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Andrew S. Elwood Madden

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Andrew S. Elwood Madden

Joe and Robert Klabzuba Chair

Director, Samuel Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory

Andy Elwood Madden.

amadden@ou.edu

Sarkeys Energy Center, 956

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About

My students and I investigate the influence of nanoscale materials and processes on the chemistry of environmental systems. We undertake studies to:

  • Understand how size-dependent properties of nanoscale minerals influence natural and human-impacted environmental biogeochemical processes,

  • Understanding the roles of nanoscale biogeochemical processes in mediating toxic element/compound release or sequestration, in order to

    • Support sustainable water resources and practices and

    • Create knowledge that aids in the interpretation of Earth’s geologic record, and

  • Create new nanoscale solutions to emerging challenges at the intersection of Earth’s dynamic processes, natural resources, and human society.

Education

  • Postdoc, 2005-2007, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Ph.D., 2005, Virginia Tech
  • B.S., 2000, Michigan State University

Research Interests

  • Geochemistry
  • Environmental and Clay Mineralogy
  • Nanogeoscience

Courses Taught

  • Clay Mineralogy
  • Earth Resources and the Environment
  • Earth, Energy, Environment
  • Introduction to Mineral Sciences
  • Minerals and the Environment
  • Physical Geology for Scientists and Engineers
  • Special Topics in Geochemistry

Selected Publications

Selected Publications
  • Tabet WE, Cerato A, Elwood Madden AS, Jentoft R (2018) Characterization of Hydration Products Formation and Strength Development in Cement-Stabilized Kaolinite using TG and XRD, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering 30(10): 04018261, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)MT.1943-5533.0002454.
  • Sexton MR, Elwood Madden ME, Swindle AL, Hamilton VE, Bickmore BR, Elwood Madden AS (2017) Considering the formation of hematite spherules on Mars by freezing aqueous hematite nanoparticle suspensions, Icarus 286: 202-211, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.10.014.
  • Chen X, Elwood Madden AS, Reches Z (2017) Powder rolling as a mechanism for dynamic fault weakening, in “Fault Zone Properties and Processes during Dynamic Rupture” Thomas MY, Mitchell TM, Bhat HS (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, doi: 10.1002/9781119156895.ch7.
  • Lan Y, Elwood Madden AS, Butler EC (2016) Transformation of Mackinawite to Greigite by Trichloroethylene and Tetrachloroethylene, Environmental Science: Impacts and Processes 18: 1266-1273, doi: 10.1039/C6EM00461J .
  • Butler EC, Hansel CM, Krumholz LR, Elwood Madden AS, Chen L, Lan Y (2015) Biological versus mineralogical chromium reduction: Potential for reoxidation by manganese oxide, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts17: 1930-1940, DOI: 10.1039/C5EM00286A.
  • Dixon E, Elwood Madden AS, Hausrath E, Elwood Madden ME (2015) Assessing hydrodynamic effects on jarosite dissolution rates, reaction products, and preservation on Mars, JGR-Planets 120: 625–642, doi: 10.1002/2014JE004779.
  • Munasinghe PS, Elwood Madden ME, Brooks SC, Elwood Madden AS (2015) Dynamic interplay between uranyl phosphate precipitation, sorption, and phase evolution, Applied Geochemistry58: 147-160 doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.04.008.
  • Swindle AL, Cozzarelli IM, Elwood Madden AS (2015) Using chromate to investigate the impact of natural organics on the surface reactivity of nanoparticulate magnetite, Environmental Science and Technology 49(4): 2156-2162 doi: 10.1021/es504831d.
  • Bement LC, Madden AS, Carter BJ, Simms AR, Swindle AL, Alexander HM, Fine S, Benamara M (2014) Quantifying nanodiamond distribution in deposits along Bull Creek, Oklahoma panhandle, USA, Proceedings of the National Academy, U.S.A. 111(5): 1726-1731, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309734111.
  • Swindle AL, Elwood Madden AS, Cozzarelli IM, Benamara M (2014) Size-Dependent Reactivity of Magnetite Nanoparticles: A Field-Laboratory Comparison, Environmental Science and Technology 48(19):11413-11420 doi: 10.1021/es500172p
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