Development Analysis

Bruce R. McCord, Ph.D.

Professor of Analytical and Forensic Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, Fl 33199

305-***-****, fax 305-***-****

cell 786-***-****

abp97e@r.postjobfree.com

Research: Forensic, genetic, and toxicological applications of chromatographic science. Areas of research include the development of procedures for DNA typing by capillary electrophoresis, development of microfluidic separation systems, and other applications in bioanalytical chemistry and nanotechnology. Other research areas include explosive residue analysis and trace detection of drugs in biological fluids using liquid based separation techniques and electrospray mass spectrometry.

Teaching: Classes taught include Forensic Chemistry, DNA Typing, Instrumental Analysis, Chromatography, Arson and Explosives analysis, and graduate and undergraduate research.

EDUCATION

1981 B.S. in Chemistry with Honors, The College of William and Mary

1986 Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, The University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Advisor: James W. Taylor

Dissertation: Solvent and Ion Pairing Effects on the Chlorine Kinetic Isotope Effect of t-Butyl Chloride.

PRIOR POSITIONS

1998-2004

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 45701

1989-1998

Research Chemist, The FBI Academy, Forensic Science Research and Training Center, Quantico, VA 22135

1987-1988

Group Leader for Analytical Development, Syntex Pharmaceuticals International, Ltd., Freeport, Bahamas

1986-1987

Senior Chemist, CIBA-Geigy, McIntosh, Alabama

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Alpha Chi Sigma Professional Chemistry Fraternity

American Academy of Forensic Sciences

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Editorial Advisory Board, 1994-1998 "Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis" ISC Technical Publications Inc. Shelton, CT

Labs Award -1995 Federal Bureau of Investigation - for contributions to quality in the laboratory.

Editorial Board 1995-1999, "Electrophoresis" VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH

Featured Scientist - August 1997 - Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis - for contributions to the advancement of forensic analytical chemistry.

Certificate of Appreciation, April 2002 Alpha Chi Sigma – for distinguished service in the establishment of the Gamma Nu chapter of the Professional Chemistry Fraternity

Commissioner – 2002-2004 Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission, American Academy of Forensic Sciences,

Sigma Xi - May 2003 Ohio University

Chair, Forensics - Annual Meeting, FACSS October 2003

Tenure October 2003, Ohio University, Fall 2004, FIU

Editorial Board 2007- Open Forensic Science Journal

Editorial Board 2008- Journal of Forensic Sciences

Editorial Board 2008- Electrophoresis

Paul Kirk Award 2008 - For distinguished service and contributions to the field of Criminalistics. American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Fellow 2010 - American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Scientific Advisory Board- Green Mountain DNA conference 2011-

Chair 2011 Latin American Conference on Capillary Electrophoresis, Hollywood, FL

Co-Chair 2012 Florida Forensic Forum, FIU, Miami, FL

Member, North Carolina Forensic Science Advisory Board

GRADUATE STUDENTS MENTORED

FBI Academy:

John Butler, Ph.D. 1995 University of Virginia, "Sizing and Quantitation of PCR Products by Capillary Electrophoresis"

Alice Isenberg, Ph.D. 1997 University of Virginia, "Separation of PCR Amplified DNA by Capillary Electrophoresis: A study of the effects of polymer characteristics and separation parameters"

(Program in Cooperation with Professor Ralph Allen, University of Virginia, funded through NIJ grant #93-IJ-CX-0030)

Ohio University:

Rob Heramb, MS. 2001 Ohio University, "The simultaneous analysis of anions and cations in explosives residue using ion chromatographic techniques"

John Mathis, Ph.D. 2004 Ohio University, Development of chromatography and mass spectrometry methods for explosives analysis

Ahmed Al Najjar, Ph.D. 2004, Ohio University, Enhancement of sensitivity in capillary electrophoresis: Forensic and pharmaceutical applications

Denise Chung, Ph.D. 2004, Ohio University, The development of novel STR miniplex primer sets for the analysis of degraded and compromised DNA samples

Brittany Hartzell, Ph.D. 2004, Ohio University DNA manipulation and characterization for nanoscale electronics

Sandra Bishop, Ph.D. 2004, Ohio University The use of capillary electrochromatography in the analysis of benzodiazepines and GHB.

Kristy Hopper, Ph.D. 2004, Ohio University The application of ion chromatographic techniques in the analysis of low explosives.

Florida International University

Jessica Heiser, MS 2007 FIU The Effects of Diltiazem in Cocaine Analysis

Ada Nunez, MS 2008 FIU, Concordance study for Asian samples using MiniSTRs and commercial STR kits

Sacha Dehere, MS 2008 FIU, A study of the electrospray ionization of benzodiazepines classified as low dose and their subsequent fragmentation using a time-of-flight mass spectrometer

Rayna Hebard, MS 2008 FIU, An analysis of the effect of hair treatments on the recovery of mitochondrial DNA.

Kerry Opel - Ph.D. 2008 FIU Application of reduced-size short tandem repeat primer sets in the analysis of human DNA from degraded and compromised samples

Carla Turner – MS 2009 FIU Microfluidic detection of drugs of abuse

Sarah Hughes – MS 2010 FIU DNA typing and quantitation using real time PCR

Megan Bottegal Ph.D. 2010 The detection of explosives residue

Heather Eric - MS 2010 A comparison of real time quantification techniques

Robyn Thompson –MS 2010 An analysis of efficiency and melt curve effects on QPCR inhibition

Tania Madi – MS 2011 Tissue specific DNA methylation patterns in forensic biofluids using bisulfite modification and pyrosequencing

Former post doctoral ASSOCIATES and Visiting Scientists

Sharon Hinton, A dual channel fluorescence detector for DNA analysis

Federica Crivellente, Development of New Analytical Buffer Systems for DNA Typing by Capillary Electrophoresis 2/99- 6/01.

Yin Shen Development of New Analytical Buffer Systems for DNA typing by Capillary Electrophoresis 8/01-3/02

Jiri Drabek Reduced size DNA markers for the analysis of degraded DNA 1/03-12/03

M. Younas Khokhar, Fluorescent detection of drugs of abuse 4/05-4/06

Ahmed Al Najjar, Microfluidic detection of drugs of abuse, 6/08-8/08

Maximilien Blas, Microfluidic detection of drugs of abuse, 10/06-8/08

Maribel Funes – DNA inhibition and degradation pathways 3/21/08-8/21/09

Silvia Zoppis - Effects of degradation and Low Copy # on Y STR analysis 20009

Jing Wang–Magnetic bead hybridization 2010

Chloe DePerre – Electrospray MS for inorganic explosive detection 2010-2011

Robyn Thompson, – PCR inhibition Spring 2011

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS

Liliana Moreno – Analysis of low level DNA mixtures and microbial forensics

Britt Turnquist – Inline derivatization of drugs of abuse in microfluidic systems

Jennifer Greaux – CEC/MS of date rape drugs

Maurice Aboud – Microfluidic systems for DNA analysis

Jorge Quintana – Affinity capillary electrophoresis for drug extraction

Inge Corbin – ESI and microfluidic detection of Explosives

Erika Doctor – Surface enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for microfluidic drug detection

Deepthi Nori – Rapid differential extraction using pressure cycling

Hanzhou Fu – Capillary CEC for detection of drugs in body fluids

Kelly Peters – Explosives residue detection by HPLC-EC and CE-MS

Garrett English – Determination of PCR inhibition

Arianna Ponzio – Effect of DNA sequence on real time PCR inhibition detection

Joana Antunes – Epigenetic markers for tissue typing of body fluids.

CURRENT POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATES AND VISITING RESEARCHERS

Hye Hun Oh – Rapid/Direct PCR for fast DNA typing.

CURRENT FUNDING

Rapid and selective extraction of male DNA from rape kits and other forensic evidence using pressure cycling. Bruce McCord, (PI) $349,130 01/01/12-10/31/14.

Detection and remediation of PCR inhibition using real time PCR melt curves as a diagnostic tool" National Institute of Justice 2010-DN-BX-K204 Bruce McCord (PI) $294,800 10/1/10-9/30/12

The Development of Applications in DNA Typing and Evidence Screening using the Agilent Bioanalyzer, Agilent Technologies, Bruce McCord, PI, $41,545.49 4/28/2010.

Using visible light to modulate biological systems, NIH, Watson Lees, (PI) Bruce McCord Collaborator ($12,000-****-*****

Rapid Screening and Confirmation of Organic Gunshot Residue Using Electrospray Mass Spectrometry 2009-DN-BX-K251 Bruce McCord (PI) $291,339 11/1/09-11/1/11.

PAST FUNDING

Analysis of urea nitrate and ammonium nitrate on surfaces using ion chromatography and electrospray MS-TOF methods, Department of Homeland Security HSARPA Bruce McCord (PI) $366,490.89 6/1/09-2/23/11

Development of polymeric sieving matrices for forensic DNA typing, FSS subcontract from Arizona University, $71,000 6/30/09-6/30/10

Delivery of Academic Workshops in Advanced DNA typing analyses and population statistics, National Institute of Justice, 2008-DN-BX-K194, Dee Mills (PI) Bruce McCord, (Co PI) $282,505, 10/1/08-10/1/10.

An investigation of the effect of DNA degradation and inhibition on PCR amplification of single source and mixed forensic samples, National Institute of Justice, 2006-91704-FL-IJ, Bruce McCord (PI) $347,399, 12/1/06-2/30/10

The development of microfluidic devices for the rapid isolation and detection of drugs of abuse, National Institute of Justice, 2004-WG-BX-K077, $497,805, Bruce McCord, (PI) 11/1/04-11/1/08

The development of a mixed HEC/PVP soluble polymer system for genotyping DNA, McNair fellowship to Stephano Boulos, Bruce McCord, mentor $3000 6/07-5/08.

Investigation of fossils of Archaeological Centre Olomouc by molecular genetics methods, AMVIS cooperative US/Czech program, Jiri Drabek, PI Bruce Mccord, (co-PI) $31,650 1/12/06-1/12/07

The Use of MiniSTRs as Tools for the Investigation of DNA Degradation and Inhibition, National Institute of Justice, 2005-MU-BX-K073 $171,394, Bruce McCord, (PI) 1/1/06-1/1/07

Novel STR Multiplexes with reduced size to analyze DNA, National Institute of Justice, 2002-IJ-CX-K007, $453,110 (6/02-12/04), B. McCord (PI)

"Forensic Analysis of Explosive Residue Background" Technical Services Working Group DAAD05-02-C-0035, $219,846, (5/09/02 - 10/1/04), B. McCord (PI)

"Enhancement of the Research Infrastructure: Forensic Anthropology and Biology & DNA Research Facility" 1804 Fund, $29,098 (9/1/ 04-9/1/ 05) Scott Moody, Biological Sciences, Nancy Tatarek, Sociology & Anthropology, and Bruce McCord, Chemistry & Biochemistry.

Enhancement of Campus-wide Facility for Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy, 1804 fund $30,000, 3/9/2003, Robert Colvin, Scott Hooper, Ellengene Peterson, and Soichi Tanda,; Douglas Goetz; Bruce McCord and Allan Showalter.

The Detection of Date Rape Drugs by Capillary Electrochromatography Using Monolithic Columns, National Institute of Justice, 2002-MU-MU-K002, $183,206 (1/01/02 - 8/31/04), B. McCord (PI)

"Zeolitic Materials for Nanoscale Electronics and Quantum Computation", National Science Foundation, $1,160,000 (6/1/01-8/31/04), V. Soghomonian with cograntees B. McCord, J. Heremans, N. Bonesteel, and S. Ulloa.

The Analysis of GHB and Benzodiazepines by Capillary Electrochromatography, J. Edgar Hoover Foundation Scientific Scholarship, $25,000 (2/2001 –2/2004) Sandra Bishop (PI) and graduate student in Dr. McCord’s research group.

Mass Spectrometry Consortium for Materials and Medical Research, Hayes Investment Fund, $180,000 (5/01/02- 5/01/03), B. McCord (PI) with cograntees E. Barbar, J. Hines, M. Kieliszewski, P. Harrington, and J. Kopchick.

"The Development of New Analytical Buffer Systems for the Separation and Analysis of PCR Amplified DNA by Capillary Electrophoresis" National Institute of Justice, $279,201 (8/1/99-6/30/02) Bruce McCord (PI)

"The Analysis of Date-Rape Drugs Using On-Line Extraction and Capillary Electrophoresis" OURC, $2,950, (4/3/99-6/30/00) Bruce McCord (PI)

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

69. DePerre, C.; Corbin, I.;Blas, M. ;McCord,B. Separation and Identification of Smokeless Gunpowder Additives by Capillary Electrochromatography, J. Chrom.A, submitted.

68. Hurth, Cedric; Gu, Jian; Aboud, Maurice; Estes, Matthew; Nordquist, Alan, McCord, Bruce; Zenhausern, Frederic, Direct loading of polymer matrices in plastic microchips for rapid DNA analysis: a comparative study, Electrophoresis, in press.

67. Tania Madi, Kuppareddi Balamurugan, Robin Bombardi, George Duncan and Bruce McCord, The determination of tissue specific DNA methylation patterns in forensic biofluids using bisulfite modification and pyrosequencing Electrophoresis, in press.

66. Abrams, E. Parhamovich, J. Butcher, J.; McCord,B. Chemical composition of Architectural Plaster at the Classic Mayan Kingdom of Piedras Negras, Guatemala, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 39, 1648-1654.

65. Greaux, J.; Lincoln, D.; McCord, BR., Separation and Detection of Smokeless Powder Additives by Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UPLC/MS/MS), J. Forensic Sci. in press.

64. De Perre, C., Prado, A. and McCord, B. R. Rapid and specific detection of urea nitrate and ammonium nitrate by electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry using infusion with crown ethers. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom.,2011 26: 154–162.

63. Wang, J; McCord, B; The application of magnetic bead hybridization for the recovery and STR amplification of degraded and inhibited forensic DNA, Electrophoresis, 2011 32(13), 1631–1638.

62. Deperre, C.; McCord, B. Trace analysis of urea nitrate by liquid chromatography-UV/fluorescence, Forensic Science International, 2011 211(1) 76-82.

61. Maribel E. Funes-Huacca1, PhD; Kerry Opel2, Ph.D; Bruce McCord1, PhD. A comparison of the effects of PCR inhibition in Quantitative PCR and forensic STR Analysis, Electrophoresis, 2011, 32(9), 1084–1089.

60.,,,,, ., The application of amplicon length heterogeneity PCR (LH-PCR) for monitoring the dynamics of soil microbial communities associated with cadaver decomposition.

2011 84(3):388-93.

59. Tarvin,M; McCord,B; Mount, K; Miller, ML. Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide Field Samples by HPLC/FD and HPLC/ED in DC Mode 2011 209(1-3):166-72.

58. Tarvin,M.; McCord,B.; Mount, K.; Sherlach K; Miller, ML. Optimization of Two Methods for the Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide: High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection and High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Electrochemical Detection in Direct Current Mode, J. Chromatogr. A 2010 1217(48) 7564-72

57. Aboud MJ; Gassmann M.; McCord B. The development of mini pentameric STR loci for rapid analysis of forensic DNA samples on a microfluidic system. Electrophoresis 2010 31(15) 2672-9.

56. Maximilien Blas, Tao Liu, Cristina Rodriguez, Roberto R. Panepucci, and Bruce R. McCord, Minimizing the Number of Voltage Sources for Pinched Injection on a Microfluidic Device. Lab-on-a-chip, 2010 21-10-131*-****

55. Heather E. LaSalle, George Duncan, Bruce McCord, An Analysis of Single and Multi-Copy Methods for DNA Analysis by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Heather E. LaSalle, An Analysis of Single and Multi-Copy Methods for DNA Analysis by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Forensic Science International Genetics, 2011, 5, 185–193

54. Megan Bottegal; Gui-hua Lisa Lang; Mark Miller; Bruce McCord, Analysis of Ascorbic Acid-Based Black Powder Substitutes by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionization-Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-QToFMS), Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2010 24(9) 1377–1386.

53. Opel, K.; Chung, D.;McCord, B. A Study of PCR Inhibition Mechanisms Using Real Time PCR, J. Forensic Sci, 2010, 55(1) 25-33.

52. Boulas, S. ; Blas, M.; Cabrices, O.; McCord, B. Development of an entangled polymer solution for improved resolution in DNA typing by capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 2008 29-23-469*-****.

51. Opel, Kerry L.; Fleishaker, Erica L; Nicklas, Janice A.; Buel, Eric; McCord, Bruce R. Evaluation and Quantification of Nuclear DNA from Human Telogen Hairs, J. Forensic Sciences, 2008, 53(4) 853-857

50. Blas, Maximilien; McCord, B. Determination of trace levels of benzodiazepines in urine using capillary electrochromatography – time of flight mass spectrometry, Electrophoresis 2008 29-10-218*-****

49. Kristy G. Lahoda; Olivier L.Collin ; John A. Mathis; Holly E. LeClair; Steven H. Wise and Bruce R. McCord, A Survey of Background Levels of Explosives and Related Compounds in the Environment, J. Forensic Sciences, 2008 53(4) 802-806

48. Kerry L. Opel; Denise T Chung.; Ji Dr bek.; John M. Butler; Bruce R. McCord. Developmental Validation of Reduced-Size STR Miniplex Primer Sets, J. Forensic Sciences, 2007 52(6) 1263-1271.

47. Bishop, Sandra C.; Lerch, Margaret; McCord, Bruce R. Detection of nitrated benzodiazepines by indirect laser induced fluorescence detection on a microfluidic device, J. Chromatogr. A 2007, 1154(1-2), 481-484.

46. Alnajjar, A.,Idris A. M., Multzenberg M. and McCord, B. Development of a capillary electrophoresis method for the screening of human urine for multiple drugs of abuse J. Chromatogr. A, 2007, 856, 62-67

45. Collin, O.L., Niegel, C. DeRhodes, K., McCord, B., Jackson, G., Fast GC of Explosive Compounds using a Pulsed Discharge Electron Capture Detector, J. Forensic Sciences,2006, 51 (4), 815–818.

44. Opel K. L.; Chung, D. T.; Dr bek, J.; Tatarek, N. E.; Jantz, L. M.;. McCord, B.R.; The Application of Miniplex Primer Sets in the Analysis of Degraded DNA from Human Skeletal Remains, J. Forensic Sciences, 2006, 51(2), 351- 356.

43. Hopper, K.; McCord, B. "A Novel Method for Simultaneous Analysis of Cations and Anions in Inorganic Explosive Residue," Talanta, 2005, 67, 304-312.

42. Mathis, J.; McCord, B. The Analysis of High Explosives by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Multiplexed Detection of Negative Ion Adducts, Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2005, 19(2), 99-104.

41 Bishop, S.C.; McCord, B.R. Gratz, S.R.,Loeliger, J. R.; Witkowski, M.R. Simultaneous Separation of Different Types of Amphetamine and Piperazine Designer Drugs by Capillary Electrophoresis with a Chiral Selector, J. Forensic Sciences, 2005, 50(2), 326-335.

40. King, S.; McCord, B.R.; Riefler, R.G. Capillary electrophoresis single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for monitoring soil bacteria, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2005, 60, 83-92.

39. Hartzell, B.; McCord, B. Effect of divalent metal ions on DNA studied by capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis, 2005, 26, 1046-1056.

38. Hopper, K; McCord, B. A comparison of smokeless powders and mixtures by capillary zone electrophoresis, J. Forensic Sciences,2005 50(2), 1-9.

37. Mathis, J.; McCord, B. Mobile phase influence on electrospray ionization for the analysis of smokeless powders by gradient reversed phase liquid chromatorgraphy-EIMS, Forensic Science International, 2005, 154, 159-166.

36. Dr bek, J.; Chung, D.; Butler, J.; McCord, B. Concordance study between Miniplex assays and a commercial STR typing kit, J. Forensic Sciences, 2004, 49(4), 859-860.

35. Butler, J.; Buel, E.; Crivelente, F.; McCord, B. Forensic DNA typing by capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 2004, 25 (10-11), 1397-1412.

34. Al Najjar, A;Butcher, J; McCord, B. Determination of multiple drugs of abuse in human urine by capillary electrophoresis with fluorescence detection, Electrophoresis, 2004, 25 (10-11), 1592-1600.

33. Chung, D.; Drabek, J.; Opel, K.; Butler, J.; McCord, B., A study on the effects of degradation and template concentration on the amplification efficiency of the STR miniplex primer sets, J. Forensic Sciences, 2004, 49(4) 733-740.

32. Bishop, S.; Lerch, M.; McCord, B. A Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatographic Screening Method for Common Sexual Assault Drugs, Forensic Science International 2004, 141(1), 7-15.

31. Butler, J.; Shen, Y.; McCord, B. The Development of reduced size STR amplicons as tools for analysis of degraded DNA. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2003, 48(5), 1054-1064.

30. Hartzell,B.; McCord, B.; Asare, H.; Heremans, J.; Soghomonian, V. Comparative current-voltage characteristics of nicked and repaired lambda DNA, Applied Physics Letters, 2003, 82-26-480*-****.

29. Hartzell,B.; McCord, B.; Asare, H.; Heremans, J;, Soghomonian, V. Current-Voltage characteristics of diversely disulfide terminated lambda DNA molecules, J. Appl. Physics, 2003, 94(4) 2764-2766.

28. All Najjar, A.; McCord, B. Determination of heroin metabolites in human urine using capillary zone electrophoresis with -cyclodextrin and UV detection, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 2003, 33(3), 463-473.

27. Hartzell, B.; Muncy, K.; McCord, B. Response of Short Tandem Repeat Systems to Temperature and Sizing Methods. Forensic Science International, 2003, 133, 228-234.

26. Mathis, J.; McCord, B. A Gradient Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography- Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometric Method for the Comparison of Smokeless Powders Journal of Chromatography A, 2003, 988, 107-116.

25. Crivellente, F.; McCord, B. R. The application of pH mediated sample stacking in the analysis of multiplexed short tandem repeats, Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis 2002, 7 (3-4), 73-80.

24. Heramb, R.; McCord, B. Smokeless powders and their analysis, a brief review. Forensic Science Communications 2002, 4 (2), 1-7.

23. Wissinger, C. E.; McCord, B. R. A reversed phase HPLC procedure for smokeless powder comparison, Journal of Forensic Sciences 2002, 47 (1), 168-174.

22. Thorman, W.; Lurie, I.; McCord, B.; Marti, U.;Cenni, B; Malik, N. Advances of capillary electrophoresis in clinical and forensic analysis (1999-2000) Electrophoresis 2001, 22 (19), 4216-4243.

21. Wilson, D.; Johnson, P.; McCord, B. R. Non-radioactive DNase I footprinting by capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 2001, 22, 1979-1986.

20. Nock, T.; Dove, J.; McCord, B.; Mao, D. Temperature and pH studies of STR systems using capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 2001, 22, 755-762.

19. Doyle, J. M.; Miller, M. L.; McCord, B. R.; McCollam, D. A.; Mushrush, G. W. A Multicomponent Mobile Phase for Ion Chromatography Applied to the Separation of Anions from the Residue of Low Explosives, Analytical Chemistry 2000, 72(10), 2303-2307.

18. Smith, K.D.; McCord, B. R.; MacCrehan, W. A.; Mount, K.; Rowe, W. F. Detection of Smokeless Powder Residue on Pipe Bombs by Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography, Journal of Forensic Sciences 1999, 44(4), 789-794.

17. Doyle, J. M.; McCord, B. R.. Novel electrolyte for the analysis of cations in low explosive residue by capillary electrophoresis Journal of Chromatography B 1998, 714, 105-111.

16. Isenberg, A.R.; Allen, R. O.; Keys, K. M.; Smerick, J. B.; Budowle, B. McCord, B. R. Analysis of Two Multiplexed Short Tandem Repeat Systems using Capillary Electrophoresis with Multiwavelength Fluorescence Detection, Electrophoresis 1998, 19, 94-100.

15. Mansfield, E. S.; Robertson, J. M.; Vainer, M.; Isenberg, A. R.; Frazier, R. R.; Ferguson, K.; Chow, S.; Harris, D. W.; Barker, D. L.; Gill, P. D.; Budowle, B.; McCord, B. R.. Analysis of Multiplexed Short Tandem Repeat (STR) systems using Capillary Array Electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 1998, 19, 101-107.

14. Miller, M.; McCord, B.; Martz, R.; Budowle, B. The Analysis of Dried Blood Stains by Electrospray LC/MS/MS and Ion Chromatography, Journal of Analytical Toxicology 1997, 21(7), 521-528.

13. Isenberg, A. R.; McCord, B. R.; Koons, B. W., Budowle, B.; Allen, R. O. DNA typing of a polymerase chain reaction amplified D1S80/amelogenin multiplex using capillary electrophoresis and a mixed entangled polymer matrix Electrophoresis 1996, 17, 1505-1511.

12. Butler, J. M.; McCord, B. R.; Jung, J. M., Lee, J. A.; Allen, R. O. Application of Dual Internal Standards for Precise Sizing of Polymerase Chain Reaction Products using Capillary Electrophoresis, Electrophoresis 1995, 16, 974-980.

11. Butler, J. M.; McCord, B. R.; Jung, J. M.; Allen, R. O. Rapid Separation of the Short Tandem Repeat HUMTHO1 by Capillary Electrophoresis Biotechniques 1994, 17(6), 1062-1070.

10. Northrop, D. M.; McCord, B. R.; Butler, J. M. Forensic Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis, 1994, 1, 158-168.

9. Butler, J. M., McCord, B. R.; Jung, J. M.; Wilson, M. R.; Budowle, B.; Allen, R. O. Quantitation of PCR Products by Capillary Electrophoresis using Laser Fluorescence, Journal of Chromatography B 1994, 658, 271-280.

8. McCord, B. R.; Hargadon, K.; Hall, K.; Burmeister, S. Forensic Analysis of Explosives using Ion Chromatographic Methods, Analytica Chimica Acta 1994, 288, 43-56.

7. McCord, B. R.; McClure, D. M.; Jung, J. M. Capillary Electrophoresis of PCR-Amplified DNA using Fluorescence Detection with an Intercalating Dye Journal of Chromatography 1993, 651,75-82.

6. McCord, B. R.; Jung, J. M.; Holleran, E. A. High Resolution Capillary Electrophoresis of Forensic DNA using A Non-Gel Sieving Buffer, Journal of Liquid Chromatography 1993, 16 (9&10), 1963-1981.

5. Hall, K. E.; McCord, B. R. The Analysis of Mono- and Divalent Cations Present in Explosive Residues using Ion Chromatography with Conductivity Detection, Journal of Forensic Sciences 1993, 38(4), 928-934.

4. McCord, Bruce R., HPLC of TNT, Recorder 1993, 75, 235-237.

3. Hargadon, K. A.; McCord, B. R. Explosive Residue Analysis by Capillary Electrophoresis and Ion Chromatography, Journal of Chromatography 1992, 602, 241-247.

2. McCord, B. R.; Whitehurst, F. W. The Analysis and Characterization of TNT using Liquid Chromatography with Photodiode Array Detection, Journal of Forensic Sciences 1992, 37(6), 1574-1584.

1. McCord, B. R.; Taylor, J. W. A Computer Controlled Detection Scheme for High Precision Isotope Ratio Measurements, Analytical Chemistry 1986, 58, 2589-2591.

Book Chapters

11. McCord, B. R.; Buel, E. Analytical Techniques/Capillary Electrophoresis in Forensic Biology, In Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences; (2nd edition) in press.

10. Robyn Thompson; Silvia Zoppis; Bruce McCord, An Overview of DNA Typing Methods for Human Identification: Past, Present, and Future DNA electrophoresis protocols for Forensic Genetics. Alonso, A., ed. Methods in molecular biology, Springer protocols, Human Press, New York, 2012 3-16.

9. Bruce McCord; Inge Corbin; Edward Bender, Chromatography of Explosives In Forensic Investigations of Explosives, 2nd Edition, Beveridge, A. D., Ed. Taylor and Francis, Boca Raton FL. 2012, pp. 585-620.

8. Bruce McCord, Megan Bottegal and John Mathis, Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Low explosives, in J. Banoub, (ed.) Detection of Biological Agents for the Prevention of Bioterrorism, The NATO science for peace and security series A: Chemistry and Biology, 2011, 211-229, Springer Science + Business Media B.V.

7. Lilliana I. Moreno; McCord, B. Separation of DNA for Forensic Applications, in Handbook of Capillary Electrophoresis, Landers, J., Ed, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 2008, pp. 761-784.

6. McCord, B.; Hartzell-Baguley, B.; and King, S. Separation of DNA by Capillary Electrophoresis, in Methods in Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, ed. Humana Press, 2008.

5. McCord, B. R.; Butler, J. M. The application of capillary electrophoresis in the analysis of PCR products used in genetic typing. In Clinical and Forensic Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis, Petersen, J.; Mohammad, A. Eds.; Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, 2001; pp. 261-284.

4. McCord, B. R.; Buel, E. Analytical Techniques/Capillary Electrophoresis in Forensic Biology, In Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences; Academic Press: San Diego, CA, 2000; pp.127-135.

3. McCord, B. R. Quantitative measurements in capillary electrophoresis of nucleic acids, In Methods in Molecular Biology, Mitchelson, K., J. Cheng, Eds.; Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, 2000; pp. 51-66.

2. McCord, B R.; Bender, E. Chromatography of Explosives, In Forensic Investigations of Explosives, Beveridge, A. D., Ed.; Taylor and Francis: London, 1998; pp. 231-265.

1. Ulfelder K. J.; McCord, B. R. Capillary Electrophoresis of DNA, In Handbook of Capillary Electrophoresis, Landers, J., Ed., CRC Press: NY, 1996; pp. 347-378.

Editorials, Conference Proceedings, Trade Publications

19. M. Gassmann, A. R fer, M. Aboud, and B. McCord, A Novel Microfluidic Approach for Denaturating High-resolution DNA Electrophoresis J Biomol Tech. 2010; 21(3 Suppl): S30.

18. Megan Bottegal and Bruce McCord Analysis of post –blast residues of black powder substitutes by IC and CE, In Proceedings of the 7th Intern

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