Superfund Research Program
Reto Giere
University of Pennsylvania
School of Arts and Science (SAS), Department of Earth and Environmental Sci
156 Hayden Hall
240 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Phone: 215-898-6907
Fax: 215-898-0964
Email: giere@sas.upenn.edu
Projects
- University of Pennsylvania: Inter-disciplinary Training Core (2014-2020)
- University of Pennsylvania: Mobility and Fate of Asbestos Particles (2014-2020)
- University of Pennsylvania: Remediation of Asbestos Particles (2014-2020)
Publications
2024
- Vigliaturo R, Jamnik M, Drazic G, Podobnik M, Znidaric M, Della Ventura G, Redhammer GJ, Znidarsic N, Caserman S, Giere R. 2024. Localization and dimensional range of amphibole particles retrieved from human alveolar epithelial cells. Minerals 14(1):doi:10.3390/min14010101
2023
- Choi JK, Vigliaturo R, Giere R, Perez-Rodriguez I. 2023. Microbe-mineral interactions between asbestos and thermophilic chemolithoautotrophic anaerobes. Appl Environ Microbiol doi:10.1128/aem.02048-22 PMID:37184266 PMCID:PMC10304897
2022
- Vigliaturo R, Jamnik M, Drazic G, Podobnik M, Znidaric MT, Della Ventura G, Redhammer GJ, Znidarsic N, Caserman S, Giere R. 2022. Nanoscale transformations of amphiboles within human alveolar epithelial cells. Sci Rep 12(1):1782. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05802-x PMID:35110621 PMCID:PMC8810849
2021
- Vigliaturo R, Elkassas SM, Della Ventura G, Redhammer GJ, Ruiz-Zepeda F, O'Shea M, Drazic G, Giere R. 2021. Multi-scale characterization of glaucophane from Chiavolino (Biella, Italy): Implications for international regulations on elongate mineral particles. Eur J Mineral 33:77-112. doi:10.5194/ejm-33-77-2021 PMID:33840909 PMCID:PMC8034610
2020
- Vigliaturo R, Marengo A, Bittarello E, Perez-Rodriguez I, Drazic G, Giere R. 2020. Micro- and nano-scale mineralogical characterization of Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterial stalks. Geobiology doi:10.1111/gbi.12398 PMID:32459887
2019
- Giacobbe C, Wright J, Dejoie C, Tafforeau P, Berruyer C, Vigliaturo R, Giere R, Gualtieri AF. 2019. Depicting the crystal structure of fibrous ferrierite from British Columbia using a combined synchrotron techniques approach. J Appl Crystallogr 52:1397-1408. doi:10.1107/S1600576719013980 PMID:31798362 PMCID:PMC6878881
- Vigliaturo R, Pollastri S, Giere R, Gualtieri AF, Drazic G. 2019. Experimental quantification of the Fe-valence state at amosite-asbestos boundaries using acSTEM dual-electron energy-loss spectroscopy. American Mineralogist 104:1820-1828. doi:10.2138/am-2019-7218
2018
- Arletti R, Fantini R, Giacobbe C, Giere R, Vezzalini G, Vigliaturo R, Quartieri S. 2018. High-temperature behavior of natural ferrierite: In-situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study. American Mineralogist 103:1741-1748. doi:10.2138/am-2018-6663
- Ventura GD, Vigliaturo R, Giere R, Pollastri S, Gualtieri AF, Iezzi G. 2018. Infra red spectroscopy of the regulated asbestos amphiboles. Minerals 8(9):413. doi:10.3390/min8090413
- Vigliaturo R, Ventura GD, Choi JK, Marengo A, Lucci F, O'Shea M, Perez-Rodriguez I, Giere R. 2018. Mineralogical characterization and dissolution experiments in Gamble's solution of Tremolitic Amphibole from Passo di Caldenno (Sondrio, Italy). Minerals 8:24. doi:10.3390/min8120557