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David R. Cole
Aqueous Chemistry & Geochemistry Group
Chemical Sciences Division                                                            (865) 574-5473
Oak Ridge National Laboratory                                                        (865) 574-4961 FAX
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6110                                                              Email


Education:
The Pennsylvania State University, PhD                               1980    Geochemistry
The Pennsylvania State University, M.S.                              1976    Geology
State University of New York, College at Cortland, B. S.        1973    Geology,

Professional Experience:
2002           Distinguished Staff Scientist, ORNL
1999-          Associate Editor, American Mineralogist and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
1996-          Geochemistry Task Leader/BES Geosciences Coordinator, Chemical Sciences Division ORNL
1992-2002   Senior Research Staff Scientist - Chemical and Analytical Sciences Division, ORNL
1982-1991   Research Staff Scientist - Chemistry Division, ORNL
1987-on       Adjunct Professor, Dept. Geological Sciences, Univ. Tenn., Knoxville
1986-1988   Editorial Board, J. Geochemical Exploration
1979-1982   Research Geochemist - Earth Science Laboratory of the University of Utah Research Institute, Salt Lake City, UT

Professional Activities, Honors, Awards:
1977-1979   National Science Foundation MMES Graduate Fellowship
1987           Martin Marietta Publication Award of Excellence (Stable Isotope Exchange Kinetics at Elevated P and T)
1998           Lockheed Martin Research Accomplishment Award (Discovery, Description and Evolutionary Implications of Novel Subsurface Thermophilic Iron-Reducing Bacteria, with T. Phelps and J. Zhou)
1998           Distinguished Alumnus Award, State Univ. of New York, College at Cortland
1998           State University of New York Alumni Honor Roll/Fellow
2000           UT-Battelle, Significant Research Accomplishment Award (Multiple advances in the field of isotope geochemistry, with J. Horita and L. R. Riciputi)

Professional Memberships:
Mineralogical Society of America, Geochemical Society, International Association for Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, American Geophysical Union

Research Interests:
Stable isotope and aqueous geochemistry of geological systems. Emphasis on experimental and theoretical investigations of chemical, mineralogical and isotopic consequences of mineral-fluid interaction. Lattice and grain boundary diffusion problems. Coupled processes of grain growth and diffusion. Structure and dynamics of fluids in confined geometries. Isotope exchange during mineral formation associated with microbial activity.

Representative Peer-Reviewed Publications
(asterisk denotes publications supported by BES research):

Anovitz, L. M., Elam, J. M., Riciputi, L. R. and Cole, D. R. (2004) Isothermal time-series determination of the rate of diffusion of water in Pachuca obsidian. Archaeometry 46, 301-326.*

Cole, D. R., Gruszkiewicz, M. S, Simonson, J. M., Chialvo, A. A., Melnichenko, Y. B., et al. (2004) Influence of nanoscale porosity on fluid behavior. Water/Rock Interaction, Vol. 1, R. Wanty and R. Seal (editors), 735-739.*

Melnichenko, Y. B., Wignall, G. D., Cole, D. R. and Frielinghaus, H. (2004) Density fluctuations near the liquid-gas critical point of a confined fluid. Phys. Rev. E. 69, 057102.*

Labotka, T. C., Cole, D. R., Riciputi, L. R. and Fayek, M. (2004) Diffusion of C and O in CaCO3 from 0.1 to 200 MPa. Am. Min. 89, 799-806.*

Labotka, T. C., Cole, D. R., Fayek, M., Riciputi, L. R. and Stadermann, F. (2004) Coupled cation and oxygen isotope exchange between alkali feldspar and aqueous chloride solution. Am. Min. 89, 1822-1825.*

Chu, X., Ohmoto, H. and Cole, D. R. (2004) Kinetics of sulfur isotope exchange between aqueous sulfide and thiosulfate involving intra- and intermolecular reactions at hydrothermal conditions. Chem. Geol. 11, 217-235.*

Cole, D. R., Larson, P. B., Riciputi, L. R. and Mora, C. I. (2004) Oxygen isotope zoning profiles in hydrothermally altered feldspars: estimating the duration of water-rock interaction. Geology 32, 29-32.*

Horita, H. and Cole, D. R. (2004) Chapter 9. Stable isotope partitioning in aqueous and hydrothermal systems at elevated temperatures. In The Physical and Chemical Properties of Aqueous Systems at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures: Water, Steam and Hydrothermal Solutions. Eds. D. A. Palmer, R. Fernandez-Prini, & A. H. Harvey, Academic Press. 277-319.*

Horita, J., Cole, D. R., Polyakov, V. B. and Driesner, T. (2002) Experimental and theoretical study of pressure effects on hydrogen isotope fractionation in the system brucite-water at elevated temperatures. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66, 3769-3788.*

Collaborators During the Past Four Years:
Larry Anovitz, Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville           Claudia Mora, Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville
Mike Elam, Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville              C. Zhang, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Greg Mack, N. Mex. State University                 C. Romanek, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
Peter Larson, Wash. State University                 J. Valley, University of Wisconsin
M. Spicuzza, University of Wisconsin                V. Polyakov, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry
J. Horita, Oak Ridge National Lab                      L. R. Riciputi, Oak Ridge National Lab
Ted Labotka, Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville            G. Wignall, Oak Ridge National Lab
Y. Melnichenko, Oak Ridge National Lab            G. Lynn, Oak Ridge National Lab
T. Burchell, Oak Ridge National Lab                   M. Gruszkiewicz, Oak Ridge National Lab
J. M. Simonson, Oak Ridge National Lab            A. A. Chialvo, Oak Ridge National Lab
K. E. Gubbins, North Carolina State Univ.           P. Cummings, Vanderbilt University
A. Striolo, Vanderbilt University                         Y. Leng, Vanderbilt University
T. Lyons, University of Missouri                         H. Ohmoto, Penn State University
W. T. Cooper, Florida State University               M. Schilling, Florida State University

Dissertation Advisor:
PhD Advisor: Hiroshi Ohmoto, The Pennsylvania State University

Past Students:
Postdoctoral Fellows:                             Students:
David J. Wesolowski (1983-1984)            Timothy Burch, Yale University (PhD)
Steve Fortier (1994-1995)                        Brian Butler, Indiana University (MS)
Timothy Burch (1992-1995)                     Hai-En Peng, Emory University (BS)
Thomas Driesner (1998)                         Suman De, University of Alberta (PhD)
Chuanlun Zhang (1998)

Aqueous Chemistry & Geochemistry Group Staff

 Provided by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division 
Rev: March 2005