Tegafaw Mekecha

Department of Chemistry
Purdue University
560 Oval Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084
Phone: (765) 494-5271
FAX: (765) 494-0239
Email: tmekecha@purdue.edu

Education:    
                         
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907    2002-present
Ph.D student. in analytical chemistry, emphasizing gas phase ion/ion reaction and mass spectrometry under the direction of Prof. Scott A. McLuckey.

Governors State University, University Park, IL 2001-2002
M.S.  in  analytical chemistry
 
Governors State University, University Park, IL 2000-2001
B.S. in chemistry.
 
Enployment: 
 
Purdue University, Department of Chemistry    August 2002-present
Teaching Assistant for Chemistry 115: general chemistry for engineering majors
 
Governors State University, 2001-July 2002
          Graduate lab assistant
 
          Governors State University, 2000-2001
Undergraduate lab assistant
Research Experience:
 
Governors State University, Department of Chemistry, Summer 2001
          Preparative HPLC Separation of Carbamates under the direction of Prof. Joseph Addison
 
Governors State University, Dept. of Chemistry, spring and summer 2002  
          NMR, EI-MS, and CI-MS Characterization of Amino Acid TFA Derivatives under the direction 
          of Prof. Joseph Addison and Prof. Greg Moehring

Academic & Professional Awards and Honors:

          Dean's List          Governors State University     2000-2001

Publications:

T.T. Mekecha, R. Amunugama, S.A. McLuckey, J.Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 17 (2006) 923-931.
"Ion Trap Collision-induced Dissociation of Human Hemoglobin α-Chain Cations."