Last Updated:  12/06/2007  

Joseph A. Caruso Research Group
     
 

Invited Lectures (recent)

 

Series of Lectures at 32nd FACSS and 51st ICASS, Quebec City, Canada, October 2005.

 

·         31P Element Specific Detection: from Warfare Agents to Human Serum 

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·         The Search for Selenium Volatiles in Plants Merging Atomic and Molecular Mass Spectrometry with Mathematics

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·         Multiple Mass Spectrometries: Keys to Modern Elemental Speciation Studies 

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·        Selenium: from Toxicant to Mercury Antagonist 

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

 

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A Metallomics Approach to P, S, Se Volatile Species Using GC/Mass Spectrometries, dept. seminar, Bradley University, Peoria IL, Jan. 2006

 

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Dr. Caruso's Recent Presentations
 

Elemental and isotopic analysis in organic and biological systems. American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Sanibel Island, FL, January 2004.

 

ICP-MS: Metals and Much More, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, February 2004.

 

ICP-MS in the organic realm, Pittcon 2004, Chicago, IL, March 2004.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Emerging Problems in Elemental Speciation: Mass Spectral Solutions, Invited lecture, University of Guanajuato, Mexico, September 04.

 

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

 

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

 

Elemental Speciation from Small to Macromolecules, Invited lecture, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, October 2004.

 

Analytical Trends in Speciation, Invited lecture, NIST – Ernest Hollings Marine Labs, Charleston, SC, October 2004.

 

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

 

Elemental Speciation: Metal and Nonmetal Analysis, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, MX, March 2004.

 

ICP-MS: Se Speciation and More, Youngstown State Univ. Youngstown, OH, April 2005

 

Three Faces of Selenium: the toxicant, the antagonist, the cancer chemopreventive, Association of  Analytical Chemists, Kansas City, MO, May 2005.

 

Selenium – from toxicant to mercury antagonist, Procter & Gamble HCRC – Elemental Analysis Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, September 2005.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 Three Faces of Se: Toxicant, Mercury Antagonist, Cancer Chemopreventive – Old Dominion University, Nov. 2005, Norfolk VA; Otterbein College, Dec 2005, Westerfield OH and at the Pacifichem Conference, Dec. 2005, Honolulu Hawaii.

 

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

 

A Metallomics Approach to P, S, Se Volatile Species Using GC/Mass Spectrometries, dept. seminar, Bradley University, Peoria IL, Jan. 2006

 

Lecture Invitations Accepted –

 

·         Pittsburgh Conference, Orlando FL, 2006;

·         Speciation Conference, Loen Norway, June 2006.

 

 
 
Recent Conference Presentations (2005-2006)
 

 

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

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

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

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, January 2006, Baki B. M. Sadi*, Anne Vonderheide, Jodi Shann and Joseph A. Caruso.

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

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, January 2006, Kevin Kubachka*, Juris Meija, Danika Leduc, Norman Terry and Joseph A. Caruso.

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

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

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

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

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

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, January 2006, Jenny Ellis*, Monika Shah, and Joseph A. Caruso.

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

Baki B. M. Sadi, Zoltan Mester, and Joseph Caruso. (2005) A multidimensional hyphenation approach for studying speciation of selenoproteins in selenium enriched yeast and sunflower roots. Poster presentation. European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary.

 

Katie DeNicola, Richard L. Thompson, Douglas D. Richardson, and Joseph A. Caruso “The Determination of Metal Content in Herpes Simplex Virus with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry”; Poster Presentation at the 2005 Ralph and Helen Oesper Banquet and Poster Session, 14-Oct-2005; Cincinnati, Ohio (Poster 6)

 

Katie DeNicola, Richard L. Thompson, Douglas D. Richardson, and Joseph A. Caruso “The Determination of Metal Content in Herpes Simplex Virus with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry”; Poster Presentation at the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 31-Jan-2005; Budapest, Hungary (Poster M60)

 

Douglas D. Richardson, Baki B.M. Sadi, and Joseph A. Caruso “Analysis of Organophosphorus Chemical Warfare Degradation Products by HPLC-ICP-MS”; Poster Presentation at the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 31-Jan 2005;Budapest, Hungary (Poster M27)

 

 Meija, J.; Centineo, G.; Garcia Alonso, J. I.; Sanz-Medel, A.; Caruso, J. A. Accurate Measurement of Isotope Ratios from Molecular Clusters in Butyltin Mass Spectra. 2005 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry. Budapest, Hungary, February 2005 (oral presentation)

 

Mounicou, S.; Vonderheide, A. P.; Meija, J.; Shann, J.; Caruso, J. A. Selenium and Mercury Speciation in Plants by Hyphenated Techniques. 2005 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry. Budapest, Hungary, February 2005 (poster presentation)

 

Shah, M.; Meija, J.; Cabovska, B.; Caruso, J. A. Development and Application of Headspace SPME-GC/ICP-MS for Analysis of Phosphoric Acid Triesters in Human Plasma. 2005 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry. Budapest, Hungary, February 2005 (poster presentation)

 

K. DeNicola.  Determination of Total Metal Content in Herpes Simplex Virus with Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry.  Poster presentation at the 2005 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary (Poster M60)

 

Kevin M. Kubachka, Valeria Gergely, Maria Montes-Bayon and Joseph Caruso.  “Selenium speciation in functional foods using multi-dimensional chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.”  Poster Presentation at BioOhio, 31-Oct-2005; Columbus, OH.

 

 Kevin M. Kubachka, Juris Meija, Danika L. LeDuc, Norman Terry and Joseph A. Caruso. “Monitoring selenium compounds as proxy to the metabolic pathways of selenium in genetically modified and wild type Brassica juncea plants”; Poster Presentation at 2005 Ralph and Heather Oesper Banquest and Poster Session, 12-Oct-2005; Cincinnati, OH.

  

Kevin M. Kubachka, Valeria Gergely, Pιter Fodor and Joseph A. Caruso. “Identification of water soluble selenoproteins in Agaricus bisporus and Lentinula edodes mushrooms by various chromatographic and mass spectrometric methods”; Poster Presentation at European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 30-Jan-2005; Budapest, Hungary.

 

Valeria Gergely, Kevin M. Kubachka, Peter Fodor, Joseph A. Caruso. “Speciation of selenium-containing proteins in selenium-enriched Agaricus bisporus and Lentinula edodes mushrooms by various chromatographic techniques coupled to ICPMS”, Poster Presentation at European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 30-Jan-2005; Budapest, Hungary.

 

Monika Shah, Juris Meija, Baiba Cabovska and Joseph A. Caruso, “Development and application of headspace SPME-GC/ICP-MS for analysis of phosphoric acid triesters in human plasma,” European winter conference on plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, Jan 2005

 

Santha V. Yathavakilla, Monika Shah, Sandra Mounicou, Joseph A. Caruso, “Speciation of cationic selenium species in Brassica juncea leaves by SCX-HPLC-ICP-MS,” European winter conference on plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, Jan 2005

 

Monika Shah, Rodolfo G. Wuilloud, Sasi S. Kannamkumarath, Joseph A. Caruso, “Iodine speciation studies in commercially available seaweed by coupling different chromatographic techniques with UV and ICP-MS detection,” European winter conference on plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest, Hungary, Jan 2005

 

Santha V. Yathavakilla.  “Se supplementation and its antagonistic effects on Hg uptake in Soybean plants”. Oesper Symposium 2006 . University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.

 

Santha V. Yathavakilla.  “Speciation of cationic compounds in Brassica juncea leaves by SCX-HPLC-ICP-MS”.  European conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2005:  Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.

 

 

 

 
     
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