Patricia Dove

Particia Martin Dove is an American mineralogist. She is the University Distinguished Professor and C.P. Miles Professor of Science at Virginia Tech.[1] She works on crystal nucleation and growth, in particular biomineralization. She was elected a member the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2012.[2]

Patricia Dove
Born
Patricia Martin Dove

Bedford County, Virginia
Alma materVirginia Polytechnic (MS, BS)
Princeton University (PhD)
AwardsDana Medal (2014)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsBiomineralization
Surface chemistry
Silica
Carbonates
Kinetics[1]
InstitutionsVirginia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology
Stanford University
ThesisQuartz dissolution kinetics in electrolyte solutions from 25 to 300°C (1991)
Websitegeos.vt.edu/people/faculty/Patricia-Dove.html

Early life and education

Dove grew up in Bedford County, Virginia.[3] She became interested in science as a child, collecting leaves and Indian arrowheads from her family farm. As a child, Dove presented her science projects at the Virginia Junior Academy of Science. She worked on a project that looked at how light intensity impacted plant growth.[3] The project was selected for the International Science Fair, which became the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. She studied agronomy at Virginia Polytechnic. She earned her Bachelor's degree in 1980 and a master's degree in 1984.[4] Dove earned her PhD at Princeton University, where she worked under the supervision of David Crerar.[5] Here she worked on the kinetics of crystal growth in celestine, anglesite and baryte.[6] For example, together with David Crerar, she developed hydrothermal mixed flow reactors.[7] Dove was appointed a National Science Foundation (NSF) fellow at Stanford University.[8]

Career and research

Dove worked at Georgia Institute of Technology from 1993 to 2000.[8] She joined Virginia Tech in 2000.[8] Dove is Director of the Biogeochemistry of Earth Processes Research Group. In 2013 Dove was named a University Distinguished Professor.[3] In 2015 she was appointed president of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.[9]

Dove works on crystal growth mechanisms, looking at how complex structures can be built up using nanoparticles, clusters and droplets.[10] She has investigated a mechanism of growth whereby pathways of particles group together to form faceted surfaces and unexpected morphologies, due to the relationship between thermodynamic and kinetics.[10] She researches the process by which animals grow skeletons, known as biomineralisation. To explore biomineralisation, Dove combines chemical principles with nanoanalysis.[11] She demonstrated that understanding how marine organisms transform minerals into their shells could be used to understand past environments.[12] For example, the influence of seawater chemistry and temperature on shell formation is still not well understood.[12] Dove demonstrated that temperature and the availability of magnesium carbonate can alter the composition of minerals.[12] These insight informs the creation of next-generation materials.

Awards and honors

Selected publications
  • Dove, Patricia M. (2018). Biomineralization. Science. ISBN 978-1501509346.
  • Dove, Patricia M. (2003). "An overview of biomineralization processes and the problem of the vital effect". Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 54 (1): 1–29. Bibcode:2003RvMG...54....1W. doi:10.2113/0540001.
  • Dove, Patricia M. (2000). "The Role of Mg2+ as an Impurity in Calcite Growth". Science. 290 (5494): 1134–1137. Bibcode:2000Sci...290.1134D. doi:10.1126/science.290.5494.1134. PMID 11073446.
  • Dove, Patricia M. (1998). "Thermodynamics of Calcite Growth: Baseline for Understanding Biomineral Formation". Science. 290 (5389): 724–727. Bibcode:1998Sci...282..724T. doi:10.1126/science.282.5389.724. PMID 9784126.
  • Dove, Patricia M. (1990). "Kinetics of quartz dissolution in electrolyte solutions using a hydrothermal mixed flow reactor". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 290 (4): 955–969. Bibcode:1990GeCoA..54..955D. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(90)90431-J.
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References
  1. Patricia Dove publications indexed by Google Scholar
  2. "Patricia Dove". nasonline.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  3. "Patricia M. Dove: Into the Academy | Virginia Tech Magazine | Virginia Tech". www.vtmag.vt.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  4. "Dove, Patricia". geos.vt.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  5. "Archive". www.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  6. Dove, Patricia M.; Czank, Carol A. (1995-05-01). "Crystal chemical controls on the dissolution kinetics of the isostructural sulfates: Celestite, anglesite, and barite". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59 (10): 1907–1915. Bibcode:1995GeCoA..59.1907D. doi:10.1016/0016-7037(95)00116-6. ISSN 0016-7037.
  7. Oelkers, Eric H.; Schott, Jacques (2018-12-17). Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 9781501508462.
  8. "Patricia Dove awarded Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  9. "Home". Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  10. "Crystals form through a variety of paths, with implications for biological, materials and environmental research". UW News. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
  11. "Patricia M. Dove selected as 2013 Virginia Scientist of the Year". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  12. Mascarelli, Amanda Leigh (2008-10-30). "Shell study sheds light on biomineralization". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2008.1197. ISSN 0028-0836.
  13. "F.W. Clarke Award | Geochemical Society". www.geochemsoc.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  14. "Patricia Dove honored with Dana Medal from the Mineralogical Society of America". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  15. "News & Events - Berkeley Lab Earth Sciences Division". earthsciences.typepad.com. Retrieved 2019-05-25.
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