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During the nineties he continued with fundamental studies on goethite and
hematite. His application of Mössbauer spectroscopy went particularly to the
characterization of Fe-bearing compounds in soils and sediments. In that respect,
he cooperated with many laboratories of geology and soil sciences. His is author or
co-author of more than 150 papers and several chapters in topics. He was several
times invited as plenary speaker at international conferences.
Eddy De Grave Eddy De Grave (1951) is Professor at the Department of Physics
and Astronomy (formerly Subatomic and Radiation Physics) of the Ghent Uni-
versity in Belgium. He was the first researcher doing Mössbauer spectroscopy at
Ghent University in 1972. His PhD treated an
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Fe MS study magnesium titano-
ferrites for which he stayed for several months in Marburg (Germany) with Prof.
S. Hafner in order to perform external-field measurements. Apart from the study of
magnetic oxides, he further dedicated a considerable time to the fundamental study
soil-related oxides and oxyhydroxides, together with the late Prof. L. Bowen of the
North Carolina State University (USA), were he stayed for one year and subse-
quently several times for a few months. He also cooperated with Dr. Chr. Laurent
from the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse (France) in relation with MS studies
on the precursor materials in the synthesis of carbon nanotubes. However, the main
connecting thread in his work is undoubtedly the Mössbauer study of a large
amount of minerals in which phosphate-based minerals take a great part. In
recognition of his significant contributions in the field of mineralogy, he was
elected in 2006 ''A Fellow'' the Mineralogical Society of America. Eddy De Grave
is author or co-author of more than 250 papers and several chapters in topics.
As a consequence of their experience in magnetic oxides and soil materials, both
authors were invited to write a chapter about ''Mössbauer effect studies of oxidic
spinels'' in the series Mössbauer Spectroscopy Applied to Inorganic Chemistry,
edited by G. Long and F. Grandjean, and together with H. Bowen about
''Mössbauer effect studies of magnetic soils and sediments'' in the series
Mössbauer Spectroscopy Applied to Magnetism and Materials Science, also edited
by G. Long and F. Grandjean.
Our message to the next generation is: It will still give you great scientific
possibilities when you, as a Mössbauer spectroscopist, cooperate with laboratories
related to earth sciences, and have an eye for reliable spectral analyses.
