JANET G. HERING Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering Executive Officer for Keck Laboratories California Institute of Technology Environmental Science and Engineering 139 Keck Laboratories M/C 138-78 Pasadena, CA 91125-7800 626 395 3644 [Tel] 626 395 2940 [Fax] jhering@caltech.edu

Research Interests Biogeochemical cycling of trace metals and metalloids: microbial redox cycling; field studies of metal redox cycling, mobilization, and sequestration Mineral weathering and reactions at mineral surfaces: mechanisms and kinetics of dissolution and precipitation reactions; macroscopic, spectroscopic, and modeling studies of sorption processes Water treatment processes for removal of inorganic contaminants: role of sorption in contaminant removal; design of novel sorbents News View Janet Hering's Watson Lecture 2003 Clean Water: The Oil of the 21st Century [synopsis] RealMedia files [broadband] [cable/DSL] [56k modem]

 

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