Patricia A. Maurice
College of Engineering
Ph.D, Stanford University
M.S., Earth Science, Dartmouth College
B.S., Earth and Planetary Sciences, John Hopkins University
Dehner, C.A., Barton, L.E., Maurice, P.A., and Dubois, J.L. 2011. Size−dependent bioavailability of hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles to a common aerobic bacterium. Environmental Science & Technology, in press.
Dehner, C.A., Awaya, J.D., Maurice, P.A., and DuBois, J.L. 2010. Use of sideropohores, oxalate, and reductants for iron mobilization from the mineral hematite by the obligate aerobe Pseudomonas mendocina. Environmental Science & Technology, 76, 2041-2048.
Maurice P.A. 2009.Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale. A textbook. John Wiley & Sons. Hoboken, NJ, USA, 491 pp. (search at Amazon.com on title for "look inside"e;).
Hochella, M.F., Jr., Lower, S.K., Maurice, P.A., Penn, R.L., Sahai, N., Sparks, D.L., and Twining, B.S. 2008 Nanominerals, mineral nanoparticles, and Earth chemistry. Science 319: 1631-1635.
Summary of Activities/Interests
Studies of mineral−water interface geochemistry; organic and microbial interactions with mineral surfaces; geochemistry of humic substances; soil chemistry; chemical weathering; hydrology and biogeochemistry of freshwater wetlands; remediation of metal contamination; global climate change; geologic nanoparticles and their interactions with organic matter, microbes, and metals.