Teresa is an analytical chemist with expertise in trace metal analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). She has extensive experience with sample digestion techniques including microwave, hot plate, and flux digestions and has utilized single-quad, triple-quad, and high resolution ICP-MS instrumentation to analyze a variety of samples with complex matrices. Teresa joined the lab in 2020 as a postdoctoral researcher investigating plutonium migration at the Hanford Site using batch and column experiments. Prior to joining the lab, she worked as an analytical chemist in industry where she used a triple-quad ICP-MS to analyze consumer projects for trace metals. She received her PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Notre Dame in 2019.

Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame

B.S. Chemistry, Saginaw Valley State University

Bustillos, C.; King, G.; Baumer, T.; Sio, C.K.I.; Bora, M.; Root, J.R.; Kuntz, J.D.; Du Frane, W.L. Densification and Microstructure Features of Lithium Hydride Fabrication. Ann. Nucl. Energy (In Press).

Baumer, T.; Hellebrandt, S.; Maulden, E.; Pearce, C.; Emerson, H.; Zavarin, M.; Kersting, A.B.; Pu distribution among mixed waste components at the Hanford legacy site, USA and implications to long-term migration. Appl. Geochem., 2022, 141, 105304.

Sio, C.K.I.; Baumer, T.; Cahill, J.; Hansen, S.; Harris, S.; Wimpenny, J.; Lindvall, R.; Du Frane, W.; Kuntz, J. Determination of impurities in cubic boron nitride (cBN) by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS). Diam. Relat. Mater., 2022, 121, 108726.

Joseph, C.; Balboni, E.; Baumer, T.; Treinen, K.; Kersting, A.B; Zavarin, M. Plutonium desorption from nuclear melt glass-derived colloids and implications for migration at the Nevada National Security Site, USA. Environ Sci Technol., 2019, 53, 12238-12246.

Baumer, T.; Hixon, A. E. Kinetics of neptunium sorption and desorption in the presence of aluminum (hydr)oxide minerals: Evidence for multi-step desorption at low pH. J. Environ. Radioact., 2019, 205-206, 72-78.

Baumer, T.; Hixon, A. E. Kinetics of europium sorption to four different aluminum (hydr)oxides: corundum, γ-Al2O3, bayerite, and gibbsite. J. Environ. Radioact., 2018, 195, 20-25.  

Baumer, T.; Kay, P.; Hixon, A.E. Comparison of europium and neptunium adsorption to aluminum (hydr)oxide minerals. Chemical Geology, 2017, 464, 84-90.

NEUP-IUP Fellow 2015-2018