Bettina M. Voelker
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Photo credit: Andri Bryner
Biogeochemical cycling of toxic and nutrient metals. Photochemistry and free radical chemistry in aqueous environment systems.
Contact
244 Coolbaugh Hall
(303) 273 3152
Fax: (303) 273 3629
voelker@mines.edu
Labs and Research Centers
- Voelker Research Group
Education
- BS – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- MS – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- PhD – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
- Postdoctoral Study – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Research Areas
Biogeochemical cycling of toxic and nutrient metals. Photochemistry and free radical chemistry in aqueous environment systems.
Publications
- Hansard S.P., Easter H.D., Voelker B.M. Rapid Reaction of Nanomolar Mn(II) with Superoxide Radical in Seawater and Simulated Freshwater Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45, 2811 – 2817.
- Learman D.R., Voelker B.M., Vasquez-Rodriguez A.I., Hansel C.M. Formation of manganese oxides by bacterially generated superoxide Nature Geoscience 2011, 4, 95 – 98.
- Hansard S.P., Vermilyea A.W., Voelker B.M. Measurements of superoxide radical concentration and decay kinetics in the Gulf of Alaska Deep Sea Research Part I – Oceanographic Research Papers 2010, 57, 1111 – 1119.
- Vermilyea A.W., Dixon T.C., Voelker B.M. Use of H218O2 To Measure Absolute Rates of Dark H2O2 Production in Freshwater Systems Environmental Science & Technology2010, 44, 3066 – 3072.
- Vermilyea A.W., Hansard S.P., Voelker B.M. Dark production of hydrogen peroxide in the Gulf of Alaska Limnology and Oceanography 2010, 55, 580 – 588.