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Michael F. Hochella

Michael F. Hochella

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Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
23589
World Ranking
3584
National Ranking
1160

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - C.C. Patterson Award, Geochemical Society
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Michael F. Hochella is affiliated with Virginia Tech in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Inorganic Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their research cover Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, Heavy Metals in the Environment, Iron Oxide Chemistry and Applications, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Coal and Its By-products, and Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications.

Frequent coauthors working alongside Michael F. Hochella include Qingze Chen, Michael Schindler, Jing Liu, Yixuan Yang, and Yi Yang.

Their research contributions have been published mainly in the following venues:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Gondwana Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science Nano

Significant recent papers by Michael F. Hochella include:

  • Coupled redox cycling of Fe and Mn in the environment: The complex interplay of solution species with Fe- and Mn-(oxyhydr)oxide crystallization and transformation, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Nanoparticles in fossil and mineral fuel sectors and their impact on environment and human health: A review and perspective, 2021, Gondwana Research
  • Metal-Containing Nanoparticles in Low-Rank Coal-Derived Fly Ash from China: Characterization and Implications toward Human Lung Toxicity, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Potential use of engineered nanoparticles in ocean fertilization for large-scale atmospheric carbon dioxide removal, 2022, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Facet-specific oxidation of Mn(II) and heterogeneous growth of manganese (oxyhydr)oxides on hematite nanoparticles, 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Michael F. Hochella has been recognized with several awards, including the C.C. Patterson Award from the Geochemical Society in 2021. They were also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Nanotechnology in the real world: Redeveloping the nanomaterial consumer products inventory.

    Marina E. Vance;Todd Kuiken;Eric P. Vejerano;Sean P. McGinnis

  • Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles, and Earth Systems

    Michael F. Hochella;Steven K. Lower;Patricia A. Maurice;R. Lee Penn

  • Mineral-Water Interface Geochemistry

    Michael F. Hochella;Art F. White

  • Natural, incidental, and engineered nanomaterials and their impacts on the Earth system

    Michael F. Hochella;Michael F. Hochella;David W. Mogk;James Ranville;Irving C. Allen

  • Discovery and Characterization of Silver Sulfide Nanoparticles in Final Sewage Sludge Products

    Bojeong Kim;Chee Sung Park;Mitsuhiro Murayama;Michael F. Hochella

  • Structure and bonding environments at the calcite surface as observed with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED)

    Susan L. Stipp;Michael F. Hochella

  • Size-dependent structural transformations of hematite nanoparticles. 1. Phase transition.

    I. V. Chernyshova;M. F. Hochella;A. S. Madden

  • Bacterial Recognition of Mineral Surfaces: Nanoscale Interactions Between Shewanella and α-FeOOH

    Steven K. Lower;Michael F. Hochella;Terry J. Beveridge

  • Decreasing uncertainties in assessing environmental exposure, risk, and ecological implications of nanomaterials.

    Mark R. Wiesner;Gregory V. Lowry;Kimberly L. Jones;Michael F. Hochella

  • Aquatic environmental nanoparticles

    Nicholas S. Wigginton;Kelly L. Haus;Michael F. Hochella

  • Calcite precipitation mechanisms and inhibition by orthophosphate: In situ observations by Scanning Force Microscopy

    Patricia M Dove;Michael F Hochella

  • Manganese (II) oxidation at mineral surfaces: A microscopic and spectroscopic study

    Jodi L. Junta;Michael F. Hochella

  • Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles in biosolids cause adverse ecosystem responses under realistic field scenario.

    Benjamin P. Colman;Christina L. Arnaout;Sarah Anciaux;Sarah Anciaux;Claudia K. Gunsch

  • Interaction between aqueous uranium (VI) and sulfide minerals: Spectroscopic evidence for sorption and reduction

    Paul Wersin;Michael F. Hochella;Per Persson;George Redden

  • Cd2+ uptake by calcite, solid-state diffusion, and the formation of solid-solution: Interface processes observed with near-surface sensitive techniques (XPS, LEED, and AES)

    Susan L. Stipp;Michael F. Hochella;George A. Parks;James O. Leckie

  • A test of geochemical reactivity as a function of mineral size: Manganese oxidation promoted by hematite nanoparticles

    Andrew S. Madden;Michael F. Hochella

  • Lead Sorption Efficiencies of Natural and Synthetic Mn and Fe-oxides

    S.E O'Reilly;Michael F Hochella

  • A reassessment of electron escape depths in silicon and thermally grown silicon dioxide thin films

    M.F. Hochella;A.H. Carim

  • Biofilms as a sink for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the Yangtze Estuary.

    Xing-pan Guo;Yi Yang;Da-pei Lu;Zuo-shun Niu

  • Insights for size-dependent reactivity of hematite nanomineral surfaces through Cu2+ sorption

    Andrew S. Madden;Michael F. Hochella;Todd P. Luxton

  • Nanominerals, mineral nanoparticles, and Earth systems

    M. F. Hochella;S. K. Lower;P. A. Maurice;R. L. Penn

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitsuhiro Murayama
Mitsuhiro Murayama Virginia Tech
Kevin M. Rosso
Kevin M. Rosso Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Udo Becker
Udo Becker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Gordon E. Brown
Gordon E. Brown Stanford University
J. Donald Rimstidt
J. Donald Rimstidt Virginia Tech
Gregory V. Lowry
Gregory V. Lowry Carnegie Mellon University
Emily S. Bernhardt
Emily S. Bernhardt Duke University
Amy Pruden
Amy Pruden Virginia Tech
Johnnie N. Moore
Johnnie N. Moore University of Montana
Jason M. Unrine
Jason M. Unrine University of Kentucky

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