Invited Talks and Presentations

1. "Probing the Mechanism of Micellar Sensitization of Photometric Analysis," J. Baxter-Hammond and K. D. Cook, Tenth Northeast Regional ACS Meeting, International Symposium on Solution Behavior of Surfactants - Theoretical and Applied Aspects (Potsdam, NY, June-July, 1980).

2. "Polymer Characterization by Electrohydrodynamic Ionization Mass Spectrometry," K. D. Cook, 1980 Gordon Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Poster Session (New Hampton, NH, August, 1980).

3. "Electrohydrodynamic Ionization Mass Spectrometry," K. D. Cook, 1980 Eastern Analytical Symposium (New York, NY, November, 1980).

4. "Salt Effects on Surfactant Sensitized Photometric Determinations," J. H. Callahan and K. D. Cook, 1981 Gordon Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Poster Session (New Hampton, NH, August, 1981).

5. "Characterization of Some Transition Metal Complexes in Solution by Electrohydrodynamic Ionization Mass Spectrometry," K. W. Chan and K. D. Cook, 1981 Gordon Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Poster Session (New Hampton, NH, August, 1981).

6. "Probing Ion-Polymer Interactions by Electrohydrodynamic Ionization Mass Spectrometry," K. W. Chan and K. D. Cook, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, International Symposium on Analysis of Industrial Polymers, Paper #ROE 7 (Honolulu, HI, June, 1982), p. 645 (Session Chairman).

7. "Effects of Matrix in Electrohydrodynamic Sampling," K. D. Cook, International Symposium on Ion Ejection from Liquids and LCMS, Sponsored by the NSF Middle Atlantic Regional Mass Spectrometry Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (Baltimore, MD, December, 1982).

8. "Mechanisms of Surfactant Effects on the Spectroscopy of Photometric Complexes," K. D. Cook, 17th Middle Atlantic Regional ACS Meeting, International Symposium on Characterization and Analytical Applications of Ordered Media, Paper #70 (White Haven, PA, April, 1983) (Session Chairman).

9. "Effects of Liquid Matrix on Electrohydrodynamic Sampling of Preformed Ions," K. D. Cook, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, International Symposium on Desorption Ionization, Paper #WOF 5 (Boston, MA, May, 1983), p. 520 (Session Chairman).

10. "Factors Affecting Sampling of Ions from a Liquid Matrix," K. W. Chan and K. D. Cook, Abstracts of Papers from the 186th National Meeting of the ACS, International Symposium on Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Analytical Division, Paper #2 (Washington, DC, August- September, 1983).

11. "The Role of Transport and Intrinsic Efficiency in Sampling Ions from Solution," K. D. Cook, Abstracts of Papers from the 189th National Meeting of the ACS, Symposium on the Coupling of Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (Miami, FL, April, 1985).

12. "Practical Aspects of Electrohydrodynamic Ionization," K. D. Cook, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Symposium on Alternate Ionization Techniques for Environmental Analysis (San Diego, CA, May, 1985) (Session Chairman).

13. "Polymer Mass Spectrometry: The Problem and its 'Solution'," K. D. Cook, Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting, Symposium on Analytical Applications of Mass Spectrometry (West Lafayette, IN, June, 1985) (Session Chairman).

14. "`Privileges' and `Responsibilities' of a Liquid (Chromatographic) Matrix for Mass Spectrometry," K. D. Cook, Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting, Symposium on Analytical Techniques and Observations at the Interfacial Zone (Milwaukee, WI, June, 1986).

15. "Advances in Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Synthetic Polymer Characterization," K.D. Cook, 17th Akron Polymer Conference on Spectroscopic Characterization of Polymers (Akron, OH, June, 1986).

16. "Sequence and Kinetics Information from Electrohydrodynamic Mass Spectrometry: Applications and Comparisons with other Dynamic Mass Spectrometry," K. D. Cook, Southwest Regional ACS Meeting, Symposium on Biomedical Applications of Mass Spectrometry (Little Rock, AR, December, 1987).

17. "Possibilities and Pitfalls of Electrohydrodynamic Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Solution Chemistry," K. D. Cook, Rocky Mountain Regional ACS Meeting, Symposium on Mass Spectrometry of Non-Volatile Molecules (Las Vegas, NV, March, 1988).

18. "The Role of Solvent Chemistry in Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry," K. D. Cook, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Symposium on Crossing the Solution/Vacuum Barrier (San Francisco, CA, June, 1988) (Symposium Organizer), p. 939.

19. "Electrohydrodynamic Mass Spectrometry: A (Hyper) Sensitive Probe of Solution Chemistry," K. D. Cook, FACSS XV, Symposium on New Developments in Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation and Analysis (Boston, MA, October -November, 1988).

20. "The Chemistry of Desorption Ionization: Deconvoluting Probe Effects," K. D. Cook, 1st ASMS Special Topics in Mass Spectrometry Conference: Mechanisms in Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Sanibel Island, FL, January 1989).

21. "Facilitating Desorption of Multiply Charged Ions," K. D. Cook and J.D. Reynolds, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Symposium on Formation, Analysis, and Exploitation of Multiply Charged Ions (Miami Beach, FL, May, 1989) (Symposium Organizer), p. 425.

22. "`Damage Control' in Characterizing Complexes," K. D. Cook and J.D. Reynolds, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Symposium on Organometallics, (Miami, FL, May, 1989), p. 1201.

23. "Coaxing Ions from Solution: Factors Affecting Sensitivity," K. D. Cook, 5th Conference on Ionization from Organic Solids (Lvånger, Sweden, June, 1989).

24. "Electrohydrodynamic and Electrospray Mass Spectrometry: Mechanisms," K. D. Cook, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Workshop on Electrospray and Electrohydrodynamic MS: a Highly Charged Topic (Tucson, AZ, June, 1990).

25. "Electrohydrodynamic Mass Spectrometry: How High Can It Go?", K. D. Cook, Methods and Mechanisms for Producing Ions from Large Molecules (NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Minaki, Canada, June 1990).

26. "Solution Chemistry: A Boon or a Bane?" K. D. Cook, 43rd ACS Summer Symposium on Analytical Chemistry (Oak Ridge, TN, July, 1990).

27. "Probing Products of FAB-Induced Chemistry," K. D. Cook, The Third Lake Louise Workshop on Hybrid and Multi-Sector Tandem Mass Spectrometry (Lake Louise, Canada, November-December 1990).

28. "Chemical Activation," K. D. Cook, Large Ion Activation/Dissociation Workshop (Seattle, WA, April, 1991).

29. "To Spray or Not to Spray: Chemical Lessons from Electrohydrodynamic to Electrospray MS", K. D. Cook, Abstracts of Papers from the 204th National Meeting of the ACS, Symposium on Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (Washington, DC, August, 1992).

30. "The Role of Solvation and Surface Chemistry in Ion Desorption", M. Shahgholi, K. D. Cook, and M. V. Buchanan, 34th ORNL-DOE Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Energy Technology (Gatlinburg, TN, October, 1993).

31. "Communicating with Complex Reaction Mixtures: Deconvoluting Process Mass Spectra," K. D. Cook, WATTec '95 (Knoxville, TN, February, 1995).

32. "Resolving Isomers in a Process Stream," K. D. Cook and M. L. Haddix, 22nd Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, (Cincinnati, OH, October, 1995).

33. "Parameterization: A Key to Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Multicomponent Mixtures," K. D. Cook, G. L. Seebach, M. L. Haddix, and C. Coffey, Tenth International Forum on Process Analytical Chemistry (Orlando, FL, January, 1996).

34. "Industry/University Teamwork for Enhancing Process Efficiency: Controlling and Monitoring the Factories of the 21st Century," K.D. Cook, Kimberly-Clark Process Technology Symposium (Neenah, WI, October, 1998).

35. "Industry/University Teamwork for Enhancing Process Efficiency: Controlling and Monitoring the Factories of the 21st Century," K.D. Cook, Bayer Corporation Analyzer Working Group Meeting (Baytown, TX, May, 1999).

36. ANon-Covalent Interactions and Electrospray:  Alzheimer's Fibril Glue, and Caveats,@ Madison Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group (Madison, WI, October, 2000).

37.  “Protonation in ES MS:  Wrong Way ‘Round or Right Way ‘Round?” K.D. Cook and S. Zhou, FACSS 2000 (Nashville, TN, September, 2000).  

38.  "NSF Sponsored Programs for Research Sabbaticals:  Why, Where, and How?" K.D. Cook, University of Kansas Macro-ROA Reunion (Lawrence, KS, October, 2000).