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Ravi K. Kukkadapu is affiliated with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main scientific topics covered in their work include:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications

Kukkadapu has contributed to numerous scientific papers with varied research interests. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Lignin-enhanced reduction of structural Fe(III) in nontronite: Dual roles of lignin as electron shuttle and donor", 2021, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Changes in Sedimentary Phosphorus Burial Following Artificial Eutrophication of Lake 227, Experimental Lakes Area, Ontario, Canada", 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Strong mineralogic control of soil organic matter composition in response to nutrient addition across diverse grassland sites", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Inhibition of Extracellular Enzyme Activity by Reactive Oxygen Species upon Oxygenation of Reduced Iron-Bearing Minerals", 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Susceptibility of new soil organic carbon to mineralization during dry-wet cycling in soils from contrasting ends of a precipitation gradient", 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kukkadapu include:

  • Erin Rooney
  • Qian Zhao
  • Lauren Vega
  • Mark Bowden
  • John Bargar

The scientist's work has been published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of publications found in:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis

Best Publications

  • Secondary Mineralization Pathways Induced by Dissimilatory Iron Reduction of Ferrihydrite Under Advective Flow

    Colleen M Hansel;Shawn G Benner;Jim Neiss;Alice Dohnalkova

  • Synthesis of colloidal Mn2+:ZnO quantum dots and high-TC ferromagnetic nanocrystalline thin films

    Nicholas S. Norberg;Kevin R. Kittilstved;James E. Amonette;Ravi K. Kukkadapu

  • Biomineralization of Poorly Crystalline Fe(III) Oxides by Dissimilatory Metal Reducing Bacteria (DMRB)

    John M. Zachara;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;James K. Fredrickson;Yuri A. Gorby

  • Anaerobic redox cycling of iron by freshwater sediment microorganisms.

    Karrie A. Weber;Matilde M. Urrutia;Perry F. Churchill;Ravi K. Kukkadapu

  • Influence of Coprecipitated Organic Matter on Fe2+(aq)-Catalyzed Transformation of Ferrihydrite: Implications for Carbon Dynamics.

    Chunmei Chen;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;Donald L. Sparks

  • Development of high-temperature ferromagnetism in Sn O 2 and paramagnetism in SnO by Fe doping

    A. Punnoose;J. Hays;A. Thurber;M. H. Engelhard

  • Mineral transformations associated with the microbial reduction of magnetite

    Hailiang Dong;James K Fredrickson;David W Kennedy;John M Zachara

  • Reduction of TcO4- by sediment-associated biogenic Fe(II)

    James K Fredrickson;John M Zachara;David W Kennedy;Ravi K Kukkadapu

  • Reductive sequestration of pertechnetate (99TcO4 -) by nano zerovalent iron (nZVI) transformed by abiotic sulfide

    Diimin Fan;Roberto P. Anitori;Bradley M. Tebo;Paul G. Tratnyek

  • Phosphate imposed limitations on biological reduction and alteration of ferrihydrite.

    Thomas Borch;Yoko Masue;Ravi K Kukkadapu;Scott Fendorf

  • Control of Fe(III) site occupancy on the rate and extent of microbial reduction of Fe(III) in nontronite

    Deb P. Jaisi;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;Dennis D. Eberl;Hailiang Dong

  • Iron Loading Effects in Fe/SSZ-13 NH3-SCR Catalysts: Nature of the Fe Ions and Structure–Function Relationships

    Feng Gao;Yang Zheng;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;Yilin Wang

  • Heterogeneous reduction of Tc(VII) by Fe(II) at the solid-water interface

    Tetyana Peretyazhko;John M. Zachara;Steve M. Heald;Byong Hun Jeon

  • Reduction of pertechnetate (Tc(VII)) by aqueous Fe(II) and the nature of solid phase redox products

    John M. Zachara;Steve M. Heald;Steve M. Heald;Byong-Hun Jeon;Ravi K. Kukkadapu

  • Biotransformation of two-line silica-ferrihydrite by a dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium: Formation of carbonate green rust in the presence of phosphate

    Ravi K Kukkadapu;John M Zachara;James K Fredrickson;David W Kennedy

  • Microbial Reduction of Structural Fe(III) in Illite and Goethite

    Hailiang Dong;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;James K. Fredrickson;John M. Zachara

  • Organic matter remineralization predominates phosphorus cycling in the mid-Bay sediments in the Chesapeake Bay.

    Sunendra R Joshi;Ravi K Kukkadapu;David J Burdige;Mark E Bowden

  • Reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0) by Magnetite

    Heather A. Wiatrowski;Soumya Das;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;Eugene S. Ilton

  • Adsorption of phenol and chlorinated phenols from aqueous solution by tetramethylammonium- and tetramethylphosphonium-exchanged montmorillonite

    Monique A.M Lawrence;Ravi K Kukkadapu;Stephen A Boyd

  • Redox Fluctuations Control the Coupled Cycling of Iron and Carbon in Tropical Forest Soils

    Amrita Bhattacharyya;Ashley N. Campbell;Malak M. Tfaily;Yang Lin

  • Long-term dynamics of uranium reduction/reoxidation under low sulfate conditions

    John Komlos;Aaron Peacock;Ravi K. Kukkadapu;Peter R. Jaffé

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Zachara
John M. Zachara Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hailiang Dong
Hailiang Dong China University of Geosciences
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Steve M. Heald
Steve M. Heald Argonne National Laboratory
Libor Kovarik
Libor Kovarik Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bruce W. Arey
Bruce W. Arey Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Alice Dohnalkova
Alice Dohnalkova Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark E. Bowden
Mark E. Bowden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chongxuan Liu
Chongxuan Liu Southern University of Science and Technology

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