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Professor
Chemistry - Tenure-Track Faculty
507A Rieveschl Hall
513-556-9306
joe.caruso@uc.edu
http://www.uc.edu/plasmachem/

Professional Summary

Professor Caruso received his PhD from Michigan State University under the direction of Alexander Popov. After a one-year postdoctoral fellowship with J. J. Lagowski at The University of Texas - Austin, he joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati as assistant professor of analytical chemistry. During this time he has authored or co-authored over 270 scientific publications and presented over 235 invited lectures at universities and at scientific meetings.

Professor Caruso’s research interests are trace elemental analysis by atomic spectrometric methods. The principle focus is plasma source mass spectrometry. His interests in this area are wide ranging from sample introduction to instrumentation and detection. A strong interest of the group continues to be chemical speciation with element specific detection. Application of these methods to phytoremediating plants and metalloproteins are of high current interests.

Professor Caruso is a member of the American Chemical Society, Canadian Spectroscopy Society, German Mass Spectrometry Society, Society for Applied Spectroscopy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has been honored by Eastern Michigan University with its 1990 Distinguished Alumni Award, by the American Chemical Society with the 1992 Cincinnati Chemist of the Year Award, the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society with the 1994 Anachem Award, and with the 2000 Spectrochemical Analysis Award given by the Analytical Division of the American Chemical Society.

Research Support

Agilent Technology Instrumentation Cooperative Agreement involving 2 yr loan of new instruments, Instruments new value @ $250,000 - per yr. depreciation @ $50,000 per yr. for five years.

Agilent Technology Instrumentation Cooperative Agreement involving 2 yr loan of new instrumentation, Instrument new value @ $450,000; per yr. worth @$90,000 over five yrs.

(PI) Enhancing the Effectivness of Sediment Phytoremediation via Gene Manipulation, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. $734, 198.

(Analytical Core director) Health Effects and Biodegradation of Complex Mixtures, NIEHS/Superfund as the Analytical Core Project of the program grant. $902,786 direct costs requested for 5 yr. for the core plus the allowed indirect costs. Funded 04/01/2004

CEM Corporation grant of CEM Explorer Microwave Extraction System , $25,000. Funded 2005

Agilent Technology award, research support, $15,000. Funded 2005

(Analytical Core director) Health Effects and Biodegradation of Complex Mixtures, NIEHS/Superfund as the Analytical Core Project of the program grant. $902,786 direct costs requested for 5 yr. for the core plus the allowed indirect costs. Funded 04/01/2005

Health Effects and Biodegradation of Complex Mixtures, Analytical Core Project, ca. $70,000 supplement to develop analytical methods for chemical warfare agents Analytical Core in complex samples, Funded 10-2005 to 09-2006.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Kazimierz Wrobel, Katarzyna Wrobel, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Joseph A. Caruso. "Identification of selenium species in urine by ion-pairing HPLC-ICP-MS using laboratory-synthesized standards". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2003), 377, 670-674.

Clayton B’Hymer, Maria Montes-Bayón and Joseph A. Caruso. "Marfey’s reagent: past, present and future uses of 1-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl-5-L-Alanine Amide". J. Separation Science (2003), 26, 6-19.

K. DeNicola and J. A. Caruso. "Elemental Speciation by LC-ICP-MS: A Practical Tool for Environmental Analysis". Lab Plus International (2003), 17, 14-17.

K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel, S. Kannamkumarath, and J. A. Caruso. "Hydrolysis of proteins with methanesulfonic acid for improved HPLC-ICP-MS determination of seleno methionine in yeast and nuts". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2003), 375, 133-138.

K. Wrobel, B. B. M. Sadi, K. Wrobel, J. S. Castillo and J. A. Caruso. "Effect of metal ions on the molecular weight distribution of humic substances derived from municipal compost: ultrafiltration and SEC with spectrophotometric and ICP-MS detection". Anal. Chem. (2003), 75, 761-767.

K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel, S. Kannamkumarath and J. A. Caruso. "Environmentally friendly sample treatment for speciation analysis by hyphenated techniques". Green Chemistry (2003), 5, 250-259.

J. Wuilloud, R. Wuilloud, B. B. Sadi and J. A. Caruso. "Trace humic and fulvic acids determination in natural water by cloud point extraction/ preconcentration using non-ionic and cationic surfactants and a FI-system with spectrophotometric detection". The Analyst (2003), 128, 453-458.

María Montes-Bayón1, Katie DeNicola, Joseph A. Caruso. "Liquid Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry". J. Chrom. B (2003), 1000, 457-476.

C. Ponce de Leon, M. Montes-Bayon, K. DeNicola and J. A. Caruso. "Sequential extractions of selenium soils: total selenium and speciation measurements with ICP-MS detection". J. Environ. Mon. (2003), 5, 435-440.

J. A. Caruso, B. Klaue, B. Michalke and D. M. Rocke. "Elemental Speciation". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2003), 56, 3-452.

Maria Montes-Bayón and Joseph A. Caruso. "Elemental Speciation Studies, New Directions for Trace Metal Analysis". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2003), 56, 148-164.

A. Vonderheide, J. Meija, M. Montes-Bayon, and J. A. Caruso. "Use Of Optional Gas and Collision Cell For Enhanced Sensitivity Of The Organophosphorus Pesticides By GC-ICP-MS". J. Anal. At. Spectrom (2003), 18, 1097-1102.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Jorgelina C. A. de Wuilloud, Anne P. Vonderheide, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Determination of iodinated phenol species at parts-per-trillion concentration levels in different water samples by solid-phase microextraction/offline GC-ICP-MS". J. Anal. At. Spectrom (2003), 18, 1119-1124.

J. Meija, J. Bryson, A. Vonderheide, M. Montes-Bayon and J. A. Caruso. "Studies of Selenium containing volatiles in roasted coffee". J. Ag. Food Chem. (2003), 51, 5116-5122.

Danika LeDuc, Alice Tarun, Maria Montes-Bayon, J. Meija, Michele F. Malit, Carol Wu, Manal AbdelSamie, Edward Chiang, Abderrahmane Tagmount, Mark deSouza, Bernhard Neuhierl, August B—ck, Joseph Caruso and Norman Terry. "Overexpression of Selenocysteine Methyltransferase in Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica juncea: Increases in Selenium Tolerance and Accumulation". Plant Physiol. (2004), 135, 377-383.

Anne P. Vonderheide, Juris Meija, Katherine Tepperman, Alvaro Puga, Allan R. Pinhas, J. Christopher States and Joseph A. Caruso. "Retention of Cr(III) by High-Performance Chelation Ion Chromatography Interfaced to Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometric Detection with Collision Cell". J. Chrom. A. (2004), 1024, 129-137.

Tyre D. Grant, María Montes-Bayón, Danika LeDuc, Michael W. Fricke, Norman Terry and Joseph A. Caruso. "Identification and characterization of Se-methyl-Se-methionine in Brassica juncea roots". J. Chrom. A. (2004), 1026, 159-166.

S. Mounicou, J. Meija, J. A. Caruso. "Preliminary Studies on Selenium-Containing Proteins in Brassica juncea by Size Exclusion Chromatography and Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography Coupled to ICPMS". Analyst. (2004), 129, 116-123.

M. Montes-Bayon, J. Meija, D. L. LeDuc, N. Terry, J. A. Caruso, A. Sanz-Medel. "HPLC-ICP-MS AND ES-QTOF Analysis Of Biomolecules Induced In Brassica juncea During Arsenic Accumulation". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2004), 19, 153-158.

Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Apryll Stalcup, Himanshu Patel, Adel Sakr and Joseph A. Caruso. "Speciation analysis of levothyroxine degradation products in pharmaceutical tablets by HPLC-UV-ICP-MS". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2004), 19, 107-113.

C. D. Evans, K. LaDow, B. L. Schumann, R. Savage, J. Caruso, A. Vonderheide, P. Succop, G. Talaska. "Effect of Arsenic on Benzo[a]pyrene DNA Adduct Levels in mouse Skin and Lung". Carcinogenesis (2004), 25, 493-497.

Katarzyna Wróbel, Kazimierz Wróbel, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Irena A. Wysocka, Ewa Bulska, Justyna. Swiatek, Malgorzata Wierzbicka and Joseph A. Caruso. "HPLC-ICP-MS speciation of selenium in enriched onion leaves – a potential dietary source of Se-methylselenocysteine". Food Chemistry (2004), 86, 617-623.

Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Katarzyna Wróbel, Kazimierz Wróbel, J. A. Caruso. "Speciation in Different Types of Nuts by Ion Chromatography - ICPMS". J. Agric. Food Chem. (2004), 52, 1458-1463.

J. Meija, S. Mounicou, J. A. Caruso. "Elemental Speciation and Characterization in Beverages Using Plasma Spectrometry (Review)". J. Amer. Assoc. Anal. Chemists (2004), 87, 205-224.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Speciation of essential and toxic elements in edible mushrooms: SEC separation with on-line UV-ICP-MS detection". Applied and Organometallic Chemistry (2004), 18, 156-165.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Multielemental speciation analysis of Fungi Porcini (Boletus edulis) mushroom by size-exclusion liquid chromatography with sequential on-line UV-ICP-MS detection". J. Agric. Food Chem. (2004), 52, 1315-1322.

J. Meija and J. A. Caruso. "Deconvolution of isobaric interferences in mass spectra". J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spec. (2004), 15, 654-658.

Anne P. Vonderheide, Myroslav V. Zoriy, Andrei V. Izmer, Carola Pickhardt, Joseph A. Caruso, Peter Ostapczuk, Ralf Hille and J.Sabine Becker. "Determination of 90Sr at ultratrace levels in urine by ICP-MS". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2004), 19, 1-7.

Monika Shah, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Jorgelina C.A. Wuilloud, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Identification and characterization of selenium species in enriched green onion (Allium fistulosum) by HPLC-ICP-MS and ESI-ITMS". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2004), 19, 381-386.

Tyre D. Grant, Rodolfo G Wuilloud, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Investigation of the elemental content of fulvic acids found in fulvic acid nutritional supplements". J. Chromatog. A. (2004), 1054, 313-319.

Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sarath Jayasinghe, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Fast speciation analysis of iodophenol compounds in river waters by solid-phase microextraction with CE-ICP-MS". Electrophoresis (2004), 25, 1843-1851.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, and Joseph A. Caruso. "“Speciation analysis of Nickel, Copper, Zinc, and Manganese in different edible nuts: A comparative study of molecular weight distribution by SEC-UV-ICP-MS". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2004), 379, 495-503.

Jorgelina C. A. de Wuilloud, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Anne P. Vonderheide, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Gas chromatography/plasma spectrometry – an important analytical tool for elemental speciation studies". Spectrochim. Acta B. (2004), 59, 755-792.

C. B’Hymer and J. A. Caruso. "Arsenic and its speciation analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry". J. Chromatogr. A. (2004), 1045, 1-13.

J. Meija and J. A. Caruso. "Selenium and Sulfur Trichalcogenides from the Chalcogen Exchange Reaction". Inorg. Chem. (2004), 43, 7486-7482.

R. T. Wilburn, A. P. Vonderheide, R. S. Soman, J. A. Caruso. "The Speciation of Selenium in the Mushroom Boletus edulis by HPLC-ICP-MS". Appl. Spec. (2004), 10, 1251-1255.

Baki B. M. Sadi, Anne P. Vonderheide and Joseph A. Caruso. "Analysis of Phosphorus Herbicides by Ion-Pairing Reversed Phase HPLC Coupled to ICP-MS Detection with Octapole Reaction Cell". J. Chromatogr. A (2004), 1050, 95-101.

Douglas D. Richardson, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Joseph A. Caruso. "A novel hydride generation interface for speciation analysis coupling capillary electrophoresis to inductively coupled plasma mass,". Anal. Chem. (2004), 76, 7137-7142.

K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel and J. A. Caruso. "Recent applications of ICPMS in studies of biological and clinical significance". Current topics in Analytical Chemistry (2004), 4, 19-33.

Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Joseph A. Caruso. "SEC-ICP-MS studies of various elements of nutritional and toxicological interest associated to different molecular weight fractions in Brazil nuts". J. Ag. Food Chem. (2004), 52, 5773-5780.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Niranjan Selar, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Joseph A. Caruso. "Highly sensitive determination of 2,3,6-trinitrophenol and its metabolites in human urine by fast anion-exchange chromatography-ICP-MS". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2004), 19, 1442-1447.

J. Meija, T. L. Beck and J. A. Caruso. "Interpretation of alkyldiselenide and selenosulfenate mass spectra". J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spec. (2004), 15, 1325-1332.

Monika Shah, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath and Joseph A. Caruso. "Iodine speciation studies in commercially available seaweed by coupling different chromatographic techniques with UV and ICP-MS detection". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2005), 20, 176-182.

K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel and J. A. Caruso. "Pretreatment procedures for characterization of arsenic and selenium species in complex samples utilizing coupled techniques with mass spectrometric detection". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2005), 381, 317-331.

J. Meija, G. Centineo, J. I. Garcia-Alonso, A. Sanz-Medel, J. A. Caruso. "Interpretation of Butyltin Mass Spectra Using Isotope Pattern Reconstruction for the Accurate Measurement of Isotope Ratios from Molecular Clusters". J. Mass. Spectrom. (2005), 40, 807-814.

A. H. S. Munoz, K. Kubachka, K. Wrobel, F. G. Corona, S. K. V. Yathavakilla, J. A. Caruso and K. Wrobel. "Metallomics Approach to Trace Element Analysis in Ustilago maydis Using Cellular Fractionation, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, and Size Exclusion Chromatography with ICP-MS Detection". J. Ag. Food. Chem. (2005), 53, 5138-5143.

K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel, J. A. Caruso. "Recent Applications of ICP-MS in Studies of Biological and Clinical Significance". Research Trends – Current Topics in Analytical Chemistry (2005), 4, 19-38.

M. Shah and J. A. Caruso. "Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in tandem with molecular mass spectrometry: Recent trends in phosphorus speciation". J. Sepn. Sci. (2005), 28, 1969-1984.

S. Yathavakilla, M. Shah, S. Mounicou, and J. A. Caruso. "Speciation of cationic selenium compounds in Brassica juncea leaves by SCX-HPLC-ICP-MS". J. Chromatog. A (2005), 1100, 153-159.

Fischer JM, Robbins SB, Al-Zoughool M, Kannamkumarath SS, Stringer SL, Larson JS, Caruso JA, Talaska G, Stambrook PJ, Stringer JR. "Co-mutagenic activity of arsenic and benzo[a]pyrene in mouse skin". Mutation Research-Genetic Toxicology And Environmental Mutagenesis (2005), 588, 35-46.

Jared M. Fischer, Susan B. Robbins, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Mustafa Al-Zoughool, Saundra L. Stringer, Glenn Talaska, Joseph A. Caruso, Peter J. Stambrook and James R. Stringer. "Exposure of mice to arsenic and/or benzo[a]pyrene does not increase the frequency of Aprt-deficient cells recovered from explanted skin of Aprt heterozygous mice". Environ. Mol. Mutagen (2006), 47, 334-344.

Oktay Cankur, Santha K.V. Yathavakilla, Joseph A. Caruso. "Selenium speciation in dill (Anethum graveolens L.) by ion pairing reversed phase and cation exchange HPLC with ICP-MS detection". Talanta (2006), 70, 784-790.

Anne Vonderheide, Sabrina R. Mueller-Spitz, Juris Meija, Gwendolyn L. Welsh, Kevin Mueller, Brian Kinkle, Jodi Shann, Joseph A. Caruso. "Rapid Breakdown of Brominated Fire Retardants by Soil Microorganisms". Anal. At. Spectrom. (2006), 21, 1232-1239.

Sandra Mounicou, Anne P. Vonderheide, Jodi R. Shann and Joseph A. Caruso. "Comparing a selenium accumulator plant (Brassica juncea) to a non-accumulator plant (Helianthus annuus) to investigate selenium-containing proteins". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2006), 131, 33-40.

A. P. Vonderheide, S. Mounicou, J. Meija, H. F. Henry, J. A. Caruso, J. R. Shann. "Investigation of Selenated Root Exudates of Brassica juncea Using HPLC-ICP-MS and ESI-qTOF-MS". Analyst (2006), 131, 33-40.

V. Gergely, K. Kubachka, P. Fodor and J. A. Caruso. "Speciation of selenium-containing proteins in selenium-enriched Agaricus bisporus and Lentinula edodes mushrooms by various chromatographic techniques coupled to ICP-MS". J. Chromatog. A (2006), 1101, 94-102.

M. Shah, B. Cabovska, J. Meija and J. A. Caruso. "Development and application of solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for analysis of phosphoric acid triesters in human plasma". J. Chromatog. A (2006), 1103, 329-336.

K. DeNicola, D. Richardson and J. A. Caruso. "ICPMS Speciation Analysis: Three Roles of Selenium". Spectroscopy (2006), 21, 18-24.

W. Harris, R. Wuilloud, J. Wuilloud, and J. A. Caruso. "Modeling and Separation-Detection Methods to Evaluate the Speciation of Metals for Toxicity Assessment". J. Tox. Envir. Health Part B: Critical Reviews (2006), 9, 41-61.

D. D. Richardson, B. B. Sadi and J. A. Caruso. "Reversed Phase Ion-Pairing HPLC-ICPMS for Analysis of Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Agent Degradation Products". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2006), 21, 396-403.

S. Mounicou, M. Shah, A. Vonderheide, J. Meija, J. Shann and J. A. Caruso. "Localization and Speciation of Se in Brassica juncea, Mercury Accumulation in the Roots". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2006), 21, 404-412.

C. B’Hymer and J. A. Caruso. "Selenium speciation analysis using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry". J. Chrom. A. (2006), 1114, 1-20.

Zolton Mester, Scott Willie, Lu Yang, Ralph Sturgeon, Joseph A. Caruso, María Luisa Fernández, Peter Fodor, Robert J. Goldschmidt, Heidi Goenaga-Infante, Ryszard Lobinski, Paulette Maxwell, Shona McSheehy. "Certification of a new selenized yeast reference material (SELM-1) for methionine, selenomethionine and total selenium content and its use in an inter-comparison exercise for quantifying these analytes". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2006), 385, 160-180.

Alma Hortensia Serafin Mu'oz, Kevin Kubachka, Kazimierz Wrobel, J. Felix Gutierrez Corona, Santha K.V. Yathavakilla, Joseph A. Caruso, Katarzyna Wrobel. "Se-Enriched Mycelia of Pleurotus Ostreatus: Distribution of Selenium in Cell Walls and Cell Membranes/Cytosol". J. Ag. Food Chem. (2006), 54, 3440-3444.

Sabrina R. Mueller-Spitz, Anne P. Vonderheide, Jodi R. Shann, Joseph A. Caruso and Brian K. Kinkle. "Use of SEC-ICP-MS with Collision Cell for Determining the Interaction of Chromium with DNA Extracted from Metal Contaminated Soil". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2006), 386, 142-151.

Emese Kaprolna, Monika Shah and Joseph A. Caruso. "Selenium speciation studies in Se-enriched chives (Allium schoenoprasum) by HPLC-ICP-MS". Food Chemistry (2006), 101, 1415-1423.

K. DeNicola Cafferky, R. L. Thompson, D. D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso. "“Determination, by ICPMS, of changes in cellular metal content resulting from herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) infection". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2007), 2037-2045.

Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso. "Derivatization of organophosphorus nerve agent degradation products for gas chromatography with ICPMS and TOF-MS detection". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2007), 388, 809-823.

Julio Alberto Landero Figueroa, Scott Afton, Kazimierz Wrobel, Katarzyna Wrobel, Joseph A. Caruso. "Analysis of phytochelatins in nopal (Opuntia ficus): a metallomics approach in the soil–plant system". J. Anal. At. Spectrom. (2007), 22, 897-904.

S. Yathavakilla and J. A. Caruso. "A study of Se-Hg antagonism in Glycine max (soybean) roots by size exclusion and reversed phase HPLC-ICPMS". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2007), 389, 715-723.

Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso. "Screening organophosphorus nerve agent degradation products in pesticide mixtures by GC-ICPMS". Anal. Bioanal. Chem. (2007), 389, 679-682.

Iris Liliana Caballero Arauz, Scott Afton, Kazimierz Wrobel, Joseph A. Caruso, J. Felix Gutierrez Corona, Katarzyna Wrobel. "Study on the protective role of selenium against cadmium toxicity in lactic acid bacteria: An advanced application of ICP-MS". J. Haz. Mat. (2007).

Monika Shah, Juris Meija and J. A. Caruso. "Exploring Minor Selenium Volatiles from Selenium-Enriched Green Onions". Anal. Chem. (2007), 79, 846-853.

Kevin Kubachka, Juris Meija, Danika Leduc, Norman Terry and Joseph A. Caruso. "Selenium volatiles as proxy to the metabolic pathways of selenium in genetically modified Brassica juncea". Environ. Sci. & Tech. (2007), 41, 1863-1869.

Invited Publications

Meija, J.; Montes-Bayon, M.; Caruso, J. A.; Sanz-Medel, A. "Integrated Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for (Semi)Metal Speciation and its Potential in Plant Science". Trends in Analytical Chemistry (2006), 25, 44-51.

Books

R. Cornelis, editor-in-chief, J. A. Caruso, H. Crews and K. Heumann, associate editors. Handbook of elemental speciation; John Wiley and Sons, 2003.

R. Cornelis, editor-in-chief, J. A. Caruso, H. Crews and K. Heumann, associate editors. Handbook of elemental speciation; John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

Book Chapters

Katarzyna Wrobel, Sasi Kannamkumarath, Kazimierz Wrobel, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Different Environmental Aspects Of Trace Element Speciation Analysis By Hyphenated Techniques". In Green Chemistry: Environment Friendly Alternatives; Rashmi Sanghi an M. M. Srivastava, Ed(s); Narosa: Kanpur, India, (2003).

K. L. Ackley and J. A. Caruso. "Liquid Chromatography". In Handbook of elemental speciation; R. Cornelis, J. A. Caruso, H. Crews and K. Heumann, Ed(s); John Wiley and Sons: London, (2003), pp 147-163.

C. Ponce de Leon, A. P. Vonderheide, J. A. Caruso. "Sample Preparation for Speciation of Selenium". In Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry; Z. Mester and R. Sturgeon, Ed(s); Elsevier: N. Y., (2003), pp 1039-1058.

K. Wrobel, K. DeNicola, K. Wrobel, J. A. Caruso. "ICP-MS: Metals and Much More". In Advances in Mass Spectrometry; A. E. Ashcroft, G. Brenton, J. J. Monaghan, Ed(s); Amsterdam: Elsevier, (2004), pp 229-273.

Baki B. M. Sadi, Anne P. Vonderheide, Jodi R. Shann, and Joseph A. Caruso. "Environmental and Clinical Applications of Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry". In Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometry and its Applications; Steve Hill, Ed(s); Blackwell Publishers: Sheffield, UK, (2006), pp 2nd ed.

Baki B.M. Sadi, Anne P. Vonderheide, J. Sabine Becker, Joseph A. Caruso. "SEC-ICP-MS: An Important Analytical Tool for Elemental Speciation in Environmental and Biological Samples". In Multiple Detection Size-Exclusion Chromatography - ACS Symposium Series 893; A. M. Striegel, Ed(s); Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, pp 168-183.

Encyclopedia Articles

K. DeNicola, V. Gergely and J. A. Caruso. LC-ICP-MS: Principles, Coupling and Applications. In Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Volume 8: Hyphenated Techniques; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2005.

Invited Presentations

(01-2003). New developments in elemental speciation studies. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

(03-2003). Separation and Detection Methods to Speciate Metals. Society of Toxicology, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sandra Mounicou, Joseph A. Caruso (06-2003). (239) Selenium Speciation Studies: Accumulating Plants and .... 49th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy (ICASS), Ottawa, Ontario, CA.

Rodolfo Wuilloud, Joseph A. Caruso (06-2003). Multielemental and Total Speciation Analysis of Different Edible Mushrooms by Chromatography ICP-MS. 49th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy (ICASS), Ottawa, Ontario, CA.

Baki Sadi, Joseph A. Caruso (06-2003). Studies of metal associations in humic substances by SEC-ICP-MS. 49th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy (ICASS), Ottawa, Ontario, CA.

(06-2003). ICP-MS: chromatographic detection and much more. Journal of Chromatography A – Volume 1000 Celebratory Meeting, Ermelo, The Netherlands.

(08-2003). Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry as it was Never Envisioned. 39th IUPAC/ 86th Canadian Society of Chemistry, Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, CA.

(09-2003). Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Metals and Then Some. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

(09-2003). Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Metals and Much More. International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Edinburgh, UK.

(10-2003). ICP-MS: Metals, Speciation, and More. Federation of Analytical and Spectroscopy Societies, Fr. Lauderdale, FL.

(11-2003). Tandem Atomic and Molecular Mass Spectrometry: their Synergism for Speciation Studies of Biometals. Eastern Analytical Society, New Jersey.

(01-2004). Elemental and isotopic analysis in organic and biological systems. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Sanibel Island, FL.

(02-2004). ICP-MS: Metals and Much More. DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.

(03-2004). ICP-MS in the organic realm. Pittcon, Chicago, IL.

(03-2004). Elemental Speciation: Metal and Nonmetal Analysis. National University of Mexico, Mexico City, MX.

(03-2004). Elemental Speciation: Metal and Nonmetal Analysis. National University of Mexico, Mexico City, MX.

(07-2004). ICP-MS – A Lot More than Trace Metal Analysis. Analytical Forum, Warsaw, Poland.

(07-2004). (253) ICP-MS – Opening new horizons for trace metal speciation in plants. 12th BNASS, Plymouth, England UK.

(08-2004). Elemental Speciation with Collision Cell ICP-MS Detection. International Conference on Analytical Science and Spectroscopy, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

(09-2004). Emerging Problems in Elemental Speciation: Mass Spectral Solutions. University of Guanajuato, Mexico.

(10-2004). Collision/Reaction Cell ICP-MS: Enhancements to Elemental Speciation Studies. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Portland, Oregon.

(10-2004). Separations for Elemental Speciation with ICP-MS Detection. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Portland, Oregon.

(10-2004). Elemental Speciation from Small to Macromolecules. Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

(10-2004). Analytical Trends in Speciation. NIST – Ernest Hollings Marine Labs, Charleston, SC.

(02-2005). Elemental Speciation: from Small to Large Molecules. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochem., plenary lecture, Budapest, Hungary.

(04-2005). ICP-MS: Se Speciation and More. Youngstown State Univ., Youngstown, OH.

(05-2005). Three Faces of Selenium: the toxicant, the antagonist, the cancer chemopreventive. Association of Analytical Chemists, Kansas City, MO.

(09-2005). Selenium – from toxicant to mercury antagonist. Procter & Gamble HCRC – Elemental Analysis Meeting, Cincinnati, OH.

(09-2005). Selenium, from Small to Macromolecules – a Metallomics Approach. Dow/Karabatsos – Distinguished Alumni Symposium, Michigan State University- 150th Anniversary, E. Lansing, MI.

(09-2005). Elemental Speciation of Selenium: from Small to Large Molecules. Procter & Gamble Honorary Seminar, University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Amherst, MA.

(10-2005). ³¹P Element specific detection from warfare agents to human serum . Joint FACSS/ICASS Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.

(10-2005). Selenium: from toxicant to mercury antagonist . Joint FACSS/ICASS Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.

(10-2005). The Search for Se Volatiles in Plants: Merging Atomic and Molecular Mass Spectrometry with Mathematics . Joint FACSS/ICASS Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.

(10-2005). Multiple Mass Spectrometries – Key to Modern Elemental Speciation Studies . Joint FACSS/ICASS Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.

(11-2005). Three Faces of Se: Toxicant, Mercury Antagonist, Cancer Chemopreventive . Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.

(12-2005). Three Faces of Se: Toxicant, Mercury Antagonist, Cancer Chemopreventive . Otterbein College, Westerfield, OH.

(12-2005). Three Faces of Se: Toxicant, Mercury Antagonist, Cancer Chemopreventive . Pacifichem Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii.

(03-2006). Se Volatiles from Bio-samples with Octapole Reaction Cell as a function of Plant Life Cycle. Pittsburgh Conference, Orlando, FL.

(03-2006). Selenium – from toxicant to mercury antagonist. University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.

(06-2006). Selenium; from toxicant to mercury antagonist. Nordic Plasma Spectrochemistry Conference, Loen, Norway.

(09-2006). Metal Profiling from Clinical Samples. Federation of Analytical and Spectroscopy Societies, Orlando, FL.

(10-2006). Se – Eat it to Live, Eat it to Die: Is There a Happy Medium? . Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

(10-2006). A Metallomics Approach to P, S, Se Volatile Species Using GC/Mass Spectrometries. Bradley University, Peoria, IL.

Poster Presentations

S. Mounicou,* J. Meija, B. Sadi, P. Limbach and J. Caruso (). The Synergy of Tandem Atomic and Molecular MS Approaches for Characterizing Metalloproteins. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Montreal, CA.

A. Vonderheide*, M. Montes-Bayon, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Analysis of Organophosphorous Pesticides by GC-ICP-MS. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

S. Kannamkumarath,* K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). A quantitative approach for the determination of Se-methionine in yeast and nuts using methanesulfonic acid for protein hydrolysis. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

J. Meija,* J. M. Bryson, M. Montes-Bayon, A. P. Vonderheide, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Investigation of Volatile Selenium Species in Coffee by BC-ICP-MS. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

B. B. Sadi,* K. Wrobel, K. Wrobel, J. Castillo, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). SEC-ICP-MS Studies for Elements bound to Humic Substances in Compost Obtained from Urban Solid Waste. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

K. DeNicola,* J. R. Shann, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Selenium Incorporation into Brassica juncea from Contaminated Soil. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

T. D. Grant,* M. W. Fricke, M. Montes-Bayon, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Synthesis, Characterization and Determination of Selenonium Species in Plant. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

C. Ponce de Leon,* K. DeNicola, M. Montes-Bayon, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Sequential extractions of selenium soils: total selenium and speciation measurements with ICP-MS detection. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

M. Fricke,* T. D. Grant, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Synthesis of γ-glutamyl-Se-methionine: A Standard for Chemical Speciation of Selenium enriched Garlic. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

R. C. Wuilloud,* J. C. A. de Wuilloud, A. P. Vonderheide, and J. A. Caruso (01-2003). Speciation of Iodinated Phenols in Water Samples by GC-ICP-MS. 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

J. Wuilloud Altramina,* R. Wuilloud, S. Kannamkumarath and J. Caruso (06-2003). Trace humic and fulvic acid determination in natural water by cloud point extraction/preconcentration using non-ionic and cationic surfactants. 49th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, Ottawa, Ontario, CA.

J. Wuilloud Altramina, R. Wuilloud,* S. Kannamkumarath and J. Caruso (06-2003). Molecular size distribution pattrns of several elements of toxicological and nutritional interest in nuts by SEC-ICP-MS. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Montreal, CA.

J. Meija,* and J. A. Caruso (09-2003). Exploring the chemistry of aliphatic diselenides by speciation ICP-MS techniques and TOF-MS techniques. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

R. Wuilloud,* S. Kannamkumarath, J. Wuilloud, J. A. Caruso (09-2003). Chiral Separation and identification of selenoamino acids in Brazil Nuts by HPLC-ICP-MS and ESI-MS: a racemization study of selenoamino acid species. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

K. DeNicola* and J. A. Caruso (09-2003). Initial studies toward the identification and characterization of selenium proteins in Se enriched Saccharomyces uvarum. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

B. B. Sadi,* S. Mounicou, J. Meija, P. a. Limbach and J. A. Caruso (09-2003). A multidimensional hyphenation approach for studying trace metalloprotein speciation in human and bovine serum. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

T. Grant, R. Wuilloud, J. Wuilloud and J. A. Caruso (09-2003). Investigation of the binding properties of elements to fulvic acids found in fulvic acid supplements. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

S. Kannamkumarath,* R. Wuilloud, A. Stalcup, J. Caruso, H. Patel, and A. Sakr (09-2003). Speciation analysis of levothryroxine degradation products in pharmaceutical tablets by HPLC-UV-ICP-MS,. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

K. DeNicola,* T. Grant, J. Caruso and D. Heitkemper (09-2003). 20) A comparison of hydride generation atomic fluorescence and ICP-MS for the LC determination of As species in food. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

T. Grant,* J. Caruso and D. Heitkemper (09-2003). Investigation of arsenic speciation in poultry samples. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

S. Mounicou,* J. Meija, B. Sadi, P. Limbach and J. Caruso (09-2003). Toward characterization of selenium containing proteins in plants by atomic and molecular mass spectrometry. 5th Speciation Symposium and Postconference for Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXIII, Almuñecar, Spain.

S. Becker,* A. Vonderheide, A. Izmer, M. Zoriy, C. Pickhardt, J. Caruso (10-2003). An excursion in complex sample analysis: A critical review of ICP-SFMS vs. ICP-CC-QMS. Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

M. Montes-Bayon,* J. Meija, J. A. Caruso, and A. Sanz-Medel (10-2003). Induced Biomolecules in the Phytoremediation of Toxic elements (Se, Cd, As and AG) by Mass Spectrometry Techniques (ICP-MS/ES-MS), . 2003 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Monika Shah*, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Jorgelina C. A. Wuilloud, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2004). Identification and characterization of selenium species in enriched green onion (Allium fistulosum) by HPLC-ICP-MS and ESI-ITMS. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud*, Niranjan Selar, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2004). Determination of Bobel-24 anti-inflammatory and its metabolites in human urine by HPLC-ICP-MS. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud*, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2004). Speciation of essential and toxic elements in edible mushrooms by SEC-UV-ICP-MS. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Sasi S. Kannamkumarath*, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sarath Jayasinghe, and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2004). Fast separation and determination of iodophenol species in natural waters by solid-phase microextraction with CE-ICP-MS detection. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rodolfo G. Wuilloud*, Monika Shah, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2004). The potential of ICP-MS as an elemental specific detector for capillary electrophoresis separation of pesticides. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Douglas D. Richardson*, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2004). A simple hydride generation CE-ICP-MS interface for arsenic speciation. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

J. A. Caruso*, A. Vonderheide, B. Sadi, J. Meija, S. Mounicou, R. Wuilloud, J. Wuilloud, S. Kannamkumarath (01-2004). Sampling and Multidimensional Separations with ICP-MS Detection for Speciation Analysis. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

A. Vonderheide*, J. Meija, K. Tepperman, A. Puga, A. Pinhas, J. C. States, J. A. Caruso (01-2004). 31) Retention of Cr(III) by High-Performance Chelation Ion Chromatography Interfaced to Inductively-Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometric Detection with Collision Cell. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Katie DeNicola*, S. Mounicou, J. A. Caruso (01-2004). Identification and Characterization of Selenoproteins in Saccharomycyes uvarum. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Tyre Grant*, D. Heitkemper, J. Caruso (01-2004). Determination of Arsenic Containing Compounds in Poultry Samples by IC-ICP-MS. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Juris Meija* and J. A. Caruso (01-2004). Characterization of novel selenium volatiles utilizing GC/ICP-MS, GC/TOF-MS and quantum chemistry modeling techniques. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Sandra Mounicou*, J. Meija, B. Sadi, P. Limbach, J. Caruso (01-2004). Atomic and Molecular Mass Spectrometry for Characterizing Selenium Containing Proteins in Brassica juncea. Winter Conference On Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

B. Sadi*, A. Vonderheide and J. A. Caruso (01-2004). Analysis of Phosphorus Herbicides by Ion-Pairing Reversed Phase HPLC Coupled to ICP-MS Detection . Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Kevin Kubachka*, Pamela R. Halpin, Douglas Heitkemper, and Joe Caruso (01-2004). 37) Determination of Total and Speciated Arsenic in Samples of Potatoes, Yams and Wheat using ICP-MS. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Sarath B. Jayasinghe*, Sandra Mounicou; Tyre D. Grant; Patrick A. Limbach; Joseph A. Caruso (05-2004). Investigation of Metalloproteins in Soybean Proteome by Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric Techniques. 52nd ASMS Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Douglas D. Richardson*, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, and Joseph A. Caruso (11/03/2004). Analysis of Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Degradation Products by HPLC-ICP-MS. ; Poster Presentation at the Superfund Basic Research Program 2004 Annual Meeting: Applying Molecular Technology Methods to Characterize and Reduce Risks to Humans and the Ecosystem, Seattle, Washington.

Douglas D. Richardson*, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, and Joseph A. Caruso (11/03/2004). A Simple Hydride Generation CE-ICP-MS Interface for Arsenic Speciation. Poster Presentation at the Superfund Basic Research Program 2004 Annual Meeting: Applying Molecular Technology Methods to Characterize and Reduce Risks to Humans and the Ecosystem, Seattle, Washington.

Monika Shah*, Juris Meija, Baiba Cabovska and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). Development and Application of Headspace SPME-GC-ICPMS for Analysis of Phosphoric Acid Triesters in Human Plasma. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Douglas D. Richardson*, Baki B. M. Sadi and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). Analysis of Organophosphorous Chemical Warfare Degradation Products by HPLC-ICPMS. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Monika Shah*, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi Kannamkumarath and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). Iodine Speciation Studies in Commercially Available Seaweed by Coupling Different Chromatographic Techniques with UV and ICPMS Detection. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Katie DeNicola*, Richard L. Thompson, Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). 44) The Determination of Metal Content in Herpes Simplex Virus with ICPMS. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Valeria Gergely*, Kevin M. Kubachka, Peter Fodor and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). Speciation of Se-containing Proteins in Se-enriched Agaricus Bisporus and Lentinula Edodes Mushrooms by Various Chromatographic Techniques Coupled to ICPMS. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Santha Yathavakilla*, Monika Shah, Sandra Mounicou and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). Speciation of Cationic Se Compounds in Leaves of Brassica juncea by SCX-ICPMS. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Sandra Mounicou*, Anne P. Vonderheide, Juris Meija, Jodi Shann and Joseph A. Caruso (02-2005). Se and Hg Speciation in Plants by Hyphenated Techniques. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

Douglas Richardson* and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Analysis of Chemical Warfare Degradation Products by GC-ICPMS. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Heather Trenary*, Katie DeNicola Cafferky, Allison Krentz, Alvaro Puga and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Elemental Profiles and Speciation in Benign RWPE-1 and Malignant Cell Lines, RWPE-2 and LNCaP. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Allison Krentz*, Monika Shah and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Investigation of Chemical Association on Essential and Toxic Elements on Commercially Available Seaweed. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Baki B. M. Sadi*, Anne Vonderheide, Jodi Shann and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). An RPHPLC-ICPMS Technique for Studying Speciation of Cd-Phytochelatins and Their Long Distance Root-to-Shoot Distance in Genetically Modified Arabodopsis Thaliana. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Scott E. Afton*, Santha Yathavakilla, Monika Shah and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Investigation of the Se/Hg Complex in Green Onions (Allium fistulosum). ), Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Kevin Kubachka*, Juris Meija, Danika Leduc, Norman Terry and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). 56) Monitoring Se Compounds as Proxy to the Metabolic Pathways of Se in Genetically Modified and Wild-Type Brassica juncea. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Monika Shah*, Juris Meija, Scott Afton, and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Characterization of Se Volatiles in Enriched Green Onions (Allium fistulosum) using GC coupled to ICPMS and TOFMS. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Santha Ketavarapu Yathavakilla*, Michael Fricke, Patricia Creed, Douglas Heitkemper, Nohora Vela, Carol Schwegel, Jack Creed, and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Arsenic Speciation in Carrot Extracts with an Emphasis on Detection of MMA(III) and MMTA. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Sarath V. Jayasinghe* and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Investigation of Metalloproteins in Bertholletia Excelsa (Brazil Nuts) by Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric Methods. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Anne Vonderheide*, Sabrina Mueller, Juris Meija, Kevin Mueller, Rajiv Soman, Brian Kinkle, Joseph Caruso and Jodi Shann (01-2006). 61) Use of Mass Spectrometric Complementary Techniques in the Study of Remedial By-Products of Brominated Fire Retardants. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Jenny Ellis*, Monika Shah, and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Determination of Organophosphorous Fire Retardants in Waste Water Samples Using Microwave Assisted Extraction and SPME Coupled to GC-ICPMS. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Juris Meija*, Zolton Mester and Joseph A. Caruso (01-2006). Mathematics in Elemental Speciation: Some Tools for Data Analysis. Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

Santha K. V. Yathavakilla* and Joseph A. Caruso (10-2006). 58) Synergistic Effect of Selenium on Mercury Accumulation in Glycine Max (Soybeans). Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ.

K. Kubachka*, V. Gergely, J. A. Caruso (10/31/2006). Selenium speciation in functional foods using multi-dimensional chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. BioOhio, Columbus, OH.

Paper Presentations

Sandra Mounicou*, Anne P. Vonderheide, Jodi Shann and Joseph A. Caruso. Comparing a Se Accumulator Plant to a Non-Accumulator Plant to Investigate Se-Containing Proteins. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary. 02-2005.

Juris Meija*, Giuseppe Centineo, J. Ignacio Garcia Alonso, Alfredo Sanz-Medel and Joseph A. Caruso. Accurate Measurements of Isotope Ratios from Molecular Clusters in Butyltin Mass Spectra. Winter Conf. on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary. 02-2005.

Garcia Alonso, J. I.*; Meija, J.; Rodriguez Gonzalez, P.; Centineo, G.; Blanco Gonzalez, E.; Caruso, J. A.; Sanz-Medel. Isotope Pattern Reconstruction Mass Spectrometry: A New Tool in Speciation Analysis. 11a Jornadas de Análisis Instrumental (JAI), Barcelona, Spain. 11-2005.