Plant Assistant

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Luther McDonald IV

Professional Experience

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/Washington State University

Distinguished Fellow

Department of Chemistry, Washington State University (Advisor: Sue

Clark)

Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest

National Laboratory (Advisor: James Campbell)

Research Assistant: Develop rapid, inexpensive, in-line analytical

monitoring tools, which could be used to follow the flow of U, Pu, and

minor actinides through a reprocessing facility

January 2010 - Present

ACTINET Research

Commissariat l' nergie atomique (CEA), Saclay, France (Advisor:

Thomas Vercouter)

Research: Electrospray ionization of Uranium and Plutonium complexed

with tributyl and dibutyl phosphate.

Studied: International affairs through direct application of their

policies and procedures for nuclear scientific research

June 2012 - August 2012

Research Intern

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Department of Energy (Advisor:

Dr. James Campbell)

Extraction and Identification of inositol's and O-methylinositols from

plant roots.

January 2009 - August 2009

Undergraduate Research

Department of Chemistry, University of West Florida (Advisor: Tim

Royappa and Pamela Vaughan)

Research: Synthesis and Characterization of polyglycidol and Toxicity

studies of various quinones via 3H-leucine.

January 2008 - December 2009

Instrumentation and Techniques

Experience with GC/MS, LC/MS, CE/MS and MS/MS techniques

Experience with FT/IR, UV-VIS and Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Experience with radiometric detection methods (gamma spectroscopy,

liquid scintillation counting, alpha spectroscopy)

Familiarity with TRLIF, Calorimetry, Potentiometric Titrations and NMR

Investigated signatures related to exposure from chemical agents,

biological agents, radiation, and explosives

Investigated the interface between solution and gas phase developing a

correlation between known solution phase complexes and those produced

in electrospray ionization.

Developed analytical methods (LC/MS, CE/MS) for the forensics of

complex matrices (nuclear fuel cycle)

Skilled at working with and organizing multidisciplinary teams

Skilled at working at the interface of science and management,

interpreting scientific findings in a non-technical manner.

Honors and Awards

Distinguished WSU/PNNL Graduate Fellow 2010 - Present

Funded ACTINET-i3 Proposal 2012

ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Undergraduate Award in Inorganic

Chemistry 2009

Chemistry Department award, SEASTAR poster symposium, UWF 2009

Chemistry Department Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award, UWF

2008, 2009

Bright Futures Florida Medallion Scholarship 2006-2009

Education

April 2013 PhD Analytical Washington State

Chemistry University, Pullman, WA

December 2009

BS Chemistry University of West

Florida, Pensacola, FL

Publications

S. P. Garland, S. C. Goheen, P. Donald, L. McDonald, J. A. Campbell,

"Application of Derivatization Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry for

the Identification and Quantitation of Pinitol in Plant Roots,"

Analytical Letters, 2009.

Pamela P. Vaughan, Paul Novotny, Nicole Haubrich, Luther McDonald,

Michael Cochran, Julia Serdula, Raid W. Amin, Wade H. Jeffrey,

"Bacterial Growth Response to Photoactive Quinones" Photochemistry and

Photobiology, 2010.

L. McDonald, S. Goheen, P. Donald, J. Campbell, "Identification and

Quantitation of Various Inositols and O-Methylinositols Present in

Plant Roots using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry," Nematropica,

2012.

L. McDonald, J. Campbell, T. Vercouter, S. Clark, "Demonstration of the

Utility of ESI-MS to Estimate Stability Constants for Uranium"

Analytical Chemistry (Submitted), 2012.

L. McDonald, J. Campbell, T. Vercouter, S. Clark, "Application of

Negative ion Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry to U and Pu

Safeguards" In Preparation 2012.

Presentations

K. Eanes, J. Bilbrey, L. McDonald, J. Omar, T. Royappa, "Degradation of

Polyglycidol," SEASTARS poster symposium, UWF (2008).

P. Novotny, N. Haubrich, L. McDonald, M. Cochran, J. Serdula, W.

Jeffrey, P. Vaughan, "Photo-toxicity of Various Quinone Compounds,"

SEASTARS poster symposium, UWF (2009).

L. McDonald, S. Clark, "Ligands for the Detection of Trivalent

Lanthanides using ESI-MS" Pacifichem poster symposium, (2010).

L. McDonald, S. Clark, "Strengthening Material Accountability in

Reprocessing Plants" University and Industry Technical Interchange

(NNSA), (2011).

L. McDonald, J. Campbell, and S. Clark, "Investigation of Ternary

Complexes using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry" American

Chemical Society National Meeting, (2012).

References: Available on request.

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