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Wenming Dong

Research Scientist

Building 074, Room 0214F1

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-7499

wenmingdong@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

  • Education
  • Experience
  • Patents
  • Professional Affiliations
  • Scholarly Service
  • Instrumentation and Modeling Skills

Biography

Wenming Dong is currently a Research Scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 original research articles and reports. His research focuses on hydro-biogeochemical processes and factors controlling the release, speciation, transformation and transport of contaminants, heavy metals and nutrients in terrestrial watershed and subsurface environments. His current research interests and topics include (1) investigating hydro-geochemical controls on release and speciation of metals and nutrients in terrestrial watershed and groundwater systems, and the impact of dissolved natural organic matter (NOM) and minerals on adsorption-desorption, precipitation-dissolution and redox processes, (2) developing and validating geochemical methods and technologies for extraction of critical metals, and characterization and analyses of water, soil, sediment and rock samples using multiple instrumentation, (3) developing surface and aqueous complexation models and applications, as well as methodologies for immobilization of contaminants plumes.

Education

  • Ph.D., Nuclear Physics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 2000, Influence of natural organic matter on sorption and transport of radionuclides
  • M.S., Radiochemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 1993, Complexation of humic substances with radionuclides
  • B.S., Chemistry, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China, 1987

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2022-Present
  • Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2009-2022
  • Post-Doctoral Researcher and Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 2004-2009
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), 2002-2004
  • Research Associate, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Paris University-XI, France, 2000-2001
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Radiochemistry Laboratory, Lanzhou University, China, 1993-2000

Patents

  • Wan J, W. Dong and T.K. Tokunaga, Method to attenuate U(VI) mobility in acidic waste plumes using humic acids (2011), US DOE Invention #S-126,248

Professional Affiliations

  • AGU, 2006-2009
  • ACS, 2006-2009
  • AAAS, 2006-2008
  • Sigma XI, 2006-2007

Scholarly Service

  • Manuscript and proposal reviewer for many scientific journals (EST, GCA etc.) and agencies

Instrumentation and Modeling Skills

  • Managing LBNL EESA aqueous Geochemistry Lab for routine analyses of ICP-MS, TOC/TIC/TON, N2- or Kr-BET (surface area), IC, HPLC and other instrumentation
  • Radioanalyses: alpha/beta-liquid scintillation counting spectrometers, gamma-ray detection systems, kinetic phosphorescence analyzer (KPA) for uranium(VI) analysis etc
  • Molecular spectroscopy: LIFS, Fluorescence EEM, (ATR)-FT-IR, EXAFS, 13C-NMR
  • Other laboratory instrumentation: XRD, SEM, AAS, DLS (particle size and zeta-potential), DSC-TGA, microscopes, UV-vis, anaerobic glovebox, ultra-/micro-filtration, autoclave etc
  • Modeling: biogeochemical processes modeling using PHREEQC, FITEQL, SCIENTIST and MATLAB, and skills with graphical and data analysis softwares (e.g., OriginLab, and Sigmaplot) as well as strong working knowledge on spreadsheets and other routine office applications
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