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Christopher Gorski

Associate Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Civil and Environmental Engineering

231F Sackett Building

cag981@psu.edu

814-865-5673

Personal or Departmental Website

Research Areas:

Environmental Engineering

Interest Areas:

Environmental Redox Chemistry

 
 

 

Education

  • BS, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Purdue University, 2005
  • Ph D, Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 2009
  • Post-Doc, Environmental Chemistry, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 2012

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Mahmudul Hasan, Bharat Shrimant, Colton Burke Waters, Christopher Gorski and Christopher Arges, 2024, "Reducing Ohmic Resistances in Membrane Capacitive Deionization Using Micropatterned Ion-exchange Membranes, Ionomer Infiltrated Electrodes and Ionomer Coated Nylon Meshes"
  • Le Shi, Xuechen Zhou, Rachel F Taylor, Chenghan Xie, Bin Bian, Derek Hall, Ruggero Rossi, Michael A Hickner, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2024, "Thin-Film Composite Membranes for Hydrogen Evolution with a Saline Catholyte Water Feed", Environmental Science \& Technology, 58, (2), pp. 1131--1141
  • Timothy Hudak, Christopher Gorski and Christopher Arges, 2023, "A Redox-Electrodialysis Model with Zero Fitting Parameters: Insights into Process Limitations, Design, and Material Interventions"
  • Jonathan Boualavong, Konstantinos Papakonstantinou and Christopher Gorski, 2023, "Determining desired sorbent properties for proton-coupled electron transfer-controlled CO2 capture using an adaptive sampling-refined classifier", Chemical Engineering Science, 274, pp. 118673
  • Nicholas R Cross, Holkan Vazquez-Sanchez, Matthew Rau, Serguei Lvov, Michael A Hickner, Christopher Gorski, Shashank S Nagaraja, S Mani Sarathy, Bruce E Logan and Derek Hall, 2023, "Hydrocarbon-based membranes cost-effectively manage species transport and increase performance in thermally regenerative batteries", Electrochimica Acta, 467, pp. 143090
  • Jonathan Boualavong and Christopher Gorski, 2023, "Kinetic Drawbacks of Combining Electrochemical CO2 Sorbent Reactivation with CO2 Absorption", Industrial \& Engineering Chemistry Research, 62, (46), pp. 19784--19800
  • Vineeth Pothanamkandathil, Jonathan Boualavong and Christopher Gorski, 2023, "Open-Circuit Potential Drift in Intercalation Electrodes: Role of Charge Redistribution in a Prussian Blue Analog", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 170, (11), pp. 110503
  • Nicholas R Cross, Matthew Rau, Serguei Lvov, Christopher Gorski, Bruce E Logan and Derek Hall, 2023, "System efficiency and power assessment of the all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery", Applied Energy, 339, pp. 120959
  • Gongde Chen, Aaron Thompson and Christopher Gorski, 2023, "The pH-Dependent Interplay of Surface Energy and Aggregation State for Nanoparticulate Goethite", ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 7, (11), pp. 2166--2175
  • Le Shi, Xiangyu Bi, Evan Newcomer, Derek Hall, Christopher Gorski, Ahmed Galal and Bruce E Logan, 2022, "Co-precipitation synthesis control for sodium ion adsorption capacity and cycle life of copper hexacyanoferrate electrodes in battery electrode deionization", Chemical Engineering Journal, 435, pp. 135001
  • Vineeth Pothanamkandathil and Christopher Gorski, 2022, "Comparing energy demands and longevities of membrane-based capacitive deionization architectures", Environmental Science: Water Research \& Technology, 8, (7), pp. 1489--1496
  • Gongde Chen, Aaron Thompson and Christopher Gorski, 2022, "Disentangling the size-dependent redox reactivity of iron oxides using thermodynamic relationships", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119, (40), pp. e2204673119
  • Nicholas R Cross, Matthew Rau, Serguei Lvov, Christopher Gorski, Bruce E Logan and Derek Hall, 2022, "Power and energy capacity tradeoffs in an all-aqueous copper thermally regenerative ammonia battery", Journal of Power Sources, 531, pp. 231339
  • Prachi Joshi, Matthew Fantle, Jonathan Boualavong and Christopher Gorski, 2022, "Quantifying the rate of Fe2+-catalyzed recrystallization based on a unifying model framework", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 336, pp. 423--435
  • Akash Ganesan, Tawanda J Zimudzi, Vineeth Pothanamkandathil, Christopher Gorski and Derek Hall, 2022, "Spectroelectrochemical Examination of the Ferro-Ferricyanide Redox Reaction: Impacts of Electrode Thickness and Applied Potential", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 169, (10), pp. 106501
  • Le Shi, Xiangyu Bi, Evan Newcomer, Derek Hall, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2022, "Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analyses of Ion Intercalation/Deintercalation Using Different Temperatures on NiHCF Electrodes for Battery Electrode Deionization", Environmental Science \& Technology, 56, (12), pp. 8932--8941
  • Renaldo Springer, Nicholas R Cross, Serguei Lvov, Bruce E Logan, Christopher Gorski and Derek Hall, 2021, "An All-Aqueous Thermally Regenerative Ammonia Battery Chemistry Using Cu (I, II) Redox Reactions", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 168, (7), pp. 070523
  • Edward J O’loughlin, Maxim I Boyanov, Christopher Gorski, Michelle M Scherer and Kenneth M Kemner, 2021, "Effects of Fe (III) oxide mineralogy and phosphate on Fe (II) secondary mineral formation during microbial iron reduction", Minerals, 11, (2), pp. 149
  • Jonathan Boualavong and Christopher Gorski, 2021, "Electrochemically Mediated CO2 Capture Using Aqueous Cu (II)/Cu (I) Imidazole Complexes", ACS ES\&T Engineering
  • Yingchi Cheng, Derek Hall, Jonathan Boualavong, Robert Hickey, Serguei Lvov and Christopher Gorski, 2021, "Influence of Hydrotropes on the Solubilities and Diffusivities of Redox-Active Organic Compounds for Aqueous Flow Batteries", ACS omega, 6, (45), pp. 30800--30810
  • Le Shi, Evan Newcomer, Moon Son, Vineeth Pothanamkandathil, Christopher Gorski, Ahmed Galal and Bruce E Logan, 2021, "Metal-Ion Depletion Impacts the Stability and Performance of Battery Electrode Deionization over Multiple Cycles", Environmental Science & Technology, 55, (8), pp. 5412--5421
  • Jenelle Fortunato, Megan B Sassin, Christopher N Chervin, Joseph F Parker, Ryan H DeBlock, Christopher Gorski and Jeffrey W Long, 2021, "Optimizing Electrodeposited Manganese Oxide at Carbon Cloth Electrodes for Harvesting Salinity-Gradient Energy", Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 168, (2), pp. 024505
  • Ruggero Rossi, Derek Hall, Le Shi, Nicholas R Cross, Christopher Gorski, Michael A Hickner and Bruce E Logan, 2021, "Using a vapor-fed anode and saline catholyte to manage ion transport in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer", Energy & Environmental Science, 14, (11), pp. 6041--6049
  • Christopher Gorski, Michael A Hickner and Bruce E Logan, 2021, "Using a vapor-fed anode and saline catholyte to manage ion transport in a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer", Energy and Environmental Science, 6, pp. 10
  • Vineeth Pothanamkandathil, Jenelle Fortunato and Christopher Gorski, 2020, "Electrochemical desalination using intercalating electrode materials: a comparison of energy demands", Environmental Science & Technology, 54, (6), pp. 3653--3662
  • Wenyan Huang, Sridhar Komarneni, Christopher Gorski, Young Dong Noh, April Doroski, Yan Dong, Jianfeng Ma, Aron M Griffin, Dongjiang Yang, Xiaoqiang Xue and others, 2020, "Few-layer clayenes for material and environmental applications", ACS applied materials & interfaces, 12, (9), pp. 11171--11179
  • Moon Son, Vineeth Pothanamkandathil, Wulin Yang, Johannes S Vrouwenvelder, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2020, "Improving the thermodynamic energy efficiency of battery electrode deionization using flow-through electrodes", Environmental science & technology, 54, (6), pp. 3628--3635
  • Moon Son, Benjamin L Aronson, Wulin Yang, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2020, "Recovery of ammonium and phosphate using battery deionization in a background electrolyte", Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, (6), pp. 1688--1696
  • Gongde Chen, Thomas B Hofstetter and Christopher Gorski, 2020, "Role of Carbonate in Thermodynamic Relationships Describing Pollutant Reduction Kinetics by Iron Oxide-Bound Fe2+", Environmental science & technology, 54, (16), pp. 10109--10117
  • Moon Son, Eric Kolvek, Taeyoung Kim, Wulin Yang, Johannes S Vrouwenvelder, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2020, "Stepwise ammonium enrichment using selective battery electrodes", Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, (6), pp. 1649--1657
  • Jenelle Fortunato, Pe\~na, Jasquelin, Sassi Benkaddour, Huichun Zhang, Jianzhi Huang, Mengqiang Zhu, Bruce E Logan and Christopher Gorski, 2020, "Surveying manganese oxides as electrode materials for harnessing salinity gradient energy", Environmental Science & Technology, 54, (9), pp. 5746--5754
  • Le Shi, Ruggero Rossi, Moon Son, Derek Hall, Michael A Hickner, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2020, "Using reverse osmosis membranes to control ion transport during water electrolysis", Energy & Environmental Science, 13, (9), pp. 3138--3148
  • Jenelle Fortunato, Megan Bourg Sassin, Christopher N Chervin, Joseph F Parker, Ryan H DeBlock, Christopher Gorski and Jeffrey W Long, 2020, "Optimizing Electrodeposited Manganese Oxide at Carbon Cloth Electrodes for Harvesting Salinity-Gradient Energy", Journal of the Electrochemical Society
  • Moon Son, Taeyoung Kim, Wulin Yang, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2019, "Electro-forward osmosis", Environmental Science & Technology, 53, (14), pp. 8352--8361
  • Edward J O’Loughlin, Christopher Gorski, Theodore M Flynn and Michelle M Scherer, 2019, "Electron Donor Utilization and Secondary Mineral Formation during the Bioreduction of Lepidocrocite by Shewanella putrefaciens CN32", Minerals, 9, (7), pp. 434
  • Piyali Chanda, Christopher Gorski, Rosie L Oakes and Matthew Fantle, 2019, "Low temperature stable mineral recrystallization of foraminiferal tests and implications for the fidelity of geochemical proxies", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 506, pp. 428--440
  • Khadouja Harouaka, Christopher Gorski and Matthew Fantle, 2019, "Quantifying Ca exchange in gypsum using a 45Ca tracer: Implications for interpreting Ca isotopic effects in experimental and natural systems", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Mohammad Rahimi, Taeyoung Kim, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2018, "A thermally regenerative ammonia battery with carbon-silver electrodes for converting low-grade waste heat to electricity", Journal of Power Sources, 373, pp. 95-102
  • Mohammad Rahimi, Anthony P Straub, Fang Zhang, Xiuping Zhu, Menachem Elimelech, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2018, "Emerging electrochemical and membrane-based systems to convert low-grade heat to electricity", Energy & Environmental Science, 11, (2), pp. 276-285
  • Zhen Yan, Prachi Joshi, Christopher Gorski and James G Ferry, 2018, "A biochemical framework for anaerobic oxidation of methane driven by Fe (III)-dependent respiration", Nature communications, 9, pp. 1642
  • Taeyoung Kim, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2018, "Ammonium Removal from Domestic Wastewater Using Selective Battery Electrodes", Environmental Science & Technology Letters, In Press
  • Sydney M Stewart, Thomas B Hofstetter, Prachi Joshi and Christopher Gorski, 2018, "Linking Thermodynamics to Pollutant Reduction Kinetics by Fe2+ Bound to Iron Oxides", Environmental science & technology, 52, (10), pp. 5600--5609
  • Taeyoung Kim, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2018, "Ammonium Removal from Domestic Wastewater Using Selective Battery Electrodes", Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 5, (9), pp. 578--583
  • Piyali Chanda, Christopher Gorski, Rosie L Oakes and Matthew Fantle, 2018, "Low temperature stable mineral recrystallization of foraminiferal tests and implications for the fidelity of geochemical proxies", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 506, pp. 428-440
  • Mohammad Rahimi, Liang Zhu, Kelly L Kowalski, Xiuping Zhu, Christopher Gorski, Michael A Hickner and Bruce E Logan, 2017, "Improved electrical power production of thermally regenerative batteries using a poly (phenylene oxide) based anion exchange membrane", Journal of Power Sources, 342, pp. 956–963
  • Mohammad Rahimi, Zachary Schoener, Xiuping Zhu, Fang Zhang, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2017, "Removal of copper from water using a thermally regenerative electrodeposition battery", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 322, pp. 551–556
  • Christopher Gorski and Matthew Fantle, 2017, "Stable mineral recrystallization in low temperature aqueous systems: A critical review", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 198, pp. 439–465
  • T Wu, AM Griffin, Christopher Gorski and ES Shelobolina1and EE Roden, 2017, "Interaction Between Microbial Reduction of Fe(III) Oxides And Fe(III) Phyllosilicates 2: Studies with Natural Sediments", Geomicrobiology Journal, 34, (3), pp. 231-241
  • Taeyoung Kim, Bruce E Logan and Christopher Gorski, 2017, "A pH-Gradient Flow Cell for Converting Waste CO2 into Electricity", Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 4, (2), pp. 49–53
  • Mohammad Rahimi, Adriana D’Angelo, Christopher Gorski, Onofrio Scialdone and Bruce E Logan, 2017, "Electrical power production from low-grade waste heat using a thermally regenerative ethylenediamine battery", Journal of Power Sources, 351, pp. 45–50
  • Taeyoung Kim, Bruce E Logan and Christopher Gorski, 2017, "High power densities created from salinity differences by combining electrode and Donnan potentials in a concentration flow cell", Energy & Environmental Science, 10, (4), pp. 1003–1012
  • Xiuping Zhu, Taeyoung Kim, Mohammad Rahimi, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2017, "Integrating Reverse-Electrodialysis Stacks with Flow Batteries for Improved Energy Recovery from Salinity Gradients and Energy Storage", ChemSusChem, 10, (4), pp. 797–803
  • Michael V Schaefer, Xinxin Guo, Yiqun Gan, Shawn G Benner, Aron M Griffin, Christopher Gorski, Yanxin Wang and Scott Fendorf, 2017, "Redox controls on arsenic enrichment and release from aquifer sediments in central Yangtze River Basin", Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 204, pp. 104–119
  • Boya Xiong, Zachary Miller, Selina Roman-White, Travis L Tasker, Benjamin Farina, Bethany Piechowicz, Prachi Joshi, Liang Zhu, Christopher Gorski, William D Burgos, others and Manish Kumar, 2017, "Chemical Degradation of Polyacrylamide during Hydraulic Fracturing", Environmental science & technology, 52, (1), pp. 327-336
  • Tao Wu, AM Griffin, Christopher Gorski, ES Shelobolina, Huifang Xu, Ravi K Kukkadapu and Eirc E Roden, 2017, "Interactions between Fe (III)-oxides and Fe (III)-phyllosilicates during microbial reduction 2: Natural subsurface sediments", Geomicrobiology Journal, 34, (3), pp. 231-241
  • Taeyoung Kim, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2017, "Low energy desalination using battery electrode deionization", Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 4, (10), pp. 444-449
  • Meret Aeppli, Andreas Voegelin, Christopher Gorski, Thomas B Hofstetter and Michael Sander, 2017, "Mediated electrochemical reduction of iron (oxyhydr-) oxides under defined thermodynamic boundary conditions", Environmental science & technology, 52, (2), pp. 560-570
  • Prachi Joshi, Matthew Fantle, Philip Larese-Casanova and Christopher Gorski, 2017, "Susceptibility of Goethite to Fe2+-Catalyzed Recrystallization over Time", Environmental science & technology, 51, (20), pp. 11681--11691
  • Xiuping Zhu, Mohammad Rahimi, Christopher Gorski and Bruce E Logan, 2016, "A Thermally-Regenerative Ammonia-Based Flow Battery for Electrical Energy Recovery from Waste Heat", ChemSusChem, 9, pp. 873–879
  • Prachi Joshi and Christopher Gorski, 2016, "Anisotropic Morphological Changes in Goethite during Fe2+-Catalyzed Recrystallization", Environmental Science & Technology, 50, (14), pp. 7315–7324
  • Taeyoung Kim, Mohammad Rahimi, Bruce E Logan and Christopher Gorski, 2016, "Evaluating Battery-like Reactions to Harvest Energy from Salinity Differences using Ammonium Bicarbonate Salt Solutions", ChemSusChem, 9, (9), pp. 981–988
  • Abhishek Kar, Michael McEldrew, Robert F Stout, Benjamin E Mays, Aditya Khair, Darrell Velegol and Christopher Gorski, 2016, "Self-Generated Electrokinetic Fluid Flows during Pseudomorphic Mineral Replacement Reactions", Langmuir, 32, pp. 5233–5240
  • Elizabeth J Tomaszewski, S Sarah Cronk, Christopher Gorski and Matthew Ginder-Vogel, 2016, "The role of dissolved Fe (II) concentration in the mineralogical evolution of Fe (hydr) oxides during redox cycling", Chemical Geology, 438, pp. 163–170
  • Christopher Gorski, Rebecca Edwards, Michael Sander, Thomas B Hofstetter and Sydney M Stewart, 2016, "Thermodynamic Characterization of Iron Oxide–Aqueous Fe2+ Redox Couples", Environmental Science & Technology, 50, (16), pp. 8538–8547
  • Taeyoung Kim, Mohammad Rahimi, Bruce E Logan and Christopher Gorski, 2016, "Harvesting energy from salinity differences using battery electrodes in a concentration flow cell", Environmental Science & Technology, 50, pp. 9791–9797
  • T. Wu, R.K. Kukkadapu, A.M. Griffin, Christopher Gorski, H. Konishi, H. Xu and E.E. Roden, 2016, "Interactions between Fe(III)-oxides and Fe(III)-phyllosilicates during microbial reduction 1: Synthetic sediments", Geomicrobiology Journal, 33, pp. 793-806
  • Michael Sander, Thomas B. Hofstetter and Christopher Gorski, 2015, "Electrochemical Analyses of Redox-Active Iron Minerals: A Review of Nonmediated and Mediated Approaches", Environmental Science & Technology, 49, (10), pp. 5862-5878
  • Fubo Luan, Yan Liu, Aron M. Griffin, Christopher Gorski and William D Burgos, 2015, "Iron(III)-Bearing Clay Minerals Enhance Bioreduction of Nitrobenzene by Shewanella putrefaciens CN32", Environmental Science & Technology, 49, (3), pp. 1418-1426
  • Fubo Luan, Christopher Gorski and William D Burgos, 2015, "Linear Free Energy Relationships for the Biotic and Abiotic Reduction of Nitroaromatic Compounds", Environmental Science & Technology, 49, pp. 3557-3565
  • Daniela Soltermann, Maria Marques Fernandes, Bart Baeyens, Rainer Daehn, Prachi A. Joshi, Andreas C. Scheinost and Christopher Gorski, 2014, "Fe(II) Uptake on Natural Montmorillonites. I. Macroscopic and Spectroscopic Characterization", Environmental Science & Technology, 48, (15), pp. 8688-8697
  • Fubo Luan, Christopher Gorski and William D Burgos, 2014, "Thermodynamic Controls on the Microbial Reduction of Iron-Bearing Nontronite and Uranium", Environmental Science & Technology, 48, pp. 2750-2758
  • Edward J O’Loughlin, Maxim I Boyanov, Theodore M Flynn, Christopher Gorski, Scott M Hofmann, Michael L McCormick, Michelle M Scherer and Kenneth M Kemner, 2013, "Effects of bound phosphate on the bioreduction of Lepidocrocite ($?$-FeOOH) and Maghemite ($?$-Fe2O3) and formation of secondary minerals!!!", Environmental science & technology, 47, (16), pp. 9157–9166
  • Christopher Gorski, Laura E. Kluepfel, Andreas Voegelin, Michael Sander and Thomas B. Hofstetter, 2013, "Redox Properties of Structural Fe in Clay Minerals: 3. Relationships between Smectite Redox and Structural Properties", Environmental Science & Technology, 47, (23), pp. 13477-13485
  • Kristina I Lilova, Carolyn I Pearce, Christopher Gorski, Kevin M Rosso and Alexandra Navrotsky, 2012, "Thermodynamics of the magnetite-ulvöspinel (Fe3O4-Fe2TiO4) solid solution", American Mineralogist, 97, pp. 1330–1338
  • Haihan Chen, Alexander Laskin, Jonas Baltrusaitis, Christopher Gorski, Michelle M. Scherer and Vicki H. Grassian, 2012, "Coal Fly Ash as a Source of Iron in Atmospheric Dust", Environmental Science & Technology, 46, (4), pp. 2112-2120
  • Christopher Gorski, Robert M. Handler, Brian L. Beard, Timothy Pasakarnis, Clark M. Johnson and Michelle M. Scherer, 2012, "Fe Atom Exchange between Aqueous Fe2+ and Magnetite", Environmental Science & Technology, 46, (22), pp. 12399-12407
  • Drew E. Latta, Christopher Gorski and Michelle M. Scherer, 2012, "Influence of Fe2+-catalysed iron oxide recrystallization on metal cycling", Biochemical Society Transactions, 40, pp. 1191-1197
  • Drew E. Latta, Christopher Gorski, Maxim I. Boyanov, Edward J. O’Loughlin, Kenneth M. Kemner and Michelle M. Scherer, 2012, "Influence of Magnetite Stoichiometry on U-VI Reduction", Environmental Science & Technology, 46, (2), pp. 778-786
  • Christopher Gorski, Michael Aeschbacher, Daniela Soltermann, Andreas Voegelin, Bart Baeyens, Maria Marques Fernandes, Thomas B. Hofstetter and Michael Sander, 2012, "Redox Properties of Structural Fe in Clay Minerals. 1. Electrochemical Quantification of Electron-Donating and -Accepting Capacities of Smectites", Environmental Science & Technology, 46, (17), pp. 9360-9368
  • Christopher Gorski, Laura Kluepfel, Andreas Voegelin, Michael Sander and Thomas B. Hofstetter, 2012, "Redox Properties of Structural Fe in Clay Minerals. 2. Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Electron Transfer Irreversibility in Ferruginous Smectite, SWa-1", Environmental Science & Technology, 46, pp. 9369-9377
  • C. I. Pearce, O. Qafoku, J. Liu, E. Arenholz, S. M. Heald, R. K. Kukkadapu, Christopher Gorski, C. M. B. Henderson and K. M. Rosso, 2012, "Synthesis and properties of titanomagnetite (Fe3-xTixO4) nanoparticles: A tunable solid-state Fe(II/III) redox system", Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 387, pp. 24-38
  • Christopher Gorski, Michael Sander, Michael Aeschbacher and Thomas B. Hofstetter, 2011, "Assessing the redox properties of iron-bearing clay minerals using homogeneous electrocatalysis", Applied Geochemistry, 26, pp. S191-S193
  • Michael V. Schaefer, Christopher Gorski and Michelle M. Scherer, 2011, "Spectroscopic Evidence for Interfacial Fe(II)-Fe(III) Electron Transfer in a Clay Mineral", Environmental Science & Technology, 45, pp. 540-545
  • Drew E Latta, Christopher Gorski, Maxim I Boyanov, Edward J O’Loughlin, Kenneth M Kemner and Michelle M Scherer, 2011, "Influence of magnetite stoichiometry on UVI reduction", Environmental science & technology, 46, pp. 778–786
  • Kevin M. Rosso, Svetlana V. Yanina, Christopher Gorski, Philip Larese-Casanova and Michelle M. Scherer, 2010, "Connecting Observations of Hematite (a-Fe2O3) Growth Catalyzed by Fe(II)", Environmental Science & Technology, 44, pp. 61-67
  • Christopher Gorski and Michelle M. Scherer, 2010, "Determination of nanoparticulate magnetite stoichiometry by Mossbauer spectroscopy, acidic dissolution, and powder X-ray diffraction: A critical review", American Mineralogist, 95, (7), pp. 1017-1026
  • Edward J. O’Loughlin, Christopher Gorski, Michelle M. Scherer, Maxim I. Boyanov and Kenneth M. Kemner, 2010, "Effects of Oxyanions, Natural Organic Matter, and Bacterial Cell Numbers on the Bioreduction of Lepidocrocite (gamma-FeOOH) and the Formation of Secondary Mineralization Products", Environmental Science & Technology, 44, (12), pp. 4570-4576
  • Christopher Gorski, James T. Nurmi, Paul G. Tratnyek, Thomas B. Hofstetter and Michelle M. Scherer, 2010, "Redox Behavior of Magnetite: Implications for Contaminant Reduction", Environmental Science & Technology, 44, (1), pp. 55-60
  • JO Edward, Christopher Gorski, Michelle M Scherer, Maxim I Boyanov, Kenneth M Kemner and others, 2010, "Effects of Oxyanions, Natural Organic Matter, and Bacterial Cell Numbers on the Bioreduction of Lepidocrocite (?-FeOOH) and the Formation of Secondary Mineralization Products", Environmental science & technology, 44, (12), pp. 4570--4576
  • Christopher Gorski and Michelle M Scherer, 2009, "Influence of magnetite stoichiometry on FeII uptake and nitrobenzene reduction", Environmental science & technology, 43, (10), pp. 3675–3680

Conference Proceedings

  • Nicholas R Cross, Renaldo E Springer, Matthew Rau, Seguei N Lvov, Bruce E Logan, Christopher Gorski and Derek Hall, 2022, "Membrane Transport and Performance in the All-Aqueous Copper Thermally Regenerative Battery", (1), pp. 8--8
  • Nicholas R Cross, Matthew Rau, Serguei Lvov, Christopher Gorski, Bruce E Logan and Derek Hall, 2022, "The Impacts of Electrolyte Composition on Key Performance Metrics of the All-Aqueous Copper Thermally Regenerative Ammonia Battery", (1), pp. 98--98
  • Renaldo Springer, Nicholas Cross, Serguei Lvov, Bruce E Logan, Christopher Gorski and Derek Hall, 2021, "A High Performance All-Aqueous Thermally Regenerative Ammonia Battery", (1), pp. 102

Other

  • Th B Hofstetter, Y Sosedova, Christopher Gorski, A Voegelin and M Sander, 2014, "Redox properties of iron-bearing clays and MX-80 bentonite-electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization"

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Advising Award, Penn State Engineering Alumni Society (PSEAS), 2023

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