Ph.D. Geochemistry and Mineralogy, The Pennsylvania State University, 1980
Member Technical Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1982 to 1991
Senior Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1991 to 2002
Geochemistry Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1996 to 2001
Distringuished R&D Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2003 to present
Aqueous Chemistry and Geochemistry Group Leader, 2005 to present
Basic Energy Sciences Geosciences Research Program Manager

Research Interests:

Stable isotope fractionation and exchange kinetics

Diffusion in Earth materials at extreme conditions

Mineral solubility and reaction kinetics

Elemental and isotope partitioning in natural systems

Neutron scattering studies of fluid confinement

Neutron studies of mineral-fluid interfaces

Geochemistry of hydrothermal systems

Microbial-mediated mineralization

Paleoclimate reconstructions

Professional Societies:

Associate Editor: Geochimica et Cosmochimica  Acta;

Associate Editor: American Mineralogist

Geochemical Society, Member

Mineralogical Society of America, Member and Fellow

Geological Society of America, Member

American Geophysical Union, Member

Internatational Assocation of Geochemistry and
    Cosmochemistry, Member

International Program Chair -
    2010 V M Goldschmidt Conference

Selected Publications:

1. Cole, D. R., Mamontov, E. and Rother, G. (2009) Chapter 19. Structure and dynamics of fluids in microporous earth and engineered materials. In: Neutron Applications in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, L. Liang, R. Rinaldi and H. Schober, editors, Springer, 547-570.
2. Ross, N. L., Spensor, E. C., Levchencko, A., Kolesnikov, A. I., Wesolowski, D. J., Cole, D. R., Mamontov, E., and Vlcek, L. (2009) Chapter 8. Studies of mineral-water surfaces. In: Neutron Applications in Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, L. Liang, R. Rinaldi and H. Schober, editors, Springer, 235-256.
3. Gruszkiewicz, M. S., Naney, M. T., Blencoe, J. G., Cole, D. R., Pashin, J. C., and Carroll, R. E. (2009) Adsorption of CO2, CH4 and their equimolar mixture on coal from the Black Warrior Basin, West-Central Alabama. Int. J Coal Geology 77, 29-33.
4. Li, Y-L., Pfiffner, S. M., Dyar, M. D., Vali, H., Konhauser, K., Cole, D. R., Rondinone, A. J. and Phelps, T. J. (2009) Degeneration of biogenic superparamagnetic magnetite. Geobiology 7 (1), 25-34.
5. Mora, C. I., Riciputi, L. R., Cole, D. R. and Walker, K. D. (2009) High temperature hydrothermal alteration of the Boehls Butte anorthosite: Origin of a bimodal plagioclase assemblage. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol, DOI 10.1007/s00410-008-0364-3
6. Argyris, Dimitrios; Tummala, Naga Rajesh; Striolo, Alberto; Cole, David R. (2008) Molecular Structure and Dynamics in Thin Water Films at the Silica and Graphite Surfaces. J. Phys. Chem. C, 112(35), 13587-13599. (also cover of Sept. 4th JPC-C issue).
7. Mamontov, E., Cole, D. R., Dai, S., Pawel, M. D., Liang, C. D., Jenkins, T., Gasparovic, G. and Kintzel, E. (2008) Dynamics of water in LiCl and CaCl2 aqueous solutions confined in silica matrices: a backscattering neutron spectroscopy study Chem. Phys. 352, 117-124.
8. Mamontov, E., Wesolowski, D. J., Vlcek, L., Cummings, P. T., Rosenqvist, J., Wang, W. and Cole, D. R. (2008) Dynamics of hydration water on rutile by backscatter neutron spectroscopy. J. Phys. Chem-C 112, 12334-12341.
9. Benson, S. M. and Cole, D. R. (2008) CO2 sequestration in deep sedimentary formations. Elements 4 (5), In: Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, D. R. Cole and E. H. Oelkers (eds.), 305-310.
10. Cole, D. R. and Oelkers, E. H., Editors, (2008) Carbon Dioxide Sequestration. Elements 4 (5).
11. Oelkers, E. H. and Cole, D. R. (2008) Carbon dioxide sequestration: An introduction. Elements 4 (5). In: Carbon Dioxide Sequestration, D. R. Cole and E. H. Oelkers (eds.), 325-331.
12. Anovitz, L. M., Cole, D. R., and Fayek, M. (2008) Mechanisms of rhyolitic glass hydration below the glass transition. Am. Min. 93, 1166-1178.
13. Rother, G., Melnichenko, Y. B., Cole, D. R., Frielinghaus, H. and Wignall, G. D., (2007) Microstructural characterization of adsorption and depletion of supercritical fluids in nanopores. J Phys. Chem. C 111, 15736-15742
14. Polyakov, V. B., Horita, J., Cole, D. R. and Chialvo, A. A. (2007) Novel corresponding - states principle approach for the equation of state of isotopologues: H218O as an example. J. Phys. Chem B 111, 393-401.
15. DeAngelis, M. T., Labotka, T. C., Cole, D. R., Fayek, M. and Anovitz, L. M. (2007) Experimental investigation of the breakdown of dolomite rock cores at 100 MPa, 650-750oC. Am. Min. 92, 510-517.

Aqueous Chemistry & Geochemistry Group Staff

 Provided by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division 
Rev: March 2009