratigraphy.
I am also a collaborator on various projects that aim to investigate geochemical responses to environmental disturbances.
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