Home

Group Members

Past Members

Photo Gallery

Other MS Links

Yost Graduates 

Chronologically



Click here for our family tree

where are they now?

To update contact information, contact yosties@gmail.com


Frank A. Kero (Ph.D. 2008)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Atlanta, GA
e-mail: fklcms@aol.com

Dissertation: Mass Spectrometric Studies of Endogenous Thiocyanate in Exhaled Breath Condensates and Oral Rinses


Jennifer Garrett (Ph.D. 2008)

 


Jared Boock (MS 2006)

 


Samaret Otero (Ph.D. 2006)

 


Hong Yu (Ph.D. 2007)

 


Timothy Garrett (Ph.D. 2007)

 


Alisha Mitchel-Roberts (Ph.D. 2005)

 


Hidee Aponte (MS 2005)

 


Michael W. Belford (Ph.D. 2003)

 


Kevin McHale (Ph.D. 2002)

 


Jim Murphy (Ph.D. 2002)

Dissertation:  "Fundamental Studies of the Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer:  Compound-Dependent Mass Shifts and Space Charge"

 


Leonard Rorrer (MS 2002)

Thesis:  "The role of Clustering on Ion Behavior in High Field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry, FAIMS"

 


Rich Reich (MS 2001)

Thesis:  "Fundamentals and Applications of Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Explosives"

 


Joseph E. McClellan (Ph.D. 2000)

Development Project Leader
Business Operations and Program Management
Wyeth BioPharma Development
1 Burtt Road
Andover, MA 01810
Tel.: (978) 247-3767
Fax: (978) 247-2742
e-mail: jmcclellan@wyeth.com

Dissertation: "Fundamentals and Applications for the Analysis of Explosives via Liquid Chromatography/Atmospheric Pressure Ionization-Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry"

 


Joseph J. Mulholland (Ph.D. 2000)

LC/MS Field Marketing Scientist
ThermoFinnigan
265 Davidson Ave.
Suite 101
Somerset, NJ 08813
(732) 627-0220
e-mail: joe.mulholland@thermo.com

 


Rick Troendle (Ph.D. 2000)

University of North Florida

Dissertation: "A Quadrupole Ion Trap Laser Microprobe for the Mapping of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Intact Tissue"

 


George Brody Guckenberger (Ph.D. 1999)

ThermoFinnigan
2215 Grand Avenue Pkwy
Austin, TX 78728-3812
(512) 251-1526
e-mail: brody@thermofinnigan.com

Dissertation: "Chemical Ionization and Ion Molecule Reactions in the Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer with Ion Injection"


M. Alejandra Rodriguez (Ph.D. 1999)

Zum Felde 1585 Apt. 204 Montevideo 11400 Uraguay ale2@adinet.com.uy

Dissertation: "Noncovalent Interactions Between Biomolecules Studied by Electrospray Ionization/Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry"

 


Maria Ospina (Ph.D. 1998)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Building 17, Mailstop F-17
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
(770) 488-7407
e-mail: meo3@cdc.gov

 


 

Steven Boue (Ph.D. 1997)

Southern Regional Research Center
USDA-ARS-SRRC
1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70124
e-mail: sboue@nola.srrc.usda.gov

Dissertation: "The Analysis of Antibiotics Using Electrospray Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry: Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry"


 

Jon Degnore (Ph.D. 1997)

Perceptive Biosystems
500 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham MA 01701
(508) 383-7889

Dissertation: "Fundamental Studies of Quadrupole Ion Traps: Investigations of Mass Shifts and Improved Ion Ejection"  


Jim Ferguson (Ph.D. 1997)

(508) 383-7293
e-mail: james_fergur@pbio.com

Dissertation: "Mass Spectrometric Studies of Distorted Porphyrins: Fragmentation Pathways and Ionization Energies"

 


Scott Quarmby (Ph.D. 1997)

Finnigan Corporation Austin, Texas 78759 (800) 876-6711 ext. 1539
e-mail: scott.quarmby@thermofisher.com

Dissertation: "Fundamental Studies of Ion Injection and Trapping of Electrosprayed Ions on a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer"

 


Chris Reddick (Ph.D. 1997)

Bristol-Myers Squibb Manager, Medical Operations office: 978-985-0717 fax: 978-469-5993 voice-mail: 800-838-4443 ext. 9450
e-mail: chris.reddick@bms.com

Dissertation: "The Detection of Pharmaceutical Drug Compounds From Intact Biological Tissue by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry"

 


Tracie L. Williams (Ph.D. 1997)

Food and Drug AdministrationOSAS/CFSAN Mail Stop HFS 717 200 C Street S.W.Washington DC 20204(202) 205-4371
e-mail: Tracie.Williams@cfsan.fda.gov

Dissertation: "Protein Structure, Conformation, and Noncovalent Interactions Studied by Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry"  


 

Matt Booth (Ph.D. 1995)

Environmental Engineering
University of Florida
Box 116450
Gainesville, FL 32608
(352) 392-6223


 

Shannan Elmore (Carlson) (MS 1995)

Manager Manufacturing, QA, and Analytical Chemistry
Allos Therapeutics, Inc.
11080 Circlepoint Rd.
Denver, CO 80221
(303) 426-6262 (303) 412-9162 (fax)
website: www.allos.com
e-mail: elmore@allos.com

Thesis: "Determination of Plasma and Red Blood Cell Acylcarnitine Profiles by Gas Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry"


Timothy Griffin (Ph.D. 1995)

Analytical Chemistry
NASA, MSL
YA-F2-C
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
(321) 867-6755
(321) 867-6344 fax
(321) 232-5994 pager
e-mail: Timothy.P.Griffin@nasa.gov

Dissertation: "GC/MS/MS on the Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer Software Development and the Examination of the Effects of Ion Population"

 


Jon Jones (Ph.D. 1995)

 


Jim Stephenson (Ph.D. 1995)

Oak Ridge National Labs Knoxville, TN 37923 (423) 574-2848
e-mail: stephensonjl@rti.org

Dissertation: "A Novel Electrospray Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer for Photodissociation of Biological Molecules"

 


 

Brad Coopersmith (Ph.D. 1994)

Covance
8211 SciCor Drive, Suite B
Indianapolis, IN 46214
e-mail: brad.coopersmith@convance.com

Dissertation: "Selective Ion-Molecule Reactions in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer"


 

Don Eades (Ph.D. 1994)

Dissertation: "Higher-Order Field Effects on Stored Ions in a Quadrupole Ion Trap"

 


John Laycock (Ph.D. 1994)

Research Scientist, PKDM
Amgen, Inc.
One Amgen Center Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
(805) 447-7747
e-mail: jlaycock@amgen.com

Dissertation: "Tandem Mass Spectrometric Studies of Porphyrins: Structural and Photochemical Studies"

 


Bill Van Ausdale (MS 1994)

Savannah Laboratories e-mail: billvan@aol.com

Thesis: "New Strategies for the Analysis of Environmental Samples using Thermospray Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Nathan Yates (Ph.D. 1994)

Merck & Co., Inc. RY80-A23 Rahway, NJ 07065 (908)594-1749 e-mail: nathan_yates@merck.com

Dissertation: "Methods for Gas Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry on the Quadrupole Ion Trap"

 


Tony Annachino (Ph.D. 1993)

Dissertation: "Associative Ion-Molecule Reactions and Ion Trapping with a Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer"


Brent Kleintop (Ph.D. 1993)

Bristol-Myers Squibb
P.O. Box 4000
Princeton, NJ 08543
(908) 519-2994
(908) 519-1509
e-mail: kleintob@bms.com

Dissertation: "Development and Application of Particle Beam LC/MS on the Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer"

 


Rafael Vargas (Ph.D. 1993)

UCB Chemicals Corp. 2000 Lake Park Drive Smyrna, GA 30080 770-805-1951 e-mail: vargasPh.D.@aol.com or rvargas@huber.com

Dissertation: "Development of Laser Desorption Ionization on a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer"

 


 

Ulrich Bernier (MS 1992, Ph.D. 1995)

USDA-ARS-CMAVE 1600 SW 23rd Drive Gainesville, FL 32608 (352) 374-5917 e-mail: ubernier@gainesville.usda.ufl.edu

Thesis: "Short-Column Gas Chromatography With Flame Ionization Detection Under Vacuum-Outlet Conditions" Dissertation: "Mass Spectrometric Investigations of Mosquito Attraction to Human Skin Emanations"  

 


 

Cecilia Basic (Ph.D. 1992)

Department of Chemistry Villanova University Villanova, PA 19085-1699 (610) 519-6639 e-mail: cecilia_basic@yahoo.com

Dissertation: "Probing Trapped Ion Energies in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer"

 


Randall E. Pedder (Ph.D. 1992)

President
Ardara Technologies L.P.
418 Valley View Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146
Mobile: (412) 607-4213
Fax: (412) 373-9388
e-mail: randy.pedder@ArdaraTech.com

Dissertation: "Fundamental Studies in Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry"  

 


Stacy Barshick (Rossi) (Ph.D. 1991)

Dissertation: "Development of Short-Column GC/MS and GC/MS/MS Strategies: Fundamentals and Applications to Anabolic Steroid Analysis"

 


Jody Shoemaker (Freeman) (Ph.D. 1991)

US EPA
NERL-Cincinnati
26 W. Martin Luther King Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45268
(513) 569-7298
e-mail: Shoemaker.Jody@.epa.gov

Dissertation: "Ion-Molecule Reaction Studies for the Screening of Potential Carcinogens by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Brian Beato (Ph.D. 1989)

Covance8211 SciCor Drive, Suite BIndianapolis, IN46214-2985(317) 715-3911e-mail brian.beato@covance.com

Dissertation: "Structure Elucidation of Porphyrins by Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Fundamental Studies, New Strategies, and Geochemical Applications"


 

Dave Berberich (Ph.D. 1989)

Mallinckrodt Chemicals Building 25-1 St. Louis, MO 63147 (314) 539-1404 e-mail: daveberb@mallchem.global.ibmmail.com

Dissertation: "Fundamental Studies of Chemical Ionization and Charge Exchange Ionization for Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry"


Kevin Volk (Ph.D. 1989)

Bristol-Myers SquibbPO Box 7407Princeton, NJ 08543-7407e-mail: kevin.volk@bms.com

Dissertation: "Electrochemistry and Enzymes On-Line with Mass Spectrometry"

 


Todd Gillespie (Ph.D. 1988)

Eli Lilly
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 276-8482
e-mail: gillespie_todd_a@lilly.com

Dissertation: "Concepts for the Determination of Prostaglandins by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Mark Hail (Ph.D. 1988)

Navatia Corperation
382 Hidden Oaks Drive
Yardley, PA 19067
(215) 321-3130
e-mail: hailm@enovatia.com

Dissertation: "Characterization and Enhancement of Sample Introduction and Ion Transmission in Combined Gas Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Mike Gehron (Ph.D. 1987)

Pratt & Whitney
P.O.Box 109600 M/S 704-35
West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600
(407)
796-6435
e-mail: gehronmj@pwfl.com

Dissertation: "Advanced Mass Spectrometric Methods of Jet Fuel Analysis"

 


Ken Matuszak (Ph.D. 1987)

Research Investigator
Abbott Laboratories
D-4PN AP9A-L13
100 Abbott Park Road
Abbott Park, IL 60064-6115
847-938-9225 (phone)
847-935-7929 (fax)
ken.matuszak@abbott.com

Dissertation: "Characterization of Atmospheric Pressure Ionization/Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Direct Atmospheric Analysis"

 


Mike Lee (MS 1985, Ph.D. 1987)

Milestone Development Services
P.O. Box 178
7 Snowdrop Place
Newtown, PA 18940-0178
Tel: (267) 757-0462
Fax: (267) 757-0463
http://www2.email.com/snap/ext_link.jhtml?goto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.milestonedevelopment.com

Thesis: "The Rapid Identification of Drug Metabolites by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"
Dissertation: "Fundamental Studies of Thermospray Ionization Processes"

 


 

Ted Britton (MS 1985)

The National Center for Improving Science Education
WestEd
4200-A Farm Hill Boulevard
Redwood City, CA 94061-1048
(650) 381-6416 tel
(650) 381-6431 fax
e-mail: sentar@gwuvm.gwu.edu

Thesis: "Analysis of High Carbon-Number Geoporphyrins in Boscan Oil by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Maw-Rong Lee (MS 1985)

Associate Professor
Chemistry Department
National Chung-Hsing University
Yaichung, Taiwan 40217
Republic of China

Thesis: "Determination of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) in Urine by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Bob Perchalski (Ph.D. 1985)

Dissertation: "Characteristics and Application of a Laser Ionization/Evaporation Source for Tandem Mass Spectrometry"

 


Chin-Shyan Roan (MS 1985)

Thesis: "Localization of Double Bond Positions in Olefins by Mass Spectrometry"

 


Mike Trehy (Ph.D. 1985)

e-mail: s.elmore@hauser.com

Dissertation: "Determination of Aldicarb by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry with Short Capillary Columns"

 


Jodie Johnson (Ph.D. 1984)

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
e-mail: jvj@chem.ufl.edu Personal Homepage

Dissertation: "Tandem Mass Spectrometry for the Identification and Quantitation of Tryptolines (Tetrahydro-Beta-Carbolines) in Rat Brain Extracts"

 


Mary Beth Hlay (Budd) (MS 1984)

Thesis: "Trace Analysis of Isomeric Octopamines and Synephrines by Tandem Mass Spectrometry"


Sue Hummel (1983)

 


Dean Fetterolf (Ph.D. 1983)

Forensic Science Research Group
FBI Academy
Quantico, VA 22135
e-mail: dean.fetterolf@ic.fbi.gov
Personal Homepage

Dissertation: "Added Resolution Elements in Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Chemical Analysis"

 


 

Harry O'Neil Brotherton (Ph.D. 1982)

Department of Chemistry
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA 71209
(318) 342-1825
e-mail: hbrotherton@ulm.edu

Dissertation: "Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) for the Analysis of Drugs and Drug Metabolites in Racing Animals"

 


Rodger Guevremont

Insitute for National Measurement Standards,
National Research Council of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

Phone: (613) 993-6339
FAX:  (613) 993-2451
e-mail:  roger.guevremont@nrc.ca

 


Doug W. Kuehl

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
6201 Congdon Blvd.
Duluth, MN 55804
(218) 529-5154
e-mail: kuehl.douglas@epa.gov

 


 

Wells W. Wu

Clinical Chemistry BranchCenters for Disease Control and Prevention4770 Buford Highway, NEMailstop F-25Atlanta, GA 30341-3724 (770) 488-7264e-mail: wew6@cdc.gov