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Pore water sampling at Cherry Creek Reservoir,
Colorado, January 2004

EDUCATION

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
B.S., Computer Science, 2004

ADVISOR

Professor Patricia Dove, Department of Geosciences

DISSERTATION RESEARCH

Investigating amorphous precursor transformation to calcite in biomineralizing systems Increasing evidence from  studies of biominerals extracted from calcifying organisms show that amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) plays a key role in the initial formation of carbonate minerals and in shaping them into complex morphologies.  Our goal is to understand the physical basis of ACC to crystalline polymorph transformation and in particular understand the roles of water, biological surfaces and impurities.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: wangdb@vt.edu

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