ANAGNOSTOPOULOS RESEARCH GROUP
Principal Investigator - Group Lead
DR. VASILEIOS ANAGNOSTOPOULOS
Dr. Anagnostopoulos received his M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry (Environmental Track) and his Ph.D. in Radiochemistry from University of Patras, Greece.
He is an expert in contaminant (e.g. heavy metals, radionuclides and organic molecules) environmental fate.
His research group studies the mechanisms governing contaminant environmental mobility through sorption, metal-ligand complexation and substrate-water interface redox studies, using speciation, kinetic and thermodynamic modelling. He has extensive experience in traditional analytical, as well as radioanalytical techniques.
He has participated in worldwide standard material testing trials organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and he has spearheaded projects funded by the Department of Energy - Office of Environmental Management and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
postdoctoral research associates
Dr. Mismel Ruiz García
Dr. Ruiz Garcia received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry from the Department of Earth Sciences from the Autonomous National University of Mexico.
He has studied extensively the mechanisms of sorption and redox processes between heavy metals and natural substrates in the mineral-water interface and his expertise includes geochemical modelling using surface complexation, cation exchange models and surface characterization spectroscopic techniques (XRD, XPS, and synchrotron).
He is currently studying the stability and the effect that Mn(III)-Ligand redox active complexes have on the mobility of radionuclides, as well as Tc-99 incorporation to iron-titanates.
Graduate Students
Jordan Stanberry
Jordan Stanberry
Jordan Stanberry
NRC Graduate Research Assistant
B.Sc. Chemistry
University of Central Florida
Jordan's research focuses on the effect that high valence manganese minerals and redox-active metal-ligand compounds have on the stability of Tc(IV) insoluble phases in the subsurface.
Ilana Szlamkowicz
Jordan Stanberry
Jordan Stanberry
B.Sc. Chemistry
University of Central Florida
Ilana's project deals with the redox transformations and mobility of radio-iodine influenced by redox active minerals & aqueous compounds, as well as the presence of Natural Organic Matter.
Zach Murphy
Jordan Stanberry
Zach Murphy
Dean's Fellowhsip Recipient
B.Sc. Chemistry
Truman State University
Zach is studying the stability of U(IV) and U(VI) phases in nuclear waste and how the presence of ligands affects uranium mobility in the near- and far field.
Undergraduate Students
Lucinda Hunley
Giovanna Ballerini
Giovanna Ballerini
Lucy is a Chemistry senior and she is investigating iodine chemistry at the mineral-water interface at trace levels.
Giovanna Ballerini
Giovanna Ballerini
Giovanna Ballerini
Giovanna is pursuing a BSc in Chemistry. She is currently working on actinide mobilization by siderophores.
David Rai II
Giovanna Ballerini
Austin Carroll
David is a Chemistry major. He is studying the oxidative dissolution of U(IV) by redox active complexes
Austin Carroll
Austin Carroll
Austin Carroll
Austin is pursuing a BSc in Chemistry. He is studying the formation of organo-iodine species in the environment
Mark Richards
Austin Carroll
Zach Ronchetti
Mark is a Chemistry major. He is studying chromium redox chemistry as part of the Cr-Fe geochemical cycle.
Zach Ronchetti
Austin Carroll
Zach Ronchetti
Zach is a Chemistry senior. He is studying the stability of Tc(IV) phases as a function of Mn(III)-ligand aqueous complexes
Tommy Carroll
Tommy Carroll
Tommy Carroll
Tommy is pursuing a BSc in Chemistry. He is studying Tc-99 proliferation under anoxic conditions
Rachel Cohen
Tommy Carroll
Tommy Carroll
Rachel is a Chemistry major. She is studying the stability of uranyl-peroxide phases as a function of ligands.
Alumni
Kyle Morgan
Andrew Fentress
Andrew Fentress
BSc Chemistry, Class 2022
Current Position: University of Florida - Chemistry Graduate Program
Andrew Fentress
Andrew Fentress
Andrew Fentress
BSc Chemistry, Class 2021
Current Position : Texas A&M - Chemistry Graduate Program
Travis Hager
Andrew Fentress
Travis Hager
BSc Chemistry, Class 2021
Current Position : University of Missouri - Chemistry Graduate Program
Morgan Snyder
Aljanae Cadet
Travis Hager
MSc Chemistry, Class 2020
Current position: U.S Air Force
Ji Chang
Aljanae Cadet
Aljanae Cadet
BSc Chemistry, Class 2020
Current Position: University of Central Florida - Nanotechnology Graduate Program
Aljanae Cadet
Aljanae Cadet
Aljanae Cadet
BSc Biomedical Sciences, Class 2019
Current Position: Michigan State University - Medical School