Bettina M. Voelker

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Biogeochemical cycling of toxic and nutrient metals. Photochemistry and free radical chemistry in aqueous environment systems.

Labs and Research Centers

• Voelker Research Group

Education

• BS – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• MS – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• PhD – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
• Postdoctoral Study – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Research Areas

Biogeochemical cycling of toxic and nutrient metals. Photochemistry and free radical chemistry in aqueous environment systems.

Publications

• Hansard S.P., Easter H.D., Voelker B.M.  Rapid Reaction of Nanomolar Mn(II) with Superoxide Radical in Seawater and Simulated Freshwater Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45, 2811 – 2817.
• Learman D.R., Voelker B.M., Vasquez-Rodriguez A.I., Hansel C.M.  Formation of manganese oxides by bacterially generated superoxide Nature Geoscience 2011, 4, 95 – 98.
• Hansard S.P., Vermilyea A.W., Voelker B.M. Measurements of superoxide radical concentration and decay kinetics in the Gulf of Alaska Deep Sea Research Part I – Oceanographic Research Papers 2010, 57, 1111 – 1119.
• Vermilyea A.W., Dixon T.C., Voelker B.M. Use of H₂¹⁸O₂ To Measure Absolute Rates of Dark H₂O₂ Production in Freshwater Systems Environmental Science & Technology2010, 44, 3066 – 3072.
• Vermilyea A.W., Hansard S.P., Voelker B.M. Dark production of hydrogen peroxide in the Gulf of Alaska Limnology and Oceanography 2010, 55, 580 – 588.