Professor Ekhard Salje FRS

Head of Department of Earth Sciences

Mineralogist with expertise in mesoscopic properties of minerals, eg atomic transport in and dissolution of minerals. Research includes study of encapsulation of actinites in ceramic matrices, which has application to storage of radioactive materials.

Research Summary

My research focuses on a mathematically correct and physically meaningful description of microstructures in minerals. Atomic transport in and dissolution of minerals depends on two main conditions: how atoms move through surfaces and which pathway atoms follow once inside a mineral structure. Recent work includes research on the encapsulation of actinites in ceramic matrices, and the study of percolation behaviour of radiation-damaged minerals and their dehydration mechanisms.

Research Groups

Mineral Sciences Group

Selected Biography

1983: Head of Department at the Institute for Crystallography and Petrology at the University of Hanover
1992: Professor of Mineral Physics, University of Cambridge (personal chair)
2001 - 2008: President, Clare Hall College, University of Cambridge
1998 - present: Head of Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge

Other Professional Activities

2001 - 2002: Programme Director for Research at the Cambridge - MIT Institute
Advisor to the Max Planck Society (Germany)
2004: President of the Alexander von Humboldt Association in the UK

Keywords

mineral, mineralogy, encapsulation, nuclear, storage, grid technology,

Professor Ekhard Salje FRS

Department of Earth Sciences
University of Cambridge
Downing Street

Cambridge
CB2 3EQ

+44 1223 333481

es10002@esc.cam.ac.uk

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