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                  Department of Chemistry                                                                                                                  5011 Deanbrook Road

                  University of Tennessee                                                                                                                      Knoxville, TN 37920

                  Knoxville, TN 37996-1600                                                                                                                 Phone: (865) 640-6731

EDUCATION:

       Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Fall, 1980, Iowa State University.

       M.S.  in Analytical Chemistry, 1977, Iowa State University.

       B.S.ed. in Chemistry, 1974, Northern Illinois University.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS:

       Chemistry Teacher, Southeastern Community H.S., Augusta, IL, 1974-1975.

       Analytical Chemist, Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI, 1977-1978.

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, 1981-1986

Summer Faculty Research Participant, ORNL, Analytical Division, 1981.

       Consultant, ORNL, 1981-present.

Eli Lilly Promising Analytical Chemist Award, 1986

Science Alliance Awards, UTK, 1986-2001.

Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, 1986-1991

IR 100 Research and Development Award 1987..

       Professor, University of Tennessee, 1991-1996.

       Chancellor's Research Scholar, UTK, 1991.

       Hoechst Celanese Corporation Teaching and Research Award, UTK,1995.

Professor & Department Head, University of Tennessee, 1996-2003.

Ziegler Professor of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, 1998-present.

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Fundamental and practical development of capillary & chip-based LC and electrokinetic separation techniques; microscience & nanoscience in bioanalysis and environmental analysis; laser-based optical techniques (fluorimetry, surface enhanced Raman scattering) for chemical analysis; fiberoptic-based and MEMS (microcantilever) chemical sensors; surface modification and characterization; micro- & nano-lithography and imaging; molecular recognition and modeling in chemical analysis.