Dr. E. Michael Perdue

Professor

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340

Office: ES&T, Room 1234
Phone: 404-894-3942
Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: michael.perdue@eas.gatech.edu

Website: http://shadow.eas.gatech.edu/~mperdue/

Education

• Ph.D., Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1973
• B.S., Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969

Research Interests

• Bioavailability of humic substances, and its relationship to their chemical compositions
• Measuring and modeling the acid-base chemistry of humic substances
• Measuring and modeling the metal complexation chemistry of humic substances
• Using NMR spectrometry to characterize the metal binding sites of humic substances
• Modeling the 13C NMR spectra of humic substances
• Measuring and modeling the charge distribution in humic substances
• Probabilistic estimates of structural features of humic substances from their chemical compositions
• Measuring and modeling molecular-weight distributions in humic substances
• Mechanism of oxidation of humic substances in high-temperature-combustion carbon analyzers