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David Blowes

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ResearcherEarth & Environmental SciencesUniversity of Waterloo

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David Blowes

Researcher

Earth & Environmental Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Principal investigator on 36 research grants (36 NSERC), most recently in 2023.

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Academic metrics

2

Publications

1

Collaborators

45

Grants

Publications by year

20

23

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Research

Geochemistry contaminant hydrogeology environment mine waste mining remediation waste management water

Latest papers

Geochemical and mineralogical investigation of cemented crusts in the tailings cover at Long Lake Gold Mine, Sudbury, Canada.
Journal of hazardous materials · 2023
Aqua regia digestion cannot completely extract Hg from biochar: A synchrotron-based study.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2020

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Critical Resource Extraction using Sustainable Techniques (CREST)
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$500,000
Application of Novel Characterization Approaches to Northern Abandoned Mine Sites
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$359,100
Remediation Strategies for the Long-term Management of Arsenic-trioxide Roaster Waste at the Giant Mine, Northwest Territories
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$1,160,747

All 45 grants and awards

Critical Resource Extraction using Sustainable Techniques (CREST)

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Gu, Frank FX

Keywords: bioremediation; circular economy; critical minerals; metal recovery; microbes; mine tailings valorization; photocatalysis; tailings

$500,000

Application of Novel Characterization Approaches to Northern Abandoned Mine Sites

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Blowes, David DW

Keywords: co2 flux; contaminant hydrogeology; environment; geochemistry; mine waste; mining; reactive transport; remediation; waste management; water

$359,100

Remediation Strategies for the Long-term Management of Arsenic-trioxide Roaster Waste at the Giant Mine, Northwest Territories

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Blowes, David DW

Keywords: arsenic; contaminant hydrogeology; environment; geochemistry; geotechnical engineering; mine waste; mining; remediation; waste management; water

$1,160,747

Geochemical Characterization and Reactive Transport Simulation of Metal Leaching and Acid Generation in Waste Rock from the Ekati Diamond Mine, NT

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Blowes, David

$25,000

Integration of Innovative Techniques to Improve Prediction and Remediation of Groundwater Contamination

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Blowes, David

Keywords: geochemistry; hydrogeology; groundwater remediation; acid mine drainage; non-traditional isotopes; synchrotron x-ray absorption spectroscopy; permeable reactive barriers; reactive solute transport modelling; waste rock; mill tailings

$366,000

Automatic sample purification system for multi-collector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Blowes, David

$130,000

Funding for full application preparation - Towards Environmentally Responsible Resource Extraction (NSERC-TERRE-NET)

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Strategic Research Networks Program Letters of Intent

Principal investigators: Blowes, David

$25,000

Towards Environmentally Responsible Resource Extraction Network (NSERC-TERRE-NET)

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Strategic Network Grants Program

Principal investigators: Blowes, David

$5,500,000

Integrated characterization of waste rock at the Detour Lake Mine

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Blowes, David

$232,187

Remediation of mercury contaminated sediments

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ptacek, Carol

$304,070

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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