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70
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16348
World Ranking
5899
National Ranking
1809

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2016 - C.C. Patterson Award, Geochemical Society
  • 2006 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

William H. Casey is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on materials science, with notable contributions to materials chemistry, inorganic chemistry, geophysics, surgery, and atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's work spans several main topics including:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Diamond and carbon-based materials research
  • Polyoxometalates: synthesis and applications
  • Breast implant and reconstruction
  • Crystallization and solubility studies
  • X-ray diffraction in crystallography
  • Metal-organic frameworks: synthesis and applications

Recent publications by William H. Casey include:

  • "The Surface Chemistry of Metal Oxide Clusters: From Metal-Organic Frameworks to Minerals," 2020, ACS Central Science
  • "Metallo-inhibition of Mnx, a bacterial manganese multicopper oxidase complex," 2021, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
  • "Postoperative Complication Impact on Quality of Life after Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction," 2023, Journal of the American College of Surgeons
  • "Dynamics of Cation-Induced Conformational Changes in Nanometer-Sized Uranyl Peroxide Clusters," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "AC sensing using nitrogen vacancy centers in a diamond anvil cell up to 6 GPa," 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mateusz Dembowski
  • Corey D. Pilgrim
  • Sarah Hickam
  • Tyler L. Spano
  • Dallas Hamlin

William H. Casey has published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • ACS Central Science
  • Journal of the American College of Surgeons

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2019
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • C.C. Patterson Award, Geochemical Society, 2016
  • Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry, 2006

Best Publications

  • Metal Oxide Surfaces and Their Interactions with Aqueous Solutions and Microbial Organisms.

    Gordon E. Brown;Victor E. Henrich;William H. Casey;David L. Clark

  • EPR evidence for Co(IV) species produced during water oxidation at neutral pH.

    J Gregory McAlpin;Yogesh Surendranath;Mircea Dinca;Troy A Stich

  • Large aqueous aluminum hydroxide molecules.

    William H. Casey

  • Water-oxidation catalysis by manganese in a geochemical-like cycle

    Rosalie K. Hocking;Robin Brimblecombe;Lan Yun Chang;Archana Singh

  • Ostwald processes and mineral paragenesis in sediments

    John W. Morse;William H. Casey

  • Contribution of bedrock nitrogen to high nitrate concentrations in stream water

    J. M. Holloway;R. A. Dahlgren;B. Hansen;W. H. Casey

  • The origin of aluminum flocs in polluted streams.

    Gerhard Furrer;Brian L. Phillips;Kai-Uwe Ulrich;Rosemarie Pöthig

  • Leaching and reconstruction at the surfaces of dissolving chain-silicate minerals

    William H. Casey;Henry R. Westrich;Jillian F. Banfield;Giulio Ferruzzi

  • Surface chemistry of labradorite feldspar reacted with aqueous solutions at pH = 2, 3, and 12

    William H Casey;Henry R Westrich;George W Arnold

  • The surface chemistry of dissolving labradorite feldspar

    William H. Casey;Henry R. Westrich;George W. Arnold;Jillian F. banfield

  • Isotopic fractionation of Mg2+(aq), Ca2+(aq), and Fe2+(aq) with carbonate minerals

    James R. Rustad;William H. Casey;Qing-Zhu Yin;Eric J. Bylaska

  • Investigating the behaviour of Mg isotopes during the formation of clay minerals

    Joshua Wimpenny;Christopher A. Colla;Qing-Zhu Yin;James R. Rustad

  • Aqueous silicate complexes in wheat, Triticum aestivum L.

    W. H. Casey;S. D. Kinrade;C. T. G. Knight;D. W. Rains

  • Control of dissolution rates of orthosilicate minerals by divalent metal–oxygen bonds

    William H. Casey;Henry R. Westrich

  • Bonding and reactivity at oxide mineral surfaces from model aqueous complexes

    Brian L. Phillips;William H. Casey;Magnus Karlsson

  • On the temperature dependence of mineral dissolution rates

    William H Casey;Garrison Sposito

  • Kinetic evidence for five-coordination in AlOH(aq)2+ ion.

    Thomas W. Swaddle;Jörgen Rosenqvist;Ping Yu;Eric Bylaska

  • Dissolution Kinetics of Calcite in 0.1 M NaCl Solution at Room Temperature: An Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM) Study

    Ryoji Shiraki;Peter A. Rock;William H. Casey

  • Leaching of mineral and glass surfaces during dissolution

    William H. Casey;B. Bunker

  • Selectivity, Kinetics, and Efficiency of Reversible Anion Exchange with TcO4− in a Supertetrahedral Cationic Framework

    Shuao Wang;Ping Yu;Bryant A. Purse;Matthew J. Orta

  • What do dissolution experiments tell us about natural weathering

    William H. Casey;Jillian F. Banfield;Henry R. Westrich;Linda McLaughlin

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Rustad
James R. Rustad University of California, Davis
Brian L. Phillips
Brian L. Phillips Stony Brook University
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Alexandra Navrotsky
Alexandra Navrotsky Arizona State University
Gerhard Furrer
Gerhard Furrer ETH Zurich
Randy A. Dahlgren
Randy A. Dahlgren University of California, Davis
James C. Fettinger
James C. Fettinger University of California, Davis
George H. Nancollas
George H. Nancollas University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Qing-Zhu Yin
Qing-Zhu Yin University of California, Davis
James J. De Yoreo
James J. De Yoreo Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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