Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Surface Processes

Dr. Norbert Jordan

Senior Scientist

Phone

+49 351 260 2148

Email

n.jordanAthzdr.de

Link

ORCID: 0000-0002-4625-1580

Address
Building/Office

Bautzner Landstraße 400 - 01328 Dresden
801/P218

Scientific career

  • since 2018     Staff scientist at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology.
  • 2008-2018
    Research Associate at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Resource Ecology.
  • 2004 - 2008:
    Ph.D. Student at the French National Agency for the storage of RAdioactive Waste (ANDRA), Transfer Division, Châtenay-Malabry (92), France.
    In collaboration with the Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Analytical Sciences and Environment (LRSAE) (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France) and the Laboratory of Chemistry-Physics and Microbiology for Environment (LCPME) (CNRS Laboratory in Villers-lès-Nancy, France).
  • 2001 - 2003:
    Master of Science in Molecular Chemistry, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.

Research interests

  • Development of thermodynamic databases for REE aqueous complexes and solid phases for ubiquitous inorganic ligands.
  • Complexation of aqueous REE (Eu) and actinides (U, Cm) with inorganic ligands (phosphate, silicate).
  • Surface processes of actinides and fission products at solid/liquid interfaces by using advanced spectroscopic techniques (in situ ATR FT-IR, XAS, TRLFS, XPS, etc.).
  • Surface complexation modeling of acid-base surface properties of minerals and their interaction with actinides/fission products/lanthanides.
  • Isothermal Titration Calorimetry investigations of solid/liquid interfacial processes. 
  • Characterization, stability, and fate of biogenic Se(0) nanoparticles.

Projects

  • 2022-2025 RadoNorm project (https://www.radonorm.eu/), Working Package 2, Task 2.7.
  • 2018-2022 iCross: Integrity of nuclear waste repository systems - Cross-scale system understanding and analysis (BMBF, 02NUK053B and HGF, SO-093).
  • 2015 – 2018 r4 – Economically strategic materials: SEM2 – Rare Earth Elements Metallurgy-Advanced methods for optimized extraction and beneficiation by ion-adsorption clays (funded by BMBF).
  • 2010 – 2014 VESPA ("Verhalten langlebiger Spalt- und Aktivierungsprodukte im Nahfeld eines Endlagers und Möglichkeiten ihrer Rückhaltung" (funded by BMWi).
  • 2010 – 2013 POLLTRAP ("Ion transfer from surface to crystal: mechanisms of pollutant trapping") (funded by ANDRA).

Supervision

Ph.D.

  • Andrea Sabǎu, “Interaction mechanisms of Europium and Nickel with calcite”, funded by ANDRA, in collaboration with HZDR-IRE, UNS, Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL) and CEA/DEN Saclay (France) (Ph.D. defended in 2015).
  • Sarah Fischer, “Understanding the role of microorganisms in determining the fate of biogenic elemental selenium nanomaterial” (Ph.D. defended in 2022).
  • Isabelle Jessat, “Batch, Spectroscopic and Modeling Investigations of the Neptunium(V) and Uranium(VI) Uptake by ZrO2” (Ph.D. defended in 2024).
  • Rewati Dixit, "Recovery of selenium from wastewater for its application as a slow-release fertilizer", in cooperation with the Indian Institute of Technology at New Dellhi (India) (July 2019-July 2024).
  • Diksha Saini, "Redox reactivity of selenium in environmental geomedia " in cooperation with ANDRA and the Institut des Sciences de la Terre at the University of Grenoble-Alpes (France) (June 2022-May 2025).
  • Eya Miladi, "Spectroscopic and computational studies of actinides complexation with inorganic ligands " in cooperation with the PhLAM (laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules) at the University of Lille (France) (July 2022-June 2025).
  • Viktor Dück, "Ra sorption on natural occurring minerals" as part of the European RadoNorm project (https://www.radonorm.eu/) (July 2022-June 2025).

M.Sc. theses

  • Isabelle Jessat, “Complexation of Eu(III) and Cm(III) with phosphate at elevated temperatures”, Technische Universität Dresden (defended in 2019).
  • Martin Schernikau, “Further development of fc-LIF for the study of interaction of Eu(III) and U(VI) with single oxide phases”, Technische Universität Dresden (defended in 2017).

Teaching

  • Supervision of Bachelor and Diploma thesis, and internships for students of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Food Chemistry from different universities.
  • Lab Courses for students of the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry at TU Dresden (2016-2023).

Editorial and Reviewing activities

  • Guest editor for a special issue "Mineral-Water Interfaces and Interfacial Reactions with (Radioactive) Contaminants" in Minerals (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/minerals/special_issues/mineral-water_interfaces_interfacial_reactions).
  • Reviewer for ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Applied Geochemistry, Colloids and Interfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Dalton Transactions, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Minerals, Science of the Total Environment.

Organization of scientific events

Important publications in peer reviewed journals

2026

Elucidating the interaction of amino acids with selenium nanomaterials using density functional theory calculations and Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Dixit, R.; Jordan, N.; Tsushima, S.; Jain, R.

2024

A critical review of the solution chemistry, solubility, and thermodynamics of europium: recent advances on the Eu(III) hydrolysis

Jordan, N.; Thoenen, T.; Spahiu, K.; Kelling, J.; Starke, S.; Brendler, V.

Unraveling the Np(V) Sorption on the Nuclear Fuel Cladding Corrosion Product ZrO₂: a Batch, Spectroscopic and Modeling Combined Approach

Jessat, I.; Foerstendorf, H.; Roßberg, A.; Scheinost, A.; Lützenkirchen, J.; Heim, K.; Stumpf, T.; Jordan, N.

Involved research facilities

Related publications

2022

A critical review of the solution chemistry, solubility, and thermodynamics of europium: recent advances on the Eu3+ aqua ion and the Eu(III) aqueous complexes and solid phases with the sulphate, chloride, and phosphate inorganic ligands

Jordan, N.; Thoenen, T.; Starke, S.; Spahiu, K.; Brendler, V.

Surface reactivity of anatase and rutile samples - relationship with toxicity on aquatic organisms

Hurel, C.; Jordan, N.; Gerber, U.; Weiß, S.; Kubier, B.; Kleeberg, R.

  • Book chapter
    Marc A. Williams, Gunda Reddy: Toxicology of Ambient Ultrafine Particulate Matter, Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments, Brussels and Weinheim: SETAC and WILEY, 2022, 9781119316374

2021

Magnetic properties of biogenic selenium nanomaterials

Dixit, R.; Gupta, A.; Jordan, N.; Zhou, S.; Schild, D.; Weiß, S.; Guillon, E.; Jain, R.; Lens, P.

Revisiting the complexation of Cm(III) with aqueous phosphates: what can we learn from the complex structures using luminescence spectroscopy and ab initio simulations?

Huittinen, N. M.; Jessat, I.; Réal, F.; Vallet, V.; Starke, S.; Eibl, M.; Jordan, N.

Impact of the microbial origin and active microenvironment on the shape of biogenic elemental selenium nanomaterials

Fischer, S.; Jain, R.; Krause, T.; Jain, P.; Tsushima, S.; Shevchenko, A.; Hübner, R.; Jordan, N.

2020

Temperature‒dependent luminescence spectroscopic and mass spectrometric investigations of U(VI) complexation with aqueous silicates in the acidic pH‒range

Lösch, H.; Raiwa, M.; Jordan, N.; Steppert, M.; Steudtner, R.; Stumpf, T.; Huittinen, N. M.

Bacillus safensis JG-B5T affects the fate of selenium by extracellular production of colloidally less stable nanoparticles

Fischer, S.; Krause, T.; Lederer, F.; Merroun, M. L.; Shevchenko, A.; Hübner, R.; Stumpf, T.; Jordan, N.; Jain, R.

2018

Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus safensis JG-B5T isolated from a uranium mining waste pile

Fischer, S.; Krause, T.; Jordan, N.; Lederer, F.; Jain, R.

Adsorption of selenium(VI) onto nano transition alumina

Jordan, N.; Franzen, C.; Lützenkirchen, J.; Foerstendorf, H.; Hering, D.; Weiss, S.; Heim, K.; Brendler, V.

Complexation of trivalent lanthanides (Eu) and actinides (Cm) with aqueous phosphates at elevated temperatures

Jordan, N.; Demnitz, M.; Lösch, H.; Starke, S.; Brendler, V.; Huittinen, N.

Removal and recovery of uranium by waste digested activated sludge in fed-batch stirred tank reactor

Jain, R.; Peräniemi, S.; Jordan, N.; Vogel, M.; Weiss, S.; Foerstendorf, H.; Lakaniemi, A. M.

Selenium(IV) sorption onto γ-Al2O3: a consistent description of the surface speciation by spectroscopy and thermodynamic modeling

Mayordomo, N.; Foerstendorf, H.; Lützenkirchen, J.; Heim, K.; Weiss, S.; Alonso, U.; Missana, T.; Schmeide, K.; Jordan, N.

2017

Sediment-bound trace metals in Golfe-Juan Bay, northwestern Mediterranean: Distribution, availability and toxicity

Tiquio, M. G. J.; Hurel, C.; Marmier, N.; Taneez, M.; Andral, B.; Jordan, N.; Francour, P.

Shape change of biogenic elemental selenium nanomaterials decreases their colloidal stability

Jain, R.; Jordan, N.; Tsushima, S.; Hübner, R.; Weiss, S.; Lens, P.

2016

Incorporation of Eu(III) into Calcite under Recrystallization conditions

Hellebrandt, S. E.; Hofmann, S.; Jordan, N.; Barkleit, A.; Schmidt, M.

Higher Cd adsorption on biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles

Jain, R.; Dominic, D.; Jordan, N.; Rene, E. R.; Weiss, S.; van Hullebusch, E. D.; Hübner, R.; Lens, P. N. L.

Preferential adsorption of Cu in a multi-metal mixture onto biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles

Jain, R.; Dominica, D.; Jordan, N.; Rene, E. R.; Weiss, S.; van Hullebusch, E. D.; Hübner, R.; Lens, P. N. L.

2015

Entrapped elemental selenium nanoparticles affect physicochemical properties of selenium fed activated sludge

Jain, R.; Seder-Colomina, M.; Jordan, N.; Dessi, P.; Cosmidis, J.; van Hullebusch, E. D.; Weiss, S.; Farges, F.; Lens, P. N. L.

Extracellular polymeric substances govern the surface charge of biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles

Jain, R.; Jordan, N.; Weiss, S.; Foerstendorf, H.; Heim, K.; Kacker, R.; Hübner, R.; Kramer, H.; van Hullebusch, E. D.; Farges, F.; Lens, P. N. L.

Spectroscopic evidence for selenium(IV) dimerization in aqueous solution

Kretzschmar, J.; Jordan, N.; Brendler, E.; Tsushima, S.; Franzen, C.; Foerstendorf, H.; Stockmann, M.; Heim, K.; Brendler, V.

Adsorption of zinc by biogenic elemental selenium nanoparticles

Jain, R.; Jordan, N.; Schild, D.; Hullebusch, E. D. V.; Weiss, S.; Franzen, C.; Farges, F.; Hübner, R.; Lens, P. N. L.

2014

Interaction of Europium and Nickel with calcite studied by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry and Time-Resolved Laser Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Sabau, A.; Pipon, Y.; Toulhoat, N.; Lomenech, C.; Jordan, N.; Moncoffre, N.; Barkleit, A.; Marmier, N.; Brendler, V.; Surblé, S.; Giffaut, E.

Probing the surface speciation of U(VI) on iron (hydr)oxides by in situ ATR FT-IR spectroscopy

Foerstendorf, H.; Jordan, N.; Heim, K.

Selenium(IV) Uptake by Maghemite (gamma-Fe2O3)

Jordan, N.; Ritter, A.; Scheinost, A. C.; Weiß, S.; Schild, D.; Hübner, R.

Involved research facilities

Related publications

2013

Retention of selenate at the water-mineral interface in the context of salt dome repositories

Franzen, C.; Hering, D.; Jordan, N.

  • Poster
    Goldschmidt 2013, 25.-30.08.2013, Florence, Italy
  • Mineralogical Magazine 77(2013)5, 1107-1107
    DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2013.077.5.6

Temperature impact on the sorption of selenium(VI) onto anatase

Jordan, N.; Müller, K.; Franzen, C.; Brendler, V.

Adsorption mechanism of selenium(VI) onto maghemite

Jordan, N.; Ritter, A.; Foerstendorf, H.; Scheinost, A. C.; Weiß, S.; Heim, K.; Grenzer, J.; Mücklich, A.; Reuther, H.

Involved research facilities

Related publications

2011

Sorption of selenium(VI) onto anatase: macroscopic and microscopic characterization

Jordan, N.; Foerstendorf, H.; Weiß, S.; Heim, K.; Schild, D.; Brendler, V.

2009

Sorption of selenium(IV) onto magnetite in the presence of silicic acid

Jordan N.; Lomenech C.; Marmier N.; Giffaut E.; Ehrhardt J.J.

Competition between selenium(IV) and silicic acid on the hematite surface

Jordan N.; Marmier N.; Lomenech C.; Giffaut E.; Ehrhardt J.J.

2008

Radiochemical procedure for the activation product, nickel 63, determination in environmental soft water samples with high Ca and Mg phosphate concentration

Jordan N.; Michel H.; Barci-Funel G.

2007

Sorption of silicates onto goethite, hematite and magnetite: experiments and modelling

Jordan N.; Marmier N.; Lomenech C.; Giffaut E.; Ehrhardt J.J.