Papers in press:

Chen T., Bui Thi. T.M., Luo T., Cheng W., Hanna, K. Boily J.-F. 2024. Redox-driven formation of Mn(III) in ice. Environ. Sci. Technol. paper here

Chen T., Boily J.-F., Hanna K. 2024. Transient adsorption of zwitterionic fluoroquinolones on Goethite during freeze-thaw cycles. ACS ES&T Water paper here

Luo T., Chen T., Cheng W., Lasabatère L., Boily, J.-F., Hanna K. 2024 Impact of water saturation on the fate and mobility of antibiotics in reactive porous geomedia. Environ. Sci. Technol.

Upcoming Oral Presentation at the 2024 Goldschmidt Conference in Chicago:

Sebaaly A., van Rijn F., Boily J.-F. Oxalate Driven Goethite Dissolution in Cold, Dark, Acidic Environments. Goldschmidt Conference. August 19, 2024.

https://conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/2024/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/22879

New Group Members

Boliden and the “Industrial Doctor School for Research and Innovation” at UmU co-fund a PhD position on Nanoscale resolution of Acid Mine Drainage

1. Romana Szakal joins the group as a PhD student on November 2024. Funded by FORMAS project ” Direct mineralization of Atmospheric CO₂ by Enhanced Weathering”

2. We are hiring a PhD student in molecular modeling co-funded by FORMAS and SEED-HORIZON. This is a joint venture between Umeå University and IMT Atlantique with Andrey Kalinichev and Sébastien Le Crom.

3. Maria Arizaleta joins the group as a WISE-Kempe postdoc in early 2025

Chen T., Bui Thi. T.M., Luo T., Cheng W., Hanna, K. Boily J.-F. 2024. Redox-driven formation of Mn(III) in ice. Environ. Sci. Technol. paper here

Chen T., Boily J.-F., Hanna K. 2024. Transient adsorption of zwitterionic fluoroquinolones on Goethite during freeze-thaw cycles. ACS ES&T Water paper here

Luo T., Chen T., Cheng W., Lasabatère L., Boily, J.-F., Hanna K. 2024 Impact of water saturation on the fate and mobility of antibiotics in reactive porous geomedia. Environ. Sci. Technol.

Luong N.T. ‡, Hanna K., Boily J.-F. 2024 Water film-mediated photocatalytic decomposition of oxalate on TiO₂. J. Catal. 432, 115425

Yu et al. 2024. Storage and distribution of organic carbon and nutrients in acidic soils developed on sulfuric sediments: The roles of reactive iron and macropores. Environ. Sci. Technol. 58, 9200-9212.

Luo T., Le Crom S., Luong N.T., Hanna K., Boily J.-F. ‡ 2024 Goethite-bound copper controls the fate of antibiotics in aquatic environments. ACS Environ. Sci. Technol. Water. 4,638-647.

Luo T., Chen T., Boily J.-F., Hanna K. ‡ 2024. Mobility and transport of pharmaceuticals nalidixic acid and niflumic acid in saturated soil columns. Soil Environ. Health. 2, 100060.

Arbid Y., Usman M., Mathon B., Cedat B., Boily J.-F., Hanna K. 2024 Use of iron-bearing waste materials in laundry wastewater treatment. J. Wat. Proc. Eng. 57, 104717.

Yu C, Turner S., Huotari S., Shchukarev A., Österholm P., Lopez-Fernandez M., Högfors-Rönnholm, Mayanna S., Hogmalm J.K., Virtasalo J.J. Boily J.-F., Dopson M., Åström M.E. 2024. Manganese cycling and transport in boreal estuaries impacted by acidic Mn-rich drainage. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 365, 136-157.

PhD defense completed! Tan now moves to Chalmers as a postdoctoral researcher!

[7] Luong N.T., Veyret N., Boily J.-F. ‡ 2023. CO₂ mineralization by MgO nanocubes in nanometric water films. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. (accepted, Aug. 29, 2023).

[6] Luong N.T., Boily J.-F. ‡ 2023 MgO Water film-driven brucite nanosheet growth and stacking. Langmuir. 31, 11090-11098.

[5] Luong N.T., Oderstad H. Holmboe M., Boily J.-F. ‡ 2023 Temperature-resolved nanoscale hydration of a layered manganese oxide. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 25, 17352-17359.

[4] Luong N.T., Holmboe M., Boily J.-F. ‡ 2023 MgO nanocube hydroxylation by nanometric water films. Nanoscale. 15, 10286-10294.

[3] Adeniyi K.O, Osmanaj B., Manavalan G., Samikannu A., Mikkola J.-P., Avni B., Boily J.-F., Tesfalidet S.‡ 2023. Engineering of layered iron vanadate nanostructure for electrocatalysis: simultaneous detection of methotrexate and folinic acid in blood serum. Electrochim. Acta. 142538.

[2] Zhou L., Lassabatère L., Luong N.T., Boily J.-F, Hanna K. ‡ 2023 Mineral nanoparticle aggregation alters contaminant transport under flow. Environ. Sci. Technol. 57, 2415-2422.

[1] Luo T., Pokharel R., Chen T., Boily J.-F., Hanna K. ‡ 2023. Fate and transport of pharmaceuticals in iron and manganese binary oxide coated sand columns. Environ. Sci. Technol., 57, 214-221.

JF Boily presents recent work (link here) at the European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna

Luong T., Holmboe M., Boily JF. 2023. MgO nanocube hydroxylation and carbonation by nanometric water films. 2023 EGU.

3 Mkr for the 3-year project “Direct Mineralization of Atmospheric CO₂ by Enhanced Weathering”.

We will soon be hiring!