Thomas P. Trainor

Tom at play in Denali N.P.

Research Description

Research in the Trainor lab is broadly focused on surface and interface geochemistry, aqueous geochemistry and environmental chemistry.  Our work has an emphasis on heterogeneous chemistry including mineral surface structure and reactivity and the structure of adsorption complexes at the mineral-water interface.  We utilize a range of analytical techniques, molecular modelling and chemical reaction modeling tools to understand how the speciation of metals/metalloids in complex natural media impacts fate and mobility.   

Selected Publications

  • A.J. Barker, L.E. Mayhew, T.A. Douglas, A.G. Ilgen, T.P. Trainor (2020) Lead and antimony speciation associated with the weathering of bullets in a historic shooting range in Alaska. Chemical Geology 119797. 
  • C. Qiu, W. Chen, M Scmidt, F. Majs, T.A. Douglas, T.P. Trainor (2020) Selective adsorption of Pb(II) on an annealed hematite (1-102) surface: evidence from crystal truncation rod x-ray diffraction and density functional theory.  Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 6651-6660. 
  • V.J. Ritchie, A.G. Ilgen, S.H. Mueller, T.P. Trainor, R.J. Goldfarb (2013) Mobility and chemical fate of antimony and arsenic in historic mining environments of the Kantishna Hills district, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.  Chemical Geology, 335, 172-188. 
  • A.G. Ilgen, A.L. Foster, T.P. Trainor (2012) Role of structural Fe in nontronite NAu-1 and dissolved Fe(II) in redox transformations of arsenic and antimony. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 94, 128–145
  • T.P. Trainor, A.S. Templeton, P.J. Eng (2006) Structure and Reactivity of Environmental Interfaces: Application of Grazing Angle X-ray Spectroscopy and Long-Period X-ray Standing Waves. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 150 , 66-85.
  • T.P. Trainor, A.C. Chaka, P.J. Eng, M. Newville, J. Catalano, G.A. Waychunas, and G.E. Brown Jr. (2004) Structure and reactivity of the hydrated hematite (0001) surface. Surface Science 573, 204-224.

Degree(s)

  • A.S. 1992, University of New Haven (Aviation Science)
  • B.S. 1995, Colorado School of Mines (Chemistry)
  • Ph.D. 2001, Stanford University (Geological and Environmental Sciences)

Contact

Phone: 907-474-5628
Fax: 907-474-5640
Email: tptrainor@alaska.edu


Address:
Tom Trainor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6160