Jeffrey G. Catalano
Harold Urey Postdoctoral Fellow

Environmental Research Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 Ph: (630) 252-6679 Fax: (630) 252-7415 E-mail

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2004
Dissertation title: Molecular Scale Studies of Uranium Speciation in Contaminated Hanford, Washington Sediments and Related Model Systems
Dissertation adviser: Prof. Gordon E. Brown, Jr.

B.S. in Geology (Environmental), cum laude with distinction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 1999
Thesis title: Geochemical Investigation into the Source of Natural Arsenic Contamination in the Mahomet Valley Aquifer, East-Central Illinois
Thesis adviser: Prof. Stephen P. Altaner

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Research Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 2004-Present
Investigating the structure and reactivity of mineral surfaces, with a focus on water structure and adsorption and redox processes occurring at the miner-water interface. Paul Fenter, adviser.

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1999-2004
Studied the speciation of uranium in contaminated sediments from a nuclear waste site in Hanford, WA. In addition, examined how adsorption processes occurring at the mineral-water interface may affect uranium speciation and transport potential.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 1998-1999
Investigated potential sources of natural arsenic contamination in a local aquifer in East-Central Illinois.

Student Assistant, National Water Quality Assessment Program, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Urbana, IL, 1997-1999
Assisted in data collection for the National Water Quality Assessment Program. Collected water samples, constructed/removed sampling wells, characterized well location land use, and maintained water quality database.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Geochemical Processes Occurring at the Mineral-Water Interface
• Mineral Surface Structure, Composition, and Reactivity
• Characterization of Contaminant Speciation in Environmental Samples
• Application of Synchrotron-Based X-ray Spectroscopic and Diffraction Methods to the Study of Geochemical and Environmental Phenomena
• Clay Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Environmental Reactivity

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

1. Pierce E.M., Icenhower J.P., Serne R.J., and Catalano J.G. (2005) Experimental determination of UO₂ (cr) dissolution kinetics: effects of solution saturation state and pH. Journal of Nuclear Materials, in press.
2. Catalano J.G, Trainor T.P., Eng P.J., Waychunas G.A., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2005) CTR diffraction and grazing-incidence EXAFS study of U(VI) adsorption onto α-Al₂O₃ and α-Fe₂O₃ (1-102) surfaces. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, in press.
3. Catalano J.G., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2005) Uranyl adsorption onto montmorillonite: Evaluation of binding sites and carbonate complexation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69, 2995-3005.
4. Wang Z., Zachara J.M., Gassman P.L., Liu C., Qafoku O., Yantasee W., and Catalano, J.G. (2005) Fluorescence spectroscopy of U(VI)-silicates and U(VI)-contaminated Hanford sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69, 1391-1403.
5. Catalano J.G., Warner J.A., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2005) Sorption and precipitation of Co(II) in Hanford sediments and alkaline aluminate solutions. Applied Geochemistry 20, 193-205.
6. Brown G.E., Jr., Catalano J.G., Templeton A.S., Trainor T.P., Farges F., Bostick B.C., Kendelewicz T., Doyle C.S., Spormann A.M., Revill K., Morin G., Juillot F., and Calas G. (2005) Environmental interfaces, heavy metals, microbes, and plants: Applications of XAFS spectroscopy and related synchrotron radiation methods to environmental sciences. Physica Scripta T115, 80-87.
7. Trainor T.P., Chaka A.M., Eng P.J., Newville M., Waychunas G.A., Catalano J.G, and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) Structure and reactivity of the hydrated hematite (0001) surface. Surface Science 573, 204-224.
8. Catalano J.G., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) EXAFS study of uranyl adsorption on Wyoming montmorillonite. In: Water-Rock Interaction, Proceedings of the 11 th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 27-July 2, 2004 (eds. R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II). A.A. Balkema Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Vol. 1, pp. 665-670.
9. Catalano J.G., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) Analysis of uranyl-bearing phases by EXAFS spectroscopy: Interferences, multiple scattering, accuracy of structural parameters, and spectral differences. American Mineralogist 89, 1004-1021.
10. Catalano J.G., Heald S.M., Zachara J.M., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) Spectroscopic and diffraction study of uranium speciation in contaminated vadose zone sediments from the Hanford Site, Washington State. Environmental Science & Technology 38, 2822-2828.
11. Zachara J.M., Ainsworth C.C., Brown G.E., Jr., Catalano J.G., McKinley J.P., Qafoku O., Smith S.C., Szecsody J.E., Traina S.J., and Warner J.A. (2004) Chromium speciation and mobility in a high level nuclear waste vadose zone plume. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, 13-30.
12. Helean K.B., Navrotsky A., Lumpkin G.R., Colella M., Lian J., Ewing R.C., Ebbinghaus B., and Catalano J.G. (2003) Enthalpies of formation of U-, Th-, Ce-brannerite: implications for plutonium immobilization. Journal of Nuclear Materials 320, 231-244.
13. Helean K.B., Navrotsky A., Vance E.R., Carter M.L., Ebbinghaus B., Krikorian O., Lian J., Wang L.M., and Catalano J.G. (2002) Enthalpies of formation of Ce-pyrochlore, Ca_0.93Ce_1.00Ti_2.035O_7.00, U-pyrochlore, Ca_1.46U⁴⁺_0.23⁶⁺_0.46Ti_1.85O_7.00 and Gd-pyrochlore, Gd₂Ti₂O₇: Three materials relevant to the proposed waste form for excess weapons plutonium. Journal of Nuclear Materials 303, 226-239.
14. Chambers S.A., Farrow R.F.C., Maat S., Toney M.F., Folks L., Catalano J.G., Trainor T.P. and Brown G.E., Jr. (2002) Molecular beam epitaxial growth and properties of CoFe₂O₄ on MgO(001). Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 246, 124-139.

Full CV (updated June 2005)