Visiting Scientists
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Prof. Christopher Hall MA DPhil DSc (Oxford) CEng FRSC FIM Professor of Materials, The University of Edinburgh 1999 -- Director of Research, School of Engineering and Electronics 2002--2008 |
| Research activities: experimental methods for studying reactive transport and chemomechanical processes in complex inorganic materials such as rocks and cement-based materials; the development of synchrotron-based diffraction tomography, the application of scanning probe microscopy to mineral/water reactions; the hydrothermal chemistry of materials under deep borehole conditions; and analysis and chemistry in archaeology and building conservation. | |
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Prof. Bjørn Jamtveit Professor of Petrology, University of Oslo 1993- Director, Physics of Geological Processes (PGP) Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Member, Royal Society of Norway |
| Research activities: aspects of pattern formation in Geo-systems, fluid migration in the Earth's crust, metamorphic processes, and crystal growth. | |
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Prof. Manuel Prieto Universidad de Oviedo Facultad de Geología Campus de Llamaquique Jesús Arias de Velasco s/n 33005 Oviedo Spain |
| Research activities: Prof. Prieto specializes in crystallization behaviour in systems of solid-solution/aqueous-solution, thermodynamics, kinetics, nucleation and crystal growth, geochemistry, and crystallography. | |




