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Competent in the isolation, purification and characterization of soil organic matter, fresh water dissolved organic matter, as well as lipids, proteins and nucleic acids from various matrices (e.g. microbial biomass, plants, soils and sediments) using a variety of wet chemistry, molecular and advanced analytical techniques and instrumentation. Adept in method development, calibration, troubleshooting, maintenance and application of the following instrumentation and techniques; EA–IRMS, GC–IRMS, GC–MS, LC–ESI–TOF/MS, MALDI–TOF/MS, FT–IR Spectroscopy, advanced NMR Spectroscopy, RAMAN Spectroscopy, UV–VIS, SEM–EDS and XRD. Trace element geochemistry.Competent in molecular plant pathology.Specialties: Mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS, MALDI-TOF-MS, GC-MS, GC-IRMS).Spectroscopy (HR-MAS NMR, Raman, FT-IR, AAS)Chromatography, microscropy, X-ray diffraction analysis, isotopic enrichments and various molecular techniques

Listed skills include Gc Ms, Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry, and 8 others.