Expert Details

Expert in Radiochemistry of Lanthanide and Actinide Elements

Expert ID: 107733 Florida, USA

Expert's expertise lies in the area of heavy metal chemistry with an emphasis on solution behavior. His research in the last decade has been heavily involved with modelling by laboratory experiment of the environmental behavior of the actinide elements, including uranium and plutonium and with the chemistry of separation science of the f-elements. He was the co-discoverer of the element 101, mendelevium, in 1955. He has also worked with americium, curium, neptunium, thorium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, lawrencium, and nobelium.

Expert is currently involved in research with lanthanide elements with implications in magnetic resonance imaging. Lanthanides that he has studied include: cerium, europium, gadolinium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, dysprosium, erbium, holmium, lutetium, terbium, thulium, and ytterbium.

Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Tallahassee, Florida - Dothan, Alabama - Albany, Georgia

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1953	Degree: Ph.D.	Subject: Inorganic Chemistry	Institution: University of Texas
Year: 1949	Degree: B.S.	Subject: Chemistry	Institution: Loyola University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department	Responsibilities
Years: 1956 to 2001	Employer: Florida State University	Title: Professor of Chemistry	Department:	Responsibilities: Expert taught inorganic and nuclear chemistry and directed the graduate and post-doctoral studies of students and Ph.D. scientists.
Years: 1953 to 1956	Employer: University of California, Berkeley	Title: Research Associate, Radiation Lab	Department:	Responsibilities:

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a member of the National Science Teachers Association and the American Chemical Society.

Professional Appointments
Expert is currently on the Editorial Boards of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Review, Nuclear Science Applications (Sections A and B), Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of the Rare Earths, and Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange.

Awards / Recognition
Expert is a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science. He has received numerous awards for his work, including a Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service to Nuclear Science and Technology from the American Nuclear Society, 1992; Seaborg Award in Actinide Separation Science, Annual Actinide Separation Association, 1989; the Award for Nuclear Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, 1985, the Bequerel Award of the British Royal Society of Chemistry, 1999, and the Chemical Pioneer Award of the American Institute of Chemistry, 1998.

Awards / Recognition

Expert is a Fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science. He has received numerous awards for his work, including a Presidential Citation for Outstanding Service to Nuclear Science and Technology from the American Nuclear Society, 1992; Seaborg Award in Actinide Separation Science, Annual Actinide Separation Association, 1989; the Award for Nuclear Chemistry from the American Chemical Society, 1985, the Bequerel Award of the British Royal Society of Chemistry, 1999, and the Chemical Pioneer Award of the American Institute of Chemistry, 1998.

Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has over 450 publications, and is the author of seven books in the field of chemical education and nuclear science.

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
French	Expert can read French.

Fields of Expertise

heavy metal analysis, heavy metal chemistry, rare-earth element, rare-earth element chemistry, heavy alloy, radioanalytical chemistry, mendelevium compound, fermium compound, californium compound, americium compound, neptunium compound, lawrencium compound, dysprosium compound, thulium compound, erbium compound, terbium compound, samarium compound, rare-earth element compound, radioactive isotope environmental effect, chemical extraction, chelating, ceric oxide, magnetic resonance, nobelium chemistry, einsteinium chemistry, berkelium chemistry, curium chemistry, plutonium chemistry, thorium chemistry, lutetium chemistry, ytterbium chemistry, holmium chemistry, gadolinium chemistry, europium chemistry, promethium chemistry, neodymium chemistry, praseodymium chemistry, cerium chemistry, uranium environmental effect, uranium, thulium, terbium, solution chemistry, samarium, radium environmental effect, potentiometric analysis, pH chemistry, neptunium, mendelevium, lawrencium, lanthanum, hydrolysis, holmium, fermium, erbium, dysprosium, californium, americium

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