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Dr. Christopher Kim
Professor, Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Schmid College of Science and Technology; Chemistry
- Office Location:
- Hashinger Science Center 217
- Phone:
- (714) 628-7363
- Email:
- cskim@chapman.edu
- Website:
- http://www.chapman.edu/envgeo
- Education
- Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts (Latin)
Stanford University, Ph.D.
- Biography
Research Interests
- Particle size dependence on trace metal concentration, distribution and speciation in mine wastes
- Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of toxic metals in contaminated soils and sediments
- Fe oxyhydroxide nanoparticle growth, aggregation, and reaction mechanisms in aqueous systems
- Synchrotron-based spectroscopic and microscopic methods for mineralogical/geochemical analysis
Professional Experience
- Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, Chapman University (2011-present)
- Visiting Scholar, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences / School of Public Health, Harvard University (2010-2011)
- Associate Professor, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chapman University (2010-present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chapman University (2004-2010)
Honors/Awards
- Invited participant, 14th annual Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium, co-sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Science (2011)
- Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation (2010)
- Invited presenter, National Science Foundation-sponsored "Futures in Geobiology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry" workshop (2010)
- Elected Councilor, Council on Undergraduate Research, Geosciences Division (2010-2013)
- Chapman University Valerie Scudder Award, recognizing outstanding teaching, scholarship, advising and service (2009)
- 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)
Educational and Professional Activities
- Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2010-2013)
- Treasurer, Geochemistry Division, American Chemical Society (2010-2013)
- Session Co-chair, "Spectroscopic Investigations of Metal Interactions at Mineral/Water/Microbial Interfaces", Division of Geochemistry, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2010)
- Member, Executive Committee, Human Health and Environmental Consequences of Metal Mining and Smelting (2009-present)
- Chair, Chapman Environmental Science & Policy Curriculum Committee (2009-2010)
- Instructor, Chapman University Watershed Certificate Program (2009-present)
- Chair, Synchrotron and Neutron Users Group (SNUG) (2008-present)
- Instructor, Project SMART (K-2nd grade education), Chapman University (2008-2010)
- Instructor, Collaboration for Success in Science Partnership (3rd/4th grade education), California Mathematics and Science Partnership, Department of Education (2006-2008)
- Co-chair, 33rd Annual SSRL Users Meeting, Stanford, CA (2006)
- Mentor, Troy Tech High School summer internship program (2005-present)
- Co-chair, Synchrotron and Neutron Users Group (SNUG) (2009-present)
- 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, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Canadian Light Source (2006-present)
- Co-chair, 33rd Annual SSRL Users Meeting, Stanford, CA (2006)
- Mentor, Troy Tech High School summer internship program (2005-present)
- Reviewer, American Mineralogist, Applied Geochemistry, Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochica Acta, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Science, Water Research
- Member, American Chemical Society (2001-present), American Geophysical Union (1999-present), Geological Society of America (1999-present), The Geochemical Society (1999-present)
- Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
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Kim, C.S., Leahy, A., and Kendrick, L. (2017) Credit where credit is due: The faculty-student research banking system as a means to incentivize faculty-mentored research. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 1(1):1-8.
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Dale, J.G., Stegemeier, J.P., and Kim, C.S. (2015) Aggregation of nanoscale iron oxyhydroxides and corresponding effects on metal uptake, retention, and speciation: I. Ionic-strength and pH. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 148, 100-112.
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Stegemeier, J.P., Reinsch, B.C., Lentini, C.J., Dale, J.G., and Kim, C.S. (2015) Aggregation of nanoscale iron oxyhydroxides and corresponding effects on metal uptake, retention, and speciation: II. Temperature and time. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 148, 113-129.
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Kim, C.S., and Shafie, D.M. (2014) Designing the campus environmental audit as a senior capstone course: achieving the triple bottom line. CUR Quarterly on the Web 34(4).
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Chesne, R.B., and Kim, C.S. (2014) Zn(II) and Cu(II) adsorption and retention onto iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles: effects of particle aggregation and salinity. Geochemical Transactions 15(6).
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Kim, C.S., Anthony, T., Goldstein, D., and Rytuba, J.J. (2014) Windborne transport and surface enrichment of arsenic in semi-arid mining regions: examples from the Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Aeolian Research 14, 85-96.
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Wang, Q., Nemoto, M., Li, D., Weaver, J.C., Weden, B., Stegemeier, J.P., Bozhilov, K.N., Wood, L.R., Milliron, G.W., Kim, C.S., DiMasi, E., and Kisailus, D. (2013) Phase transformations and structural developments in the radular teeth of Cryptochiton stelleri. Advanced Functional Materials 23(23), 2908-2917.
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Kim, C.S., Chi, C., Miller, S.R., Sugihara, E.S., Akau, J. and Rytuba, J.J., and Webb, S.M. (2013) (Micro)spectroscopic analyses of particle size dependence on arsenic distribution and speciation in mine wastes. Environmental Science & Technology 47, 8164-8171.
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Kim, C.S., Stack, D.H., and Rytuba, J.J. (2012) Fluvial transport and surface enrichment of arsenic in semi-arid mining regions: examples from the Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 14, 1798-1813.
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Jew, A.D., Kim, C.S., Rytuba, J.J., Gustin, M.S., and Brown, G.E. Jr. (2011) New technique for quantification of elemental Hg in mine wastes and its implications for mercury evasion into the atmosphere. Environmental Science & Technology 45(2), 412-417.
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Kim, C.S., Wilson, K.M., and Rytuba, J.J. (2011) Particle-size dependence on metal(loid) distributions in mine wastes: Implications for water contamination and human exposure. Applied Geochemistry 26, 484-495.
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Gerbig, C.A., Kim, C.S., Stegemeier, J.P., Ryan, J.N., and Aiken, G.R. (2011) Formation of nanocolloidal metacinnabar in mercury-DOM-sulfide systems. Environmental Science & Technology 45(21), 9180-9187.
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Reinsch, B.C., Forsberg, B., Penn, R.L., Kim, C.S, and Lowry, G.V. (2010) Chemical transformations during aging of zerovalent iron nanoparticles in the presence of common groundwater dissolved constituents. Environmental Science & Technology 44(9), 3455–3461.
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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: Variables, Mechanisms, and Model Applications, Barnett, M. (Ed.), Elsevier Academic Press, 478 pp.
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Gilbert, B., Ono, R.K., Ching, K.A., Kim, C.S. (2009) The effects of nanoparticle aggregation processes on aggregate structure and metal uptake. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 339, 285-295.
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Rytuba, J.J., Hothem, R.L., May, J.T., Kim, C.S., Lawler, D., Goldstein, D., and Brussee, B.E. (2009) Environmental impact of the Helen, Research, and Chicago mercury mines on water, sediment, and biota in upper Dry Creek watershed, Lake County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1382, 59 p.