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Emeritus Scholar profile

Dr John Wells

  John Wells
BSc(Hons) Adelaide, PhD ANU, DipEd Monash, GradDipComp La Trobe FRACI
Emeritus Scholar
Associate Professor

Room Location: Applied Science 1, Room 4.14
Ph: 5444 7371
Fx: 5444 7476
Email: j.wells@latrobe.edu.au

Colloid and Environmental Chemistry Group

Research Interests
  Adsorption of heavy metals and organic compounds to mineral surfaces, and implications for their availability in natural environments.
  Chemistry of surfaces implicated in foam formation in wastewater treatment plants.
  Interaction of endocrine disrupting chemicals with particulate solids.

Higher Degree Supervision
 

Current: Jacqui Heard (PhD), Tristan Van Emmerik (PhD)

Completed: Michael Angove (PhD), Jaslin Ikhsan (MAppSc, PhD), Kurt Lakovic (PhD), Rod Harris (PhD),Anthony Natoli (MAppSc), Lynne Muss (MAppSc), Craig Parnis (PhD), Darren Rodda (MAppSc), Ali Shareef (PhD), Kaye Spark (PhD), Lorraine Staehr (MAppSc)


Recent Publications
 

Angove, M., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. The influence of temperature on the adsorption of mellitic acid onto goethite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2006) 296 , 30-40.

Shareef, A., Angove, M.J. and Wells, J.D. Optimization of silylation using N -methyl- N - (trimethylsilyl)-trifluoracetimide, N , O -bis-(trimethylsilyl)-trifluoroacetamide and N -( tert -butyldimethylsilyl)- N -methyltrifluoroacetamide for the determination of the estrogens estrone and 17 a -ethinylestradiol by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A (2006) 1108 , 121-8.

Shareef, A., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Sorption of bisphenol A, 17 a -ethynylestradiol and estrone to mineral surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2006) 297 , 62-9.

Ikhsan, J., Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B. and Wells, J.D. Co-sorption of Zn(II) and 2-, 3- or 4-aminopyridine by montmorillonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2005) 284 , 400-7.

Ikhsan, J., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Surface complexation modeling of the sorption of 2-, 3- and 4-aminopyridine by montmorillonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2005) 284 , 383-92.

Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Sorption of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole and Zn(II) onto montmorillonite. Clays and Clay Minerals (2005) 53 , 137-46.

Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Surface complexation modeling of the sorption of Zn(II) by montmorillonite. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2005) 252 , 33-41.

Shareef, A., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Reply to "Suitability of N , O -bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide as derivatization reagent for the determination of the estrogens estrone and 17 a -ethinylestradiol by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry." Journal of Chromatography A (2005) 1095 , 203-4.

Ikhsan, J., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Angove, M.J. Adsorption of aspartic acid on kaolinite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 273 , 1-5.

Ikhsan, J., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. The effect of aspartic acid on the binding of transition metals to kaolinite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 273 , 6-13.

Lackovic, K., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Modeling the adsorption of Cd(II) onto goethite in the presence of citric acid. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 269 , 38-46.

Lackovic, K., Wells, J.D., Johnson, B.B. and Angove, M.J. Modeling the adsorption of Cd(II) onto kaolinite and Muloorina illite in the presence of citric acid. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2004) 270 , 86-93.

Shareef, A., Parnis, C.J., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Suitability of N , O -bis-(trimethylsilyl)-trifluoroacetamide and N -(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)- N -methyltrifluoroacetamide as derivatization reagents for the determination of the estrogens estrone and 17 a -ethinylestradiol by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A (2004) 1026 , 295-300.

Fernandes, M.B., Skjemstad, J.O., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Brooks, P. Characterization of carbonaceous combustion residues. I. Morphological, elemental and spectroscopic features. Chemosphere (2003) 51 , 785-95.

Lackovic, K., Angove, M.J., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Modeling the adsorption of Cd(II) onto Muloorina illite and related clay minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 257 , 31-40.

Lackovic, K., Johnson, B.B., Angove, M.J. and Wells, J.D. Modeling the adsorption of citric acid onto Muloorina illite and related clay minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 267 , 49-59.

Van Emmerik, T., Angove, M.J., Johnson, B.B., Wells, J.D. and Fernandes, M.B. Sorption of 17 b- estradiol onto selected soil minerals. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003) 266 , 33-9.

Harris, R.G., Wells, J.D. and Johnson, B.B. Selective adsorption of dyes and other organic molecules to kaolinite and oxide surfaces. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects (2001) 180 , 131-40.


Professional Memberships
  Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
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