Associate Professor
Director of the X-Ray Laboratory Department of Geography & Geosciences University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 USA e-mail: [email protected] PhD. (Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the Environment) Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. 2007. MS. (Sedimentology & Geochemistry) Université de Paris XI - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France. 2003. BS. (Biology and Geology) Université de Nantes, France - Laboratoire de Planétologie & Géodynamique. 2001. download CV here Researchgate profile Google scholar profile Scopus profile |
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I am Nico Perdrial, associate professor of Geosciences at University of Vermont Geography & Geosciences and the director of the X-Ray laboratory.
In my environmental mineralogy and Chemistry laboratory, my students apply molecular-scale tools to address environmental challenges related to soil quality, paleoenvironments and planetary surfaces. My research focuses on applying all kinds of state-of-the-art tools spanning from the atomic scale to the field scale combined with aqueous geochemistry to help better understand environmental challenges and surface processes. Using a combination of nanoscale (HRTEM, XAS, XRM), microscale (SEM, XRD, CT) and macroscale (XRF, GIS) probing techniques and data analysis tools, I explore solutions to field-based environmental issues. My current research investigates legacy contamination (Pb, P), paleoenvironments (Greenland) and planetary surfaces (Gale Crater).
In my environmental mineralogy and Chemistry laboratory, my students apply molecular-scale tools to address environmental challenges related to soil quality, paleoenvironments and planetary surfaces. My research focuses on applying all kinds of state-of-the-art tools spanning from the atomic scale to the field scale combined with aqueous geochemistry to help better understand environmental challenges and surface processes. Using a combination of nanoscale (HRTEM, XAS, XRM), microscale (SEM, XRD, CT) and macroscale (XRF, GIS) probing techniques and data analysis tools, I explore solutions to field-based environmental issues. My current research investigates legacy contamination (Pb, P), paleoenvironments (Greenland) and planetary surfaces (Gale Crater).
NEWS
New paper accepted!
Perdrial N. , Walser** S.L., Sirkovich* E., Richardson J., Cope M., (Accepted) Soil Lead Risks Associated with Urbanization History in Springfield MA and Hartford CT, USA. GEOHEALTH. PREPRINT HERE
Check out Nico's GundXchange seminar "Seeing the Invisible: X-Ray Vision in Environmental Sciences" delivered in January 2026
2022-2025 Papers - Click on the thumbnail to access the DOI
Check out the "Geosciences at UVM" promotion video
Filmed, produced and edited by UVM Geosciences student Sulemaan Bokhari
last update: May 2026
