Martin Schoonen

About

Martin A. A. Schoonen is a professor in the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University, where he has been a faculty member since 1989. He holds an M.Sc. from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, obtained in 1984, and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, earned in 1989. His research interests focus on the reactivity of earth materials under a wide range of conditions. Currently on leave from Stony Brook, he leads part of his work at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), primarily in a management role, while actively working on the application of synchrotron-based analytical techniques to study various earth materials.

Research topics

• Geology
• Mineralogy
• Chemistry
• Geochemistry
• Environmental chemistry
• Materials science
• Organic chemistry

Selected publications

• Non-linear hydroxyl radical formation rate in dispersions containing mixtures of pyrite and chalcopyrite particles

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 2017-03-18 · 27 citations

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• Measurement of OH* Generation by Pulverized Minerals Using Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy and Implications for the Reactivity of Planetary Regolith

  GeoHealth · 2018-12-20 · 22 citations

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  Mineral analogs to silicate phases common to planetary regolith, including olivine; the pyroxenes augite and diopside; the plagioclase feldspars labradorite, bytownite, and albite; the Johnson Space Center-1A lunar regolith simulant; as well as quartz (used as a reference), were subjected to mechanical pulverization by laboratory milling for times ranging from 5 to 45 min. Pulverized minerals were then incubated in an aqueous solution containing the free radical spin trapping compound 5,5-Dimeth…

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• Accuracy of Thermodynamic Databases for Hydroxyapatite Dissolution Constant

  Astrobiology · 2019-12-27 · 12 citations

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  Discrepancies have been noted in the solubility constant values of calcium phosphate minerals between various databases employed in widely used aqueous speciation calculation software programs. This can cause serious errors in the calculated speciation of waters when using these software programs. The aim of this communication was to bring to light these discrepancies. Experimental determinations of the hydroxyapatite (HAP) solubility product vary by as much as 10 orders of magnitude as a result…

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• The role of Iraqi dust in inducing lung injury in United States soldiers—An interdisciplinary study

  GeoHealth · 2017-07-01 · 12 citations

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  United States soldiers are returning from the Greater Middle East with respiratory illnesses ranging from new onset asthma to constrictive bronchiolitis. The etiology of the diseases is unknown. A study was conducted to determine the possible role of local mineral dust in the development of abnormal respiratory illnesses in soldiers during and after deployment in Iraq. A dust sample obtained in proximity to a burn pit in Camp Victory, Iraq, (CVD) was characterized both chemically and mineralogic…

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• Freshwater and Evaporite Brine Compositions on Hadean Earth: Priming the Origins of Life

  Astrobiology · 2022 · 10 citations

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  were addressed by a single, globally operating mechanism of atmosphere-water-rock interactions without invoking special microenvironments. The present results support a facile origins-of-life hypothesis even under a neutral atmosphere as long as other favorable geophysical and planetary conditions are also met.

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Frequent coauthors

• Daniel R. Strongin

  Temple University

  168 shared

• Michael J. Borda

  University of Pennsylvania

  53 shared

• F. Marc Michel

  Virginia Tech

  42 shared

• John B. Parise

  Stony Brook University

  37 shared

• Sytle M. Antao

  University of Calgary

  36 shared

• Peter J. Chupas

  Stony Brook University

  32 shared

• Scot T. Martin

  Harvard University Press

  31 shared

• Alexander Smirnov

  Dowling College

  29 shared

Labs

• Department of GeosciencesPI

Education

• M.S.

  University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

  1984

• Ph.D.

  Pennsylvania State University

  1989

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