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Poster #53 - Nadine Kabengi

Georgia State University, United States

Biography

Dr. Kabengi is an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at Georgia State University, where she also holds a joint appointment with the Chemistry Department. She received her BSc and MSc in agricultural engineering and soil science from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, where she was born and raised. She earned a PhD in soil physical vhemistry from the University of Florida. Dr. Kabengi’s research explores fundamental surface chemical reactions occurring at interfaces between surfaces and aqueous solutions and the role – both basic and applied – these interfacial reactions play in technological, geochemical and environmental contexts, especially as related to the fate and transport of natural and anthropogenic contaminants in earth ecosystems. Dr. Kabengi’s expertise lies in the application and construction of flow microcalorimeters techniques and instrumentations for measuring the energetics and thermodynamic properties of various chemical surface reactions. Other work in Dr. Kabengi’s lab explores the availability and mobility of contaminants, colloids and manufactured nanoparticles. Her research methods incorporate laboratory/ experimental studies and field work using a wide suite of analytical techniques. Dr. Kabengi has received an award from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Faculty Career Development (CAREER) program for her work on furthering in-situ thermodynamics measurements.