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Amala Dass

Posted on: November 18th, 2013 by erabadie

Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

352 Coulter Hall
662-915-1826  |  amal@olemiss.edu

Amala Dass, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Amala Dass, Associate Professor of Chemistry

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla, 2005
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina, 2008

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Gold Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Inorganic, Nanoalloys, X-ray diffraction, HR-TEM

ORCID iD iconorcid.org/0000-0001-6942-5451

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GROUP WEBPAGE

RESEARCH SUMMARY
NSF CAREER award 2013-2018
Nanoscience is a new area of science that has generated excitement worldwide. Nanomaterials are being developed to address some of the world’s biggest challenges, including: clean, affordable energy; stronger, lighter, more durable materials; medical devices and drugs to detect and treat diseases; sensors to detect harmful chemical or biological agents; lighting that uses a fraction of the energy; low-cost filters to provide clean drinking water. We work on molecular gold nanoparticles (<2nm) that have precise number of gold atoms and ligands. Commercialization of nanomaterials and design of nanoengineered products will require: understanding of the fundamental properties; controlled synthetic and processing conditions. In my research group, we work on synthesis and characterization (mass spectrometry, NMR, optical spectroscopy) of these molecular gold nanoparticles.

 

James Cizdziel

Posted on: November 18th, 2013 by erabadie

Professor & Interim Chair

Coordinator of Forensic Chemistry

380 Coulter Hall
662-915-1814  |  cizdziel@olemiss.edu

James Cizdziel, Professor of Chemistry

James Cizdziel, Professor of Chemistry

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991
Ph.D., University of Nevada Reno, 1998
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, 1998-2000
Senior Chemist, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2000-2005
Associate Research Professor, UNLV, 2005-2008
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi, 2008-2015
Associate Professor, University of Mississippi, 2015-2021
Professor, University of Mississippi, 2021-present

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, forensic chemistry, biogeochemical cycling of mercury, environmental radioactivity, environmental monitoring and fingerprinting, analytical method development

RESEARCH SUMMARY
My research interests are in the area of analytical, environmental, and forensic chemistry. I am particularly interested in environmental monitoring and fingerprinting using isotope based methods. What counts in science is novelty. To that end, we enjoy developing new measurement techniques or applying standard techniques in novel ways. Listed below are some examples of the type of research that you may pursue if you were to join my group. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss these and other research possibilities with you as you decide whether to pursue graduate education in chemistry at Ole Miss.

Trace Elemental Analysis. I am interested in studying the behavior of trace elements (both stable and radioactive) in the environment. This sometimes involves developing novel analytical methods for measurement of the element or forms of the element (speciation). One of the methods we employ involves direct elemental and isotopic analyses of environmental or biological samples using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). This allows us to map the elemental distribution in, for example, tree rings, thin sections of brain tissue, glass shards, paint chips, fish otiliths, leaves, etc. Current research projects in this area include in-situ elemental analysis of leaves, herbal supplements, and biological shells, and the analysis of human hair and animal fur for metals. Future work may include environmental fate and transformation of nanoparticles, and evaluating metal redistribution in soils and biological uptake resulting from invertebrate burrowing, among others.

Mercury. Mercury (Hg) has probably the most complex biogeochemical cycle among the elements. Because of its tendency to bioconcentrate in food chains in the form of methyl-Hg and cause detrimental human health and ecological effects, it continues to be a hot button issue and a priority pollutant. Indeed, Hg is responsible for the most fish consumption advisories in the nation due to elevated Hg levels in fish flesh. This includes reservoirs in northern Mississippi nearby our campus. Current research projects in this area include the distribution and cycling of Hg in the Yocona River Watershed and development of a combustion-CVAFS system for Hg analyses. Future research projects may include, addressing spatial and dry deposition data gaps in Hg cycling chemistry models, evaluating Hg release characteristics from compact fluorescent lamps, environmental forensic investigations of Hg using high precision isotope measurements, and using mosquitoes as bio-indicators methyl-Hg accumulation in food webs, among others.

From the above examples and the select publications listed below you can get a sense of the type of research my group conducts. The studies often include a combination of method development and field experiments that serve to provide much needed quality data to address current hype on an issue or to increase understanding of natural phenomena. My experience and expertise in environmental and analytical chemistry offers opportunities for students to apply chemical principles to understand environmental problems, the first crucial step in solving them.

Instrumentation. Our research laboratory is well-equipped for trace elemental and isotopic analysis. It includes a high resolution ICP-MS (Element-XR), a quadrupole-ICP-MS (X-Series 2), a laser ablation system (UP-213 New Wave), an ICP-OES (Perkin Elmer Optima 2100), a microwave digestion system (Milestone Ethos EZ), a cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometer (Tekran 2600), a direct mercury analyzer (DMA-80 Milestone), an automated MeHg analysis system, airborne mercury speciation equipment, and clean-room facilities. We also have access to a variety of other instruments commonly found in Chemistry Departments such as GC/MS, NMR, XRF, FT-IR, and IRMS.

ICP-MS Facility. We are fortunate to have a new state-of-the-art ICP-MS facility housed in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. ICP-MS is a sensitive multi-element technique which provides a powerful analytical tool for trace elemental and isotope analysis. It is used in a wide-variety of environmental, biological, medical, forensic, geological and archaelogical studies. For more information, see the instrumentation section below and visit our website at: https://www.olemiss.edu/depts/chemistry/icp-ms/index.html

COURSES. Quantitative Analysis (CHEM 314); Introduction to Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 469); Advanced Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 512); Applied Spectroscopy (CHEM 563); Environmental Forensics (CHEM 615); Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (CHEM 615)

RECENT GRANTS

“Assessing Microplastic Pollution in the Mississippi River System and at Oyster Reefs in the Mississippi Sound Estuary” National Water Resources Institute (2018-2021).

“Physical and Chemical Trace Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms”; National Institute of Justice (2018-2021).

“Microplastics in the Mississippi River and Mississippi Sound: concentrations, sources, sizes, types, and loadings to the northern Gulf of Mexico”; Water Resource Research Institute and the USGS (2018-2019). 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Chamblee R., Wontor K., Cizdziel J.* (2023) “Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprints, Paint Chips, and Fibers using µ-FTIR: An Experiment for Forensic Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis Courses” J. Forensic Sci. Educ. 5(1).

 

  1. Herath H., Cizdziel J., Platt B., Widanagamage I. (2023) “Potential removal of heavy metal ions from polluted water using Bauxite” Environ. Advances 12, 100362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100362

 

  1. Gao Z., Cizdziel J.* Chen L. (2023) “Microplastics profile in sludge from a university wastewater treatment plant and the influence of chemical digestions on Nile red stained microplastics” J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 11(3), 109671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.109671

 

  1. Wontor K., Cizdziel J.*, Scircle A., Gochfeld D., Pandelides A. (2023) “Prevalence and Distribution of Microplastics in Oysters from the Mississippi Sound”, J. Contemp. Water Res. Educ. 177, 31-45.

 

  1. Gao Z., Chen L., Cizdziel J. Huang Y. (2023) “Research progress on the detection, occurrence, and characteristics of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: a holistic review”, J. Environ. Management. 325(A), 116411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116411

 

  1. Gao Z., Cizdziel J.*, Wontor K., Vianello A. (2022) “Spatiotemporal characteristics of microplastics in a university wastewater treatment plant: Influence of sudden on-campus population swings”, J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 10(6), 108834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108834

 

  1. Gao Z., Wontor K., Clisham C., Focia K., Cizdziej J.* (2022) “On airborne tire wear particles along roads with different traffic characteristics using passive sampling with optical microscopy and single particle SEM/EDX analyses”, Frontiers in Environ. Sci. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1022697

 

  1. Gao Z., Wontor K., Cizdziel J.* (2022) Labeling Microplastics with Fluorescent Dyes for Detection, Recovery, and Degradation Experiments. Molecules 27(21), 7415. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27217415

 

  1. Bussan D., Douvris C., Cizdziel J.* (2022) “Mercury Methylation Potentials in Sediments of an Ancient Cypress Wetland Using Species-Specific Isotope Dilution GC-ICP-MS”, Molecules 27(15) 4911. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27154911

 

  1. Chao X., Hossain A.K.M.A., Al-Hamdan M.Z., Jia Y., Cizdziel J.V. (2022) “Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Flow Hydrodynamics and Cohesive Sediment Transport in Enid Lake, Mississippi”, Geosciences12(160). https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences12040160

 

  1. Gao Z., Wontor K., Cizdziel J.*, Lu H. (2022) “Distribution and characteristics of microplastics in beach sand near the outlet of a major reservoir in north Mississippi, USA” Micropl.&Nanopl. 2(10). https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-022-00029-z

 

  1. Gao Z., Cizdziel J.*, Wontor K., Lu H. (2021) “Are rural and small community aerated waste-water stabilization ponds a neglected source of microplastic pollution?” Water 13(20), 2833. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13202833

 

  1. Sheng Y., Liu Y., Wang K., Cizdziel J., Wu Y., Zhou Y. (2021) “Ecotoxicological effects of micronized car tire wear particles and their heavy metals on the earthworm (Eisenia fetida) in soil” Sci Total Environ 793:148613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148613

 

  1. Sheng Y., Liu Y., Wang K., Cizdziel J., Wu Y., Zhou Y. (2021) “Ecotoxicological effects of micronized car tire wear particles and their heavy metals on the earthworm (Eisenia fetida) in soil” Sci Total Environ 793:148613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148613

 

  1. Cizdziel J.* (2021) “Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring, Analysis, and Chemistry: New Insights and Progress toward Minamata Convention Goals” Atmosphere 12(2), 166. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020166

 

  1. Liu Y., Li R., Yu J., Ni F., Sheng Y., Scircle A., Cizdziel J., Zhou Y. (2020) “Separation and identification of microplastics in marine organisms by TGA-FTIR-GC/MS: A case study of mussels from coastal China”, Environ Poll. 272:115946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115946

 

  1. Jeon B., Cizdziel J.*, Brewer J.S., Luke W., Cohen M., Ren X. Kelley P. (2020) Gaseous Elemental Mercury Concentrations along the Mississippi Gulf Coast using Passive Air Samplers, with a Comparison to Active Sampling” Atmosphere, 11, 1034. https://doi10.3390/atmos11101034 Featured on Journal Cover

 

  1. Al-Bakain R., Al-Degs Y., Cizdziel J., Elsohly M. (2020) “Linear discriminant analysis based on gas chromatographic measurments for geographical prediction of USA medical domestic cannabis”, Acta Chromatographica, published 33(2) https://doi.org/10.1556/1326.2020.00782

   

  1. Al-Bakain R., Al-Degs Y., Cizdziel J., Elsohly M. (2020) “Comprehensive chromatographic profiling of cannabis from 23 USA States marketed for medical purposes” Acta Chromatographica, published 6/5/2020. https://doi.org/10.1556/1326.2020.00767

 

  1. Scircle A., Cizdziel J.* (2020) “Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution at Oyster Reefs and Other Coastal Sites in the Mississippi Sound, USA: Impacts of Freshwater Inflows from Flooding” Toxics, 8, 35. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics8020035

 

  1. Jeon B., Cizdziel J.* (2020) “Determination of metals in tree rings by ICP-MS using ash from a direct mercury analyzer” Molecules 25, 2126. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25092126

 

  1. Scircle A., Missling K., Cizdziel J.* (2020) “Single-Pot Method for Collection and Preparation of Natural Water for Microplastic Analyses: Microplastics in the Mississippi River System During and After Historic Flooding in 2019” Environ Toxicol Chem. 39(5), 986-995. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4698

 

  1. Li R., Liu Y., Sheng Y., Xiang Q., Zhou Y., Cizdziel J. (2020) “Effect of prothioconazole on the degradation of microplastics derived from mulching plastic film: apparent change and interaction with heavy metals in soil”, Environ Poll. 260:113988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.113988

 

  1. Jeon B., Scircle A., Cizdziel J.*, Chen J., Black O., Wallace D., Zhou Y., Lepak R., Hurley J. (2020) “Historical deposition of trace metals in a marine sapropel from Mangrove Lake, Bermuda with emphasis on mercury, lead, and their isotopic composition”, J. Soils Sediments 20(4), 2266-2276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02567-6

 

  1. Gao Z., Cai L., Liu M., Zhang Z., Gao B., Zhao W., Cizdziel J., Chen L. (2020) “Total mercury and methylmercury migration and transformation in an A2/O Wastewater Treatment Plant” Sci. Tot. Environ. 710: 136384. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136384

 

  1. Albakain R., Al-Degs Y., Cizdziel J., Elshohly M. (2020) “Comprehensive classification of USA cannabis samples based on chemical profiles of major cannabinoids and terpenoids”, J. Liq. Chrom. & Related Technol. 43: (5-6) 172-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826076.2019.1701015

 

  1. Scircle A. and Cizdziel J.* (2019) “Detecting and Quantifying Microplastics in Bottled Water using Fluorescence Microscopy: A New Experiment for Instrumental Analysis and Environmental Chemistry Courses”, J. Chem. Ed. 97(1): 234-238. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00593

 

  1. Jeon B. and Cizdziel J.* (2019) “Can the MerPAS Passive Air Sampler Discriminate Landscape, Seasonal, and Elevation Effects on Atmospheric Mercury? A Feasibility Study in Mississippi, USA”, Atmosphere 10: 67. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10100617.

 

  1. Yu J., Wang P., Ni F., Cizdziel J., Wu D., Zhao Q., Zhou Y. (2019) Characterization of microplastics in environmental samples by thermal gravimetric analysis coupled with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy” Mar. Poll. Bull. 145: 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.05.037

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Jiang Y., Nallamothu D. Brewer J.S., Gao Z. (2019) “Air/surface exchange of gaseous elemental mercury at different landscapes in Mississippi, USA”, Atmosphere 10(9): 53 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10090538.

 

  1. Orr S, Barnes M, George H, Joshee L, Jeon B, Black O, Cizdziel J, Smith B, Bridges C (2018) Exposure to mixtures of mercury, cadmium, lead, and arsenic alters the disposition of single metals in tissues of Wistar rats. J. of Toxic. & Environ. Health, Part A. 81 (24) 1246-1256. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2018.1551164

 

  1. Reddy K., Cizdziel J., Williams M., Maul J., Rimando A., Duke S. (2018) “Glyphosate Resistance Technology Has Minimal or No Effect on Maize Mineral Content and Yield” J. Agric. Food Chem., 66 (39) 10139-10146. https://DOI.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01655

 

  1. Chen J., Scircle A., Black O., Cizdziel J.*, Watson N., Wevill D., Zhou Y. (2018) “On the use of multicopters for sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds in the air by adsorption / thermal desorption GC-MS” Air Qual., Atmosphere & Health, 11:835-842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-018-0588-y

 

  1. Black O., Chen J., Scircle A., Zhou Y., Cizdziel J.* (2018) “Adaption and use a quadcopter for targeted sampling of gaseous mercury in the atmosphere” Environ Sci and Poll Res, 25:13195-13202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1775-y

 

  1. Bu K., Freile D., Cizdziel J. Sidhu V., Duzgoren-Aydin N. (2018) “Geochemical Characteristics of Soils on Ellis Island, New York-New Jersey: Sixty Years After the Abandonment of the Hospital Complex” Geosciences, 8(1):13 https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8010013

 

  1. Black O., Cody R., Edwards D., Cizdziel J.* (2017) “Identification of Polymers and Organic Gunshot Residue in Evidence from 3D-Printed Firearms using DART-Mass Spectrometry: A Feasibility Study”, J. Forensic Chem., 5:26-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forc.2017.05.003

 

  1. Duke S., Rimando A., Reddy K., Cizdziel J., Bellaloui N., Williams M., Maulf J. (2017) “Lack of transgene and glyphosate effects on mineral nutrition and amino acid content of glyphosate-resistant soybean” Pest Management Sci. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4625

 

  1. Bussan D., Ochs C., Jackson C., Anumol T., Snyder S., Cizdziel J.* (2017) “Concentrations of select dissolved trace elements and anthropogenic organic compounds in the Mississippi River and major tributaries during the summer of 2012 and 2013” Environ. Monitor. & Assess., 189:73-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-017-5785-x

 

  1. Wolff S., Brown G., Chen J., Meals K., Thornton C., Brewer S., Cizdziel J.,* Willett K. (2016) “Mercury Concentrations in Fish from Three Major Lakes in North Mississippi: Spatial and Temporal Differences and Human Health Risk Assessment”, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 79(20):894-904. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2016.1194792

 

  1. Plukiene R., Plukis A., Puzas A., Gvozdzite R., Barkauskas G., Cizdziel J. Bussan D., Remeikis V (2016) “Actinides input to the dose in the irradiated graphite of RBMK-1500 reactor”, Nuclear Engineering and Design”, 300:530-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.02.005

 

  1. Bussan D., Sessums R., Cizdziel J.* (2016) “Activated carbon and biochar reduce mercury methylation potentials in aquatic sediments”, Bull. Environ Contam Toxicol. 96(4): 536-539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1734-6

 

  1. Bussan D., Sessums R., Cizdziel J.* (2015) “Direct mercury analysis in environmental solids by ICP-MS with on-line sample ashing and mercury preconcentration using a direct mercury analyzer”, J. Anal. Atom. Spec., 30:1668-1672 https://doi.org/10.1039/C8JA00009C

 

  1. Chen J., Chakravarty P., Davidson G., Wren D., Locke M., Zhou Y., Cizdziel J.* (2015) “Simultaneous Determination of Mercury and Organic Carbon using a Direct Mercury Analyzer based on Thermal Decomposition – Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry” Anal. Chim. Acta., 871:9-17 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2015.03.011

 

  1. Hawkins A.D., Thornton C., Kennedy A.J., Bu K., Cizdziel J., Jones B.W., Steevens J.A., Willett K.L. (2015) “Gill Histopathologies following exposure to nanosilver or silver nitrate” J. Toxicol & Environ. Health Part A, 78:301-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/15287394.2014.971386

 

  1. Reidy L., Williams, R., Bussan D., Brewer S., Cizdziel J.* (2014) “Elemental fingerprinting of gypsum drywall using sector field ICP-MS and multivariate statistics” Int. J. Environ. Anal. Chem., 94:1273-1287. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2014.954561

 

  1. Hawkins A., Bednar A., Cizdziel J., Bu K., Steevens J., Willett K. (2014) “Identification of silver nanoparticles in Pimephales promelas gastrointestinal tract and gill tissues using flow field flow ICP-MS”, RSC Advances, 4:41277-41280. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA08630A

 

  1. Lu D., Cizdziel J.*, Yi J., White L., Reddy R. (2014) “Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Mercury in the Mid-South USA”, Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, 7:525-540. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-014-0256-9

 

  1. Brown G., Sleeper K., Johnson M., Blum J., Cizdziel J.* (2013) Mercury concentrations, speciation, and isotopic composition in sediment from a cold seep in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Marine Pollution Bulletin 77:308-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.09.030

 

  1. Reidy L., Bu K., Godfrey M., Cizdziel J.* (2013) “Elemental fingerprinting of soils using ICPMS and multivariate statistics: A study for and by forensic chemistry majors”, Forensic Science International 233:37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.08.019

 

  1. Yi J., Cizdziel J.*, Lu D. (2013) “Temporal patterns of atmospheric mercury species in northern Mississippi during 2011-2012: influence of sudden population swings”, Chemosphere 93(9): 1694-1700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.05.039

 

  1. Gremillion P., Hermosillo E., Sweat K., Cizdziel J. (2013) “Variations in mercury concentration within and across Xanthoparmelia spp individuals: Implications for evaluating histories of contaminant loading and data interpretation”, Environmental Chem. 10(5): 395-402. https://doi.org/10.1071/EN13053

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Dempsey S., Halbrook R. (2013) “Preliminary evaluation of the use of homing pigeons as biomonitors of mercury in urban areas of the USA and China”, Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90:302-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0918-y

 

  1. Nowinski P., Hodge V., Gerstenberger S., and Cizdziel J. (2013) “Analysis of mercury in rock varnish samples in areas impacted by coal-fired power plants”, Environmental Pollution 179:132-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.011

 

  1. Bu K., Dasher D., Cizdziel J.* (2013) “Plutonium concentration and 240Pu/239Pu atom ratio in biota collected from Amchitka Island, Alaska: Recent measurements using ICP-SFMS”, Environ. Radioactivity 124:29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.03.002

 

  1. Bu K., Russ J., Cizdziel J. (2013) “The source of iron-oxide pigments used in Pecos River style rock paints”, Archeometry 55, 1088–1100. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12011

 

  1. Davidson G.R., Rigby J.R., Pennington D., Cizdziel J. (2013) “Aqueous chemistry of sand-boil discharge used to trace variable pathways of seepage beneath levees during the 2011 Mississippi River flood” Applied Geochemistry 28: 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.018

 

  1. Bu K., Reidy L. and Cizdziel J.* (2013) “Analysis of Herbal Supplements for Selected Dietary Minerals and Trace Elements by Laser Ablation- and Solution-Based ICPMS”, Microchemical Journal 106: 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2012.07.011

 

  1. Duke S., Reddy K, Bu K., and Cizdziel J. (2012) “Effects of Glyphosate on the Mineral Content of Glyphosate-Resistant Soybeans (Glycine max)”, J. Agric. Food Chem., 60 (27), pp 6764–6771.

 

  1. K. Drace, A. Kiefer, M. Veiga, M. Williams, B. Ascari, K. Knapper, K. Logan, V. Breslin, A. Skidmore, D. Bolt, G. Geist, Lorlyn Reidy, Cizdziel, J, “Mercury-free, small-scale artisanal gold mining in Mozambique: Utilization of magnets to isolate gold at clean tech mine”, J. of Cleaner Production, 29 March 2012 (10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.022).

 

  1. Russ J., Bu K., Hamrick J., Cizdziel J. (2012) “Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Lower Pecos Rock Paints and Possible Pigment Sources” in Collaborative Endeavors in the Chemical Analysis of Art and Cultural Heritage Materials, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1103, Ch 5, pp 91–121 (DOI: 10.1021/bk-2012-1103.ch005).

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Bu X., Nowinski P. (2011) “Determination of elements in situ in green leaves by laser ablation ICP-MS using pressed reference materials for calibration”, Analytical Methods 4: 564-569. Featured on Journal Cover

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Jiang Y. (2011) “Concentrations of Gaseous Elemental Mercury in Ambient Air within an Academic Chemistry Building”, Bull. Environ Contam Toxicol 86:419–422.

 

  1. Cizdziel, J.* (2011) “Mercury in Environmental and Biological Samples Using Online Combustion with Sequential Atomic Absorption and Fluorescence Measurements: A Direct Comparison of Two Fundamental Techniques in Spectrometry”, Journal of Chemical Education Vol. 88, 2:209-215.

 

  1. Nowinski P., Hodge V., Cizdziel J., Lindley K. (2011) “Rock varnish: a passive forensic tool for monitoring recent air pollution and source identification”, Nuclear Technology, 175:351-359. https://doi.org/10.1021/ed100054j

 

  1. Nowinski P., Hodge V., Lindley K., Cizdziel J. (2010) “Elemental Analysis of Desert Varnish Samples in the Vicinity of Coal- Fired Power Plants and the Nevada Test Site Using Laser Ablation ICPMS”, The Open Chemical and Biomedical Methods Journal, 3: 153-168.

 

  1. Gamage S.V., Hodge V.F., Cizdziel J., Lindley K. (2010) “Determination of Vanadium (IV) and (V) in Southern Nevada Groundwater by Ion Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry”, The Open Chemical and Biomedical Methods Journal, 3, 10-17.

 

  1. Cizdziel, J.* and Chen, W.-Y. (2010) Chapter 2, GC/MS for Combustion and Pyrolysis Research in Handbook of Combustion Vol 2: Combustion, Diagnostics and Pollutants (Eds M. Lackner, F. Winter and A.K. Agarwal) Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, pp. 51 – 74.

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Brown G., Tolbert C. (2010) “Direct analysis of environmental and biological samples for total Hg with comparison of sequential atomic absorption and fluorescence measurements from a single combustion event”, Spectrochemica Acta Part B,65:176-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2009.12.002

 

  1. Panta Y., Qian S., Cizdziel J.*, Cross C. (2008) “Mercury content of whole cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco packets by pyrolysis atomic absorption spectrometry with gold amalgamation”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 83:7-11.

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Wei Y., Stetzenbach K., Hodge V., Cline J., Howley R., Phillips F. (2008) “Recent Measurements of Chlorine-36 in Yucca Mountain Rock, Soil, and Seepage” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 275: 133-144.

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Ketterer M.E, Farmer D., Faller S., Hodge V., (2008) “239Pu-240Pu-241Pu fingerprinting of plutonium in western US soils using ICPMS: solution and laser ablation measurements”, Special Issue: Stable Isotopes in Analytical Chemistry, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 390:521-530.

 

  1. Cizdziel J*., Guo C., Yu Z., Steinberg S., Johannesson, K. (2008) “Chemical and Colloidal Analyses of Natural Seep Water Collected from the Exploratory Studies Facility inside Yucca Mountain, USA”, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30:31-44.

 

  1. Cizdziel J.* (2007) “Determination of lead in blood by laser ablation ICP-TOF-MS analysis of blood spotted and dried on filter paper: a feasibility study”, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 388:603-611

 

  1. Pollard J., Cizdziel J*, Stave K., Reid M. (2007) “Selenium Concentrations in Water and Plant Tissues of a Newly Formed Arid Wetland in Las Vegas, Nevada”. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 135:447-457.

 

  1. Gremillion P., Cizdziel J.*, (2005) “Caudal fin mercury as a predictor of fish-muscle mercury”, Environ Chem. 2:96-99.

 

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Zhou, X. (2005) “Sources and concentrations of Hg and Se in compartments within the Las Vegas Wash during a period of rapid change” Environ Monitoring & Assess 107:81-99.

 

  1. Cizdziel J., Farmer D., Hodge V., Lindley K., Stetzenbach K. (2005) “234U/238U isotope ratios in springs and groundwater from southern Nevada: a comparison of alpha counting and magnetic sector ICP-MS”, Science of the Total Environment 350:248-260.

     

  1. Kimura H, Azmy K, Yamamuro M, Zhi-Wen J, Cizdziel J. (2005) “Integrated stratigraphy of the upper Neoproterozoic succession in Yunnan Province of South China: re-evaluation of global correlation and carbon cycle”, Precambrian Research 138:1-36.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Gerstenberger S. (2004) “Determination of total mercury in human hair and animal fur by combustion atomic absorption spectrometry” Talanta 64: 918-921.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.* (2004) “Mercury concentrations in groundwater collected from wells on and near the Nevada Test Site”, Bulletin of Environ. Contamination and Toxicology 72:202-210.

     

  1. 7. Cizdziel*, Pollard J., Hinners T., Cross C. (2003) “Distribution of mercury in the tissues of five species of freshwater fish from Lake Mead, U.S.A.”, Journal of Environ. Monitor. 5:1-8.

     

  1. Turner M., Rudin M., Cizdziel J., Hodge V. (2003) “Excess plutonium in soils near the Nevada Test Site, U.S.A.” Environ. Pollut. 125: 193-203.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Pollard J., Hinners T., Heithmar E., Cross C. (2002) “Mercury concentrations in fish from Lake Mead related to fish size, condition, trophic level, location and consumption risk”, Archives of Environ.Contamination and Toxicol. 43: 309-317.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Hinners T. Heithmar E. (2002) “Determination of total Hg in fish tissues using combustion atomic absorption spectrometry with gold amalgamation”, Water Air Soil Pollut. 135: 357-372.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Hodge V. (2000) “Attics as archives for house infiltrating pollutants: trace elements and pesticides in attic dust and soil from southern Nevada and Utah,” Microchemical J., 64, 85-92.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Hodge V., Faller S. (1999). “Resolving Nevada Test Site and global fallout plutonium using 137Cs/239+240Pu activity ratios,” Health Physics, Vol. 77, No. 1, 67-75.

     

  1. Cizdziel J.*, Hodge V., Faller S. (1998). “Plutonium anomalies in attic dust and soil at locations surrounding the Nevada Test Site,” Chemosphere, Vol. 37, No. 6, 1157-1168.

 

Walter Cleland

Posted on: November 18th, 2013 by erabadie

Associate Professor Emeritus

311 Coulter Hall
662-915-5422 |  cleland@olemiss.edu

Walter Cleland, Associate Professor Emeritus

Walter Cleland, Associate Professor Emeritus

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
B.S., Miami University (Ohio), 1977
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1984
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Arizona, 1983-1986

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

UM Cora Lee Graham Award for Outstanding Teaching of Freshman
University of Mississippi 25-Year Service Award

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Preparation of models for the metal centers of metalloenzymes and proteins, including the nickel-containing hydrogenases and urease; synthesis of novel metal sulfur clusters; preparation of self-assembled monolayers on gold having unusual electronic, optical, or magnetic properties

RESEARCH SUMMARY
The research interests of our group are in the areas of synthetic inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. More specifically, we are interested in the preparation and properties of metal sulfur complexes as models for a variety of important biological systems and industrial processes. Enzymes such as the nickel-containing hydrogenases, carbon monoxide dehydrogenase, and urease possess nickel-containing active sites for which no accurate structural, electronic, and chemical model complexes have been prepared. The main focus of our bioinorganic research involves the emerging role of nickel in biological systems. Nickel has recently been shown to be an essential component in several enzymes, including jack bean urease; several hydrogenases; carbon monoxide dehydrogenase; and S-methyl coenzyme-M methyl reductase, the terminal enzyme in methane-producing bacteria. Although the involvement of nickel is now well-established, relatively little is known about the details of the structure and function of the nickel sites in these enzymes.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Leavy, M. C.; Bhattacharyya, S.; Cleland, W. E.; Hussey, C. L., Electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of self-assembled monolayers of unsymmetrical ferrocenyl dialkyl sulfide derivatives on gold. Langmuir 1999, 15, 6582-6586.

James Cizdziel

Posted on: April 28th, 2013 by

James Cizdziel

Office: 305 Coulter Hall
Phone: 662-915-1814
Email: cizdziel AT olemiss.edu

Educational and Professional Background
BS, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1991
Ph.D., University of Nevada Reno, 1998
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, 1998-2000
Senior Chemist, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2000-2005
Associate Research Professor, UNLV, 2005-2008
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi, 2008-present

Research Interests:
Analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, forensic chemistry, biogeochemical cycling of mercury, environmental radioactivity, environmental monitoring and fingerprinting, analytical method development.

Research Summary
My research interests are in the area of analytical, environmental, and forensic chemistry. I am particularly interested in environmental monitoring and fingerprinting using isotope based methods. What counts in science is novelty. To that end, we enjoy developing new measurement techniques or applying standard techniques in novel ways. Listed below are some examples of the type of research that you may pursue if you were to join my group. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss these and other research possibilities with you as you decide whether to pursue graduate education in chemistry at Ole Miss.

Trace Elemental Analysis. I am interested in studying the behavior of trace elements (both stable and radioactive) in the environment. This sometimes involves developing novel analytical methods for measurement of the element or forms of the element (speciation). One of the methods we employ involves direct elemental and isotopic analyses of environmental or biological samples using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). This allows us to map the elemental distribution in, for example, tree rings, thin sections of brain tissue, glass shards, paint chips, fish otiliths, leaves, etc. Current research projects in this area include in-situ elemental analysis of leaves, herbal supplements, and biological shells, and the analysis of human hair and animal fur for metals. Future work may include environmental fate and transformation of nanoparticles, and evaluating metal redistribution in soils and biological uptake resulting from invertebrate burrowing, among others.

Mercury. Mercury (Hg) has probably the most complex biogeochemical cycle among the elements. Because of its tendency to bioconcentrate in food chains in the form of methyl-Hg and cause detrimental human health and ecological effects, it continues to be a hot button issue and a priority pollutant. Indeed, Hg is responsible for the most fish consumption advisories in the nation due to elevated Hg levels in fish flesh. This includes reservoirs in northern Mississippi nearby our campus. Current research projects in this area include the distribution and cycling of Hg in the Yocona River Watershed and development of a combustion-CVAFS system for Hg analyses. Future research projects may include, addressing spatial and dry deposition data gaps in Hg cycling chemistry models, evaluating Hg release characteristics from compact fluorescent lamps, environmental forensic investigations of Hg using high precision isotope measurements, and using mosquitoes as bio-indicators methyl-Hg accumulation in food webs, among others.

From the above examples and the select publications listed below you can get a sense of the type of research my group conducts. The studies often include a combination of method development and field experiments that serve to provide much needed quality data to address current hype on an issue or to increase understanding of natural phenomena. My experience and expertise in environmental and analytical chemistry offers opportunities for students to apply chemical principles to understand environmental problems, the first crucial step in solving them.

Instrumentation. Our research laboratory is well-equipped for trace elemental and isotopic analysis. It includes a high resolution ICP-MS (Element-XR), a quadrupole-ICP-MS (X-Series 2), a laser ablation system (UP-213 New Wave), an ICP-OES (Perkin Elmer Optima 2100), a microwave digestion system (Milestone Ethos EZ), a cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometer (Tekran 2600), a direct mercury analyzer (DMA-80 Milestone), an automated MeHg analysis system, airborne mercury speciation equipment, and clean-room facilities. We also have access to a variety of other instruments commonly found in Chemistry Departments such as GC/MS, NMR, XRF, FT-IR, and IRMS.

ICP-MS Facility. We are fortunate to have a new state-of-the-art ICP-MS facility housed in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. ICP-MS is a sensitive multi-element technique which provides a powerful analytical tool for trace elemental and isotope analysis. It is used in a wide-variety of environmental, biological, medical, forensic, geological and archaelogical studies. For more information, see the instrumentation section below and visit our website at: https://www.olemiss.edu/depts/chemistry/icp-ms/index.html

COURSES. Quantitative Analysis (CHEM 314); Introduction to Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 469); Advanced Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 512); Applied Spectroscopy (CHEM 563); Environmental Forensics (CHEM 615); Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (CHEM 615)

Recent Publications
Bu K., Russ J., Cizdziel J. (2013) The source of iron-oxide pigments used in Pecos River style rock paints, Archeometry (in press; online first 16 Jan. 2013). DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12011

Davidson G.R., Rigby J.R., Pennington D., Cizdziel J. (2013) “Aqueous chemistry of sand-boil discharge used to trace variable pathways of seepage beneath levees during the 2011 Mississippi River flood” Applied Geochemistry Applied Geochemistry 28: 62-68.

Bu K., Reidy L. and Cizdziel J. (2013) “Analysis of Herbal Supplements for Selected Dietary Minerals and Trace Elements by Laser Ablation- and Solution-Based ICPMS”, Microchemical Journal: 106: 244-249.

Duke S., Reddy K, Bu K., and Cizdziel J. (2012) “Effects of Glyphosate on the Mineral Content of Glyphosate-Resistant Soybeans (Glycine max)”, J. Agric. Food Chem., 60 (27), pp 6764–6771.

K. Drace, A. Kiefer, M. Veiga, M. Williams, B. Ascari, K. Knapper, K. Logan, V. Breslin, A. Skidmore, D. Bolt, G. Geist, Lorlyn Reidy, Cizdziel, J, “Mercury-free, small-scale artisanal gold mining in Mozambique: Utilization of magnets to isolate gold at clean tech mine”, J. of Cleaner Production, 29 March 2012.

Russ J., Bu K., Hamrick J., Cizdziel J. (2012) “Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Lower Pecos Rock Paints and Possible Pigment Sources” in Collaborative Endeavors in the Chemical Analysis of Art and Cultural Heritage Materials, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1103, Ch 5, pp 91–121.

Cizdziel J., Bu X., Nowinski P. (2011) “Determination of elements in situ in green leaves by laser ablation ICP-MS using pressed reference materials for calibration”, Analytical Methods, DOI: 10.1039/c1ay05577a.

Nowinski P., Hodge V., Cizdziel J., Lindley K. (2011) “Rock varnish: a passive forensic tool for monitoring recent air pollution and source identification”, Nuclear Technology, 175:351-359.

Cizdziel J., Jiang Y. (2011) “Concentrations of Gaseous Elemental Mercury in Ambient Air within an Academic Chemistry Building”, Bull. Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 86:419–422.

Cizdziel, J. (2011) “Mercury in Environmental and Biological Samples Using Online Combustion with Sequential Atomic Absorption and Fluorescence Measurements: A Direct Comparison of Two Fundamental Techniques in Spectrometry”, Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 88, 2:209-215.

Gamage S.V., Hodge V.F., Cizdziel J., Lindley K. (2010) “Determination of vanadium (IV) and (V) in southern Nevada groundwater by ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry” The Open Chemical and Biological Methods Journal, 3:17-24.

Cizdziel J., Chen W.Y., (2010) “GC/MS for Combustion and Pyrolysis Research”, Handbook of Combustion, Vol. 2, Combustion Diagnostics and Pollutants, Eds. M. Lackner, F. Winter, A.K. Agarwal, Wiley-VCH.

Nowinski P., Hodge V., Lindley K., Cizdziel J. (2010) “Elemental Analysis of Desert Varnish Samples in the Vicinity of Coal- Fired Power Plants and the Nevada Test Site Using Laser Ablation ICPMS”, The Open Chemical and Biomedical Methods Journal, 3: 153-168.

Cizdziel J., Brown G., Tolbert C. (2010) “Direct analysis of environmental and biological samples for total mercury with comparison of sequential atomic absorption and fluorescence measurements from a single combustion event”, Spectrochemica Acta Part B, 65: 186-172.

Cizdziel J., Guo C., Yu Z., Steinberg S., Johannesson, K. (2008) “Chemical and Colloidal Analyses of Natural Seep Water Collected from the Exploratory Studies Facility inside Yucca Mountain, USA”, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30:31-44.

Cizdziel J., Ketterer M.E, Farmer D., Faller S., Hodge V. (2008) “239Pu-240Pu-241Pu fingerprinting of plutonium in western US soils using ICPMS: solution and laser ablation measurements”, Special Issue: Stable Isotopes in Analytical Chemistry, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 390:521-530.

James Cizdziel, Wei Y., Stetzenbach K., Hodge V., Cline J., Howley R., Phillips F. (2008) “Recent Measurements of Chlorine-36 in Yucca Mountain Rock, Soil, and Seepage” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 275: 133-144.

Panta Y., Qian S., Cizdziel J., Cross C. (2008) “Mercury content of whole cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco packets by pyrolysis atomic absorption spectrometry with gold amalgamation” Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 83:7-11.

Pollard J., Cizdziel J., Stave K., Reid M. (2007) “Selenium Concentrations in Water and Plant Tissues of a Newly Formed Arid Wetland in Las Vegas, Nevada”. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 135:447-457.

Cizdziel J. (2007) “Determination of lead in blood by laser ablation ICP-TOF-MS analysis of blood spotted and dried on filter paper: a feasibility study”, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 388:603-611

Kimura H, Azmy K, Yamamuro M, Zhi-Wen J, Cizdziel J. (2005) “Integrated stratigraphy of the upper Neoproterozoic succession in Yunnan Province of South China: re-evaluation of global correlation and carbon cycle”, Precambrian Research 138:1-36.

Cizdziel J., Farmer D., Hodge V., Lindley K., Stetzenbach K. (2005) “234U/238U isotope ratios in springs and groundwater from southern Nevada: a comparison of alpha counting and magnetic sector ICP-MS”, Science of the Total Environment 350:248-260.

Cizdziel J., Zhou, X. (2005) “Sources and concentrations of Hg and Se in compartments within the Las Vegas Wash during a period of rapid change” Environ Monitoring & Assess 107:81-99.

Gremillion P., Cizdziel J. (2005) “Caudal fin mercury as a predictor of fish-muscle mercury”, Environ Chem. 2:96-99.

Charles Hussey

Posted on: April 26th, 2013 by

RKJ_0200-081
Professor and Chair; Fellow of The Electrochemical Society
Office: 322 Coulter Hall
Phone: 662-915-7301
Email: chclh AT chem1.olemiss.edu
Educational and Professional Background
B.S., University of Mississippi, 1971
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1974
Research Chemist, Frank J. Seiler Research Lab, United States Air Force Academy, 1974-1978

Research Interests: Electrochemistry and transport properties of room-temperature ionic liquids, especially chloroaluminates; electrodeposition of metal and alloy films; transition metal electrochemistry; electrochemical processing of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive fuel-processing waste
Research Summary
Our current research efforts are directed at the electrochemistry and transport properties of a variety of room-temperature ionic liquids. Two classes of these ionic solvents that are of particular interest are the organic chloroaluminates with adjustable Lewis acidity, such as aluminum chloride-1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, and inert hydrophobic ionic liquids such as tri-1-butylmethylammonium bis((trifluoromethane)sulfonyl)imide. Projects under investigation include electrochemical processing of spent nuclear fuel components, electrodeposition of corrosion-resistant, non-equilibrium aluminum-transition metal alloys, and measurement of the heterogeneous kinetics of outer-sphere redox couples in highly viscous ionic liquid solutions.
Recent Publications
T. Tsuda, C. L. Hussey, and G. R. Stafford, “Electrodeposition of Aluminum-Hafnium Alloys from the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Molten Salt”, J. Electrochem. Soc., submitted.

T. Tsuda and C. L. Hussey, “Electrochemistry of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids and Melts,” in Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, R. E. White and C. G. Vayenas, Editors, Springer, Munich (2008).

T. Tsuda, S. Arimoto, S. Kuwabata, and C. L. Hussey, “Electrodeposition of Al-Mo-Ti Ternary Alloys in the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride–1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid,” J. Electrochem. Soc., in press (2008).

T. Tsuda and C. L. Hussey, “Electrodeposition of Photocatalytic AlInSb Semiconductor Alloys in the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid,” Thin Solid Films, in press (2008).

T. Tsuda and C. L. Hussey, “Electrochemical Applications of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids,” Interface, 16, 42-49 (2007).

P.-Y. Chen and C. L. Hussey, “The Electrodeposition of Mn and Zn-Mn Alloys from the Room-Temperature Tri-1-butylmethylammonium bis((trifluoromethane)sulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquid,” Electrochim. Acta, 52, 1857-1864 (2007).

T. Tsuda, H. Luo, S. Dia, C. L. Hussey, “Electrochemical Recovery of Cesium Extracted from Simulated Tank Waste with an Ionic Liquid: Effects of Water and Oxygen,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 153, D171-D176 (2006).

M. Deetleefs, C. L. Hussey, T. J. Mohammed, K. R. Seddon, J.-A. van den Berg, and J. A. Zora, “Uranium Halide Complexes in Ionic Liquids: An Electrochemical and Structural Study,” J. Chem. Soc, Dalton Trans., 2334-2341 (2006).

T. Tsuda, C. L. Hussey, T. Nohira, Y. Ikoma, K. Yamauchi, R. Hagiwara, and Y. Ito, “Anodic Hydrogen Electrode Reaction in Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquids,” Electrochemistry (Japan),73, 644-650 (2005).[Chosen as best paper of the year by the Electrochemical Society of Japan.]

M. Johnson, J.-J. Lee, G. S. Chottiner, B. Miller, T. Tsuda, C. L. Hussey, and D. A. Scherson, “Electrochemistry in Ultrahigh Vacuum: Underpotential Deposition of Al on Polycrystalline W and Au from Room Temperature AlCl3/1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Melts,” J. Phys. Chem., 109, 11296-11300 (2005).

P.-Y. Chen and C. L. Hussey, “Electrochemistry of Ionophore-Coordinated Cs and Sr Ions in the Tri-1-butylmethylammonium Bis((trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquid,” Electrochim. Acta, 50, 2533 (2005).

T. Tsuda, C. L. Hussey, and G. R. Stafford, “Electrodeposition of Al-Mo-Mn Alloys from the Lewis Acidic AlCl3-EtMeImCl Molten Salt”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152, C620-C625 (2005).

Kensha Clark

Posted on: May 19th, 2000 by nhammer

Kensha Clark, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Office: 481 Coulter Hall
662-915-5422| kmclark8@olemiss.edu

GROUP WEBSITE

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
B.S., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2010
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston College, 2011
Assistant Professor, University of Memphis, 2017-2022
Associate Professor, University of Mississippi, 2022-present

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
NSF Career Award, 2022

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ligand design, Development of Transition Metal-Based Electronic Materials, Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry, and Catalysis

RESEARCH OVERVIEW
Prof. Clark’s research interests include ligand design, development of transition metal-based electronic materials, synthetic organometallic chemistry, and catalysis.  Her work capitalizes on redox noninnocence in transition metal complexes for the purpose of: (1) predicting electronic and magnetic behavior, (2) exploring ligand facilitated intermetallic interactions, and (3) the design of new functional molecules.  This research develops new synthetic strategies for metal ions with tailored electronic and magnetic properties to produce rationally designed multimetallic complexes that are engineered to manifest desired behavior.  Development of these novel synthetic strategies will have an impact on a variety of applications, including sustainable chemical processes via artificial photosynthesis, computing, medical devices, and grid energy storage.  In addition to her research, Dr. Clark seeks to increase opportunities for undergraduates in STEM fields through a STEM major “boot camp” program.  By introducing incoming students to exercises to help strengthen their critical thinking skills, support resources (e.g. learning centers and campus tutoring), STEM based clubs/activities on campus, and opportunities for undergraduate research in Clark’s laboratory, this program will facilitate a smooth transition into intensive, university level STEM coursework.