| Birthplace: |
Sheffield,
England
US Citizen
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Date
of birth: 1/21/1949 |
| Education:
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B.Sc. (hons) 1971, Ph.D. 1974, Sheffield Hallam Univ., England
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| Experience: |
1974-1976
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Fulbright-Hays
Research Scholar with J.D. Winefordner
University of Florida, U.S.A
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1976-1978 |
Postdoctoral Fellow with J.M. Ottaway, University of
Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland |
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1979-1984
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Assistant
Professor, University of Connecticut |
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1985-1989
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Associate
Professor, University of Connecticut |
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1990-
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Professor,
University of Connecticut
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Professional
Societies:
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The
Royal Society of Chemistry
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American
Chemical Society |
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Society
for Applied Spectroscopy |
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Spectroscopy
Society of Canada
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Honors
or Distinctions:
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Senior
Fulbright-Hays Award, 1974-1976
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Faculty
Fellowship, University of Connecticut. 1979 |
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NIH
Research Career Development Award, 1984-1989 |
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Program
chair, XVI conferfence of the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Chicago, 1989 |
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Benedetti-Pichler
Award - American Microchemical Soc., 1992 |
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Visiting
Scholar, Western Carolina Univ. NC, Jan. 1996 |
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Tour
Speaker, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 1986, 1998 |
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Gov.
Board chair-elect/chair/past-chair/2nd past chair, FACSS,
1998-2001 |
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General
Chair, FACSS, Providence, 2002 |
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President
Society for Applied Spectroscopy, 2004 |
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Editor-in-Chief,
Spectroscopy Letters, 2003-
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Editorial
Boards:
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J.
Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (Updates board) 1988-1997
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Microchemical
Journal 1991- |
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Encyclopedia
of Analytical Science (Academic Press) 1991-1994 |
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Applied
Spectroscopy Reviews (Marcel Dekker) 1994- |
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Spectrochimica
Acta Electronica (Pergammon) 1997- |
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Canadian
Journal of Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, 2000-2003
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| Fields
of Specialization: |
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Analytical Chemistry; Laser spectroscopy; Graphite
furnace; Atomic absorption, emission, fluorescence;
Ultra-trace element determinations; Instrumentation;
Lasers; Biological, environmental, metallurgical.
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