Georgia Institute of TechnologySchool of Earth and Atmospheric Science
INFORMATION ABOUT

Dr. E. Michael Perdue

Professor

Office: ES&T 1234
Phone: 404-894-3942
Fax: 404-894-5638
Email: michael.perdue@eas.gatech.edu
Website: http://shadow.eas.gatech.edu/~mperdue/
Lab room: ES&T 1166
Lab phone: 404-894-2859

Education:

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

Research Interests:

  • Isolation of natural organic matter from fresh waters and seawater
  • Probabilistic estimates of structural features of humic substances from their chemical compositions
  • Modeling the 13C NMR spectra of humic substances
  • Measuring and modeling the charge distribution in humic substances
  • Measuring and modeling molecular-weight distributions in humic substances
  • Using NMR spectrometry to characterize the metal binding sites of humic substances
  • 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
  • Mechanism of oxidation of humic substances in high-temperature-combustion carbon analyzers

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