Environmental Science: Nano Blog

Environmental Science: Nano, the new Royal Society of Chemistry journal which investigates the effect of nanomaterials on environmental and biological systems, welcomes Mike Hochella to its Editorial Board.

Michael is a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, where he works in environmental science and geoscience. His research interests include nanoscience and mineral surface geochemistry, and elucidating the role that these play in earth science, with particular interest in environmental issues. In addition to this, Mike’s team work on mineral-microbe interactions from both a geochemical and biochemical perspective and characterise aqueous partitioning reactions at oxide and silicate surfaces.

Michael completed his PhD at Stanford University and throughout his career has published a number of high-impact articles, covering both primary research and review content. These include a perspective on Nanominerals, mineral nanoparticles and Earth systems¹ and a research paper looking into bacterial recognition of mineral surfaces.²

Michael is an incredibly respected and established scientist and has held Fellow positions at the European Association of Geochemistry, the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards for his contribution to earth sciences and has held advisory positions at various U.S. national agencies, including the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.  He has also served as President of the Geochemical Society and the Mineralogical Society of America.

We are delighted to welcome Mike to the Editorial Board for Environmental Science: Nano, where his expertise and enthusiasm will input into the quality and development of this new and exciting journal.

1. MF Hochella, SK Lower, PA Maurice, Science, 2008, 319, 1631-1635
2. SK Lower, MF Hochella and TJ Beveridge, Science, 2001, 292, 1360-1363

We are very pleased to announce our vice-Chair, Professor Christy Haynes, at Environmental Science: Nano – the new RSC Journal which investigates the impacts of nanomaterials on biology and
the environment.

Christy Haynes is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. Her research group focuses on the applications of analytical chemistry in the fields of immunology and toxicology, with particular interest in nanotoxicology.

Christy herself studied at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, where she graduated with a major in Chemistry and minors in Mathematics & Spanish. She then moved to Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, for doctoral work in plasmonic nanoparticles, where she completed a thesis titled: “Fundamentals and Applications of Nanoparticle Optics and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering.” Previous to her current position at the University of Minnesota, Christy completed post-doctoral research at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she focused on applying microelectrode amperometry to probe single immune cell exocytosis. Christy has published over 80 refereed papers and in 2013 won the Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture to discuss her group’s nanotoxicology research.

Christy’s vast knowledge and experience within the nanotoxicology field make her a fantastic asset to the Environmental Science: Nano editorial board and we are privileged to welcome her involvement in the development of this new cutting-edge Journal.

We’re very pleased to welcome Greg Lowry and Jim Hutchison as the Associate Editors for Environmental Science: Nano – the unique RSC journal dedicated to nanomaterial interactions with biological and environmental systems:

Dr Gregory Lowry is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to this, he carried out his PhD and post-doctoral research at Stanford University until 2001. His research interests include mineral-organic macromolecule-water interfacial processes, and transport and reaction in porous media, with a focus on the fundamental physical/geochemical processes affecting the fate of engineered nanomaterials and organic contaminants in the environment.  He is also investigating the processes affecting the permanence of CO₂ injected underground for carbon sequestration. He is an experimentalist working on a variety of fundamental and application-oriented research projects developing novel environmental technologies for restoring contaminated sediments and groundwater.  His current projects include in situ sediment management using innovative sediment caps and DNAPL source zone remediation through delivery of reactive nanoparticles to the NAPL-water interface. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Center for Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT).

Dr. James E. (Jim) Hutchison earned his B.S. in chemistry from the University of Oregon and his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Stanford University.  He conducted postdoctoral research at the University of North Carolina.  He joined the faculty at the University of Oregon in 1994 where he is currently the Lokey-Harrington Chair in Chemistry. His research interests are in green chemistry, materials chemistry and nanoscience.  He led the development of the UO’s curriculum in green organic chemistry, launched the university’s pioneering Center in Green Nanoscience and is a member of the Governing Board of the ACS Green Chemistry Institute. He helped establish the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI) and founded, and now directs, ONAMI’s Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Initiative (SNNI), a virtual center that unites scientists from across the northwest around the goals of designing greener nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing. He is a member of the National Research Council’s Committee to Develop a Research Strategy for Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials.  He has won a number of awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and an NSF-CAREER award.  He is the author of more than 100 refereed publications and a textbook (“Green Organic Chemistry:  Strategies, Tools and Laboratory Experiments”).

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