Daniel S Alessi
Getty Oil Company Centennial Chair in Geological Sciences (Holder)
Mailcode: C9000
Daniel S. Alessi joined the Jackson School of Geosciences in 2025. Prior to this, he was a professor and the Encana Chair in Water Resources in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta for 12 years. His group specializes in environmental geochemistry and geomicrobiology, with current focuses on developing technologies for critical minerals extraction, understanding the surface chemistry and reactivity of environmental materials such as pyrogenic carbon, iron oxides, bacteria, and clays, and on improving our knowledge of the water cycle in natural catchments and in industrial operations. He was inducted as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada in 2022, and named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2023.
Areas of Expertise
Environmental and aqueous geochemistry, thermodynamics, surface complexation modeling, geomicrobiology, critical minerals, chemical hydrogeology
Research Locations
Fellow (FRSC) - Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
Member, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists - Royal Society of Canada (2022)
Distinguished Alumni Award - University of Wisconsin - Parkside (2022 - 2023)
Faculty of Science Research Award - University of Alberta (2020 - 2021)
Excellence in Teaching Award - Interdepartmental Science Students' Society, University of Alberta (2019)
Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award - University of Alberta (2017 - 2018)
Faculty of Science Students' Choice Honour Roll - University of Alberta (2016 - 2017)
Faculty of Science Instructors of Distinction Honour Roll - University of Alberta (2015 - 2016)
Ambizione Fellowship - Swiss National Science Foundation (2012 - 2014)
Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship - European Commission (2010 - 2012)
Arthur J. Schmitt Presidential Fellowship - University of Notre Dame (2005 - 2009)
Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology (2025 - Present)
Editor-in-Chief, Geochemical Transactions (2023 - 2025)
Associate Editor, Geo-Bio Interfaces (2023 - 2025)
Editorial Board Member, npj Materials Sustainability (2023 - Present)
Member, Physics and Earth Sciences Selection Committee, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Royal Society of Canada (2023 - Present)
Member, Adjudication Committee, Kohout Early Career Award, Hydrogeology Division, Geological Society of America (2023)
Associate Editor, Applied Geochemistry (2022 - 2025)
Associate Editor, Science of the Total Environment (2021 - 2025)
Chair, Lithium Project Advisory Committee, Geoscience BC (2021 - 2023)
Senior Editor, Sustainable Environment (2020 - 2024)
Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Earth & Space Chemistry (2020 - Present)
Member, Users' Executive Committee, Canadian Light Source (2019 - 2021)
Associate Editor, Environmental Geochemistry and Health (2017 - 2025)
Reviewer, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (2017)
Editorial Board Member, Chemical Geology (2016 - Present)
Editorial Advisory Board, Geobiology (2015 - Present)
Associate Editor, Marine and Petroleum Geology (2013 - 2025)