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Dr. John Rakovan New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801
Telephone: 575-835-7625
e-mail: John.Rakovan@NMT.eduProfessional Experience:
· State Mineralogist and Senior Mineral Museum Curator, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources - New
Mexico Tech (9/1/22 - present)· Adjunct Professor, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University (8/12/22-present)
· Adjunct Professor, Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech (12/22-present)
· Professor, Department of Geology & Environmental Earth Science, Miami University (7/1/11-8/12/22)
· Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Miami University (6/1/04-6/30/11)
· Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Miami University (1/1/98-6/1/04)
· Postdoctoral research faculty in mineral-water interface geochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (4/1/96-12/1/97)
Selected Appointments and Recognitions
· Carnegie Mineralogical Award recipient 2019. This award honors outstanding individuals or groups whose contributions in mineralogical preservation, conservation, and education match the ideals advanced in Carnegie Museum of Natural History Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems.
· Eponym of the mineral rakovanite, (NH4)3Na3(V10O28)·12H2O, 2010.
· Executive Editor of Rocks and Minerals (5/01 - present)
· Fulbright Research Fellow and visiting Professor AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow Poland 2012.
· Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (elected 10/27/2007).· International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification Subcommittee on Apatite Nomenclature (3/08-5/2010).
· Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan (1/05-8/05)
· Associate Editor, American Mineralogist (5/99-5/2002)
· Guest researcher, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory (1998-present)
· Adjunct professor, Department of Chemistry, Miami University
· Guest researcher, National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory (1991-present)
· Invited Associate Member of the Stony Brook NSF/DOE Center for Environmental Molecular Science
Education:
· Ph.D. in mineralogy/geochemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1996)
· M.S. in clay mineralogy/crystallography, University of Illinois at Chicago (1990)
· B.S. in geology, University of Illinois at Ur bana-Champaign (1988)
Publications: Selected Publications
Courses Developed and Taught:
GLG 111H, 131H, 280H, 180H: Gems and Gem Formation
GLG 432/532: Powder X-ray Diffraction and Clay Mineralogy
GLG 430/530: Mineral-Water Interface Geochemistry
GLG 720: X-ray Crystallography
GLG 211: Geochemical Systems of the Earth
GLG 111: Introductory Geology
GLG 699: Scanning Probe Microscopy. Summer workshop
GLG 499/599: Geology and Hydrothermal Mineralization of the Rio Grande Rift. Summer workshop
Professional Affiliations:
· Mineralogical Society of America
Selected Grants:
- NSF Grant EAR-2025319 "Collaborative Research: A New Mechanism for Metal Isotope Fractionation Induced by Natural Solid-State Ion Conduction" 8/2020-7/2023
- Collector's Edge Mineral, Inc. 402891 "Structural, Chemical, and Textural Evaluation of Natural and Synthetic Wire Silver: Understanding the Mechanisms of Wire Formation and Authentication of Natural Specimens." 7/1/17
· NSF Grant CHE-1532042 "MRI: Acquisition of a Microfocus Single-Crystal Diffractometer". 7/24/15
· NSF Grant EAR-0952298 " Coprecipitation of Pb and As in apatite and applications to environmental remediation". 8/15/10
· Apex Companies LLC "Phosphate Induced Metal Stabilization on Former Refined Metals Site, Jacksonville, Florida". 11/21/08.
· Apex Companies LLC "Arsenic Source, Speciation and Treatment Study, Former Refined Metals Site Jacksonville, Florida". 7/1/08.
· NSF EAR-0722807 MRI: "Acquisition of a High Resolution Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope for the Miami University Electron Microscope Facility" 8/1/07
· Ohio Board of Regents Action Fund and Miami Uiversity: "Acquisition of a High Resolution Analytical Transmission Electron Microscope for the Miami University Electron Microscope Facility" Matching funds against an NSF-IF proposal. 8/1/07.
· NSF Grant EAR-0409435 "Crystal Chemistry of U, Th and Other Radionuclides in Apatite: Environmental and Geochemical Implications". 5/4/04
· NSF Grant EAR-0320872 "Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Nanotechnology Investigations" 6/24/03.
· Ohio Board of Regents Action Fund and Miami Uiversity: "Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope for Nanotechnology Investigations" Matching funds against an NSF-IF proposal. 6/24/03.
· Miami CFR Faculty Research Grant "The Behavior and Fate of Aqueous Radionuclides During Calcium Phosphate Precipitation and Evolution in the Environment" 11/2002
· NSF REU supplement to Grant EAR-0001215 "Atomic Force Microscopy characterization of The palygorskite-sepiolite to smectite transformation" 6/2001.
· NSF Grant EAR-IF 0003201 "Acquisition of a CCD-detector Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer." 12/2000
· Ohio Board of Regents and Miami Uiversity: "Acquisition of a CCD-detector Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer." Matching funds against an NSF-IF proposal. 12/2000.
· NSF: Grant EAR -0001215 "The palygorskite-sepiolite to smectite transformation and the influence on reactive surface sites" 6/2000.
· NSF REU supplement to Grant EAR-9814691 "Hydrothermal Mineralization of the Hansonburg Mining District, Bingham, NM." 4/1999.
· NSF Grant EAR-9814691 "Probing the Structure and Energetics of Reactive Sites at the Mineral-Water Interface: Implications for Element Partitioning and Geochronology". 1/1999
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