Short Biography
Drew Gorman-Lewis
Assistant Professor
Office: JHN 333
ESS Mailing Address
Phone: 206-543-3541
Fax: 206-543-0489 (shared)
E-Mail: dgormanl @ u.washington.edu
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Research Groups: Geomicrobiology
Areas of Interest:
Geomicrobiology, Low Temperature Aqueous Geochemistry, Thermodynamics of Natural Systems.
Education:
Ph.D. : University of Notre Dame 2006
UG : University of Oregon 2001
Current Research Interests:
Natural and anthropogenic processes such as biogeochemical cycles, mineral dissolution, activities related to industry, mining, and nuclear energy introduce a variety chemical species into the environment. Many processes involving microorganisms, mineral surfaces, and aqueous complexation reactions influence the migration of these species through the environment. To have a better understanding how these processes affect water quality, contaminant migration, and remediation efforts I combine interdisciplinary techniques from microbiology, low temperature aqueous geochemistry, physical chemistry, and thermodynamic modeling to get a quantitative understanding of the processes affecting the movement of chemical species through the environment.
Graduate Students:
Zoe Harold: Geomicrobiology
Selected Publications:
Gorman-Lewis, D., S. Skanthakumar, M.P. Jensen, S. Mekki, K.L. Nagy, and L. Soderholm, FTIR characterization of amorphous uranyl-silicates. Chemical Geology, 2008. 253(3-4): p. 136-140.
Gorman-Lewis, D., J.B. Fein, P.C. Burns, J.E.S. Szymanowski, and J. Converse, Solubility measurements of the uranyl oxide hydrate phases metaschoepite, compreignacite, Na-compreignacite, becquerelite, and clarkeite. 2008. 40, 980-990.
Gorman-Lewis, D., P.C. Burns, and J.B. Fein, Review of Uranyl Mineral Solubility Measurements. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 2008. 40, 335-352.
Soderholm, L., S. Skanthakumar, D. Gorman-Lewis, M.P. Jensen, and K.L. Nagy, Characterizing solution and solid-phase amorphous uranyl silicates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2008. 72(1): p. 140-150.
Gorman-Lewis D.J., Mazeina L., Fein Jeremy B., Szymanowski J., Burns P. C., and Navrotsky A. (2007) Thermodynamic properties of soddyite from solubility and calorimetric measurements. J. Chem. Thermodyn. 39 (19), 568-575.
Gorman-Lewis D.J., Fein Jeremy B., and Jensen M. P. (2006) Enthalpies and entropies of proton and cadmium adsorption onto Bacillus subtilis bacterial cells from calorimetric measurements. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70 (19), 4862-4873.
Gorman-Lewis D., Elias P. E., and Fein J. B. (2005) Adsorption of Aqueous Uranyl Complexes onto Bacillus subtilis Cells. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39 (13), 4906-4912.
Gorman-Lewis D., Fein J. B., Soderholm L., Jensen M. P., and Chiang M. H. (2005) Experimental study of neptunyl adsorption onto Bacillus subtilis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69 (20), 4837-4844.
Gorman-Lewis D. J. and Fein J. B. (2004) Experimental Study of the Adsorption of an Ionic Liquid onto Bacterial and Mineral Surfaces. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38 (8), 2491-2495.