B.S. (Chemistry), Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D. (Chemistry - in progress), Purdue University

Current Research:

The majority of my research has gone to utilizing the technique of laser-induced acoustic desorption (LIAD) in a Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometer toward the analysis of non-volatile species. More specifically, this neutral desorption technique has been coupled with chemical ionization with cyclopentadienyl cobalt radical cation (CpCo^+•) for the gas phase analyses of saturated hydrocarbon polymers, such as polyethylene, and others. Pseudo-molecular weight information is preserved and enables the characterization of the chain-length profile of the neutral parent mixture.

Another aspect of my research involves gas-phase reactions for deducing specific, protonated functional groups via ion-molecule reactions. My role in this work has been to implement these reactions that have been developed in an FT-ICR to a QoQ instrument: the Finnigan TSQ 700.

Publications

Minard, Robert D.; Gourley, C. R.; Stauffer, E.; Kahle, K.; Johnson, A.; Fiddler, M.. TMAH thermochemolysis/GC-MS of hydrogen cyanide polymers: Evidence for glycyl-glycyl substructures. Abstracts of Papers, 223rd ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States, April 7-11, 2002.

Contact Information

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have about the research presented here.

Telephone

765-494-7040

FAX

765-494-0359

Postal address

560 Oval Drive, Box 410

Department of Chemistry, Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN 47907-1393

E-mail

mfiddler@purdue.edu