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Frank Kero

FKLCMS@aol.com

About Me:

Graduate of Seton Hall University
B.S. Chemistry May 2000
Alternate email: fkero@chem.ufl.edu
Joined the Yost group: Fall 2003

Primary areas of interest: ESI, APCI, Negative ion, LC/MS/MS, CE/MS/MS, Exhaled Breath Condensates (EBCs), TQMS, QITMS, selective extractions applied to the development of matrix-matched standards

Teaching assignments:

General Chemistry Laboratories I & II, Instrumental Analysis Laboratory, Quantitative Analysis Laboratory

Research collaborators:

Conner Research Group
Goldberger Research Group
Williams-Yost Group

Publications:

"Quadrupole Mass Analyzers: Theoretical and Practical Considerations," Frank A. Kero, Richard A. Yost and Randy E Pedder, Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, L. Jorde, M. Dunn, and S. Subramaniam, Eds., John Wiley & Sons, 9pp. (2005)

“Anesthetic Properties of a Propofol Microemulsion in Dogs” Timothy E. Morey, Jerome H. Modell, Dushyant Shekhawat, Dinesh O. Shah, Brian Klatt, George P. Thomas, Frank A. Kero, Matthew M. Booth, Donn M. Dennis, Anesthetics and Analgesics, 2006, 103, 882-887

“Analysis of Cinnamaldehyde in Cinnamon by SPME-GC/MS: An Instrumental Analysis Experiment” Yimin Wang, Jessica Ocariz, Jennifer Hammersand, Evan MacDonald, Ashley Bartczak, Frank Kero, Vaneica Y. Young, and Kathryn R. Williams, Journal of Chemical Education (submitted)

Poster Presentations:

1) Trace Analysis of Thiocyanate Ion, a Possible Biomarker for Cystic Fibrosis, by ESI/FAIMS/MS (with F.A. Kero, C.K. Hilton, and G.E. Conner), 52nd Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, May 24, 2004, ion mobility poster presentation.

2) ESI/MS/MS monitoring of trace levels of thiocyanate and other low mass inorganic ions in exhaled breath (with F.A. Kero, L.K. Bajpai,, M.M. Booth, D. M. Dennis, G.E. Conner, R.A. Yost) The Proceedings of the 53rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, June 5-10, 2005 San Antonio, Texas, food and pharmaceuticals quantitation poster session.

3) Development of Matrix-Matched Standards for the Quantification of Cinnamaldehyde in Commercial Ground Cinnamon by Headspace-SPME-GC/MS (with J.M. Ocariz, E. M. MacDonald, A. A. Bartczak, J. J. Hammersand, Y. Wang, F. A. Kero, K J. Ziegler, K. R. Williams, R.A. Yost) The Pittsburgh Conference (Pittcon) March 12-17, 2006 Orlando, Florida, separations poster session.

4) Identification of the Most Abundant Chemicals Present in Commercial Ground Cinnamon Obtained by Liquid Extraction and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)(with A. A. Bartczak, E.M. MacDonald, F.A. Kero, K. R. Williams, R. A. Yost), Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) of the American Chemical Society, May 11-13, 2006, Orlando, Florida, analytical poster session.

5) Development of a high-throughput SPE-LC-MS/MS method to quantify trace levels of endogenous thiocyanate in complex biological fluids (with F. A. Kero, M. M. Booth, D. M. Dennis, B. A. Goldberger, Gregory E. Conner, Richard A. Yost), 54 th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, May 28-June 1, 2006, Seattle, Washington quantitation poster presentation.

6) From blood to breath: The detection of THC in the exhaled breath of an intubated pig by adsorbent tube LC-MS/MS (with Frank A. Kero, Timothy E. Morey, Britt Smith, Matthew M. Booth, Richrd J. Melker, Bruce A. Goldberger, Richard A. Yost, Donn M. Dennis), The Proceedings of the 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, June 3-7, 2007 Indianapolis, Indiana, clinical poster session.

7) Development of a novel screening method for the quality assurance of exhaled breath condensates in the clinical laboratory (with Frank A. Kero, Matthew M. Booth, Bruce A. Goldberger, Donn D. Dennis, Richard A. Yost), Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry in Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, September 14-18, 2007, Pacific Grove, California

Oral Presentations:

1) Trace analysis of thiocyanate ion, a possible biomarker for cystic fibrosis, by ESI/FAIMS/MS, Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) of the American Chemical Society May 6-8, 2004, Orlando, Florida Analytical symposium (contributed speaker)

2) Trace analysis of thiocyanate ion, a possible biomarker for cystic fibrosis, by ESI/FAIMS/MS, The Proceedings of the 52nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics May 23-27, 2004, Nashville, Tennessee, Biomarker workshop (invited speaker)

3) Qualitative analysis of thiocyanate ion in exhaled breath condensates by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (with : L.K. Bajpai, M. M. Booth, D. Dennis, G. E. Conner, R. A. Yost), Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) of the American Chemical Society May 5-7, 2005, Orlando, Florida, Analytical symposium (contributed speaker)

4) Development of a high-throughput SPE-LC-MS/MS method to quantify trace levels of endogenous thiocyanate in complex biological fluids (with M. M. Booth, B. Goldberger, D. Dennis, G. E. Conner, R. A. Yost), Florida Annual Meeting and Exposition (FAME) of the American Chemical Society May 11-13, 2006, Orlando, Florida, Analytical symposium I (contributed speaker)