Andrew G. Stack
Staff Scientist

Staff Scientist Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2010-present
Assistant Professor Georgia Institute of Technology 2005-2010
Postgraduate Researcher University of California, Davis 2002-2005
Graduate Research Assistant University of Wyoming, 1997-2002
Ph.D. Geology 2002 University of Wyoming

Research Interests:

Mineral Surface Chemistry

Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms.

Biomineralization.

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society, Member;
    Program Chair-Elect,
    Geochemistry Division 2012

Geochemical Society, Member

ORNL Press Release:

Metadynamics Technique Offers Insight into Mineral Growth and Dissolution

Selected Publications:

1. Stack, A. G.; Raiteri, P.; Gale, J. D. (2012) "Accurate rates of the complex mechanisms for growth and dissolution of minerals using a combination of rare event theories." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 11-14.

2. Zhang, W.; Stack, A. G.; Chen, Y. (2010) Interaction Force Measurement between E. coli Cells and Nanoparticles Immobilized Surfaces by Using AFM. Colloids Surf. B: Biointerfaces 82, 316-324.

3. Stack, A. G.; Grantham, M. C. (2010) The growth rate of calcite steps as a function of aqueous calcium-to-carbonate ratio: independent attachment and detachment of calcium and carbonate ions. Cryst. Growth Des. 10, 1409-1413.
4. Zhang, M.; Burns, J. L.; DiChristina, T. J.; Stack, A. G. (2010) Attachment isotherms of Shewanella oneidensis to amorphous iron (oxy)(hydr)oxides. Envi. Sci. Technol. 44, 1602-1609.
5. Wang, X.; Stack, A. G. (2010) Self-assembled Monolayers as Templates for Heme Crystallization. Cryst. Growth Des. 10, 798-805.
6. Stack, A.G. (2009) Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Solvation and Kink Site Formation at the {001} Barite-Water Interface. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2104-2110.
7. Wigginton, N. S.; Rosso, K. M.; Stack, A. G.; Hochella, Jr. M. F. (2009) Long-Range Electron Transfer Across Cytochrome-Hematite (α-Fe2O3) Interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. C, 113, 2096-2103.
8. Zhang, M.; Dale, J. R.; DiChristina, T. J.; Stack, A. G. (2009) Dissolution morphology of iron (oxy)(hydr)oxides exposed to the dissimilatory iron reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Geomicrobiol. J., 26, 83-92.
9. Stack, A.G.; Rustad, J. R. (2007) Structure and Dynamics of Water on Aqueous Barium Ion and the {001} Barite Surface. J. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 16387-16391.
10. Rustad, J. R.; Stack, A. G. (2006) Molecular dynamics calculation of the activation volume for water exchange on Li+. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, 14778-14779.

Geochemistry and Interfacial Sciences Group Staff

 Provided by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division 
Rev: February 2011