| NES unit | Name | Project |
|---|---|---|
| LES | Dr. Yanhua Chen |
"Diffusive transport of gaseous |
| LES | Dr. Pablo Cruz Hernandez |
"Sorption |
| LES | Dr. Francesco Marafatto |
"Cryo-microspectroscopy |
| NES unit | Name | Title | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| LES | Vasyl Stotskyi | “Molecular scale understanding of competitive cation adsorption on swelling clay minerals” Start date: May 2021 |
Prof. S. Churakov, Universität Bern and PSI; Dr. M. Marques Fernandes, PSI |
| LES | Dimitra Zerva |
“Retention and transport of surface complexing radionuclides in compacted clay rocks” |
Prof. S. Churakov, Universität Bern and PSI; Dr. M. Glaus, PSI |
| LES | Jerry Owusu | "Pore-scale simulations of gas molecules in saturated and partially saturated clays" Start date: November 2019 |
Prof. S. Churakov, Universität Bern and PSI; Dr. N. Prasianakis, PSI |
| LES | Yanting Qian | "Adsorption of redox sensitive radionuclides on Fe-bearing clay minerals" Start date: November 2019 |
Prof. S. Churakov, Universität Bern and PSI; Dr. M. Marques Fernandes, PSI; |
| LES | Mohamed Mahrous | "Resolving dissolution-precipitation processes in porous media: Pore-scale lattice Boltzmann modelling combined with synchrotron-based X-ray characterisation" Start date: March 2018 |
Prof. S. Churakov, Universität Bern and PSI; Dr. N. Prasianakis, PSI |
| NES unit | Name | Project |
|---|---|---|
| LES | Dr. Typhaine Guillemot | “Development of C-14 AMS based analytical methods for the identification and quantification of dissolved and volatile organic compounds” |
| LES | Dr. Ravi Patel |
"Resolving carbonation mechanisms of cement-based materials through multi-scale microstructural simulations" "Boiling crisis in nuclear reactor" |
| LES | Dr. Dan Miron |
"Effect of aluminum on C-S-H structure, stability and solubility" |
| LES | Dr. Guoqing Gen | "Alkali-silica reaction in concrete" |
| LES | Guomin Yang | "Pore-scale control of mineral precipitation: from atomistic model to macroscopic modelling and experimental observations" |
| LES | Benjamin Cvetkovic | C-14 |
| LES | Alina Yapparova | COTHERM |
| NES unit | Name | Title | Link to thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| LES | Leonardo Hax Damiani | "Modelling transport across reactive interfaces with the Nernst-Planck approach" | |
| LES | Philipp Krejci | "Multispecies cation transport in compacted clays" | |
| LES | Pietro Luraschi | "Evolution of transport properties, mineralogy and porosity of cement-clay interfaces" | |
| LES | Silvan Wick |
"Thallium Sorption onto Illite and Birnessite and its Relevance in Soils" |
Thesis |
| LES | Andrea Mancini | "Thermodynamic and spectroscopic investigations of ferric and ferrous iron in cementitious systems" | Thesis |
| LES | Latina Nedyalkova | A structural and thermodynamic study of the intercalation of selenium(IV), selenium(-II), sulfur(-II) and iodine(-I) in AFm phases | |
| LES | Annamária Kéri |
Shedding light on metal adsorption processes on clay minerals inferred from atomistic simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy |
|
| LES | Cornelia Wigger | Anion accessibility in low argillaceous rocks (ANPOR) | |
| LES | Yanhua Chen | Retardation of low-molecular weight organic compounds in clays | |
| LES | Amir Shafizadeh | Porosity and structural changes at cement/clay interfaces and their relations to transport properties | |
| LES | Jenna Poonoosamy | Dissolution-Precipitation in Porous Media: Experiments and Modelling | Thesis |
| LES | Daniela Soltermann | Ferrous iron uptake mechanisms at the montmorillonite-water interface under anoxic and electrochemically reduced conditions | Diss., ETH Zürich, Nr. 22103 |
Teaching
| NES unit | Name | Course | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| LES | Prof. Dr. Sergey Churakov | Atomistic simulations of geo-materials | Universität Bern |
| LES | Prof. Dr. Sergey Churakov | Mineral surface characterization by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) | Universität Bern |
| LES | Prof. Dr. Sergey Churakov | Crystal Optics | Universität Bern |
| LES | Prof. Dr. Sergey Churakov | Crystallography I + II and Practical Course | Universität Bern |
| LES | PD Dr. Wolfgang Hummel | Nuclear Energy Systems | ETH Zürich |
| LES | PD Dr. Wolfgang Hummel | Landfilling, Contaminated Sites and Radioactive Waste Repositories | ETH Zürich |
| LES | PD Dr. Georg Kosakowski | Geostatistics | Universität Bern |
| LES | Dr. Enzo Curti | Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste | Universität Bern |
| LES | Dr. Thomas Gimmi | Geochemical Modelling II: Reactive-Transport Modelling (prer) | Universität Bern |
| LES | Dr. Wilfried Pfingsten | Modelling of Processes in Soils and Aquifers | ETH Zürich |