High School Training

Robert Bryant Stiles

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Mays Landing, NJ 08330

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Summary

Method development, gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, ICP/MS, ICP/OES,

ion chromatography, SPME, SPE, MASE, writing of SOPs, grant proposals and

technical reports, supervising of coworkers, research scientist

Education

Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Environmental Sciences, Oct 2005

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) in Chemistry (ACS Accredited), May 1999

Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Work Experience

Research Chemist II August 2009 - Current, Transportation Security

Laboratory, Atlantic City International Airport

Global Systems Technologies, Inc.

- Government contract work for DHS Science and Technology Division

- Holding of Dept of Defense Secret level security clearance and Dept of

Homeland Security security clearance

- Use of GC/ECD, GC/MS, IMS and HPLC for research and development

- Method development to improve reproducibility and recoveries of

analytes from difficult matrices

- Writing of reports, SOPs, Test Plans and Safety Documents for research

and development purposes

Scientist (Temp) Feb 2008 - August 2009, Bridgewater, NJ

Henkel Corporation (formerly National Starch and Chemical)

- Analysis of adhesives, starches and polymers using Ion Chromatography,

ICP-OES, Karl Fisher and Titrations

- Method development, maintenance and troubleshooting of ICP-OES and IC

systems

- Writing of technical reports

- Participation in laboratory safety and chemical hygiene inspections

- Use of Capricorn Electronic Laboratory Notebook

- Use of Lotus Notes LIMS system

Post Doctoral Fellow Oct 2006 - August 2007, Piscataway, NJ

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)

- Speciation of chromium in soils, dusts and air filters by IC-ICP/MS

- Maintenance of ICP/MS system

- Optimization of method for the speciation of chromium in soils and

urine

- Supervising and training of workers in ICP/MS and microwave extraction

- Supervising and training of workers in GC/ITMS

- Training and mentoring of ACS SEED High School students

- Successful writing of grant proposal for the study of chromium

interconversion

- Writing of grant proposals, SOPs and research publications

- Field sampling for air toxics

- Working in an EPA and OSHA regulated environment

Post Doctoral Fellow/Graduate Assistant, Sept 2000 - Oct 2006, Piscataway,

NJ

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), Rutgers

University

- Development and optimization of an automated SPME-GC/ITMS method

- Basic maintenance and troubleshooting of GC/ITMS system

- Sample preparation using SPE and SPME

- Use of EPA Methods 525, 625, 8270, 3060A and 6800

- Field sampling of drinking water treatment plants and surface water

sources

- Method Optimization and troubleshooting of IC-ICP/MS system

- Training of over twenty coworkers

- Preparing laboratory for EPA chemical hygiene and safety inspections

- Working in an EPA and OSHA regulated environment

- Presentation of work at national conferences

Instrumentation

Varian Saturn gas chromatography ion trap mass spectrometers, Agilent

GC/ECD and GC/MS, Agilent HPLC, 8200 Cx autosampler CTG Analytics CombiPAL

Injector, Thermoelemental inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers,

Perkin Elmer ICP/OES, Dionex ion chromatographic systems, SPME interfaces

for GC and LC, Monostat Simon Varistaltic Pump, Visiprep DL Disposable

Liner SPE Vacuum Manifold System, CEM MDS-2000 and MarsX Microwave

Professional Organizations

American Society for Mass Spectrometry

Publications

"Measurement of Drinking Water Contaminants by Solid Phase Microextraction

(SPME) Initially Quantified in Source Water Samples by the USGS", Stiles,

R., Yang, I., Lippincott, L., Murphy, E., Buckley, B., Environ Sci Technol,

2008, 42, 2976-2981.

"Potential Sources of Background Contaminants in Solid Phase Extraction and

Microextraction", Stiles, R., Yang, I., Lippincott, L., Murphy, E.,

Buckley, B., J. Separation Science, 2007, 30, 1029-1036.

"Characterization of the Dust/Smoke Aerosol that Settled East of the World

Trade Center (WTC) in Lower Manhattan after the Collapse of the WTC 11

September 2001", with Lioy, P.J. et al.; Environmental Health Perspectives,

2002, 110, 703-714.

Presentations

"Optimization of an Automated SPME-GC/ITMS Method for Analysis of a Broad

Range of Water Contaminants" - Stiles, Robert; Yang, Ill; Buckley, Brian;

Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical

Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Portland, OR, Oct 3-7, 2004,

Paper # 241

"Recovery Optimization Considerations for EPA Method 525.2" - Stiles,

Robert; Yang, Ill; Murphy, Eileen; Lippincott, Lee; Buckley, Brian;

Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical

Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Providence, RI, Oct 13-17,

2002, Paper # 631

"Characterization of Background Organic Compounds (BOCs) Resulting from

Solid-Phase Extraction" - Stiles, Robert; Yang, Ill; Murphy, Eileen;

Lippincott, Lee; Buckley, Brian; Presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of

the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS),

Detroit, MI, Oct 7-12, 2001, Paper #880

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