Scott Wood

Professor, College of Science Dean Geochemistry swood@uidaho.edu Dept Geological Sciences (208)885-5966 Webpage

EDUCATION

• PhD, Geochemistry, 1985—Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• MA, Geochemistry, 1982—Princeton University
• BA, Geology and Chemistry, 1980—Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular mechanisms of aqueous processes and water-rock interactions
• Metal speciation and transport 
• Solubility, calorimetric, spectroscopic, electrochemical, phase equilibrium studies
• Field-based studies of ore deposits, geothermal systems and the environment 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Connon, S., Koski, A., Neal, A., Wood, S., and Magnuson, T. 2008. Ecophysiology and geochemistry of microbial arsenic oxidation within a high arsenic, circumneutral hot spring system of the Alvord Desert. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.
• Kruszewski, J. and Wood, S.A. 2007. The solubility of bismuth in water vapor at 220°C. In Bullen, T.D. and Wang, Y., eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-12, v. 1, Kunming, China, 31 July – 5 August, 2007. Taylor & Francis, London, p. 131-134.
• Redkin, A.F. and Wood, S.A. 2007. Uranium(VI) in aqueous solutions at 25°C and a pressure of 1 bar: Insight from experiments and calculations. Geochem. Int. 45:1111-1123.
• Wood, S.A. and Norman, C. 2007. Mobility of palladium chloride complexes in mafic rocks: insights from a flow-through experiment at 25 °C using air-saturated, acidic, and Cl-rich solutions. Mineral. Petrol. DOI 10.1007/s00710-007-0193-5
• Wood, S.A. and Williams-Jones, A.E. 2007. Speciation and solubility of Co(II) in the system Co-O-H-Cl-S at saturated water vapor pressure up to 300 °C. In Bullen, T.D. and Wang, Y., eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-12, v. 1, Kunming, China, 31 July – 5 August, 2007. Taylor & Francis, London, p. 395-398.
• Wood, S.A. 2006. Rare earth element systematics of acidic geothermal waters from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Jour. Geochem. Explor. 89:424-427.
• Wood, S.A. 2006. The behavior of rare earth elements in naturally and anthropogenically acidified waters. Jour. Alloys Comps. 418:161-165.
• Wood, S.A. and Samson, I.M. 2006. The aqueous geochemistry of gallium, germanium, indium and scandium. Ore Geol. Rev. 28:57-102.
• Wood, S.A., Taunton, A.E., Normand, C., and Gunter, M.E. 2006. Mineral-fluid interaction in the lungs: Insights from reaction-path modeling. Inhalation Toxicology 18:975-984.
• Xiong, Y., Wood, S.A., and Kruszewksi, J. 2006. Hydrothermal transport and deposition of rhenium under subcritical conditions revisited. Economic Geology 101:471-478.