Chemical Engineer, IDREAM
Chemical Engineer, IDREAM

Biography

Trent R. Graham joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in 2017 for the final year of his PhD candidacy at Washington State University (WSU) as an independently funded research fellow through the PNNL-WSU Distinguished Graduate Research Program. After receiving his PhD in chemical engineering, he continued to perform research at PNNL as a chemical engineer in the geochemistry group. At PNNL, he conducts orthogonal research techniques to investigate the molecular-scale structure, dynamics, and reactivity of solvated oxyanions pertinent to nuclear waste.

Research Interest

  • Coordination changes in mineral transformations
  • Solvent dynamics
  • Chemical reactivity
  • Solute organization
  • Pre-nucleation species in highly alkaline systems
  • Pulsed field gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) diffusometry
  • Quadrupolar nuclei

Disciplines and Skills

  • NMR
  • Solid-state NMR
  • Raman spectroscopy
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • X-ray diffractometry

Education

  • PhD, Chemical Engineering, Washington State University
  • BS, Biological Engineering, Washington State University

Awards and Recognitions

  • Outstanding Performance award, PNNL, 2020

Publications

2021

  • Graham T.R., M. Dembowski, H. Wang, S.T. Mergelsberg, E.T. Nienhuis-Marcial, J.G. Reynolds, and C.H. Delegard, et al. 2021. "Hydroxide promotes ion pairing in the NaNO2-NaOH-H2O system." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 23, no. 1:112-122. PNNL-SA-156222. doi:10.1039/D0CP04799F
  • Livo K., M. Prasad, and T.R. Graham. 2021. "Quantification of dissolved O2 in bulk aqueous solutions and porous media using NMR relaxometry." Scientific Reports 11, no. 1:Article No.290. PNNL-SA-158252. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-79441-5
  • Lu X., J. Reiser, B. Parruzot, L. Deng, I. Gussav, J. Neuefeind, and T.R. Graham, et al. 2021. "Effects of Al:Si and (Al+Na):Si Ratios on the Properties of the International Simple Glass, Part II: Structure." Journal of the American Ceramic Society 104, no. 1:183-207. PNNL-SA-152946. doi:10.1111/jace.17447
  • Mergelsberg S.T., S.L. Riechers, T.R. Graham, M.P. Prange, and S.N. Kerisit. 2021. "Effect of Cd on the Nucleation and Transformation of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate." Crystal Growth & Design 21, no. 6:3384-3393. PNNL-SA-159457. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.1c00169
  • Reynolds J.G., M. Dembowski, T.R. Graham, and C.I. Pearce. 2021. "Nitrate and Nitrite Incompatibility with Hydroxide Ions in Concentrated NaOH Solutions: Implications for Hydroxide and Gibbsite Reactivity in Alkaline Nuclear Waste." Fluid Phase Equilibria 532. PNNL-SA-154145. doi:10.1016/j.fluid.2020.112922

2020

  • Banuelos J.L., M. Lee, M. Nguyen, D. Zhang, D. Malhotra, D. Cantu, and V. Glezakou, et al. 2020. "Subtle Changes in Hydrogen Bond Orientation Result in Glassification of Carbon Capture Solvents." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 22, no. 34:19009-19021. PNNL-SA-153262. doi:10.1039/D0CP03503C
  • Dembowski M., M. Snyder, C.H. Delegard, J.G. Reynolds, T.R. Graham, H. Wang, and I.I. Leavy, et al. 2020. "Ion-ion interactions enhance aluminum solubility in alkaline suspensions of nano-gibbsite (a-Al(OH)3) with sodium nitrite/nitrate." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 22, no. 8:4368-4378. PNNL-SA-142835. doi:10.1039/C9CP05856G
  • Dembowski M., M.P. Prange, M. Pouvreau, T.R. Graham, M.E. Bowden, A.T. N'Diaye, and G.K. Schenter, et al. 2020. "Inference of Principal Species in Caustic Aluminate Solutions Through Solid-State Spectroscopic Characterization." Dalton Transactions 49, no. 18:5869-5880. PNNL-SA-150681. doi:10.1039/d0dt00229a
  • Dembowski M., T.R. Graham, J.G. Reynolds, S.B. Clark, K.M. Rosso, and C.I. Pearce. 2020. "Influence of soluble oligomeric aluminum on precipitation in the Al-KOH-H2O system." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. PCCP 22, no. 42:24677-24685. PNNL-SA-152561. doi:10.1039/d0cp04820h
  • Graham T.R., M. Dembowski, J.Z. Hu, N.R. Jaegers, X. Zhang, S.B. Clark, and C.I. Pearce, et al. 2020. "Intermediate Species in the Crystallization of Sodium Aluminate Hydroxy Hydrates." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, no. 23:12337-12345. PNNL-SA-150266. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c00205
  • Graham T.R., R.M. Gorniak, M. Dembowski, X. Zhang, S.B. Clark, C.I. Pearce, and A.E. Clark, et al. 2020. "Solid-State Recrystallization Pathways of Sodium Aluminate Hydroxy Hydrates." Inorganic Chemistry 59, no. 10:6857-6865. PNNL-SA-150728. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00258
  • Hammond-Pereira E., K. Bryant, T.R. Graham, C. Yang, S.T. Mergelsberg, D. Wu, and S.R. Saunders. 2020. "Mesoporous silica-encapsulated gold core-shell nanoparticles for active solvent-free benzyl alcohol oxidation." Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 5, no. 10:1939-1949. PNNL-SA-151451. doi:10.1039/D0RE00198H
  • Huestis P.I., T.R. Graham, S.T. Mergelsberg, and J.A. LaVerne. 2020. "Identification of Radiolytically-Active Thermal Transition Phases in Boehmite." Thermochimica Acta 689. PNNL-SA-151694. doi:10.1016/j.tca.2020.178611
  • Krzysko A., E. Nakouzi, X. Zhang, T.R. Graham, K.M. Rosso, G.K. Schenter, and J. Ilavsky, et al. 2020. "Correlating inter-particle forces and particle shape to shear-induced aggregation/fragmentation and rheology for dilute anisotropic particle suspensions: a complementary study via capillary rheometry and in situ small and ultra-small angle X-ray scattering." Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 576. PNNL-SA-148317. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.016
  • Placencia-Gomez R.E., S.N. Kerisit, H.S. Mehta, O. Qafoku, C.J. Thompson, T.R. Graham, and E.S. Ilton, et al. 2020. "Critical Water Coverage during Forsterite Carbonation in Thin Water Films: Activating Dissolution and Mass Transport." Environmental Science & Technology 54, no. 11:6888-6899. PNNL-SA-151291. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c00897
  • Wang S., X. Zhang, T.R. Graham, H. Zhang, C.I. Pearce, Z. Wang, and S.B. Clark, et al. 2020. "Two-Step Route to Size and Shape Controlled Gibbsite Nanoplates and the Crystal Growth Mechanism." CrystEngComm 22, no. 15:2555-2565. PNNL-SA-150680. doi:10.1039/D0CE00114G

2019

  • Graham T.R., J.Z. Hu, X. Zhang, M. Dembowski, N.R. Jaegers, C. Wan, and M.E. Bowden, et al. 2019. "Unraveling Gibbsite Transformation Pathways into LiAl-LDH in Concentrated Lithium Hydroxide." Inorganic Chemistry 58, no. 18:12385-12394. PNNL-SA-138626. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02000
  • Wang H., T.R. Graham, E. Mamontov, K. Page, A.G. Stack, and C.I. Pearce. 2019. "Countercations Control Local Specific Bonding Interactions and Nucleation Mechanisms in Concentrated Water-in-Salt Solutions." Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 10, no. 12:3318-3325. PNNL-SA-142833. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b01416

2018

  • Graham T.R., D. Semrouni, E. Mamontov, A.J. Ramirez-Cuesta, K. Page, A.E. Clark, and G.K. Schenter, et al. 2018. "Coupled Multimodal Dynamics of Hydrogen-Containing Ion Networks in Water-Deficient, Sodium-Hydroxide-Aluminate Solutions." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122, no. 50:12097-12106. PNNL-SA-138723. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b09375
  • Graham T.R., K. Han, M. Dembowski, A. Krzysko, X. Zhang, J.Z. Hu, and S.B. Clark, et al. 2018. "27Al Pulsed Field Gradient, Diffusion-NMR Spectroscopy of Solvation Dynamics and Ion Pairing in Alkaline Aluminate Solutions." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 122, no. 48:10907-10912. PNNL-SA-138291. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10145
  • Graham T.R., M. Dembowski, E. Martinez Baez, X. Zhang, N.R. Jaegers, J.Z. Hu, and M.S. Gruszkiewicz, et al. 2018. "In-Situ 27Al NMR Spectroscopy of Aluminate in Sodium Hydroxide Solutions Above and Below Saturation with Respect to Gibbsite." Inorganic Chemistry 57, no. 19:11864-11873. PNNL-SA-132754. doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00617
  • Nakouzi E., J.A. Soltis, B.A. Legg, G.K. Schenter, X. Zhang, T.R. Graham, and K.M. Rosso, et al. 2018. "Impact of Solution Chemistry and Particle Anisotropy on the Collective Dynamics of Oriented Aggregation." ACS Nano 12, no. 10:10114-10122. PNNL-SA-132757. doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b04909
  • Zhang X., P.I. Huestis, C.I. Pearce, J.Z. Hu, K. Page, L.M. Anovitz, and A. Aleksandrov, et al. 2018. "Boehmite and Gibbsite Nanoplates for the Synthesis of Advanced Alumina Products." ACS Applied Nano Materials 1, no. 12:7115-7128. PNNL-SA-139693. doi:10.1021/acsanm.8b01969
  • Zhang X., W. Cui, K. Page, C.I. Pearce, M.E. Bowden, T.R. Graham, and Z. Shen, et al. 2018. "Size and Morphology Controlled Synthesis of Boehmite Nanoplates and Crystal Growth Mechanisms." Crystal Growth & Design 18, no. 6:3596-3606. PNNL-SA-132799. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.8b00394

2017

  • Hu J.Z., X. Zhang, N.R. Jaegers, C. Wan, T.R. Graham, M.Y. Hu, and C.I. Pearce, et al. 2017. "Transitions in Al Coordination During Gibbsite Crystallization Using High-Field 27Al and 23Na MAS NMR Spectroscopy." Journal of Physical Chemistry C 121, no. 49:27555-27565. PNNL-SA-130259. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b10424
  • Zhang X., X. Zhang, T.R. Graham, C.I. Pearce, B.L. Mehdi, A.T. N'Diaye, and S.N. Kerisit, et al. 2017. "Fast Synthesis of Gibbsite Nanoplates and Process Optimization using Box-Behnken Experimental Design." Crystal Growth & Design 17, no. 12:6801-6808. PNNL-SA-129361. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.7b01400