Argonne Chemistry Staff

Jeffrey Catalano

Harold Urey Postdoctoral Fellow
Interfacial Processes
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
CHM 200, R133B
Argonne, IL 60439
Phone: 630-252-6679; Fax: 630-252-7415
E-mail: catalano@anl.gov

EDUCATION

Harold Urey Postdoctoral Fellowship, Argonne
National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, Sept. 2004 to present.
Environmental Research and Chemistry Divisions.
Research focuses on fundamental aspects of geochemical
processes occurring at mineral-water interfaces.
Advisor: Dr. Paul Fenter

Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, August 2004
Dissertation: Molecular Scale Studies of Uranium
Speciation in Contaminated Hanford, Washington
Sediments and Related Model Systems
Advisor: Prof. Gordon E. Brown, Jr.

B.S. in Geology, cum laude with distinction, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, May 1999
Thesis: Geochemical Investigation into the Source of
Natural Arsenic Contamination in the Mahomet Valley
Aquifer, East-Central Illinois
Advisor: Prof. Stephen P. Altaner

Wasatch-Uinta Geological Field Camp, Park City, UT,
Summer 1998. Field training in geological mapping and
structural, stratigraphic, geomorphologic, and petrologic
analysis.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Fellow, Environmental Research and Chemistry
Divisions, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 2004-Present.
Current research is focused on fundamental studies of geochemical
processes occurring at the mineral-water interface. Studies of arsenic
and selenium adsorption to iron and aluminum oxides are revealing
that decades-old conceptual models of these processes are missing
key mechanisms, which we now have identified and are working to
quantify. In addition, molecular-scale observations of interfacial redox
reactions are being conducted that will provide a foundation for
understanding these important environemntal and biogeochemical
processes.

Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geological and Environmental
Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1999-2004.
Studied the speciation of uranium in contaminated sediments from a
nuclear waste site in Hanford, WA, revealing uranium occurs both
incorporated into solid phases and adsorbed on the surfaces of clay
particles. Examined how the adsorption of uranium on clay minerals
may affect its distribution in the environment. In addition, compared
the adsorption of uranium on isostructural surfaces of iron and
aluminum oxide, revealing that fundamental chemical differences in
these phases (likely the electronic structures) affects how uranium
bonds to these minerals.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Geology,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 1998-1999.
Investigated potential sources of natural arsenic contamination in an
aquifer in East-Central Illinois using combined chemical and
mineralogical methods. Concluded that it was unlikely a source
existed in the glacially-derived aquifer material, with the arsenic
instead coming from groundwater upwelling from underlying bedrock
aquifers.

Student Assistant, National Water Quality Assessment Program,
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Urbana, IL,
1997-1999. Assisted in data collection for the National Water Quality
Assessment Program. Collected water samples, constructed/removed
sampling wells, characterized well location land use, and maintained
water quality database.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Geochemical Processes Occurring at the Mineral-Water
Interface
Mineral Surface Structure, Composition, and Reactivity
Characterization of Contaminant Speciation in
Environmental Samples
Application of Synchrotron-Based X-ray Spectroscopic
and Diffraction Methods to the Study of Geochemical
and Environmental Phenomena
Clay Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Environmental
Reactivity

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Catalano J.G., Zhang Z., Park C., Fenter P., and Bedzyk M.J.
(2007) Bridging arsenate surface complexes on the hematite
(012) surface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.01.015.
Tanwar K., Lo C., Eng P.J., Catalano J.G., Brown G.E., Jr.,
Waychunas G.A., Chaka A.M., Trainor T.P. (2007) Surface
diffraction study of the hydrated hematite (1102) surface.
Surface Science 601, 460-474.
Zhang Z., Fenter P., Kelly S.D., Catalano J.G., Bandura A.,
Kubicki J.D., Sofo J., Wesolowski D.J., Machesky M.L.,
Sturchio N.C., and Bedzyk M.J. (2006) Structure of Zn²⁺ at the
TiO₂ (110) - aqueous solution interface: Comparison of X-ray
standing wave, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and density
functional theory results. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
70, 4039-4056.
Fenter P., Catalano J.G., Park C., Zhang Z. (2006) On the use
of CCD area detectors for high resolution specular X-ray
reflectivity. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 13, 293-303.
Catalano J.G., Park C., Zhang Z., Fenter P. (2006) Termination
and water adsorption at the a-Al₂O₃ (012)-aqueous solution
interface. Langmuir 22, 4668-4673.
Catalano J.G., McKinley J.P., Zachara J.M., Heald S.M.,
Smith S.C., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2006) Changes in uranium
speciation through a depth sequence of contaminated Hanford
sediments. Environmental Science & Technology 40, 2517-2524.
Catalano J.G., Zhang Z. Fenter P., and Bedzyk M.J. (2006)
Inner-sphere surface complexation of Se(IV) on the hematite
(100) surface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 297,
665-671.
Waychunas G.A., Trainor T.P., Eng P.J., Catalano J.G.,
Brown G.E., Jr., Davis J.A., Rogers J., and Bargar J.R. (2005)
Surface complexation studied via combined grazing-incidence
EXAFS and surface diffraction: Arsenate on hematite (0001)
and (1012). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 383, 12-27.
Pierce E.M., Icenhower J.P., Serne R.J., and Catalano J.G.
(2005) Experimental determination of UO₂ (cr) dissolution
kinetics: effects of solution saturation state and pH. Journal
of Nuclear Materials 345, 206-218.
Wellman D.M., Catalano J.G., Icenhower J.P., and
Gamerdinger A.P. (2005) Synthesis and characterization of
sodium meta-autunite, Na₂[(UO₂)(PO₄)]₂ · 3H₂O.
Radiochimica Acta 93, 393-399.
Catalano J.G., Trainor T.P., Eng P.J., Waychunas G.A., and
Brown G.E., Jr. (2005) CTR diffraction and grazing-incidence
EXAFS study of U(VI) adsorption onto a-Al₂O₃ and a-Fe₂O₃
(1-102) surfaces. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69,
3555-3572.
Catalano J.G. and Brown G.E., Jr. (2005) Uranyl adsorption
onto montmorillonite: Evaluation of binding sites and carbonate
complexation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69,
2995-3005.
Wang Z., Zachara J.M., Gassman P.L., Liu C., Qafoku O.,
Yantasee W., and Catalano, J.G. (2005) Fluorescence
spectroscopy of U(VI)-silicates and U(VI)-contaminated
Hanford sediment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69,
1391-1403.
Catalano J.G., Warner J.A., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2005)
Sorption and precipitation of Co(II) in Hanford sediments and
alkaline aluminate solutions. Applied Geochemistry 20,
193-205.
Brown G.E., Jr., Catalano J.G., Templeton A.S., Trainor T.P.,
Farges F., Bostick B.C., Kendelewicz T., Doyle C.S.,
Spormann A.M., Revill K., Morin G., Juillot F., and Calas G.
(2005) Environmental interfaces, heavy metals, microbes, and
plants: Applications of XAFS spectroscopy and related
synchrotron radiation methods to environmental sciences.
Physica Scripta T115, 80-87.
Trainor T.P., Chaka A.M., Eng P.J., Newville M., Waychunas
G.A., Catalano J.G., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) Structure
and reactivity of the hydrated hematite (0001) surface. Surface
Science 573, 204-224.
Catalano J.G., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) EXAFS study of
uranyl adsorption on Wyoming montmorillonite. In: Water-Rock
Interaction, Proceedings of the 11 th International Symposium
on Water-Rock Interaction, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 27-
July 2, 2004 (eds. R.B. Wanty and R.R. Seal II). A.A. Balkema
Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Vol. 1, pp. 665-670.
Catalano J.G., and Brown G.E., Jr. (2004) Analysis of uranyl-
bearing phases by EXAFS spectroscopy: Interferences, multiple
scattering, accuracy of structural parameters, and spectral
differences. American Mineralogist 89, 1004-1021.
Catalano J.G., Heald S.M., Zachara J.M., and Brown G.E., Jr.
(2004) Spectroscopic and diffraction study of uranium speciation
in contaminated vadose zone sediments from the Hanford Site,
Washington State. Environmental Science & Technology 38,
2822-2828.
Zachara J.M., Ainsworth C.C., Brown G.E., Jr., Catalano J.G.,
McKinley J.P., Qafoku O., Smith S.C., Szecsody J.E., Traina
S.J., and Warner J.A. (2004) Chromium speciation and mobility
in a high level nuclear waste vadose zone plume. Geochimica et
Cosmochimica Acta 68, 13-30.
Helean K.B., Navrotsky A., Lumpkin G.R., Colella M., Lian J.,
Ewing R.C., Ebbinghaus B., and Catalano J.G. (2003)
Enthalpies of formation of U-, Th-, Ce-brannerite: implications
for plutonium immobilization. Journal of Nuclear Materials 320,
231-244.
Helean K.B., Navrotsky A., Vance E.R., Carter M.L., Ebbinghaus
B., Krikorian O., Lian J., Wang L.M., and Catalano J.G. (2002)
Enthalpies of formation of Ce-pyrochlore, Ca_0.93Ce_1.00Ti_2.035O_7.00,
U-pyrochlore, Ca_1.46U⁴⁺_0.23U⁶⁺_0.46Ti_1.85O_7.00 and
Gd-pyrochlore, Gd₂Ti₂O₇: Three materials relevant to the
proposed waste form for excess weapons plutonium. Journal of
Nuclear Materials 303, 226-239.
Chambers S.A., Farrow R.F.C., Maat S., Toney M.F., Folks L.,
Catalano J.G., Trainor T.P. and Brown G.E., Jr. (2002)
Molecular beam epitaxial growth and properties of CoFe₂O₄ on
MgO(001). Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 246,
124-139.

Full CV (updated January 2007)

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