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Philippe Van Cappellen
Professor
 
Office: ES&T 1102
Phone: 404-894-3985
Fax: 404-894-5638
Email: pvc@eas.gatech.edu
 
Education

• Ph.D., Geochemistry, Yale University, 1991
• M.S., Geology and Mineralogy, Free University of Brussels, 1981
• B.S., Geology and Mineralogy, Free University of Brussels, 1981

Awards

• 2008 Georgia Power Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Global Climate Studies
• 2008 KAUST Global Research Partnership Center in Development Award
• 2007 Certificate of Merit (with V. Alexandratos & T. Behrends), American Chemical Society
• 2007 Andrè Dumont Medal (Geologica Belgica)
• 2001 Alan Berman Research Publication Award, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
• 2000 Pioneer Award, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
• 2000 Schweppe Distinguished Lecturer, University of Texas
• 1998 Advanced Research Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education & Research (France)
• 1998 Faculty Development Grant (Georgia Tech)
• 1996 Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award (Georgia Tech)
• 1995 Exploratory Research Award, U.S. Department of Energy
• 1990 Postdoctoral Fellowship (ETH-EAWAG, Zürich, Switzerland)
• 1990 Philip M. Orville Prize for Outstanding Research and Scholarship (Yale University)
• 1990 Selected Participant Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography
• 1989 William E. Ford Prize for Excellence in Mineralogy (Yale University)
• 1988 Outstanding Student Paper Award, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco
• 1985 H. Hoover Fellowship, Belgian American Educational Foundation
• 1981 Highest Distinction, M.A. degree (Free University of Brussels)

Research Interests

• Biogeochemistry
• Mineral-water interactions
• Reactive transport modeling
• Biogeochemical cycles and global change
• Biogeochemical complexity

Publications
 
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