Experience

Trent University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  - Academic supervision of Masters and PhD students- Course instructor (Mass Spectrometry)

• ICP-MS Research Associate

  • Feb 2010 - Present

  - Management, maintenance and troubleshooting of ICP mass spectrometers (Nu Attom HR-­ICP-­MS, Thermo Neptune MC-­ICP-­MS, Nu Plasma II, Nu Plasma 1700, Agilent 8800 QQQ-ICP-MS and Bruker 820 ICP-MS), including laboratory support and training of ICP-­MS users. - Development of ICP-MS instrumentation and analytical methods (examples of recent projects include nanoparticle characterization using single particle-ICP-MS, measurement of Li and Pb isotope ratios at low (< 1 ng/mL) concentrations, gas phase ion chemistry for interference removal) Show less



Nu Instruments

• Wrexham, North Wales, UK

• Development Scientist

  • Oct 2007 - Dec 2009

  - Design and development of sector field ­ICP-­MS instrumentation, for example ion optical elements, detector configurations and skimmer cone design, using various design tools including SIMION and AutoCAD software packages. - Contributed to the design and development of a new commercial glow discharge source (Nu Astrum). - Experience working with academic and commercial institutions to design and implement customized solutions to analytical problems (for example, novel multicollector configurations). Show less



Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University

• Oxford, United Kingdom

• Postdoctoral fellow

  • Oct 2006 - Oct 2007

  - Maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of MC-ICP mass spectrometers, sample introduction systems and ancillary equipment. - Laboratory support and training of ICP-MS users. - Development of a unique high resolution MC-­ICP-­MS facility by the coupling of an ICP ion source to an existing large geometry magnetic sector mass analyzer (VG ISOLAB 120), including redesign and optimization of ion extraction optics, upgrading and re­wiring of electronic control units. Show less



The Open University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral fellow

  • Sep 2005 - Oct 2006

  -Design and development of novel ion trap geometries for field­portable mass spectrometers, using various design tools including SIMION, ITSIM and AutoCAD software packages. -Commissioned laboratory dedicated to the characterization of fundamental properties of ion trap mass analyzers. -Managed installation and commissioning of a GC­MS benchtop ion trap mass spectrometer (Thermo Finnigan Polaris Q) and contributed to the development of chemical ionization methods. Show less