Educational
Background
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry (ACS) Certified
(September 2005-present)
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
OH
M.S., Chemistry (ACS) Certified (August
2003)
Middle Tennessee State University,
Murfreesboro, TN
Thesis: Alternative Approaches in the Analysis of
Flammable Compounds Using
Atomic Emission Detection, Solid Phase
Micro-Extraction, and Fast Chromatography
Graduate coursework, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
(Mar 1984 – April 1985)
12 semester hours in Chemical Toxicology and Medicinal
Chemistry
B.S., Forensic Science (August 1983)
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
30 semester hours of Forensic Science
courses including Toxicology,
Serology, Microscopy, Arson Analysis, and Drug Chemistry
Experience
Agilent Technologies (formerly Hewlett
Packard) (January 1990 – September 2005)
Life Sciences and Chemical Analysis Group, Palo Alto, CA
Customer Support Engineer; install, maintain and support
LC, LC/MS, GC, GC/MS and
ICP/MS product lines in the university, environmental,
forensic, petrochemical, and
pharmaceutical laboratories.
Florida Department of
Law Enforcement (June 1988 - January 1990)
Crime Laboratory Analyst Supervisor, Pensacola Regional
Crime Laboratory
Supervising Drug Chemistry, Toxicology, Serology, and
Evidence Intake sections
of the laboratory. Duties included preparing annual
budgets for each section, annual
performance appraisals, development of performance
standards for thirteen analysts, and
toxicological analysis. Acted as the Laboratory Director
in his absence.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (October 1986 –
June 1988)
Senior Crime Laboratory Analyst, Pensacola Regional
Crime Laboratory
Employment consisted of writing specifications for
laboratory instrumentation utilized in establishing
Toxicology services for Northwest Florida, training new
toxicologist, development of new analytical methods, and
toxicological analysis.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (April 1985 – October 1986)
Crime
Laboratory Analyst, Orlando Regional Crime Laboratory
Responsibilities
encompassed the analysis of biological specimens for the
presence of alcohol, drugs, and poisons and testifying
as an expert witness to analytical findings.
Kirk E. Lokits
Miami Valley Regional Crime Laboratory, Dayton, OH (Sept
1983 – April 1985)
Laboratory Analyst involved the isolation and
identification of solid dosage drugs and blood/urine
alcohol analysis. Laboratory findings were defended in
a court of law, as an expert witness.
Montana Division of Forensic Science,
Missoula, MT (May – August 1983)
Internship consisted of laboratory work involving
instrumental analysis in Drug Chemistry, Toxicology,
Serology, and Comparative Microscopy.
Posters
Kirk E.
Lokits,
Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso, University
of Cincinnati
“Chromium Speciation in Pharmaceutical,
Nutraceutical and Biological Matrices”
European Plasma Winter Conference, Taormina,
Italy (February 2007)
Jenny
Ellis,
Kevin Kubachka,
Kirk Lokits and Joseph A. Caruso, University of
Cincinnati “Analysis
of Phosphoropeptides by Liquid Chromatography Coupled
to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and to
LC Chip Mass Spectrometry”
European Plasma Winter Conference, Taormina,
Italy (February 2007)
Viorica Lopez-Avila (Agilent Technologies), Kirk
Lokits (University of Cincinnati) and
William H. Robinson (Stanford University), “Ceruloplasmin
Assay by Immunoaffinity Chromatography and HPLC-ICPMS”
European Plasma Winter Conference, Taormina,
Italy (February 2007)
Kirk E.
Lokits,
Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso, University
of Cincinnati
“Chromium Speciation in Pharmaceutical,
Nutraceutical and Biological Matrices”
Oesper Symposium, Cincinnati, OH
(October 2006)
Kirk E. Lokits, Joseph A. Caruso, University of
Cincinnati “Trace Analysis of Commercial Titania”
Ohio Mass Spectrometry Symposium, Columbus, OH (March
2006)
Kirk E. Lokits, Gale J. Clark, Middle Tennessee
State University “A Fast GC/FID Method Using SPME and
Retention Time Locking for Flammable Compounds and
Ignitable Liquids” Pittsburgh Conference,
Orlando, FL (March 2005)
Oral Presentations
Kirk
E. Lokits,
Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso, University
of Cincinnati “Chromium Speciation Utilizing
IC-ICPMS” Ohio Mass Spectrometry Symposium,
Columbus, OH (March 2007)
Kirk E. Lokits,
Gale J. Clark, Middle Tennessee State University, “Alternative
Approaches in the Analysis of Flammable Compounds Using
Atomic Emission Detection and Solid Phase
Micro-Extraction”
Pittsburg Conference,
Orlando, FL.,
(March 2005)
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