Research

Environmental impacts on solid materials

For as long as humans have existed, we have used materials around us in creative ways to enhance our lives. It is critically important to understand how such materials change as they are produced, used, and stored. Not only can this improve the performance and lifetime of technological materials, but it is also an essential part of improving sustainability and developing effective strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The methodologies that we use are relevant for biominerals, geological minerals, lab-produced materials, as well as ancient archaeological materials.

Our work takes place in Newfoundland & Labrador, and we acknowledge the cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit whose ancestral homelands are here.

Current projects

We investigate materials with environmental, archaeological, geological, and technological applications.

Publications

View my full publication lists using ORCID, Google Scholar, and Research Gate. Many of these articles are open access or freely available through Memorial University's Research Repository.

The Group

My research team includes chemists, physicists, earth scientists, engineers, archaeologists, and mathematicians. See what past group members have gone on to do. Our private group wiki is hosted on Open Science Framework (restricted access).

Funding

This work is supported by local and national funding agencies, as well as through industry collaborations.

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