Research Expertise/Experience

April 2018 - PresentBeamline ScientistSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
March 2017 - April 2018Postdoctoral ScholarLos Alamos National Laboratory
October 2013 - March 2017Postdoctoral ScholarSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
July 2013 - October 2013Postdoctoral ScholarLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2005 - 2006Research AssistantWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Current Projects

Currently, I apply this approach to understand how Ca2+ influences the sorption of organic matter to mineral surfaces via cation bridging in calcite-rich sediments, which can serve to stabilize organic matter against mineralization.  I use nanoscale imaging techniques to assess the importance and distribution of Ca-organic matter complexes in sediment.  The coordination environment of Ca2+ by organic matter is being investigated using a combination of Ca K-edge XAS performed at SSRL, and density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations performed at EMSL and supported by an active user proposal there.

In addition, I lead a NAWI-funded project aimed at quantifying rates in scale formation in brines produced during desalination used to produce clean, potable water.  Management of the brine produced as a waste product of reverse osmosis is a major environmental and technical challenge.  To achieve high water recovery and enable valorization processes, brines must be concentrated to high salinities.  At these high solute concentrations, unwanted precipitation on membranes and other surfaces, called "scaling" limits the efficacy and lifespan of both membrane and evaporative technologies.  Advanced synchrotron-based X-ray methods will be used to characterize rates of mineral (Ca/Ba/Sr sulfates, silica) nucleation and growth in a high throughput fashion, enabling exploration of a large brine chemistry matrix.

Education

May 2013Ph.D.Environmental Science, Policy, and ManagementUniversity of California at Berkeley
May 2009MScCivil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of California at Berkeley
May 2005BAChemistryVassar College

Publications/Presentations

Publications

Calendar Year 2021 Publications (including submitted manuscripts under review)

  1. Niemann, V.; Steinrück, H.G.; Toney, M.F.; Tarpeh, W.; Bone, S.E. (2021) Unraveling the fouling mechanism in reverse osmosis membranes.  Environmental Science Technology. To be submitted
  2. Sowers, T.; Bone, S.; Noerpel, M.; Blackmon, M.; Karna, R.; Scheckel, K.; Juhasz, A.; Diamond, G.; Thomas, D.; Bradham, K. (2021) Plumbojarosite remediation of soil affects lead speciation and elemental interactions in soil and in mice tissues. Environmental Science and Technology, In press
  3. Zhang, Y.; Wan, G.; Lewis, N.H.C.; Mars, J.; Bone, S.E.; Steinrück, H.-G.; Lukatskaya, M.R.; Weadock, N.J.; Bajdich, M.; Borodin, O.; Tokmakoff, A.; Toney, M.F.; Maginn, E.J., (2021) Water or Anion? Uncovering the Zn2+ Solvation Environment in Mixed Zn(TFSI)2 and LiTFSI Water-in-Salt Electrolytes. ACS Energy Letters 3458-3463.
  4. Besli, M.M.; Kuppan, S.; Bone, S.E.; Sainio, S.; Hellstrom, S.; Christensen, J.; Metzger, M. (2021) Performance and lifetime of intercalative water deionization cells for mono- and divalent ion removal. Desalination 517: 115218
  5. Besli, M.M.; Usubelli, C.; Subbaraman, A.; Pour Safaei, F.R.; Bone, S.E.; Johnston, C.; Schneider, G.; Beauchaud, F.; Ravi, N.; Christensen, J.; Doeff, M.M.; Metzger, M.; Kuppan, S. (2021) Location-Dependent Cobalt Deposition in Smartphone Cells upon Long-Term Fast-Charging Visualized by Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence. Chemistry of Materials. 33, 6318-6328
  6. Nolan, P.J.;  Bone, S.E.;  Campbell, K.M.;  Pan, D.;  Healy, O.M.;  Stange, M.;  Bargar, J.R.; Weber, K. A. (2021) U(VI) attenuation in a carbonate-bearing oxic alluvial aquifer. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 412, 125089

 

Calendar Year 2020 Publications (including submitted manuscripts under review)

  1. Bone, S.E.; Steinrück, H.-G.; Toney, M.F. (2020) Opportunities for advanced characterization in clean water technologies. Joule 8, 1637-1659
  2. Bone, S. E.;  Cliff, J.;  Weaver, K.;  Takacs, C. J.;  Roycroft, S.;  Fendorf, S.; Bargar, J. R. (2020) Uranium complexation by organic matter and clay minerals in anoxic contaminated sediments. Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (3), 1493-1502. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04741

 

Calendar Year 2019 Publications

  1. Stein, B.; Morgenstern, A.; Batista, E.; Birnbaum, E.; Bone, S.; Cary, S.; Ferrier, M.; John, K.; Lezama-Pacheco, J.; Kozimor, S.; Mocko, V.; Scott, B.; Yang, P. (2019) Advancing Chelation Chemistry for Actinium and other +3 f-Elements, Am, Cm, La. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 19404-19414
  2. Klein, A.R.; Bone, S.E.; Bakker, E.; Chang, Z.; Aristilde, L. (2019) Abiotic phosphorus recycling from adsorbed ribonucleotides on a ferrihydrite-type mineral: Probing solution and surface species.  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 547, 171-182
  3. Bennett, K.T.**; Bone, S.E.**; Akin, A.C.; Birnbaum, E.R.; Blake, A.V.; Brugh, M.; Daly, S.R.; Engle, j.W.; Fassbender, M.E.; Ferrier, M.G.; Kosimor, S.A.; Lilley, L.M.; martinez, C. A.; Mocko, V.; Nortier, F.M.; Stein, B.W.; Thiemann, S.L.; Vermeulen, C. (2019) Large-Scale Production of 119mTe and 119Sb for Radiopharmaceutical Applicaitons. ACS Central Science 5(3), 494-505. **These authors contributed equally to this manuscript
  4. Jing, S.; Batista, E.R.; Boland, K.S.; Bone, S.E.; Bradley, J.A.; Cary, S.K.; Clark, D.L.; Conradson, S.D.; Ditter, A.S.; Kaltsoyannis, N.; Keith, J.M.; Kerridge, A.; Kozimor, S.A.; Loeble, M.W.; Martin, R.L.; Minasian, S.G.; Mocko, V.; La Pierre, H.S.; Seidler, G.T.; Shuh, D.K.; Wilkerson, M.P.; Wolfsberg, L.E.; Yang, P. (2019) Energy-degeneracy-driven covalency in actinide bonding. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140, 17977-17984

Calendar Year 2018 Publications

  1. Ferrier, M.G.; Stein, V.W.; Bone, S.E.; Cary, S.K.; Ditter, A.S.; Kozimor, S.A.; Lezama-Pacheco, J.S.; Mocko, V.; Seidler, G.T. (2018) The coordination chemistry of CmIII, AmIII, and AcIII in nitrate solutions: an actinide L3-edge EXAFS study. Chemical Science 35:7078-7090
  2. Pattenaude, S.A.; Mullane, K.C.; Schelter, E.J.; Ferrier, M.G.; Stein, B.W.; Bone, S.E.; Lezama-Pacheco, J.S.; Kozimor, S.A.; Fanwick, P.E.; Zeller, M.; Bart, S.C. (2018) Redox-Active vs Redox-Innocent: A Comparison of Uranium Complexes Containing Diamine Ligands. Inorganic Chemistry 57:6530-65329
  3. Lai, Y.; Bone.S.E.; Ferrier, M.G.; Lezama-Pacheco, J.; Mocko, V.; Ditter, A.S.; Kozimor, S.A.; Seidler, G.T.; Nelson, W.L.; Chiu, Y.-C; Huang, K.; Potter, W.; Graf, D.; Albrecht-Schmitt, T.E.; Baumbach, R.E. (2018) Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Point in CePd2P2 with PD→Ni substitution. Physical Review B 97:224406

Calendar Year 2017 Publications

  1. Bone, S. E.;  Cahill, M. R.;  Jones, M. E.;  Fendorf, S.;  Davis, J.;  Williams, K. H.; Bargar, J. R. (2017) Oxidative Uranium Release from Anoxic Sediments under Diffusion-Limited Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (19), 11039-11047. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02241
  2. Bone, S. E.; Dynes, J. J.; Cliff, J.; Bargar, J. R. (2017) Uranium (IV) adsorption by natural organic matter in sediments. P Natl Acad Sci USA, 114 (4), 711–716. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611918114
  3. Boye, K.; Noël, V.; Tfaily, M.; Bone, S.; Williams, K.; Bargar, J.; Fendorf, S. (2017) Thermodynamically controlled preservation of organic carbon in floodplains. Nature Geoscience, 10, 415–419. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2940
  4. César, N.;  Almeida, J.;  Ellström, M.;  Bahr, A.;  Bone, S. E.;  Rosenstock, N.;  Bargar, J. R.;  Tunlid, A.;  Persson, P.; Wallander, H. (2017) Chemical changes in organic matter after fungal colonization in a nitrogen fertilized and unfertilized Norway spruce forest. Plant and Soi,l, 419 (1-2), 113-126. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-017-3324-8
  5. Noël, V.;  Boye, K.;  Kukkadapu, R. K.;  Bone, S.;  Pacheco, J. S. L.;  Cardarelli, E.;  Janot, N.;  Fendorf, S.;  Williams, K. H.; Bargar, J. R., (2017) Understanding controls on redox processes in floodplain sediments of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Sci Total Environ, 603, 663-675. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.109
  6. Noël, V.;  Boye, K.;  Lezama Pacheco, J. S.;  Bone, S. E.;  Janot, N.;  Cardarelli, E.;  Williams, K. H.; Bargar, J. R., (2017) Redox controls over the stability of U(IV) in floodplains of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Environmental Science & Technology, 51 (19), 10954-10964. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b02203

Calendar Year 2015 Publications

  1. Simanova, A.; Kwon, K.; Bone, S.E.; Bargar, J.R.; Refson, K.; Sposito, G.; Peña, J.; (2015) Probing the sorption reactivity of the edge surfaces in birnessite nanoparticles using nickel(II). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 164: 191-204

Calendar Year 2014 Publications

  1. Bone, S.E.; Bargar, J.R.; Sposito, G. (2014) Mackinawite (FeS) reduces mercury(II) under sulfidic conditions. Environmental Science and Technology48:10681-10689

Calendar Year 2011 Publications

  1. Kwon, K.D.; Refson, K.; Bone, S.E.; Qiao, R.; Yang, W.; Liu, Z.; Sposito, G. (2011) Magnetic ordering in mackinawite (tetragonal FeS): Evidence for strong itinerant spin fluctuations. Physical Review B 83:1-7

Calendar Year 2007 Publications

  1. Bone, S.E.; Charette, M.A.; Lamborg, C.H.; Gonneea, M.E. (2007) Has submarine groundwater discharge been overlooked as a source of mercury to coastal waters? Environmental Science and Technology 41:3090-3095

Calendar Year 2006 Publications

  1. Bones, S.E.; Gonneea, M.E.; Charette, M.A. (2006) Geochemical cycling of arsenic in a coastal aquifer. Environmental Science and Technology 40:3273-3278

 

Presentations

Calendar Year 2021 Presentations

  1. Bargar J.R.,; Bone S.E.; Dewey C.; Noël V.; Fendorf S. (2021) Radionuclide and heavy metal complexation on complex natural sorbents. Presented at the American Chemical Society (ACS) Virtual Spring Meeting. April 5-16.  [Invited talk]

 

Calendar Year 2021 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E. (2021) Molecular insights into interfacial chemistry in natural and engineered systems. Presented at the Institute for Advanced Membrance Technology, KIT

Calendar Year 2020 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E.; Govind, N.; Andersen, A.; Cliff, J.; Weaver, K.; Roycroft, S.; Fendorf, S.; Takacs, C.J.; Bargar, J.R. (2020) Calcium complexation by organic matter in calcareous sediments. Presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting - Virtual, San Francisco, CA. December 1-17. [Invited]
  2. Bone, S.E., Cliff, J.; Andersen, A.; Govind, N.; Takacs, C.J.; Roycroft, S.; Weaver, K.; Fendorf, S.; Bargar, J.R. (2020) Probing metal‐organic matter complexation in sediments using chemical imaging. Presented at the Advanced Light Source User Meeting, August 25-28 [Invited]
  3. Bone, S.E.; Cliff, J.; Weaver, K.; Roycroft, S.; Fendorf, S.; Takacs, C.J.; Bargar, J.R. (2020) Calcium complexation by organic matter in calcareous sediments. Presented at the Goldschmidt Virtual Conference, June 21-26. [Talk]
  4. Bargar, J. R.; Noel, V.; Bone, S.; Boye, K.; Fendorf, S.; Babey, T.; Maher, K. (2020) Influence of environmental interfaces on molecular processes controlling uranium behavior. Presented at the ACS 2020 National Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 23. [Talk]  
  5. Bone, S.E., Cliff, J.; Takacs, C.J.; Roycroft, S.; Weaver, K.; Fendorf, S.; Bargar, J.R. (2020) Molecular insights into interfacial chemistry in natural and engineered systems. Presented at Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Feb 10. [Invited]

 

Calendar Year 2019 Presentations

  1. Bargar, J. R., Noel, V., Roycroft, S., Bobb, C., Bone, S. E., Boye, K., Johnson, R. and Dam, W. L. (2019) Uranium Dynamics in Semi-Arid Watersheds. Presented at the Water Systems Symposium, Stanford, CA, USA. October 12. [Invited]
  2. Bone, S.E., Cliff, J.; Jones, M.A.; Cahill, M.; Roycroft, S.; Weaver, K.; Fendorf, S.; Davis, J.; Williams, K.; Boye, K.; Noel, V.; Takacs, C.; Bargar, J.R. (2019) Influences of Organic Matter on Uranium Retention and Mobilization in Contaminated Aquifers. Presented at the University of Lausanne, Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics. Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct 2, 2019 [Invited]
  3. Bargar, J. R., Noël, V., Bone, S. E., Roycroft, S., Dam, W. L., Johnson, R. H. and Williams, K. H.  (2019) Redox, Hydrological, and Molecular Controls over Uranium Mobility in Redox-Variable Aquifers Presented at the Seaborg Institute Science Symposium Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Jan 18. [Invited]

 

Calendar Year 2018 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E., Cliff, J.; Jones, M.A.; Cahill, M.; Roycroft, S.; Fendorf, S.; Davis, J.; Williams, K.; Boye, K.; Noel, V.; Bargar, J.R. (2018) Integrating imaging techniques for elucidating coupled nutrient and contaminant biogeochemical cycles. SSRL User Meeting. Sep. 25-28. [Invited]
  2. Bone, S.E., Cliff, J.; Jones, M.A.; Cahill, M.; Roycroft, S.; Fendorf, S.; Davis, J.; Williams, K.; Boye, K.; Noel, V.; Bargar, J.R. (2018) Influences of Organic Matter on Uranium Retention and Mobilization in Contaminated Aquifers. Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference, Boston, MA. Aug 12-17 [Keynote]
  3. Bone, S.E., Cliff, J.; Jones, M.A.; Cahill, M.; Roycroft, S.; Fendorf, S.; Davis, J.; Williams, K.; Boye, K.; Noel, V.; Bargar, J.R. (2018) Impact of organic matter type on uranium complexation in anoxic contaminated sediments: a combined NanoSIMS and x-ray spectromicroscopy study. EMSL Integration Meeting. Richland, WA. August 6-8 [Invited]

 

Calendar Year 2017 Presentations

  1. Noël, V., Boye, K., Bone, S. E., Kukkadapu, R., Dynes, J., Lezama-Pacheco, J. S., Cardarelli, E. L., Williams, K. H., Fendorf, S. and Bargar, J. R. (2017). Redox constraints on shallow alluvial sediments: Implications for U mobility. Presented at the 2017 Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD. Apr 25-26. [Poster]
  2. Dynes, J., Noel, V., Bone, S. E. and Bargar, J. (2017). Investigation of Organic Matter in Uranium-Enriched Sediments. Presented at the Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, France. Aug 16 [Oral]
  3. Noël, V., Boye, K., Bone, S. E., Kukkadapu, R., Dynes, J., Lezama-Pacheco, J.S., Cardarelli, E.L., Williams, K.H., Fendorf, S. and Bargar, J.R. (2017). Redox constraints on shallow alluvial sediments: Implications for U mobility. Presented at the 2017 Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD. Apr 25-26. [Poster]
  4. Bargar, J. R., Noël, V., Bone, S. E., Roycroft, S., Dam, W. L., Johnson, R. H. and Williams, K. H.  (2017) Redox controls over uranium mobility in hydrologically variable aquifers. Presented at the Synchrotron Environmental Science Symposium 7: Illuminating the Links Between Environmental Science and Human Health, Brookhaven, NY. Oct 30. [Invited]
  5. Bargar, J.R., Noël, V.N., Bone, S., Roycroft, S., Williams, K.H., Dam, R. and Johnson R. (2017) Redox, Hydrological, and Molecular Controls over Uranium Mobility in Redox-Variable Aquifers. Presented the 2017 Goldschmidt Geochemistry conference, Paris, France, Aug, 15 [Keynote]

Calendar Year 2016 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E.; Bargar, J.R. (2016) Linking molecular scale processes to large-scale biogeochemistry: insights from X-ray spectroscopy and microscopy. Presented in the SSRL Friday Seminar Series, SLAC

Calendar Year 2015 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E.; Dynes, J.; Bargar, J.R. (2015) Nanocrystalline and non-crystalline U(IV) in the subsurface. Presented at Goldschmidt
  2. Bone, S.E.; Sposito, G.; Bargar, J.R. (2015) Heavy metals in the environment: insights from molecular scale investigations. Presented at UCSC Ocean Sciences Department

Calendar Year 2014 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E.; Janot, N.; Lezama-Pacheco, J.; Jones, M.; Boye, K.; Cardarelli, E.; Fendorf, S.; Bargar, J.R. (2014) Uranium behavior in contaminated aquifers: linking the molecular and floodplain scales to understand regional behavior. Presented at SSRL Users Meeting, SLAC

Calendar Year 2012 Presentations

  1. Bone, S.E.; Kwon, K.; Bargar, J.R.; Sposito, G. (2012) Linking mackinawite (FeS) structure to mercury reduction. Presented at SSRL Users Meeting