Pinkston, David

 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Analytical Chemistry), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN;
Expected: Spring 2010

Dissertation: “Analysis of Petroleum Fractions by Using Laser-Induced Acoustic Desorption/ ClMn(H2O)+ Chemical Ionization and Electron Ionization”
Advisor: Professor Hilkka I. Kenttämaa

Bachelor of Science, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC 2005

Graduated with College and Departmental Honors

Work Experience

Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette, IN,
Research Assistant, 2007-Current

  • Perform experiments for assigned projects

Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette, IN,
Teaching Assistant, 2005-2007

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry

 

Publication & Presentations:

  • Pinkston, D.S.; Duan, P.; Fu, M.; Habicht, S.C.; Kenttämaa, H.I. Differentiation of Isomeric Hydrocarbons by Using ClMn(H2O)+ Chemical Ionization and Collision-activated Dissociation in a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometer. In preparation.
  • Pinkston, D.S.; Gallardo, V.A.; Vinueza, N.R.; Habicht, S.C.; Qian, K.; Kenttämaa, H.I. Influence of Sample Preparation on Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Asphaltenes. In preparation.
  • Pinkston, D.S.; Duan, P.; Gallardo, V. A.; Habicht, S.C.; Tan, X.; Qian, K.; Gray M.; Müllen, K.; Kenttämaa, H.I. Laser-Induced Acoustic Desorption/Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry of Asphaltenes and Asphaltene Model Compounds. Energy Fuels in press.
      • Petrophase 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 2009): Poster Presentation: Novel Mass Spectrometric Methods for Characterization of Asphaltenes and Other Petroleum Products
      • American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Philadelphia, PA (June, 2009): Oral Presentation: High-energy Laser-induced Acoustic Desorption/Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Heavy Petroleum Products
      • American Society for Mass Spectrometry Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Denver, CO (June, 2008): Oral Presentation: Analysis of Asphaltenes by Laser-Induced Acoustic Desorption/Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry

mail to: dpinksto@purdue.edu

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Kenttämaa Labs 2008