
Dr. Christopher Kim
Professor, Associate Dean, Academic Programs
Schmid College of Science and Technology; Chemistry
Expertise: Mining; Metal Contamination; Bioaccessibility; Nanoparticles; Chemical Speciation; X-Ray Spectroscopy
Office Location:
Keck Center for Science and Engineering 231
Phone: (714) 628-7363
Email: cskim@chapman.edu
Website: https://www.chapman.edu/envgeo
- Scholarly Works:
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Digital Commons
- Education:
- Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts (Latin)
Stanford University, Ph.D.
Video Profile
Biography
Research Interests
- Distribution, transport and transformation of trace metal(loid)s in mine wastes
- Bioaccessibility and bioavailability of toxic metal(loid)s in contaminated soils and sediments
- Iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticle growth, aggregation, and reaction mechanisms in aqueous systems
- Synchrotron-based spectroscopic and microscopic methods for mineralogical/geochemical analysis
Professional Experience
- Professor, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University (2016-present)
- Associate Dean of Academic Programs, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University (2014-present)
- Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, Chapman University (2011-2015)
- 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 (2010-2016)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chapman University (2004-2010)
Honors/Awards
- Award in Mentorship of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity, Chapman University (2017)
- Award for Pedagogical Innovation, Chapman University (2015)
- Chapman University Wang-Fradkin Senior Professorship Award, recognizing one tenured professor
each year for exceptional merit in scholarly and creative activity (2014) - Award for Curricular Innovation in Sustainability Education, Chapman University (2013)
- Emerging Investigator (1 of 15 featured in special issue), Journal of Environmental Monitoring (2012)
- 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
- Expert witness, Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) (2016-2018)
- Session Co-chair, “Geochemical reactivity of nanoparticles, aggregates, coatings and organonanoparticulate
flocculates,” American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA (2016) - Co-chair, Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Biennial Conference (2016)
- Co-leader, National Science Foundation Workshop on “Early Career Geoscience Faculty:
Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career” (2014) - Co-leader, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (RiMG) short course on “Environmental
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Microbiology of Arsenic” (2014) - Technical Assistance/Expert Witness, State of California Attorney General (2013-2016)
- Co-host, Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Annual Business Meeting (2013)
- Co-organizer, Undergraduate Research Program Directors Conference (2013)
- Session Co-chair, “Biogeochemical influences on metal bioavailability in contaminated soils and
sediments”, 22nd V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Montreal, Canada (2012) - Session Co-chair, “Assessing the effective reactivity of aggregated environmental nanomaterials”,
Division of Geochemistry, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO (2011) - Associate Editor, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2010-2015)
- 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 (2009-2011)
- Chair, Chapman Environmental Science & Policy Curriculum Committee (2009-2010)
- Instructor, Chapman University Watershed Certificate Program (2009-2011)
- Chair, Synchrotron and Neutron Users Group (SNUG) (2008-2010)
- 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 (2005-2012)
- 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
- Co-chair, 33rd Annual SSRL Users Meeting, Stanford, CA (2006)
- 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