The Curriculum Vitae of

Gordon Ante Vrdoljak

 
PERSONAL DATA
 
Age: 35
Family Status: Married
Leisure Activities: Squash, bicycling, & astronomy
Address: Electron Microscope Lab, 26 Giannini Hall
University of California, Berkeley CA, 94720-3330
TEL: (510)-642-2085
 
CURRENT STATUS
 Senior Research Associate: career position
Location: Electron Microscope Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Director:Kent McDonald
Tasks:Maintain and operate scanning/transmission electron microscopes for the facility, various sample processing and high vacuum equipment, and administrate the lab computers and network systems. Conduct independent research and assist users of the facility with projects at the laboratory.


 
EDUCATION
 1994-1998 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720
Degree: Ph. D. in soil chemistry
Thesis: microscopy and micromorphology of tropical soils
Advisor: Dr. Garrison Sposito
 
1992-1994 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B1
Degree: M Sc. in geology
Thesis: Surface geochemical study of phyllosilicates
Advisor: Dr. Grant S. Henderson
 
1988-1992 University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B1
Degree: B. Sc. in chemistry and geology, with distinction
Thesis: Surface mineralogy of chlorite
Advisor: Dr. Grant S. Henderson
G.P.A.: 3.42
 
WORK EXPERIENCE
 
Senior Research Associate: career position
Location: Electron Microscope Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Director:Kent McDonald
Tasks:Maintain and operate scanning electron microscopes for the facility, various sample processing and high vacuum equipment, and administrate the lab computers and network systems. Conduct independent research and assist users of the facility with projects at the laboratory.

Postdoctoral Scientist: 1-3 year appointment
Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Advisors: Dr. Jiamin Wan, Dr. Tetsu Tokunaga
Research Topic: Bacterial bioremediation of Cr and U in sediments.

Postdoctoral Researcher: 1 year appointment
Location: University of California at Berkeley
Advisor: Dr. Garrison Sposito, Dr. Paulo Monteiro
Research Topic: Surface chemistry of reebar corrosion
in reinforced concrete.
 
1994-1998 Graduate Student Researcher
Location: University of California at Berkeley
Employer: Dr. Garrison Sposito
Tasks: Analysis of tropical soils using light, electron, and
atomic force microscopies.
 
1995-1998; Computer Resource Specialist II - Supervisor, Facility Coordinator, Computer Consultant.
Location: University of California at Berkeley
Employer: Integrated Systems and Technology, UC Berkeley
Tasks: Over three years working for the computer department, I was promoted from a consultant level to, facility coordinator (where I supervised a computer laboratory), to finally a supervisor level where I trained and managed a consultant staff of 100 workers and technical maintenance of eight computer laboratories composed of macintosh, windows, and Windows NT platforms.
 
1992-1994 Research Assistant and AFM Laboratory Technician
Location: University of Toronto
Employer: Dr. Grant S. Henderson
Tasks: AFM laboratory maintenance, collaborative
projects on surface mineral chemistry.
 
1991 Chemist's Assistant
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Employer: Metropolitan Works Department
Tasks: Chemical analysis of groundwater samples
surrounding landfill sites using wet chemical and
spectroscopic techniques.
 
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Computers: System Administration on Linux, Irix, NT, win/mac systems.
Numerous crystallographic, word-processing, spreadsheet, and
chemical software on IBM, MAC and UNIX systems.
AFM: Six years in obtaining atomic-scale images
TEM: Six years experience
SEM: Two years experience
XPS: Two years experience
AAS: Two years experience
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 American Geophysical Union
Mineralogical Society of America
Geochemical Society of America
 
SCHOLARLY AWARDS
 -Professor Earl Storie Memorial Scholarship and Carolyn Meek
Memorial Scholarship $7699/term
-NSERC Scholarship two terms, $17,000/term (declined)
-Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) three terms, $3,953 /term
-The Coleman Gold Medal in Geology for highest standing as an undergraduate
-NSERC summer research scholarship, $4800
-The Wesley Tate Scholarship in Geology, $449
-The Gollop Scholarship in Chemistry, $700
-The Ellsworth Scholarship in Mineralogy, $3000
-The Edward Blake Scholarship in Physical Science, $50
-Ontario Scholar, $100


PUBLICATIONS
 
 Full Journal Papers/Books:

Vrdoljak, G.A. (2003) Preparation of Soil Samples for Light and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Microscopy Today, 11-4.

Vrdoljak, G.A. & Sposito, G.(2002) Soil Aggregate Hierarchy in a Brazilian
Oxisol, (in Soil Mineral-Organic Matter-MicroOrganism Interactions and Ecosystem Health, Developments in Soil Science, 28A, A. Violante, P.M. Huang, J.M. Bollag, and L. Gianfreda ed., p197-217.
 
Vrdoljak, G.A., Sposito, G., & Hersman, L.E. (1999); Microbial Mediated Dissolution of Iron Oxides, University of California Directed Research and Development Activities, 46-54.

Vrdoljak, G.A. (1998); Ultramicroscopy of a Brazilian Oxisol, Ph.D. thesis, University of California at Berkeley. Wicks, F.J., Henderson, G.S., & Vrdoljak, G.A. (1994); Atomic and Molecular Scale
9; Imaging of Layered and Other Mineral Structures, in Volume 7 of the CMS
Workshop Lectures, Scanning Probe Microscopy of Clay Minerals, Nagy, K.L., &
Blum, A.E. editors, p92-138.
 
Vrdoljak, G.A., Henderson, G.S., Fawcett, J.J., & Wicks, F.J. (1994); Structural Relaxation of the Chlorite Surface Imaged by the Atomic Force Microscope,
American Mineralogist, v79, p109-114.
 
Wicks, F.J., Kjoller, K., Eby, R.K., Hawthorne, F.C., Henderson, G.S., & Vrdoljak, G.A.
 (1993); Imaging the Internal Atomic Structure of Layer Silicate Using the Atomic
Force Microscope, Canadian Mineralogist , v31, p541-550.
 
Vrdoljak, G.A. & Henderson, G.S. (1993); Specific Ion Adsorption at the Mineral-Water
Interface: Cesium Adsorption on Chlorite. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, v87, p187-196.
 
Henderson, G.S., Vrdoljak, G.A., Eby, R.K., Wicks, F.J., & Rachlin, A.L. (1993);
Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Layer Silicate Minerals. Colloids and
Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, v87, p197-212.
 
Proceedings & Abstracts:
 Vrdoljak, G.A., Feil, W., Feil, H., Detter, C. (2003); Characterization of a Diesel Sludge Microbial Consortia for Bioremediation. Scanning, v25-2, p101.

Vrdoljak, G.A., Sposito, G. (1999); Organic Mineral Association in a Tropical Soil. Abstracts of the American Chemical Society, 217: 092-GEOC Part 1.

Vrdoljak, G.A., & Sposito, G. (1997); Investigations of Aggregate Hierarchy in a
Brazilian Oxisol. 89th Annual Meeting of American Society of Agronomy, Crop
Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America Program and
Abstracts. (Ph.D. work)
 
Wicks, F.J., Ray K. Eby, Henderson, G.S., Fawcett, J.J., & Vrdoljak, G.A. (1992), Some
Tip-Sample Interactions in the Atomic Force Microscope. Mineralogical
Association of Canada (MAC)/Geological Association of Canada (GAC) 1992
Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts.
 
Vrdoljak, G.A., Henderson, G.S., Fawcett, J.J., & Wicks, F.J. (1992); Atomic Force
Microscope (AFM) Imaging of Specific Ion Adsorption at the Mineral-Water
Interface. Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC)/Geological Association
of Canada (GAC) 1992 Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts.
 
 
Vrdoljak, G.A., Henderson, G.S., Fawcett, J.J., & Wicks, F.J. (1992), An Atomic Force
Microscope Study of the Chlorite-Water and Astrophyllite-Water Interfaces.
American Geophysical Union Fall 1992 Program with Abstracts.
 
Vrdoljak, G.A., Henderson, G.S., Fawcett, J.J., & Wicks, F.J. (1992), An AFM Study of
the Chlorite-Fluid Interface. Geological Society of America 1992 Program with
Abstracts
 
Vrdoljak, G.A., Henderson, G.S., Fawcett, J.J., & Wicks, F.J. (1992), The Surface
Structure of Chlorite. Central Canada Geological Conference 1992 Program and
Abstracts.
 
 
REFERENCES
 
Dr. Garrison Sposito (professor)
College of Natural Resources
108 Hilgard Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley California
94720-3110 TEL: (510)-643-8297
 
Dr. Ron Gronsky (professor)
Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering
569 Evans Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley California
94720-1760: TEL: (510) 643-9708

Dr. Grant S. Henderson (professor)
University of Toronto
22 Russell Street
Toronto ON M5S 3B1 TEL: (416) 978-6041
 
Fred J. Wicks, Curator of Mineralogy
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto ON M5S 2C6 TEL: (416) 586-5820