Office: Hickory 35A
Phone: 980-505-7382
Email: dsvinson@uncc.edu
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David Vinson
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Recent research areas
- Water-rock interaction in the redox-sensitive subsurface (naturally-occurring contaminants: arsenic, chromium, vanadium, strontium isotopes, radium isotopes)
- The role of shallow groundwater in Piedmont weathering, watersheds, and critical zone processes (stream restoration, urban dissolved inorganic carbon, water at the Redlair Observatory…)
- Subsurface biogeochemistry (methanogenesis, stable isotopes…)
I examine the processes that control element occurrence in natural and human-modified waters, with applications to energy resources, water quality, and groundwater sustainability. Environments of interest range from urban streams to deep saline groundwater. As tools, I use natural elements and isotope fingerprints to trace water-rock interaction, biogeochemical processing, mixing, and movement. These tools are combined with physical hydrologic data and in some cases microbiology to address a range of interdisciplinary problems. At UNC Charlotte, I teach courses in earth science, geochemistry, hydrology, and hydrogeology.
Education
- Ph.D (2011) Duke University – Earth & Ocean Sciences
- M.S. (2002) University of New Mexico – Earth & Planetary Sciences
- B.S. (2000) University of Alabama – Geology / American Studies
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