Robert B. Finkelman is a geochemist with a long research record on the health effects of geological materials and the chemical and mineralogical properties of coal.
More information on this topic is available in the Medical Geology section.
Contribution to Medical Geology
According to his UT Dallas profile, Finkelman has devoted roughly 25 years to developing the field of medical geology.
He was a founding member and former chair of the International Medical Geology Association.
Large Publication Record
UT Dallas reports around 825 publications across analytical chemistry, micromineralogy, coal science and medical geology.
This interdisciplinary background supports research connecting geological materials with health effects.
Work with Selinus and Centeno
Finkelman co-authored and co-edited major medical-geology publications with Olle Selinus and José Centeno.
Their 2005 PubMed article notes that natural water, rocks and minerals have affected human health for millennia, while systematic multidisciplinary study is comparatively recent.
Sources
- UT Dallas – Robert B. Finkelman profile
- USGS – Medical Geology, Finkelman et al. (2001)
- PubMed – The emerging Medical and Geological Association
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