Post Doctoral Associate
- B.A. 2000 Carleton College: Major - Chemistry
- Ph.D. 2006 Stanford University: Soil and Environmental Biogeochemistry
- Despite centuries of study, fundamental biogeochemical processes controlling the dynamics of nutrients and contaminants within the complex media we denote as soils remain poorly defined. In addressing the fate of environmental contaminants, one must consider the complete system, rather than solely considering a simplified fraction of the soil. However, in natural environments, element cycling may be mediated by a variety of processes, such as adsorption/desorption, oxidation or reduction (abiotic or biotic). Therefore, my research has combined field-based experiments with simplified lab-based experiments, in order to reveal the dominant biogeochemical mechanisms affecting element mobility in environmental systems. I use a multitude of traditional methods in combination with spectroscopic (e.g. infrared, x-ray photoelectron, and Raman spectroscopies) and microscopic (e.g. scanning and transmission electron microscopies) methods, including state-of-the-art techniques, such as synchrotron radiation-based X-ray microscopic, spectroscopic, and diffraction techniques. The ability to identify the chemical state of elements, along with operative reactants, is essential for ascertaining element cycling (or fate and transport) within soils and waters.
Seiter, J.M.; Staats-Borda, K.E.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Sparks, D.L. XANES spectroscopic analysis of phosphorus speciation in alum-amended poultry litter. Journal of Environmental Quality 2007, In Press.
Ginder-Vogel, M.; Fendorf, S. Biogeochemical uranium redox transformations: Potential oxidants of uraninite. Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences 2007, In Press.
Wu, W.; Carley, J.; Luo, J.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Cardenas, E.; Leigh, M.B.; Hwang, C.; Kelly, S.D.; Ruan, C.; Wu, L.; Van Nostrand, J.; Gentry, T.; Lowe, K.; Mehlhorn, T.; Carroll, S.; Fields, M.W.; Gu, B.; Watson, D.; Kemner, K.M.; Marsh, T.; Tiedje, J.; Zhou, J.; Fendorf, S.; Kitanidis, P.K; Jardine, P.M.; Criddle, C.S. In-situ bioreduction of uranium (VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen. Environmental Science and Technology 2007, 41, 5716-5723.
Tappero, R.; Peltier, E.; Grafe, M.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Heidel, K.; Livi, K.J.T.; Rivers, M.L.; Marcus, M.A.; Chaney, R.L.; Sparks, D.L. Metal interaction and localization in Ni/Co hyperaccumulator Alyssum murale: Results from synchrotron-based X-ray microfluorescence and tomography. New Phytologist 2007, 174, 641-654.
Bank, T.L.; Vishnivetskaya , T.A.; Jardine, P.M.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Fendorf, S.; Baldwin, M.E. Elucidating geochemical and biogeochemical uranium reduction on neutral, reducing soils. Geomicrobiology Journal 2007, 24,125-132.
Ginder-Vogel, M.; Wu, W.; Kelly, S.D.; Kemner, K. Carley, J.; Jardine, P.; Criddle, C.S.; Fendorf, S. Micro-scale heterogeneity in biogeochemical uranium cycling. Physica Scripta 2006, 882, 190-192.
Nyman, J.; Marsh, T. L.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Gentile, M.; Fendorf, S.; Criddle, C. Heterogeneous response to biostimulation for U(VI) reduction in replicated sediment microcosms. Biodegradation 2006, 17, 303-316.
Wu, W.-M.; Carley, J.; Gentry, T.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Fienen, M.; Mehlhorn, T.; Yan, H.; Caroll, S.; Pace, M.; Nyman, J.; Luo, J.; Gentile, M.; Fields, M. W.; Hickey, R.; Watson, D. B.; Cirpka, O.; Zhou, J.; Fendorf, S.; Kitanidis, P.; Jardine, P. M.; Criddle, C. Field-scale bioremediation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer II: Geochemical control of U(VI) bioavailability and evidence of U(VI) reduction. Environmental Science and Technology 2006, 40, 3986-3995.
Ginder-Vogel, M.; Criddle, C.; Fendorf, S. Thermodynamic constraints on the oxidation of biogenic UO2 by Fe(III) (hydr)oxides. Environmental Science and Technology 2006, 40, 3544-3550.
Ginder-Vogel, M.; Borch, T.; Mayes, M.A.; Jardine, P.M.; Fendorf, S. Chromate reduction and retention mechanisms within arid subsurface environments. Environmental Science and Technology 2005, 39, 7833-7839.
Gu, B.; Wu, W.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Yan, H.; Fields, M.W.; Zhou, J.; Fendorf, S.; Criddle, C.; Jardine, P.M. Bioreduction of uranium in a contaminated soil column. Environmental Science and Technology 2005, 39, 4841-4847.
Publications: Submitted Journal Articles (4)
Ginder-Vogel, M.; Fendorf S. Kinetic and mineralogical controls on the oxidation of biogenic UO2 by ferrihydrite. (Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology)
Revill, Kristin L.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Fendorf, S. Competitive microbial reduction of U(VI) and Fe(III): Biofilm influence on substrate availability and utilization. (Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology)
Cardenas, E.; Wu, W.; Leigh, M.B.; Carley, J.; Carroll, S.; Gentry, T.; Luo, J.; Watson, D.; Gu, B.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Kitanidis, P.K.; Jardine, P.M.; Zhou, J. Criddle, C.S.; Marsh, T.L.; Tiedje, J.M. Microbial communities in contaminated sediments associated with bioremediation of uranium to submicromolar levels. (Submitted to Applied Environmental Microbiology)
Bank, T.L.; Kukkadapu, R.K.; Madden, A.S.; Ginder-Vogel, M.; Baldwin, M.E.; Jardine, P.M. Effects of sterilization on the physic-chemical properties of natural sediments from the Oak Ridge Reservation. (Submitted to Environmental Science and Technology
Awards and Scholarships
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National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship – Honorable Mention (2003)
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Best Poster in Environmental Sciences, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory User's Meeting (2003)
- McGee Grant in Earth Science (2002)
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Marine Biological Laboratory Microbial Diversity Course Scholarship (2002)
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President of the Carleton Associates of the American Chemical Society (2000)
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Vice President of the Carleton Associates of the American Chemical Society (1999)
Contact Information:
Plant and Soil Sciences
University of Delaware
152 Townsend Hall
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302 831-0608
Fax: 302 831-0605
e-mail: mattgv@udel.edu