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Helen King

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Study of olivine reactivity in different systems across a range of length scales.
  • Techniques used include atomistic simulations and experiments.
  • Particular focus on the reactivity of olivine in environmental rememdiation schemes such as carbon dioxide sequestration and acid mine drainage.

Academic Education

10/2007 - 05/2011Gastwissenschftlerin und Doktorandin, Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Münster, Deutschland
09/2009Global-COE Praktikum Studentin, Tohoku University, Japan
03/2009Global-COE Praktikum Studentin, Tohoku University, Japan
09/2003 - 06/2007Studies in Chemistry (Master of Science), University College London, U.K.

Work Experience

07/2007Wissenschaftlicher Hilfskraft, Frontier Conservation, U.K, Arbeitsplatz: Nicaragua

Publications

Mineral Surface Rearrangement at High Temperatures: Implications for Extraterrestrial Mineral Grain Reactivity
King HE, Plümper O, Putnis CV, O’Neill HStC, Klemme S, Putnis A (2017)
In: ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2017
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Effect of Secondary Phase Formation on the Carbonation of Olivine
King HE, Plumper O, Putnis A (2010)
In: Environmental Science and Technology, 44(16)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Where on Earth has our water come from?
de Leeuw NH, Catlow CRA, King HE, Putnis A, Muralidharan K, Deymier P, Stimpfl M, Drake MJ (2010)
In: Chemical communications, 46(47)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Computer simulations of water interactions with low-coordinated forsterite surface sites: Implications for the origin of water in the inner solar system
King HE, Stimpfl M, Deymier P, Drake MJ, Catlow CRA, Putnis A, de Leeuw NH (2010)
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300(1-2)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Effect of secondary phase formation on the carbonation of olivine.
King HE, Plümper O, Putnis A (2010)
In: Environmental Science and Technology, 44(16)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

CO2 sequestration in peridotites - experimental carbonation of olivine and pyroxene
Duration: 02/02/2011 - 31/12/2015
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Mineal Nucleation and Growth Kinetics: Generating a general, fundemental model by integrating atomic, macro- and field-scale investigations (MIN-GRO)
Duration: 27/11/2006 - 31/12/2010
Funded by: EC FP 6 - Marie Curie Actions - Research Training Networks
Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster

Doctorates

Olivine reactivity: From the atomic to the macroscopic scale
Candidate: King, Helen | Supervisors: Putnis, Andrew
Period of time: 26/01/2011 - 09/05/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster