Scientist
CurrentTechnical Specialist, HPLC• Dionex ICS 5000+, Chromeleon software.• Waters Alliance, Empower II Software – (two systems – one in reverse phase and one in normal phase). Detectors – UV-VIS, DRI (differential refractive index), fluorescence, ELSD (evaporative light scattering); LC-IR transform;• Size exclusion chromatography: Wyatt Technology DAWN HELEOS II light scattering detector and Optilab T-rEX differential refractive index detector.• Worked with loose radioactive materials: carbon-14, tritiumCapillary Electrophoresis – Agilent G1600A Capillary Electrophoresis System, ChemStation Data AcquisitionInfrared Spectroscopy• Thermo-Nicolet 6700 FTIR Bench with Windows XP based computer with OMNIC operating software: Smart Orbit Diamond ATR (Attenuated Total Reflectance) accessory; transmission accessory; diffuse reflectance (DRIFT) accessory.• Thermo-Nicolet Continuμm XL Microscope: diamond ATR objective; compression cell with diamond windows; reflectance with gold slide .Mercury Analysis Specialist – CETAC QuickTrace M7500 Mercury AnalyzerQuickChem LaChat flow injection analysisAnalysis of organic compounds in a variety of environmental and industrial matrices, analytical methods development and instrument maintenance