The Project Areas:
Project: | The Tools: |
Environmental LC-MS |
º LC-MS (on campus = unit resolution, Ripon
College = accurate mass TOF), SPE sample prep |
Environmental GC-MS |
|
Pigment Analysis |
º HPLC-UV and LC-MS for separation and
identification of pigments produced by bacteria isolated from the Fox River |
Status: (as of 4/2015)
I started in the fall of 2007 as a new
faculty member
at UW-Oshkosh after nine years at The Citadel in Charleston,
SC.
I completed an environmental project assessing the
sediments that have built up in stormwater retention ponds in
coastal
SC. This project was funded by SC Sea Grant. I have
since worked on a number of projects detecting, identifying, and
quantifying trace chemical compounds. This includes my
current sabbatical project attempting to quantify pharmaceutical
and personal care products (PPCPs) in the Lake Winnebago system
using LC-TOF MS. I have published work describing
quantitation of oak flavor compounds (for wine) via SPME-GC-MS, an
article on the impact of silver nanoparticles on polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation by a bacteria, and several
articles on the levels of metals, pesticides, and PAHs in the
sediments of stormwater ponds. My currently active projects
include the PPCP work as well as efforts in identifying pigments
produced by bacteria from the Fox River.
Produced by Kevin D. Crawford, edited 4/2015