Inna Kurganskaya

Dr. Inna Kurganskaya
GEO Raum 5490
Klagenfurter Straße 2-4
28359 Bremen, Deutschland
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- Rechnerische und mathematische Modellierung von Reaktionen an Mineral-Wasser-Grenzflächen in verschiedenen Größenordnungen
- Entwicklung und Implementierung kinetischer Monte-Carlo-Algorithmen
- Geochemische Szenarien und Reaktionen als Voraussetzung für den Ursprung des Lebens: anorganische Wege für prä-metabolische Routen, autokatalytische Reaktions-Transport-Systeme, Interaktion zwischen Mineralien und organischen Verbindungen
- Selbstorganisationsphänomene in geochemischen Systemen
- Zellulare Automaten zur Modellierung von Ausfällung und Transport
- Programmierung und Algorithmen für Simulationen von mesoskaligen Mineral-Fluid-Wechselwirkungsprozessen
- Statistische Charakterisierung der räumlich-zeitlichen Reaktionsratenvarianz
- Statistische Mechanik zur Modellierung von Systemen mit Rückkopplungsschleifen zwischen Auflösung und Ausfällung
2016 | Auszeichnung für herausragende Poster-Flash-Präsentation, European Mineralogical Union Mineral Reaction Kinetics school (MRK'16) an der Universität Wien, Österreich |
2011 | Auszeichnung für herausragende mündliche Präsentation eines Doktoranden//ACS-Symposium zur CO2-Sequestrierung (242th International ACS Meeting, Geochemistry Division) |
2011 | Hervorragender Lehrassistentin, Rice University, Frühjahr 2011 (ESCI101 - The Earth) |
Lebenslauf
Forschungsstellen
seit 2024 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiterin im Projekt PROTOS (Geochemische Szenarien für den Ursprung des Lebens), FB5 und MARUM, Universität Bremen, Deutschland |
2018-2024 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Dozentin, Forschungsbetreuerin, FB5 und MARUM, Universität Bremen, Deutschland |
2015-2018 | Postdoktorand,in Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Bern, Schweiz |
2014-2015 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Abteilung für Geowissenschaften, Rice University, USA |
2010-2014 | Doktorandin, Abteilung für Geowissenschaften, Rice University, USA |
Ausbildung
2013 | PhD, Geowissenschaften, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Dissertation: A multi-scale approach to study silicate dissolution: Kinetische Monte-Carlo-Simulationen und experimentelle Beobachtungen |
2008 | Master of Science, Geochemie und Geochemische Modellierung, Staatliche Universität Moskau, Moskau, Russland (summa cum laude) |
2006 | Bachelor of Science, Geochemie und geochemische Modellierung, Staatliche Universität Moskau, Moskau, Russland (summa cum laude) |
2001 | Abitur, Staatliches Lyzeum der Republik Tuwa, ein innovatives Programm für begabte Schüler, Spezialisierung auf Mathematik. Republik Tuwa, Russland |
Veröffentlichungen
- Kurganskaya I (2024): Dissolution mechanisms and surface charge of clay mineral nanoparticles: Insights from kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. Minerals 14(9), 900.
| doi:10.3390/min14090900 | - Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2023): Probability distributions of mineral dissolution rates: the role of lattice defects. Frontiers in Water 5, 1225837.
| doi:10.3389/frwa.2023.1225837 | - Kurganskaya I, Trofimov N, Lüttge A (2022): A kinetic Monte Carlo approach to model barite dissolution: The role of reactive site geometry. Minerals 12(5), 639.
| doi:10.3390/min12050639 | - Lange I, Toro M, Arvidson RS, Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2021): The role of crystal heterogeneity in alkali feldspar dissolution kinetics. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 309, 329-351.
| doi:10.1016/j.gca.2021.06.032 | - Kurganskaya I, Niazi NK, Lüttge A (2021): A modeling approach for unveiling adsorption of toxic ions on iron oxide nanocrystals. Journal of Hazardous Materials 417, 126005.
| doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126005 | - Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2021): Mineral dissolution kinetics: pathways to equilibrium. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 5(7), 1657-1673.
| doi:10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00017 | - Schabernack J, Kurganskaya I, Fischer C, Lüttge A (2020): Influence of muscovite (001) surface nanotopography on radionuclide adsorption studied by kinetic Monte Carlo simulations. Minerals 11(5), 468.
| doi:10.3390/min11050468 | - Kurganskaya I, Rohlfs RD (2020): Atomistic to meso-scale modeling of mineral dissolution: methods, challenges and prospects. American Journal of Science 320(1), 1-26.
| doi:10.2475/01.2020.02 | - Trindade Pedrosa E, Kurganskaya I, Fischer C, Lüttge A (2019): A statistical approach for analysis of dissolution rates including surface morphology. Minerals 9(8), 458.
| doi:10.3390/min9080458 | - Lüttge A, Arvidson RS, Fischer C, Kurganskaya I (2019): Kinetic concepts for quantitative prediction of fluid-solid interactions. Chemical Geology 504, 216-235.
| doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.11.016 | - Kurganskaya I, Churakov SV (2018): Carbonate dissolution mechanisms in the presence of electrolytes revealed by grand canonical and kinetic Monte Carlo modeling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122(51), 29285-29297.
| doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08986 | - Fischer C, Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2018): Inherited control of crystal surface reactivity. Applied Geochemistry 91, 140-148.
| doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.02.003 | - Rohlfs RD, Fischer CKurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2018): Crystal dissolution kinetics studied by a combination of Monte Carlo and Voronoi methods. Minerals 8(4), 133.
| doi:10.3390/min8040133 | - Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2016): Kinetic Monte Carlo approach to study carbonate dissolution. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 120(12), 6482-6492.
| doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b10995 | - Fischer C, Kurganskaya I, Schäfer T, Lüttge A (2014): Variability of crystal surface reactivity: what do we know? Applied Geochemistry 43, 132-157.
| doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.02.002 | - Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2013): Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of silicate dissolution: model complexity and parametrization. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117(47), 24894-24906.
| doi:10.1021/jp408845m | - Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2013): A comprehensive stochastic model of phyllosilicate dissolution: Structure and kinematics of etch pits formed on muscovite basal face. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 120, 545-560.
| doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.038 | - Kurganskaya I, Arvidson RS, Fischer C, Lüttge A (2012): Does the stepwave model predict mica dissolution kinetics? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 97, 120-130.
| doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.08.033 |
- Kurganskaya I, Rohlfs RD, Lüttge A (2024): Multi-scale modeling of crystal-fluid interactions: state-of-the-art, challenges and prospects. In: Wandelt K, Bussetti G (eds.) Encyclopedia of Solid-Liquid Interfaces. Elsevier, pp. 760-792.
| doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-85669-0.00034-9 | - Kurganskaya I (2022): Approaches for stochastic modelling of toxic ion adsorption at crystal-water interfaces: A case study of arsenic. In: Niazi NK, Bibi I, Aftab T (eds.) Global Arsenic Hazard. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer Cham, pp. 201-221.
| doi:10.1009/978-3-031-16360-9_10 | - Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A, Barron AR (2009): The application of VSI (Vertical Scanning Interferometry) to the study of crystal surface processe . In: Barron (ed.) Physical methods in inorganic and nano chemistry, 1” ed., Connexions, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States.
- Kurganskaya I (2025): Stochastic Cellular Automata models simulating Early Earth prebiotic self-organization reactions. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2025, Prag, Tchechien.
- Kurganskaya I (2025): Mathematical and algorithmic thinking in geochemistry: a stairway to heaven? Goldschmidt Konferenz 2025, Prag, Tchechien.
- Kurganskaya I Rohlfs RD, Lüttge A (2025): Patterns in surface morphologies as signatures for underlying kinetic processes. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2025, Prag, Tchechien.
- Kurganskaya I (2023): Development and implementation of the Kinetic Monte Carlo algorithms from scratch. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2025, Prag, Tchechien.
- Kurganskaya I (2023): Patterns in surface morphologies as signatures for underlying kinetic processes. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2023, Prag, Tchechien (Eingeladener Talk).
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2021): A probabilistic model of geochemical rate distributions for reactive transport modelling. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2021 (Virtuell).
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2021): Rigorous or practical? A new approach to develop rate laws for mineral dissolution. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2021 (Virtuell).
- Kurganskaya I (2020): Monte Carlo simulations of reactions at mineral surfaces: application to biogenic nano-material. 5th Int. Healthcare and Life Science (HLS) & Entrepreneurship Workshop, Universität Pisa, Italien (Eingeladener Vortrag).
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2019): Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of mineral surface reactions: application to biogenic nanomaterials. 3. International Conference on Bio and Nanomaterials (BIONAM) 2019, Mediterranean Sea.
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2019): Diversity of Mineral Dissolution Scenarios at the Nanoscale: Mechanistic Insights from Monte Carlo Simulations. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2019, Barcelona, Spanien.
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge, Fischer A, Arvidson RS, Churakov S (2018): A multi-scale approach to study mineral dissolution: Kinetic Monte Carlo models and experimental observations. Computational Methods in Water Resources XXII: Bridging gaps between models, data and predictions. Saint-Malo, Frankreich (Eingeladener Vortrag).
- Kurganskaya I, Arvidson RS, Fischer C, Churakov S, Lüttge A (2018): Fundamental problems in mineral-fluid reaction kinetics modelling: system size, parameterization, complexity and scalability. GeoBonn 2018 Konferenz, Bonn, Deutschland.
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A, Churakov S (2017): Molecular mechanisms of carbonate dissolution: surface charge and ionic structure of mineral-water interface. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2017, Paris, Frankreich.
- Kurganskaya I, Fischer A, Arvidson RS, Lüttge, Churakov S (2016): A Computational Study of Carbonate Dissolution Kinetics: How to Deal with the System’s Complexity? 2. European Mineralogical Conference, Rimini, Italien.
- Kurganskaya I, Fischer A, Arvidson RS, Lüttge, Churakov S (2016): Monte Carlo Approaches to Study Mineral-Water Interface Structure and Reactivity. 15. International Symposium on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry, Zürich, Schweiz.
- Fischer C, Kurganskaya I (2014): Synthetic dissolution rate spectra. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2014, Sacramento, CA, USA.
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A (2014): A stochastic approach to study dissolution of carbonates. Goldschmidt Konferenz 2014, Sacramento, CA, USA.
- Kurganskaya I, Fischer C, Lüttge A (2014): Modeling silicate dissolution at micro-scale using Kinetic Monte Carlo approach: A case study with quartz. Modeling the Interface: Mineralogy, Environment and Energy Applications, 247. American Chemical Society International meeting, Geochemistry Division, Dallas, TX, USA.
- Kurganskaya I, Arvidson RS, Lüttge (2013): QM-parameterization of Kinetic Monte Carlo models for silicate dissolution. Atomistic Computational Geochemistry: Atomic-Level Processes with Macroscopic Implications, 245. American Chemical Society International meeting, Geochemistry Division, New Orleans, LA, USA.
- Kurganskaya I, Arvidson RS, Lüttge (2011): Experimental studies and Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of phyllosilicate dissolution. Multiscale Spatiotemporal Complexity in Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Linking Experimentation and Modeling, 242th American Chemical Society International meeting, Geochemistry Division, Denver, CO, USA.
- Kurganskaya I (2011): Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of crystal dissolution using HTC (High Throughput Computing). TeraGrid’11 Konferenz, 2011, Salt Lake City, Utah (Teil der OSG Summer School 2011, USA.
- Kurganskaya I, Arvidson RS, Churakov S, Lütge A (2018): Formulating Kinetic Monte Carlo models of crystal dissolution and growth. GeoBonn 2018 Konferenz, Bonn, Deutschland.
- Kurganskaya I, Churakov S (2017): Thermodynamics meets kinetics at atomic scale: surface speciation and mechanistic modelling of surface dissolution. GeoBonn 2017 Konferenz, Bonn, Deutschland.
- Kurganskaya I, Lüttge A, Churakov S (2017): A mechanistic model of carbonate dissolution in the presence of electrolytes. GeoBonn 2017 Konferenz, Bonn, Deutschland.
- Kurganskaya I, Fischer C, Churakov S (2017): Modelling approaches to identify sources of dissolution rate variability on multiple scales. GeoBonn 2017 Konferenz, Bonn, Deutschland.
Doktorarbeit
- Kurganskaya I (2013): A multi-scale approach to study silicate dissolution: Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations and experimental observations. Doktorarbeit, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA.
Masterarbeit
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Bachelorarbeit
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2023: Session 6f Self organization, complexity, and synergetic effects in geochemical systems and geomaterials. Goldschmidt 2023 Internationale Konferenz in Geochemie, Lyon, Frankreich.
2023: Computational modelling, programming, and algorithms in geochemistry: Kinetic Monte Carlo, computational geometry, data visualization, and more. 2-Tages-Hybrid-Workshop, Goldschmidt 2023 Workshop, Lyon, Frankreich.
2022: Internal workshop on programming and algorithms for PhD students working in KRIMI (Kinetics of Radionuclide Immobilization by co- precipitation in solid solutions) consortium. Universität Bremen, Deutschland.
2020: Session 13b “Environmental Implications and Health Effects of Naturally Occurring and Engineered Micro-/Nanoparticles”. Goldschmidt 2020 Internationale Konferenz in Geochemie (Online).
2019: CECAM (European Center of Atomistic and Molecular calculations) workshop “Current Challenges in transport, growth and dissolution at mineral-fluid interfaces”, Lyon, Frankreich (Lyon Ableger von CECAM) CECAM-FR-RA.
2017: Session 08f “Reactions at the mineral-fluid and mineral-organic interfaces: from molecular mechanisms to macroscopic observations”. Goldschmidt 2017 Internationale Konferenz in Geochemie, Paris, Frankreich.
2017: “Mineral-fluid reactions: from rocks to atoms. Computer simulations and models at different scales". Goldschmidt 2017 Workshop für junge WissenschaftlerInnen, Paris, Frankreich.
Gutachtertätigkeiten
Chemical Reviews
Journal of Physical Chemistry
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Chemical Geology
Crystals
Minerals
Lehre
Universität Bremen, Germany (2018-2024)
Vorlesung: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben (Materialchemie und Mineralogie)
Vorlesung: Einführung in die Materialwissenschaften (Physik und Chemie von Festkörpern, Monte Carlo, Molekulardynamik und Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik) - (Materialchemie und Mineralogie)
Internationale Workshops, interne Gruppenseminare zu praktischer Programmierung und Algorithmen. Betreuung von Masterstudenten und Doktoranden in BMBF-Projekten: Reskin (Multiskalensimulationen von Lagerstättenkinetik), KRIMI (mineralogische Sequestrierung von Atommüll), andere Laborprojekte: Isabel Lange, Ricarda D. Rohlfs, Nikolai Trofimov, Said Amiri, Mathias Peters, Jonas Schabernack, Carolina Santiago
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (2009-2011)
Lehrassistentin, ESCI 101 The Earth, Department of Earth Science (2010-2011)
Lehrassistentin, CHEM 124 General Chemistry Laboratory I Department of Chemistry (Frühjahr 2009)