Thomas A. Douglas Research Chemist Phone: 907-361-9555    E-mail: Thomas.A.Douglas@usace.army.mil      Dr. Douglas is a Research Chemist with the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in the Fairbanks, Alaska Projects Office. He works in the Biogeochemical Sciences Branch within the fields of geochemistry, hydrogeology, and environmental characterization. The overarching goal of his research is to use chemical tracers to investigate environmental processes at a range of environmental temperatures and spatial scales. Current projects include: linking snow and sea ice chemistry with atmospheric contaminants with a focus on mercury; using biogeochemical tracers to investigate permafrost hydrogeology and the response of permafrost to climate warming; and quantifying the retention of explosives and trace metals in soils.      Much of this work supports the CRREL technical areas Biogeochemical Processes in Earth Materials and Environmental Fate and Transport Geochemistry which are part of ERDC's Environmental Quality and Installations business area.   Areas of Specialization Snow and sea ice chemistry: trace contaminants in the Arctic; the deposition and fate of mercury in the cryosphere; the chemical composition of snow and sea ice; major element loading to snow packs; stable isotope chemistry of snow; Snow Interest Group at CRREL Geochemistry: interactions between explosives and soil and mineral particles; bedrock sources of major elements in surface and ground waters; water-rock interaction; mineral weathering and soil formation; relating bedrock geology and land use to water quality using GIS methods; stable isotopes in precipitation and surface waters Hydrogeology: spatiotemporal changes in watershed geochemistry; biogeochemical signatures in snow melt Climate science: The biogeochemical and hydrologic responses of permafrost to climate warming Current Projects Sources and fate of mercury in the atmosphere, snow, and sea ice of the Arctic Soil and water-quality monitoring on U.S. Army lands in Alaska Investigating the adsorption and transformation of explosive compound residues in soils The stable isotopic composition of snow in the Alaskan Arctic Monitoring permafrost dynamics at the Fairbanks Permafrost Station Understanding the depositional and climatological features exposed in the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel in Fox, Alaska Using geochemical tracers to track the state of permafrost in watersheds Climatic, hydrogeologic, and thermal modeling of the response of Interior Alaska permafrost to climate warming Education Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 2001 M.S., Geology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1997 B.A. (Honors), Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, 1994 Other Professional Information Memberships/Professional Organizations American Geophysical Union (AGU) American Water Resources Association Alaska Section United States Permafrost Association American Chemical Society Awards CRREL Team Effort Award (2004) CRREL Team Effort Award (2002) Dartmouth College Earth Sciences Gary Malone appreciation award (2001) Link to Selected Publications Contact Information Phone: 907-361-9555 (Fairbanks, Alaska) Fax: 907-361-5142 E-mail: Thomas.A.Douglas@usace.army.mil CRREL Alaska Projects Office PO Box 35170 Fort Wainwright, Alaska, USA 99703-0170 Public Affairs Office: info@crrel.usace.army.mil or 603-646-4292 Pagemaster: Keran.J.Claffey@usace.army.mil or 603-646-4634 Updated: 11 MAR 2010 (kjc) Security and Privacy Notice