Molecular Geochemistry at Umeå University
connecting atoms with mountains
Our collaboration with Allan Bertram’s group at UBC continues with another paper on the ice nucleation capability of feldspar!
Yun J., Kumar A, Removski N., Shchukarev A., Link N., Boily J.-F., Bertram A.K. 2021. Effects of Inorganic Acids and Organic Solutes on the Ice Nucleating Ability and Surface Properties of Potassium-Rich Feldspar. ACS Earth Space Chem. (in press).
Tao Luo just joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher! We thank the Carl-Tryggers foundation for support.
A new postdoc will also join the Boily group in 2024 to contribute to our growing research activities on ice research. We thank a recent November 2023 grant by the Kempe Foundation for support.
Sébastien Le Crom (Kempe Postdoc in Boily group) is beginning a “Maître de Conférence” position at Institut Mines-Télécom Nantes (France) in September 2023.
Sébastien also gave the following talk (link here) entitled “” at the 2023 Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference in Lyon:
Le Crom S., Boily J.-F. 2023 Ciprofloxacin Binding Mechanisms on Goethite: A Molecular Dynamics Study. Goldschmidt 2023 Conference.
Angelo Seebaly (Ph.D student) and Sébastien Le Crom (Postdoc) joined the lab in October.
Sébastien Le Crom
Deconvolution of Smectite Hydration Isotherms
Last week Michael Holmboe presented his work on MD simulations of hydrated clays for the nuclear waste community working with natural and engineered clay barriers, at the first day plenary session of the Clay conference in Davos, with over 400 participants.
