Education

Pullman, WA 99164 GPA 3.95

M.S. in Chemistry 6/83

Ph.D. in Chemistry 8/84

University of California, Berkeley^* 9/80-8/81

Berkeley, CA 97420 GPA 3.75

     ^*Moved to WSU with research advisor

Bates College 9/77-6/80

Lewiston, ME 04240 GPA 3.55

B.S. in Chemistry 6/80 Cum Laude, High Honors in Chemistry

Academic Positions

Virginia Commonwealth University

Professor of Chemistry 7/97-present

Director, Department of Chemistry Instrumentation Facility 4/01-10/2007

Associate Professor of Chemistry 7/90-7/97

Assistant Professor of Chemistry 8/84-6/90

Research involves the study of molecular interactions important in chromatographic and spectroscopic methods, particularly those at condensed phase interfaces. Current projects are focused on the use of polarity and hydrogen bond sensitive dyes to probe the specific chemical interactions at solid-liquid interfaces. These studies include the development of statistical techniques for qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis using chromatographic methods with spectroscopic detection, and the study of chemical kinetics. Research group consists of four graduate students and two undergraduates.

Shell Research and Technology Center, Amsterdam

Visiting Researcher 2/96-5/96

Research involved the use of partial least-squares and other chemometric algorithms for solving problems in quantifying characteristics of process streams and products. Specific approaches included calibration model updating, and experimental designs for checking method robustness

Vrije Universtiteit Brussel 8/95-2/96

Visiting Professor

-on leave from VCU

Research involved the development of approaches for on-line correction for instrumental drift in chromatographic and spectroscopic measurements, with applications in industrial, environmental, and pharmaceutical process modeling.

National Science Foundation 8/93-8/94

Program Officer, Analytical and Surface Chemistry

-on leave from VCU

Responsibilities included oversight of proposal review process, budget management, and providing input on funding decisions in the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program in the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation

University of Minnesota 1/88-8/88

Visiting Assistant Professor

-on leave from VCU

Research involved the development of methods for modeling infinite dilution activity coefficient data and for prediction of liquid chromatographic retention behavior using techniques which permit detection of inadequacies in the current models for these systems.

Faculty Associate: Prof. Peter W. Carr

University of California, Berkeley, and 9/80-8/84

Washington State University

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

Research utilized pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy to study metal-ligand interactions, and the use of computers for data acquisition and interpretation. Responsibilities included repair and maintenance of flashlamp-pumped dye laser and spectroscopy data acquisition system.

Dissertation Title: Pulsed Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Digital Filtering for Studies of Metal Speciation

Director: Prof. Steven D. Brown