Research Interests

• Isotopic fractionation during fluid-rock interactions: Iron-bearing systems
• Control of pollutants mobility by mineral-solution interaction: Arsenic behaviour
• Hydrogen in mantle minerals: Speciation and atomic diffusion           

Skills

Computer simulation skills

• Codes for simulation of minerals at the atomic scale: classical atomistic simulations using interatomic potentials (Gulp) or first-principles simulations (Quantum ESPRESSO, Castep, Siesta)

Experimental and analytical skills

• High-temperature diffusion experiments (hydrogen extraction and hydrogen isotopic exchange)
• Infrared spectroscopy, electron microprobe, X-ray diffraction and Rietveld structure refinement, transmission electron microscopy