Nubia Heuett, Ph.D.

Miami, FL ***** acry0s@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 954-***-**** Linkedin.com/in/nubiaheuett

SUMMARY

Over seven years of experience with mass spectrometry instruments and software products (Thermo and Agilent).

Specialized in the development of quantitative and screening (qualitative) analytical methods.

Proficient in the use of high resolution mass spectrometry for multi-residue analysis, with emphasis in drugs of abuse, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides.

Highly involved in the scientific community through peer-reviewed published articles, platform presentations and posters in national/international conferences.

Mentored and supervised 10+ graduate and undergraduate students to develop and perform analytical techniques employing mass spectrometry instruments and software packages.

Three years of experience in medical research.

Fluent in English and Spanish with excellent verbal and written skills.

Self-motivated with great problem solving skills.

SKILLS

Mass spectrometry (MS) Liquid chromatography (LC) Gas chromatography (GC)

GC-FID On/off line SPE XCalibur

TraceFinder (EFS) ExactFinder Metworks

Mass Frontier Compound Discoverer Sieve

Chemstation Quality control SigmaPlot

JMP R Microsoft Office

EDUCATION

FIU (Chemistry and Biochemistry Department) Miami, FL

Ph.D. CHEMISTRY August 2015

Dissertation: Target and non-target techniques for the quantitation of drugs of abuse, identification of transformation products, and characterization of contaminants of emergent concern by high resolution mass spectrometry.

Courses: Advance mass spectrometry, advance chromatography, chemometrics, principles of toxicology, spectroscopic techniques, aquatic chemistry.

Awarded a dissertation year fellowship.

B.S. CHEMISTRY April 2009

Courses: Instrumental analysis, biochemistry, bio-organic chemistry, advance inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, genetics.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

FIU (Chemistry and Biochemistry Department) Miami, FL Ph.D. DISSERTATION 2010 – 2015

Identified and determined the occurrence and consumption levels of 18 drugs of abuse in a college campus through non-intrusive analysis of raw sewage influents using online-SPE HPLC high resolution mass spectrometry.

Recognized multiple phase I and phase II drugs of abuse metabolic transformation products in raw sewage influents by developing a targeted-screening workflow using the combination of high resolution mass spectrometry, metabolic identification and structural elucidation software packages.

Implemented the use of high resolution mass spectrometry for the characterization of wastewater effluent, surface, and drinking water matrices, which helped identify recalcitrant components in a drinking water treatment plant.

FIU (Southeast Environmental Research Center) Miami, FL GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2008 – 2010, 2012 – 2014

Led the analysis of OC/PCBs of soils and waters by GC-ECD implementing U.S. EPA methodologies (EPA 8081B and EPA 8000B) for continuous maintenance of NELAC certifications.

Developed multiple analytical processing workflows for trace analysis of PAHs, pesticides, drugs of abuse, pharmaceutical, and personal care products helping increase sample throughput by 50%.

Drove the analysis and reporting of 200+ batches of PAHs by GC-MS (SIM) and LC-MS/MS for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which was used in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) conducted by government trustees.

Lead the analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) by LC-HRMS.

Provided general maintenance and troubleshooting of LC-MS, GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-ECD instruments.

Miami Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Miami, FL

RESEARCHER 2007 – 2010

Organized and structured over 100 medical records to be used for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) research.

Conducted data analysis on TMJ and orbital blowout fracture procedures to track the progress and outcome of these procedures on patients. These results were extensively used in multiple conferences and articles.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

STEM SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM FIU/MDC (2015)

Mentored and assisted a group of college freshmen students in a project identifying the presence of different types organic pollutants, quantifying levels of sucralose, and comparing the number of chemical entities in tap, bottled, and refillable water samples.

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT FIU (2010 – 2011)

Laboratory instructor for Quantitative Analysis (CHM 3120L Fall, 2011), General Chemistry (CHM 1045L Summer 2011), Survey of Chemistry (CHM1033L, Spring 2011), and Chemistry and Society (CHM1032L Fall 2010).

PUBLICATIONS

Nubia V. Heuett, Cesar E. Ramirez, Adolfo Fernandez, and Piero R. Gardinali. (2015). Analysis of Drugs of Abuse by Online SPE-LC High Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Communal Assessment of Consumption. Science of The Total Environment 511: 319–330.

Nubia V. Heuett, Sudha Rani Batchu, and Piero R. Gardinali. (2015). Understanding the Magnitude of Emergent Contaminant Releases through Target Screening and Metabolite Identification Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Illicit Drugs in Raw Sewage Influents. Journal of Hazardous Materials 282: 41–50.

Jaume Aceña, Sandra Pérez, Piero Gardinali, José Luis Abad, Peter Eichhorn, Nubia Heuett, and Damià Barceló. (2014). Structure Elucidation of Phototransformation Products of Unapproved Analogs of the Erectile Dysfunction Drug Sildenafil in Artificial Freshwater with UPLC-Q Exactive-MS. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 49: 1279–1289.

PRESENTATIONS

Nubia V. Heuett, and Piero R. Gardinali. Characterization of influent, surface, and drinking waters by high-resolution mass spectrometry: Understanding the composition of recalcitrant chemicals. Poster Presentation. SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting. Barcelona, Spain. May 3-7, 2015.

Nubia V. Heuett, Cesar E. Ramirez, Sudha Rani Batchu and Piero R. Gardinali. Target and non-target analysis of drugs of abuse by high resolution mass spectrometry. Platform Presentation. SETAC North America 35th Annual Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. November 9-13, 2014.

Nubia V. Heuett, Cesar E. Ramirez, Sudha Rani Batchu and Piero R. Gardinali. Communal assessment of drugs of abuse and identification of their transformation products by online SPE-LC-HRMS. Platform Presentation. 248th ACS National Meeting & Exposition. San Francisco, CA. August 10 14, 2014. (Award for best student platform presentation).

Nubia V. Heuett, Cesar E. Ramirez, Sudha Rani Batchu and Piero R. Gardinali. Communal assessment of drugs of abuse and identification of their transformation products by high-resolution mass spectrometry. Platform Presentation. Third Annual Forensic Science Symposium. Miami, FL. May 1st, 2014.

Nubia V. Heuett, Cesar E. Ramirez, and Piero R. Gardinali. Analysis of drugs of abuse and their metabolites via online-SPE-HPLC-MS/MS for communal assessment of consumption. SETAC North America 33rd Annual Meeting. Long Beach, CA. November 15, 2012.

AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC).

Member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS).

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