Publications

List of Selected Recent Publications

Toupal, J., Mauro, D., Biagioni, C., Zaccarini, F., Gieré, R. (2024): Structural and compositional data for childrenite from the Homolka granite, Czech Republic. European Journal of Mineralogy36(1), 1-10.

Vigliaturo, R., Jamnik, M., Dražić, G., Podobnik, M., Žnidarič, M. T., Ventura, G. D., Redhammer G. J., Žnidaršič N., Caserman S., Gieré, R. (2024): Localization and Dimensional Range of Amphibole Particles Retrieved from Human Alveolar Epithelial Cells. Minerals14(1), 101.

Kurylo, S., Uher, P., Broska, I., Lyzhachenko, N., Bondarenko, S., Gieré, R. (2022): Fine-grained petalite and spodumene dykes in the Stankuvatske Li-deposit, Ukrainian Shield: products of tectono–metamorphic recrystallisation. Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 863-882 (https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2022.100)

Gieré R., Nabukalu C. (2022): Charcoal as a global commodity: is it sustainable? United Nations Environment Program, World Environment Situation Room, Foresight Brief 030 (https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/40469/CHARCOAL.pdf)

Gieré R., Dietze V. (2022): Tire-abrasion particles in the environment. In: Heinrich G., Kipscholl R., Stocek R. (eds): Degradation of Elastomers in Practice, Experiments and Modeling; Advances in Polymer Science; Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg; pp. 31 (https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2022_118)

Berry T.-A., Belluso E., Vigliaturo R., Gieré R., Emmet E.A., Testa J.R., Steinhorn G., Wallis S.L. (2022): Asbestos and other hazardous fibrous minerals: potential exposure pathways and associated health risks.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, 4031.(https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074031)

Caballero-Gómez H., White H.K., O’Shea M.J., Pepino R., Howarth M.V., Gieré R. (2022): Spatial analysis and lead-risk assessment of Philadelphia, USA. GeoHealth 6, e2021GH000519. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000519)

Gieré R. (2022): Towards a more sustainable cement and concrete industry. In: George G., Haas M.R., Joshi H., McGahan A.M., Tracey P. (eds): Handbook on the Business of Sustainability: The Organization, Implementation, and Practice of Sustainable Growth. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, p. 274-299 (https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839105340.00024)

Dietrich M., O’Shea M.J., Gieré R., Krekeler, M.P.S. (2022) Road sediment, an underutilized material in environmental science research: A review of perspectives on United States studies with international context. Journal of Hazardous Materials 432, 128604 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128604)

Toupal, J., Vann, D.R., Chu, Z., Gieré, R. (2022). Geochemistry of surface waters around four hard-rock lithium deposits in Central Europe. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106937

Nabukalu C., Gieré R., Hillington Z. (2021): Protecting forests with low-cost alternatives to wood charcoal and firewood. GreenBiz, Dec. 28, 2021 (https://www.greenbiz.com/article/protecting-forests-low-cost-alternatives-wood-charcoal-and-firewood)

O’Shea, M.J.Toupal, J., Caballero-Gómez, H., McKeon, T.P., Howarth, M.V., Pepino, R., Gieré, R. (2021). Lead Pollution, Demographics, and Environmental Health Risks: The Case of Philadelphia, USA. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. 18:9055. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18179055

Frye B.C., Quartucci C., Rakete S., Grubanovic A., Höhne K., Mangold F., Gieré R., Müller-Quernheim J., Zissel G. (2021): A cluster of Beryllium sensitization traced to the presence of Beryllium in concrete dust. CHEST 159(3), 1084-1093 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.09.073

 

Vigliaturo R., Elkassas S.M., Ventura G.D., Redhammer G.J., Ruiz-Zepeda F., O’Shea M.J., Dražić G., Gieré R. (2021). Multi-scsale characterization of glaucophane from Chiavolino (Biella, Italy): Implications for international regulations on elongate mineral particles. European Journal of Mineralogy 33:77-112. https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-33-77-2021

 

Gieré R., Smith W., Bandemehr M., Pepino R., Howarth M., Wyman M. (2020). The need to eliminate lead paint globally. UN Environment Programme: Foresight Brief Science Division, 021. (https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/34627/FB.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)

 

Nabukalu C., Gieré R. (2020): Receding tropical forests and the persistent burden of global charcoal supply. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Insight (https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/news-insights/receding-tropical-forests-and-the-persistent-burden-of-global-charcoal-supply/)

 

Nabukalu C., Gieré R. (2021): The status and future of charcoal in the energy transition era in sub-Saharan Africa: Observations from Uganda. In: Nalule V.R. (ed): Energy Transitions and the Future of the African Energy Sector. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, p. 189-229 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56849-8_6

 

O’Shea M., Vigliaturo R., Choi J., McKeon T.P., Krekeler M.P.S., Gieré R. (2021). Alteration of yellow traffic paint in simulated environmental and biological fluids. Science of the Total Environment; 750:141202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141202

 

Vigliaturo R., Choi, J., Pérez-Rodríguez I., Gieré R. (2020): Dimensional distribution control of elongated mineral particles for their use in biological assays. MethodsX 7, 100937 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2020.100937)

 

Vigliaturo R., Marengo A., Bittarello E., Pérez-Rodríguez I., Dražić G., Gieré R. (2020): Micro- and nano-scale mineralogical characterization of Fe(II)-oxidizing bacterial stalks. Geobiology 2020;00:1–13. (https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12398)

 

Maschowski C., Kruspan P., Arif A.T., Garra, P., Trouvé G., Gieré R. (2020): Biomass ash in cement systems: Influence of biomass type and processing technology on mortar quality. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials (https://doi.org/10.1080/21650373.2020.1764877)

 

Sedlazeck K.P., Vollprecht D., Müller P., Mischitz R., Gieré R. (2020): Impact of an in-situ Cr(VI)-contaminated site remediation on the groundwater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07513-9)

 

Giacobbe C., Wright J., Dejoie C., Tafforeau P., Berruyer C., Vigliaturo R., Gieré R., Gualtieri A.F. (2019): Depicting the crystal structure of fibrous ferrierite from British Columbia using a combined synchrotron techniques approach. Journal of Applied Crystallography 52, 1397-1408 (https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576719013980)

 

Di Giuseppe D., Zoboli A., Vigliaturo R., Gieré R., Bonasoni M.P., Sala O., Gualtieri A.F. (2019): Mineral fibres and asbestos bodies in human lung tissue: a case study. Minerals 9, 618 (https://doi.org/10.3390/min9100618)

 

O’Shea, M.J., Vann, D.R., Hwang, W.T., Gieré, R. (2020). A chemical and mineralogical assessment of road dust in Philadelphia, PA, Environmental Science and Pollution Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-06746-y

 

Nabukalu C. and Gieré R. (2019). Charcoal as an energy resource: global trade, production and socioeconomic practices observed in Uganda. Resources 8, 183 https://doi.org/10.3390/resources8040183

 

Vigliaturo, R., Pollastrai, S., Gieré, R, Gualtiere, A.F., Drazic, G. (2019). Experimental quantification of the Fe-valence state at amosite-asbestos boundaries using acSTEM dual-electron energy-loss spectroscopy. American Mineralogist104 (12), 1820-1828 (https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2019-7218)

 

Maschowski, C., Krupan, P., Garra, P., Arif, A.T., Trouve, G., Gieré, R. (2019). Physiochemical and mineralogical characterization of biomass ash from different power plants in the Upper Rhine Region. Fuel 258 (116020) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116020)

 

Vigliaturo R., Kehril, D., Garra, P., Dieterlen, A., Trouve, G., Dietze, V., Wilson, J.P., Gieré R. (2019). Opaline phytoliths in Miscanthus sinesisand its cyclone ash from a biomass-combustion facility. Industrial Crops and Products 139 (httpsL//doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111539)

 

Vigliaturo R., Della Ventura G., Choi J.K., Marengo A., Lucci F., O’Shea M.J., Pérez-Rodríguez I., Gieré R. (2018): Mineralogical characterization and dissolution experiments in Gamble’s solution of tremolitic amphibole from Passo di Caldenno (Sondrio, Italy). Minerals8, 557 (https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/8/12/557/htm)

 

Arletti R., Fantini R., Giacobbe C., Gieré R., Vezzalini G., Vigliaturo R., Quartieri S. (2018): High- temperature behavior of natural ferrierite: In-situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction study. American Mineralogist103, 1741-1748 (https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2018-6663)

 

Arif A.T ., Maschowski C., Khanaqa P ., Garra P ., Garcia-Käufer M., Wingert N., Mersch-Sundermann V., Gminski R., Trouvé G., Gieré R.(2018): Characterization and in vitro biological effects of ambient air PM10 from a rural, an industrial and an urban site in Sulaimani City, Iraq. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry(https://doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2018.1520234)

 

Sommer F., Dietze V., Baum A., Sauer J., Gilge S., Maschowski C., Gieré R.(2018): Tire abrasion as a major source of microplastics in the environment. Aerosol and Air Quality Research18, 2014-2028 (http://dx.doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2018.03.0099)

 

Chen J., Elmi C., Goldsby D., Gieré R.(2017): Generation of shock lamellae and melting in rocks by lightning-induced shock waves and electrical heating. Geophysical Research Letters44, 8757-8768 (http://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073843)

 

Hien-Dinh T.T., Dao D.A., Tran T., Wahl M., Stein E., Gieré R.(2017): Lithium-rich albite-topaz- lepidolite granite from Central Vietnam: a mineralogical and geochemical characterization. European Journal of Mineralogy29, 1-18 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/ejm/2017/0029-2581)

 

Gieré R.(2016): Magnetite in the human body: biogenic vs. anthropogenic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States113, 11986-11987 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1613349113)

 

Vigliaturo R., S. Capella, C. Rinaudo, E. Belluso. (2016): “Rinse and trickle”: A protocol for TEM preparation and investigation of inorganic fibres from biological material”, Inhal Toxicol. 28(8): 357-63.