Expertise

• Analysis and composition of petroleum and its refined products.
• Specialized skill in the analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) or polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs).
• High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
• Spectroscopy expert: Fluorescence spectroscopy and UV absorption spectroscopy.

Experience

• Independent Consultant, 2002-present
• Senior Research Chemist, Chevron Research Company, 1980-2001

Honors & Publications

• Professional Associations: American Chemical Society, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, American Society for Testing and Materials, International Society for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Chemical Consultants Network.
• Books and Chapters: The Chemistry and Analysis of the Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; The Preparative Separation of Fullerenes; Gas and Liquid Chromatographic Techniques; Correlations Between the Spatial Configuration and Behavior of Large Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons.
• Patents: Hydrocracking Process With Polycyclic Aromatic Dimer Removal; Process For Purifying Waste Water Streams by Inclusion Complexation of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons.
• Research Publications (over 100): X-ray Raman spectroscopy - A new tool to study local structure of aromatic hydrocarbons and asphaltenes; The Determination of the Aqueous Solubilities of Several Large PAHs; Retention Behavior of Large Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Porphyrin-Silica Stationary Phases.
• Marquis%u2019 Who%u2019s Who in Science and Engineering, 2006.

Education

• Ph.D, Analytical Chemistry, University of Georgia
• BS, Chemistry (with Honors), University of Arkansas