The Functionality of Iron Minerals in Environmental Processes (FIMIN)

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ApplicantHost
Planned starting date/
Length
Project Title
EG/3990  F Yunta Mezquita (ES)JP Gustafsson (SE)1/10/12
(5 weeks)
Determination of o,o –EDDHA/Fe intrinsic constants by using a specific optimization tool of the VMinteq computational program.
EG/3851J Castillo Hernandez (ES)S Peiffer (DE)22/3/12 
(12 weeks)

Study of polysulphides precursors to the formation of pyrite: Influence of sulfate reducing bacteria

EG/3842 C Falagan (ES) K Wendt-Potthoff (DE) 18/3/12 
(2 weeks)
Carbon source and its relation with iron cycling in mine pit lakes of the Iberian Pyritic Belt
EG/3817 S Baken (BE) JP Gustafsson (SE) 23/4/12 
(9 weeks)
The structural chemistry of iron colloids in surface waters studied with EXAFS
spectroscopy
EG/3722B Maitte (FR) A Kappler (DE)4/3/12 
(4 weeks)
Influence of bacterial activity on the mineralogical ageing and micromechanical properties of iron ore within the framework of abandoned underground mines in Lorraine (France)
EG/3707I Adaktylou (DE) D Emmerson (US) 2/12/11 
(8 weeks)
Growth and study of lithotrophic Fe oxidizing bacteria
EG/3702N Ansems (NL)P Van Cappellen (CA)1/2/12 
(8 weeks)
Iron Cycling at the Groundwater-Surface Water Interface: Implications for Nutrient Loading of Aquatic Ecosystems
EG/3554C Falagan (ES)K Wendt-Potthof (DE)18/9/11 
(13 weeks)

Identification of bacterial metabolisms that are important for nitrogen and iron cycles in mine pit lakes 

EG/3524F Yunta (ES) E Smolder (BE) 1/8/11 
(13 weeks)
Modelling synthetic chelating agents adsorption to Iron Hydr(oxides) (ferrihydrite
and goethite)
EG/3363M Jiskra (CH)U Skyllberg (DE)30/5/11 
(6 weeks)
Biogeochemical links between iron and mercury cycling in field and laboratory systems   
EG/2919A Hofacker (CH)A Kappler (DE) 29/3/10 
(4 weeks)
Analysis of microbial communities during iron and sulfate reduction in a contaminated floodplain soil at different temperatures