Bourns B363
Riverside, Ca 92521
Phone: 951-827-7959
 

David Cwiertny
Assistant Professor,
Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Degrees

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering 2006

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

B.S. Environmental Engineering 2000

UC Berkeley

Awards

• ACS Environmental Chemistry Paper Award (2005)
• US EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship (2004)
• NSF Graduate Fellowship (2000)
• Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship (2000)
 

Research Area

Environmental Chemistry, Pollutant Fate and Transport, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Characterization, Applications of Nanotechnology for Environmental Remediation

Publications

D.M. Cwiertny, R.M. Handler, M.V. Schaefer, V.H. Grassian, and M.M. Scherer (2008). Interpreting Nanoscale Size Effects in Aggregating Fe-Oxide Suspensions: Reaction of Fe(II) with Goethite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72, 1365-1380.

D.M. Cwiertny, J. Baltrusaitis, G.J. Hunter, A. Laskin, M.M. Scherer, and V.H. Grassian (2008). Characterization and Acid-Mobilization Study of Iron-Containing Mineral Dust Source Materials. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D05202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009332.

D.M. Cwiertny, M.A. Young, and V.H. Grassian (2008). Chemistry and Photochemistry of Mineral Dust Aerosol. Annual Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 59, 27-51.

Pettibone, J., D.M. Cwiertny, M.M. Scherer, and V.H. Grassian (in press). Adsorption of Organic Acids on TiO₂ Nanoparticles: Effects of pH, Nanoparticle Size, and Nanoparticle Aggregation. Langmuir.

D.M. Cwiertny, S.J. Bransfield, and A.L. Roberts (2007). Influence of the Oxidizing Species on the Reactivity of Iron-Based Bimetallic Reductants. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 3734-3440.

D.M. Cwiertny, S.J. Bransfield, K.J.T. Livi, D.H. Fairbrother, and A.L. Roberts (2006). Exploring the Influence of Granular Iron Additives on 1,1,1-Trichloroethane Reduction. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 6837-6843.

D.M. Cwiertny and A.L. Roberts (2005). On the Nonlinear Relationship Between kobs and Reductant Mass Loading in Iron Batch Systems. Environmental Science and Technology, 39, 8948-8957.

J. Baltrusaitis, D.M. Cwiertny and V.H. Grassian. (2007) Adsorption of sulfur dioxide on hematite and goethite particle surfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, in press.

S.J. Bransfield, D.M. Cwiertny, and D.H. Fairbrother (2007). Influence of Transition Metal Additives and Temperature on the Rate of Organohalide Reduction by Granular Iron: Implications for Reaction Mechanisms. Journal of Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, in press.

M. Elsner, D.M. Cwiertny, A.L. Roberts, and B. Sherwood-Lollar (2007). 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane Reactions with OH-, Cr(II), Granular Iron and a Copper-Iron Bimetal: Insights from Product Formation and Associated Carbon Isotope Fractionation. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 4111-4117.

S.J. Bransfield, D.M. Cwiertny, A.L. Roberts, and D.H. Fairbrother (2006). Influence of Cu Loading and Surface Coverage on the Reactivity of Granular Iron Toward 1,1,1-Trichloroethane. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 1485-1490.

Biography

David received his PhD from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 2006, and a BS in Environemntal Engineering Science with minor in Chemistry from UC Berkeley in 2000. David completed post-doctoral research in a joint appointment between the Departments of Chemistry and Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Iowa prior to joining the departement of Chemical and Enviromental Engineering at UC Riverside.

  Last Updated
6/9/2008