16 Facts About Patricia Dove

Patricia Dove's research focuses on the kinetics and thermodynamics of mineral reactions with aqueous solutions in biogeochemical systems.

Patricia Dove was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012, where she currently serves as chair of the Geology Section and is the immediate-past chair of Class I, Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Patricia Dove participated in the local science fairs and presented her research projects on plant growth at the Virginia Junior Academy of Science and the 1976 Westinghouse International Science and Engineering Fair, which later became the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Patricia Dove studied soil science and plant physiology in the Department of Agronomy at Virginia Tech and earned the bachelor's degree in 1980.

Patricia Dove completed a PhD degree in 1991 at Princeton University, where she worked with David Crerar to develop the hydrothermal mixed flow reactor.

Patricia Dove subsequently received a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Michael Hochella in investigations of mineral surface-water interactions at Stanford University using the newly-developed Atomic Force Microscope.

Patricia Dove was born to Fuller Emerson Martin and Lou Ellen Martin, the oldest of four children.

Patricia Dove met Joseph Dove at Virginia Tech, and they married in September 1980.

Patricia Dove has a life-long passion for horses and has competed in the dressage and reining disciplines.

Patricia Dove was an assistant and tenured associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1993 to 2000.

Patricia Dove returned to her Alma mater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in 2000 and leads the Biogeochemistry of Earth Processes research group.

Patricia Dove combines chemical principles with nanoanalysis and in-situ measurements of crystal nucleation, growth, and dissolution reactions.

Patricia Dove demonstrated that temperature and the magnesium carbonate availability can alter the composition and crystal form of minerals.

In 2003, Patricia Dove led an international endeavor to establish current knowledge of the chemical processes that control biomineralisation and called for an interdisciplinary endeavor to advance the field using new quantitative and high-resolution experimental and theoretical methods.

Patricia Dove is a charter member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

In 2016, Patricia Dove was appointed the second president of VASEM.