Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Surface Processes
	Dr. Nina Maria Huittinen
	Phone:	+49 351 260 2148
	Email:	n.huittinenhzdr.de
	Address	Bautzner Landstraße 400 01328 Dresden
	Building/Office:	801/P218

Scientific career

Since 2013:
Research associate, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology
2013:
Research associate, University of Helsinki, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Finland
2008-2013:
Ph.D. in radiochemistry at the University of Helsinki, Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Finland - "Sorption of trivalent actinides onto gibbsite, γ-alumina, and kaolinite - A spectroscopic study of An(III) interactions at the mineral-water interfaces"
2007:
M.Sc. in chemistry at the University of Helsinki, Finland

Research fields

time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS)
actinide-bearing solid phases and solid solution formation
actinide interactions at the solid/water interface
actinide complexation reactions in aqueous environments

Projects

since 07/2016: ThermAc (Aufklärung von Thermodynamik und Speziation von Actiniden bei höheren Temperaturen in Kombination von Schätzmethoden, spektroskopischen und quantenchemischen Methoden), funded by BMBF
2014-2016: Conditioning (Fundamental studies on immobilization of long-lived radionuclides after incorporation into repository relevant ceramics), funded by BMBF

Teaching

since 2017: Radioecology, Dresden Technische Universität
2015-2016: Radiochemistry, Dresden University of Applied Sciences
2012-2013: Fundamentals of chemistry for biology students, University of Helsinki

Supervision

Ph.D. theses

since 01/2017: Henry Lösch - Uranium(VI) complexation with inorganic ligands under elevated temperatures (25-90 °C)
since 12/2016: Manuel Eibl - Actinide incorporation in Zr-bearing phases: spectroscopic investigations of actinide-zirconia solid solutions
since 02/2015: Outi Elo - Np(V) sorption on bentonite and montmorillonite colloids and the influence of colloids on Np(V) migration through granitic rock
since 09/2014: Sinikka Virtanen - Competitive sorption of trivalent actinides on oxide mineral surfaces

M.Sc. theses

2019: Isabelle Jesat - Komplexierung von Eu(III) und Cm(III) mit Phosphat bei höheren Temperaturen, Technische Universität Dresden
2018: Maximilian Demnitz - Temperaturabhängige Untersuchungen von Uran-Redoxreaktionen in halidhaltigen Lösungen, Technische Universität Dresden
2016: Henry Lösch - Site-selektive Fluoreszenz-Spektroskopie Untersuchungen an LnPO4-Keramiken für endlagerrelevante Zwecke, Dresden University of Applied Sciences
2016: Manuel Eibl - Sorptions- und Inkorporationsuntersuchungen von Actiniden an Korund und Zirkonium(IV)-oxid, Technische Universität Dresden
2015: Outi Elo – Np(V) sorption onto montmorillonite, corundum and bentonite colloids, University of Helsinki
2014: Jenna Knuutinen - Neptuniumin sorptio magnetiittiin, hematiittiin ja korundiin sekä neptuniumin spesiaatio liuoksessa ja mineraalipinnalla, University of Helsinki

Publications

2019

Coordination chemistry of f-block metal ions with ligands bearing bio-relevant functional groups
Götzke, L.; Schaper, G.; März, J.^ORC; Kaden, P.^ORC; Huittinen, N.^ORC; Stumpf, T.; Kammerlander, K. K. K.; Brunner, E.; Hahn, P.; Mehnert, A.; Kersting, B.; Henle, T.; Lindoy, L. F.; Zanoni, G.; Weigand, J. J.

Coordination Chemistry Reviews 386(2019), 267-309
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.01.006

U(VI) sorption on Ca-bentonite at (hyper)alkaline conditions – Spectroscopic investigations of retention mechanisms
Philipp, T.; Shams Aldin Azzam, S.; Rossberg, A.; Huittinen, N.; Schmeide, K.^ORC; Stumpf, T.

Science of the Total Environment 676(2019), 469-481
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.274

Cm(III) retention by calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel and secondary alteration phases in carbonate solutions with high ionic strength: A site-selective TRLFS study
Wolter, J.-M.; Schmeide, K.^ORC; Huittinen, N.; Stumpf, T.

Scientific Reports 9(2019), 14255
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50402-x

A spectroscopic study of trivalent cation (Cm³⁺ and Eu³⁺) sorption on monoclinic zirconia (ZrO₂)
Eibl, M.^ORC; Virtanen, S.; Pischel, F.; Bok, F.; Lönnrot, S.; Shaw, S.^ORC; Huittinen, N.^ORC

Applied Surface Science 487(2019), 1316-1328
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.05.012

Rare-Earth orthophosphates from atomistic simulations
Ji, Y.; Kowalski, P. M.; Kegler, P.; Huittinen, N.; Marks, N.; Vinograd, V.; Arinicheva, Y.; Neumeier, S.; Bosbach, D.;

Frontiers in Chemistry 7(2019), 197
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00197

A spectroscopic investigation of Eu3+ incorporation in LnPO4 (Ln = Tb, Gd1–xLux, x = 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 1) ceramics
Lösch, H.; Hirsch, A.; Holthausen, J.; Peters, L.; Xiao, B.; Neumeier, S.; Schmidt, M.; Huittinen, N.;

Frontiers in Chemistry 7(2019), 94
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00094

Neptunium(V) transport in granitic rock: A laboratory scale study on the influence of bentonite colloids
Elo, O.; Hölttä, P.; Kekäläinen, P.; Voutilainen, M.; Huittinen, N.;

Applied Geochemistry 10331(2019), 31-39
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.01.015

2018

Local structural effects of Eu3+ incorporation into xenotime-type solid solutions with different host cations
Xiao, B.; Lösch, H.; Huittinen, N.^ORC; Schmidt, M.^ORC

Chemistry - A European Journal 24(2018)50, 13368-13377
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802841

Complexation of trivalent lanthanides (Eu) and actinides (Cm) with aqueous phosphates at elevated temperatures
Jordan, N.^ORC; Demnitz, M.; Lösch, H.; Starke, S.; Brendler, V.^ORC; Huittinen, N.^ORC

Inorganic Chemistry 57(2018)12, 7915-7024
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00647

A spectroscopic and computational study of Cm3+ incorporation in lanthanide phosphate rhabdophane (LnPO4·0.67H2O) and monazite (LnPO4)
Huittinen, N.; Scheinost, A. C.; Ji, Y.; Kowalski, P. M.; Arinicheva, Y.; Wilden, A.; Neumeier, S.; Stumpf, T.;

Inorganic Chemistry 57(2018), 6252-6265
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00095

Sorption competition and kinetics of trivalent cations (Eu, Y and Cm) on corundum (α-Al2O3): a batch sorption and TRLFS study
Virtanen, S.; Meriläinen, S.; Eibl, M.; Rabung, T.; Huittinen, N.;

Applied Geochemistry 92(2018), 71-81
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.02.011

2017

Probing structural homogeneity of La1-xGdxPO4 monazite-type solid solutions by combined spectroscopic and computational studies
Huittinen, N.; Arinicheva, Y.; Kowalski, P. M.; Vinograd, V. L.; Neumeier, S.; Bosbach, D.;

Journal of Nuclear Materials 486(2017), 148-157
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.01.024

Batch sorption and spectroscopic speciation studies of neptunium uptake by montmorillonite and corundum
Elo, O.; Müller, K.; Ikeda-Ohno, A.; Bok, F.; Scheinost, A.; Hölttä, P.; Huittinen, N.;

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 198(2017), 168-181
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.10.040

2016

Using Eu3+ as an atomic probe to investigate the local environment in LaPO4–GdPO4 monazite end-members
Huittinen, N.; Arinicheva, Y.; Schmidt, M.; Neumeier, S.; Stumpf, T.;

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 483(2016), 139-145
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.08.027

The specific sorption of Np(V) on the corundum (α-Al2O3) surface in the presence of trivalent lanthanides Eu(III) and Gd(III): a batch sorption and XAS study
Virtanen, S.; Bok, F.; Ikeda-Ohno, A.; Rossberg, A.; Lützenkirchen, J.; Rabung, T.; Lehto, J.; Huittinen, N.;

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 483(2016), 334-342
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.08.035

2013

Cycloisomerization of 2-alkynylanilines to indoles catalyzed by carbon-supported gold nanoparticles and subsequent homocoupling to 3,3′-biindoles
Perea-Buceta, J. E.; Wirtanen, T.; Laukkanen, O.-V.; Mäkelä, M. K.; Nieger, M.; Melchionna, M.; Huittinen, N.; Lopez-Sanchez, J. A.; Helaja, J.;

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition 52(2013)45, 11835-11839
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201305579

A ¹H and ²⁷Al NMR investigation of Y(III) and Eu(III) interaction with kaolinite.
Huittinen, N.; Sarv, P:;Lehto, J.

Appl. Clay Sci. 80-81(2013), 182-188
DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2013.04.005

2012

New insight into Cm(III) interaction with kaolinite - influence of mineral dissolution.
Huittinen, N.; Rabung, Th.; Schnurr, A.; Hakanen, M.; Lehto, J.; Geckeis, H.

Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 99(2012), 100-109
DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.09.032

2011

A proton NMR study on the specific sorption of yttrium(III) and europium(III) on γ-alumina [γ-Al₂O₃].
Huittinen, N.; Sarv, P.; Lehto, J.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 361(2011), 252-258
DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.05.055

2010

A comparative batch sorption and time-resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy study on the sorption of Eu(III) and Cm(III) on synthetic and natural kaolinite.
Huittinen, N.; Rabung, Th.; Andrieux, P.; Lehto, J.; Geckeis, H.

Radiochim. Acta 98(2010), 613-620
DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1524/ract.2010.1761

2009

Sorption of Cm(III) and Gd(III) onto gibbsite, α-Al(OH)₃: A batch and TRLFS study.
Huittinen, N.; Rabung, Th.; Lützenkirchen, J.; Mitchell, S.C.; Bickmore, B.R.; Lehto, J.; Geckeis, H.

J. Colloid Interface Sci. 332(2009), 158-164
DOI-Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2008.12.017

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