John Hanchar, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Earth Sciences
Professor
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
jhanchar@mun.ca
Office:
(709) 864-6785
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Dr. Hanchar's research interests are in the general areas of experimental and environmental geochemistry and materials science. Over the past decade he has developed synthesis methods for producing high-purity undoped and doped silicate, phosphate, oxide minerals, and glasses, for structural prop...
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Bio/Research
Dr. Hanchar's research interests are in the general areas of experimental and environmental geochemistry and materials science. Over the past decade he has developed synthesis methods for producing high-purity undoped and doped silicate, phosphate, oxide minerals, and glasses, for structural properties, trace element incorporation, diffusion, spectroscopic studies, and storage materials for radioactive waste from dismantled nuclear weapons and spent nuclear fuel.
Recently, Dr. Hanchar has been collaborating with colleagues at MIT, the University of Mainz in Germany, and the V. G. Khlopin Radium Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia investigating the effects of in situ radiation damage caused by man-made radioisotopes, and naturally occurring alpha-induced, crystalline and non-crystalline materials. He has also been involved for the past several years on understanding the trace element, isotopic composition, and petrogenesis of naturally occurring accessory minerals (e.g., zircon, apatite) and trace element composition of feldspars and melt inclusions from ash beds in the Dolomites region of northern Italy, and hydrothermally altered granitic rocks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state.
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Recently, Dr. Hanchar has been collaborating with colleagues at MIT, the University of Mainz in Germany, and the V. G. Khlopin Radium Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia investigating the effects of in situ radiation damage caused by man-made radioisotopes, and naturally occurring alpha-induced, crystalline and non-crystalline materials. He has also been involved for the past several years on understanding the trace element, isotopic composition, and petrogenesis of naturally occurring accessory minerals (e.g., zircon, apatite) and trace element composition of feldspars and melt inclusions from ash beds in the Dolomites region of northern Italy, and hydrothermally altered granitic rocks in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state.
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