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
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