Preparing Alkali Silicate Glasses at UC Davis

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not, for the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are all powerful. Without perserverance, living is merely housekeeping. ~Calvin Coolidge

Welcome.

This page is devoted to the research I conducted during my Ph.D. candidacy at Penn State and the research I am beginning as a post doctoral student at Ohio State University.  During my time at Penn State I have studied processes in the environment specifically the weathering of silicate minerals and also conducted work on the hydration of glasses and the substitution of strontium into bone analogues.  My primary work has focused on the dissolution kinetics of forsterite (Mg2SiO4), which is a common silicate mineral found in the earth’s crust.  Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) investigations have focused on the changing silicon and magnesium environments using 29Si magic angle spinning (MAS) and cross polarization (CP) MAS experiments as well as 25Mg MAS, quadrupolar Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill (QCPMG), and multiple quantum (MQ) MAS.