Teresa Marie Baumer profile

Teresa Marie Baumer

Staff Scientist

PLS / Msd / Materials Science Division

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Biography

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.

Education

  • Ph.D. Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
  • B.S. Chemistry, Saginaw Valley State University

Publications

2022 2 publications

  • 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.

2019 2 publications

  • 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.

2018 1 publication

  • 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.

2017 1 publication

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

Other 1 publication

  • 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).

Awards

  • NEUP-IUP Fellow 2015-2018

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