Professional Information
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Professional Societies:
American Chemical Society (Analytical Division); American Society for Mass Spectrometry; East Tennessee Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group; International Mass Spectrometry Society (Inaugural Member).
1974-1978. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706. Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry (August, 1978). Thesis: A Photoionization Study of Hydrogen Bound Clusters in a Supersonic Molecular Beam. Thesis Director: James W. Taylor.
Education:
1970-1974. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. B.A. in Chemistry (A.C.S. Certified) (June, 1974).
Honors and Awards:
Oak Ridge Associated Universities Faculty Research Participation Award, 1991; University of Tennessee Science Alliance Research Incentive Award, 1985-1993, 1995-; Beckman Fellow, University of Illinois Center for Advanced Study, 1982-1983; McElvain Award for Significant Achievement as a Graduate Student, 1978; Sigma Xi; ACS Analytical Division Summer Fellow, 1977; Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Fellow, 1974-1976; B.A. Magna cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; ACS Analytical Division Undergraduate Award, 1974; Colorado Boettcher Foundation Scholar, 1970-1974; Honorary National Merit Scholar, 1970.
Current Research Interests:
Fundamentals of desorption of ions from solution by fast atom bombardment, electrospray, and electrohydrodynamic mass spectrometry; MS as a probe of solution structure and dynamics; process MS; liquid chromatography/MS; membrane inlet MS.
Professional and Research Experience:
August, 1984-present. University of Tennessee, Department of Chemistry, Knoxville, TN 37996. Assistant Professor, 1984-86; Associate Professor, 1986-93; Professor, 1993-; Co-technical director, Measurement and Control Engineering Center (1995-); Director, Research Site for Educators in Chemistry, 1999-.
August, 1978-August, 1984. University of Illinois, Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Sciences, Urbana, IL 61801. Assistant Professor and associate member of Polymer Group and Materials Research Lab.
September, 1974-July, 1978. University of Wisconsin, Department of Chemistry, Madison, WI 53706. Research fellow (9/74 - 8/76 and 6-8/77); Research Assistant (9/76 - 5/77 and 9/77 - 7/78); Teaching Assistant in instrumental analysis course with Dr. Dennis H. Evans (Spring and Fall, 1975).
June, 1973 - August, 1973 and May, 1974. Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Summer research trainee in electron microscopy with Dr. Lester D. Hulett (6-8/73); Special research visitor in electron spectroscopy with Dr. Lester D. Hulett (5/74).
June, 1972 - August, 1972. Colorado College, Department of Chemistry, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Summer research trainee in x-ray crystallography with Dr. William C. Champion.
Professional Activities:
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (1989-). Editorial Board, Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry (1991-). Chairman, East Tennessee Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group (1987-89). National Treasurer, American Society for Mass Spectrometry (1986-88). Advisiory Board, NSF Structural Biochemistry Center, University of Maryland (1988-93). Board of Advisors, NSF Mid-Atlantic Regional Mass Spectrometry Facility, Johns Hopkins University (1986-). ACS Local Section: (Secretary, 1981-83; Program Chair, 1986; Nominating Committee Chair, 1988; Awards Committee Chair, 1991. Chair-Elect, 1993; Chair, 1994). NSF Panels on Biological Research Instrumentation (1996) and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (1999).
Consulting:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Technical consulting)