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Kunaljeet Tanwar

Kunal Tanwar


Email: ftkjt@uaf.edu

CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS

Understanding surface struructre and reactivity of iron oxides under iron reducing conditions using synchrotron based X-ray scattering techniques and theoretical computations using density functional theory.

EDUCATION

* Ph.D. Environmental Chemistry (expected 2008)
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, AK, USA.

* Master of Science (M.S.), Environmental Engineering (2004)
University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, AK, USA.

* Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Chemical Engineering (2003)
Institute of TEchnology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Varanasi, India.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  • Tanwar, K., Petitto, S., Ghose, S., Eng, P., Trainor, T. Structural study of Fe(II) adsorption on hematite (1-102). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2008) (In Press).

  • Tanwar, K., Catalano, J., Petitto, S., Ghose, S., Eng, P., Trainor, T. Hydrated alpha-Fe2O3 (1-102)surface structure: Role of surface preparation. Surface Science Letters (2007), 601, L59-L64.

  • Tanwar, K., Lo, C., Eng, P., Catalano, J., Walko, D., Brown, G., Waychunas, G., Chaka, A., Trainor, T. Surface diffraction study of hydrated hematite (1-102) surface. Surface Science (2007), 601, 460-474.

  • Lo, C., Tanwar, K., Chaka, A., Trainor, T. Density functional theory of clean and hydrated hematite (1-102) surfaces. Physical Review B (2007), 75, 075425/1-075425/15.

BOOK CHAPTER

  • Ghose, S., Petitto S., Tanwar, K., Lo, C., Eng, P., Chaka, A., Trainor, T. Surface structure and reactivity of iron oxide water interfaces, in Developments in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mark O. Barnett and Douglas B. Kent Editors, Volume 7 (2007), pp 1-29, Elsevier, New York

PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

  • Tanwar, K., Schiewer, S., Trivedi, P. A multi-scale assessment of As(V)-aluminum oxyhydroxide sorptive interactions. Proceedings of World Water and Environmental Resources Congress: Impacts of Global Climate Change (2005) (doi 10.1061/40792(173)253).

  • Tanwar, K., Trivedi, P., Schiewer, S., Pandya, K. Long-term kinetics of As(V)-aluminum oxyhydroxides interactions: Complementing macroscopic results with spectroscopic analyses. Advances in Environmental Reaction Kinetics and Thermodynamics: Long-term fate of Anthropogenic Contaminants, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry (2004) 44(2), 1171-1178.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

  • Tanwar, K., Petitto, S., Ghose, S., Eng, P., Trainor, T.  Structural investigation of Fe(II) adsorption on alpha-Fe2O3 (1-102) and (0001) using crystal truncation rod diffraction. American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008.

  • Tanwar, K., Ghose, S., Petitto, S., Trainor, T. Structural modification of alpha-Fe2O3 by Fe(II) sorption. 231st American Chemical Society National Meeting, Atlanta, March 26-29, 2006.

  • Tanwar, K., Schiewer, S., Trivedi, P. A multi-scale assessment of As(V)-aluminum oxyhydroxide sorptive interactions. World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Anchorage, May15-19, 2005.

  • Tanwar, K., Schiewer, S., Trivedi, P., Pandya, K. Long-term sorption kinetics of As (V) onto microporous hydrated aluminum oxides. Advances in Environmental Reaction Kinetics and Thermodynamics: Long-term fate of Anthropogenic Contaminants; 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, August 22-26, 2004.

POSTERS

  • Tanwar, K., Petitto, Ghose, S, Eng, P., Trainor, T. Surface modification of alpha-Fe2O3(1-102) and (0001) via Fe(II) sorption. Stanford Environmental Molecular Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Stanford University, Menlo Park CA, August 13-14, 2007.

  • Tanwar, K., Lo, C., Eng, P., Ghose, S., Petitto, S., Trainor, T. An assessment of surface structure and reactivity modification induced by Fe(II) sorption on alpha-Fe2O3(1-102). 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, September 10-14, 2006.

HONORS/AWARDS

  • Graduate School Research Fellowship (2006-2008).
  • Environmental Chemistry Seminar Award for best presentation of the year (2005-2006).
  • Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs book scholarship sponsored by British Petroleum, UAF (2004).
  • Certificate of honors performance for the course “Hazardous and Toxic Waste Management” from Dept. of Civil & Environmental engineering, UAF (2003).
  • Certificate of honor awarded by Rajput Development Union, Bhiwani, India (2003).
  • Certificate of Merit for being placed in national top 1% in National Standard Examination in Physics, India (1998).
  • Certificate of Merit for qualifying B-level National Mathematics Olympiad Contest, India (1998).

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS

  • Member of American Chemical Society (ACS), USA.
  • Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA.
  • Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), India.