Environmental impacts on solid materials

For as long as humans have existed, we have used materials around us in creative ways to enhance our lives. It is critically important to understand how such materials change as they are produced, used, and stored. Not only can this improve the performance and lifetime of technological materials, but it is also an essential part of improving sustainability and developing effective strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The methodologies that we use are relevant for biominerals, geogenic minerals, lab-produced materials, as well as ancient archaeological materials.

Our work takes place in Newfoundland & Labrador, and we acknowledge the cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Innuit whose ancestral homelands are here.

Current projects

We investigate materials with environmental, archaeological, geological and technological applications.

Publications

Read about our recent findings, including press releases.

The Group

My research team includes chemists, physicists, earth scientists, engineers, archaeologists, and mathematicians.

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We also use high performance computing resources through ACENET, which is part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

Funding

This work is supported by local and national funding agencies, as well as through industry collaborations.

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