The Tratnyek/Johnson Research Group's scope includes a wide range of oxidation-reduction reactions that occur in the environment, and the contribution of these reactions to the fate of pollutants. In most of our work, the focus is on pathways, kinetics, mechanisms, and other fundamental, molecular aspects of environmental chemistry. The goal is to understand these redox processes at a process level, and to use this knowledge to develop deterministic models of environmental systems and remediation technologies.
Cover slide from several recent talks. A version of of this talk is available on you YouTube channel (See Resources / Current Resources). The background is a view of Mount Hood, looking east from the OHSU main campus on Marquam Hill. It is not quite the view from our lab, but close.
Members of the Tratnyek Research Group ca. 2019. Left to right: Paul, Kei, Tifany, Chuanyu, Chris, Miranda. For more on OHSU's Institute of Environmental Health, see Biography / Short Bio.
Pitting of an iron surface due to carbonate stimulated corrosion in water. It was taken with an environmental scanning electron microscope by Abinash Agrawal (and used here with his permission). We have never published this image, but it is related to work we described in Agrawal et al. 2002. For details, see Publications, Journal Article #XX.
Multiscale continuum showing system scales encompassing the whole potential scope of predictive-diagnostic modelling for in silico environmental chemical sciences. Figure 3 from Tratnyek et al. 2017. For details, see Publications, Journal Article #XX.
Dendritic etching of an iron surface due to carbonate stimulated corrosion in water. Image taken with an environmental scanning electron microscope by Abinash Agrawal (and used here with his permission). We never published this image, but it is related to work described in Agrawal et al. 2002. For details, see Publications, Journal Article #XX.
Very early group photo (ca. 1998) taken outside the Cooley Science Center at the Oregon Graduate Institute, in Beaverton. Left to right: Michelle, Barb, Clint, Leah, Paul, and Tim
Group photo at our annual holiday party, December 2019. Front row: Ania, Ying, Tifany, Chuanyu; Back row: Graham, Paul, Miranda, Chris, Kei, and Rick.
01.01.22 — We expect to hire two new postdocs (or similarly qualified staff) in early 2022. The official announcements will appear soon at the OHSU Jobs Website.
08.15.21 — In lieu of in-person internships, Prof. Tratnyek hosted a virtual reading group on environmental chemistry for high school students in the summers of 2020 and 2021. For more info on this, see Outreach.
04.17.2021 — On May 13th, Prof. Tratnyek give a webinar titled "Remediation of Soil and Groundwater with Zerovalent Iron (ZVI): A Chemist’s Perspective on Material Selection and Remedy Design". You can view the recording at the SiREM website.
03.20.2021 — Finally, our research group website is back online! But, beware that some of the content has not been updated yet. Please check back later for updated info.
03.20.2021 — Paul co-edited a themed issue of ESPI on "Halogenated (Semi)volatile Organic Compounds". The issue came out in March 2020. For more information see details on the publications page.
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