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Joshua Mertz

Ph. D. Candidate, Northwestern University
Kanatzidis Group, Exploratory Synthesis (Chalcogenides)
Phone: x 7-6335
E-Mail: j-mertz@northwestern.edu
Office: GG19
Office Hours: All The Time!

B.S., Chemistry
Haverford College 2006

Research

I am currently working in the Exploratory Synthesis project in the group. My research focuses on the development of novel chalcogenide materials for the use in Ion-Exchange of nuclear waste and heavy metal Ions. We are attempting to remove Cs¹⁺ and Sr²⁺ from nuclear waste streams through the creation of new novel chalcogenide materials. These materials have also shown very good ion-exchange properties when used on Hg²⁺, Pb²⁺, and Cd²⁺ ions.

I arrived at Northwestern in September of 2006 after finishing my B.S. at Haverford College. There I worked under Robert Scarrow in an effort to create an inorganic catalyst for the activation of oxygen.