Christopher Kim

Chemistry/Environmental Science

Department of Chemistry
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, California 92866

Phone: (714) 628-7363
Fax: (714) 532-6048
Email: cskim@chapman.edu
Website:

www.chapman.edu/envgeo          

    

  


Degrees

Stanford University, Stanford, California PhD., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, 2002

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
A.B. summa cum laude, Department of Geology, 1995
Certificate (equivalent to minor), Program in Environmental Studies

 

Research Interests

 

  • Mineralogical and geochemical trends in contaminated (e.g. mining, industrial) environments
  • Heavy metal concentration, distribution and speication in size-separated mine wastes
  • Heavy metal sorption to natural and synthetic Fe-oxyhydroxide mineral phases
  • Fe-oxyhydroxide nanoparticle growth, aggregation, and reaction mechanisms in aqueous systems
  • Synchrotron-based spectroscopic and microscopic methods for mineralogical/geochemical analysis
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    Professional Experience

     

    Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chapman University (2007-present
    Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, Chapman University (2004-2007).

    Coordinator, Envrionmental Sciences minor, Chapman University (2005-present)
    Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory / Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California-Berkeley (2002-2004)

     

    Honors/Awards

     

  • Invited International Visiting Lecturer, Department of Earth System Science, Yonsei University (2009)
  • Elected Chair, Synchrotron and Neutron Users Group (SNUG), (member 2006-2008, chair 2008-2009)
  • Primary author of one of Top-50 most cited articles 2004-2007, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Elsevier Publishing
  • Elected member and Chair, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory Users Organization Executive Committee (vice chair 2005-2006, chair 2006-2007)
  • Outstanding First Paper Presentation, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, annual ACS meeting, Chicago, IL (2001)
  • Elected member, Graduate Student Advisory Council, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (1998-1999)
  • Asia/Pacific Scholarship, Asia/Pacific Research Council, Stanford University (1997-1998)
  • Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University (1997)
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    Educational and Professional Activities

     

  • Co-chair, Synchrotron and Neutron Users Group (SNUG) (2009-2009)
  • Instructor, Collaboration for Success in Science Partnership (3rd/4th grade education), California Mathematics and Science Partnership, Department of Education (2006-2008)
  • Instructor, Project SMART (K-2nd grade education), Chapman University (2008-2010)
  • Proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation, Earth Sciences Division, American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund (2006-present)
  • Co-chair, 33rd Annual SSRL Users Meeting, Stanford, CA (2006)
  • Session Co-chair, Nanoscale Size Effects on Geochemical Processes: Reactivity, Kinetics, and Pathways, 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Melbourne, Australia (2006)
  • Mentor, Troy Tech High School summer internship program (2005-present)
  • Environmental consultant, Geologica Inc. (2003-2004)
  • Reviewer, American Mineralogist, Applied Geochemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, Geochemica et Cosmochica Acta, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Water Resource Research (2002-present)
  • Member, American Chemical Society (2001-present), American Geophysical Union (1999-present), Geological Society of America (1999-present), The Geochemical Society (1999-present)
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    Publications

     

    Kim, C.S., Wilson, K.M., and Rytuba, J.J.  Particle-size dependence on metal distributions in mine wastes:  I.  Bulk methods. Environmental Science and Technology (submitted).

    Kim, C.S., Lentini, C.J., and Waychunas, G.A. (2008) Synchrotron-based studies of metal adsorption and structural incorporation with iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles.  In Adsorption of Metals By Geomedia II, Barnett, M. (Ed.), Elsevier Academic Press, 430 pp.

    Gilbert, B., Lu, G. and Kim, C.S. (2007) Stable cluster formation in aqueous suspensions of iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles.  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 313, 152-159.

    Waychunas, G.A., Kim, C.S., and Banfield, J.F. (2005) Nanoparticulate oxide minerals in soils and sediments: unique properties and contaminant scavenging mechanisms. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 7(4-5), 409-433.

    Kim, C.S. (2005) Speciation of mercury using synchrotron radiation. In Mercury: Sources, Measurements, Cycles, and Effects, Parsons, M.B. and Percival, J.B. (Eds.), Halifax, Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Course Volume  34, 94-122.

    Kim, C.S.  (2005) Adsorption mechanisms of heavy metals.  In Heavy Metal Ions in the Environment:  Origin, Interaction and Remediation, Bradl, H. (Ed.), Amsterdam, Elsevier Science, 282 p.

    Lowry, G.V., Shaw, S., Kim, C.S., Rytuba, J.J., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (2004) Macroscopic and microscopic observations of particle-facilitated mercury transport from New Idria and Sulphur Bank mercury mine tailings. Environmental Science & Technology 38(19), 5101-5111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es034636c

    Kim, C.S., Rytuba, J.J., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (2004) EXAFS study of Hg(II) sorption to Fe- and Al-(hydr)oxide surfaces: I. Effects of pH. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 271(1), 1-15.

    Kim, C.S., Rytuba, J.J., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (2004) EXAFS study of Hg(II) sorption to Fe- and Al-(hydr)-oxide surfaces: II. Effects of chloride and sulfate. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 270(1), 9-20.

    Kim, C.S., Rytuba, J.J., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (2004) Geological and anthropogenic factors influencing mercury speciation in mine wastes: an EXAFS spectroscopy study. Applied Geochemistry 19(3), 379-393.

    Kim, C.S., Bloom, N.S., Rytuba, J.J., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (2003) Mercury speciation by X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and sequential chemical extractions:  a comparison of speciation methods. Environ-mental Science & Technology 37(22), 5102-5108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es0341485

    Sladek, C., Gustin, M.S., Kim, C.S., and Biester, H. (2002) Assessment of three methods for determining mercury speciation in mine waste. Geochemistry, Exploration, Environment, Analysis 2(4), 369-375.

    Gustin, M.S., Biester, H., and Kim, C.S. (2002) Investigation of the light enhanced emission of mercury from naturally enriched substrate. Atmospheric Environment 36, 3241-3254.

    Kim, C.S., Brown, G.E. Jr., and Rytuba, J.J. (2000) Characterization and speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Science of the Total Environment 261(1-3), 157-168.

    Kim, C.S., Rytuba, J.J., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (1999) Utility of EXAFS in speciation and characterization of mercury-bearing mine wastes. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 6, 648-650.

    Kim, C.S., Yates, D.M., and Heaney, P.J. (1997) The layered sodium silicate magadiite:  analog to smectite for benzene sorption from water.  Clays and Clay Minerals 45(6), 881-885.

     
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