Dr. Rossman Giese

Office: 711 Natural Sciences Complex Phone: 716.645.4263 Email: glgclay@acsu.buffalo.edu Title: Professor Degree: PhD, Geology, Columbia University, 1962 Specialty: Mineralogy with emphasis on clay minerals, surface thermodynamic measurement of minerals, interactions with organic minerals, especially biomoleculres

Courses Offered

GLY 205 Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology I
GLY 515 Clay Mineralogy
UGC 303 Science: Macroworld

Research Interests

Crystal structures and defects in clay minerals, relation between mineral chemistry and surface properties, interaction between adsorbed organic compounds and mineral surfaces, modeling of interfacial interactions.

Recent Publications

Kulshrestha, P. K., Giese, R. F. and Aga, D. (2004) Investigating the molecular interactions of oxytetracycline in clay and organic matter: Insights on factors affecting its mobility in soil. Environ. Sci. Technol. 4097-4105.

van Oss, C. J., Giese, R. F., Bronson, P. M., Docoslis, A., Edwards, P. and Ruyechan, W. T. (2003) Macroscopic-scale surface properties of streptavidin and their influence on aspecific interactions between streptavidin and dissolved biopolymers. Colloids and Surfaces B, 30, 25-36.

van Oss, C. J. and Giese, R. F. (2003) Surface modification of clays and related materials. J. Disp. Sci. Tech., 24, 363-376.

Giese, R. F. and van Oss, C. J. (2002) Colloid and Surface Properties of Clays and Related Minerals: Marcel Dekker, New York, 295 pp.

van Oss, C. J., Docoslis, A. and Giese, R. F. (2002) Role of the water-air interface in determining the surface tension of aqueous solutions of sugars, polysaccharides, proteins and surfactants. In Contact Angles, Wettability and Adhesion, K. I. Mittal, Ed, Vol 2, 3-12.