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Thomas G. Chasteen, Ph.D.

Department of Chemistry, abqeec@r.postjobfree.com

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas 77341

Education:

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry

****-**** **iversity of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Field: Analytical Environmental Chemistry

Dissertation Title: Fluorine-Induced Chemiluminescence Detection of Biologically Methylated

Tellurium, Selenium, and Sulfur Compounds & Methyl-

dithiocarbhydrazide as a Formaldehyde Derivatization Reagent

National Center for Atmospheric Research Cooperative Thesis No. 129

Degree: Masters of Science in Chemistry

1983-1985 East Texas State University

Field: Analytical Geochemistry

Thesis Title: Geochemical Study of Uranium & Vanadium in Lignite Coal Seams

Degree: American Chemical Society Certified Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

1976-1980 East Texas State University (now Texas A&M, Commerce, Texas USA)

Employment:

August 1, 2002 to present

Professor of Chemistry Sam Houston State University

May 1996 July 2002

Associate Professor of Chemistry Sam Houston State University

Summer 1994

Guest Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Z rich, Z rich, Switzerland

Summer 1994

Research Fellow at University of Z rich

Funded by Roche Research Foundation

September 1, 1991-April 1996

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

August 16, 1990 to June 30, 1991

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York

March 1989 to June 1990

Graduate Research Assistant University of Colorado

Funded by Environmental Protection Agency

March 1987 to March 1989

Graduate Research Fellowship in Advanced Study Program

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

September 1986 to March 1987

Graduate Research Assistant NCAR and University of Colorado

Employment (continued):

September 1983 to December 1985

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

Funded by Texas Utilities Generating Company

July 1979 to January 15, 1983

Southern California Chemical Company

Staff chemist in charge of quality control at both Texas and Illinois facilities producing

etchants for the semiconductor industry

Promoted to management position to hire, train and supervise plant chemists at Texas and

Illinois facilities

Promoted to research and development chemist

Promoted to Director of Research, Southern California Chemical Company

Resigned after 3 1/2 years at SCC to pursue advanced degrees in analytical/environmental

chemistry

Awards and Affiliations:

Honors Professor of the Year, SHSU spring 2000

American Chemical Society; Environmental Chemistry Division

Who s Who Among America s Teachers 1996

Publications:

Refereed

Biomimetic, mild chemical synthesis of CdTe-GSH quantum dots with improved biocompatibility

J.M. Perez-Donoso, J.P. Monras, D. Bravo, A. Aguirre, A.F. Quest, I.O. Osorio-Roman, R.F.

Aroca, T.G. Chasteen, and C.C. Vasquez

PLoS ONE, 2012, 7, e30741.

Molality Molarity Challenge

M. Hashemi and T.G. Chasteen

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2011, 401, 1091-1092.

Hofmeister Effect Challenge

M. Hashemi and T.G. Chasteen

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2011, 400, 643-644.

A Simple, Fast, Sensitive and Quantitative Chemical Method for Assessing Tellurite Concentrations in

Aqueous Solutions and Microbiological Culture Media

R.C. Molina, R. Burra, J.M. Perez, A.O. Elias, C. Munoz, R.A. Montes, T.G. Chasteen, C.C.

Vasquez,

Applied Environmental Microbiology, 2010, 76, 4901-4904.

Production of dimethyl triselenide and dimethyl diselenenyl sulfide in the headspace of metalloid-

resistant Bacillus spp. grown in the presence of selenium oxyanions

R. Burra; G. A. Pradenas; R. A. Montes; C. C. Vasquez; T. G. Chasteen

Analytical Biochemistry, 2010, 396, 217-222.

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Publications (continued):

Biological Interactions of Selenocyanate: Bioprocessing, Detection, and Toxicity

R. Burra, J. D. Fox, G. A. Pradenas, C. C. Vasquez, and T. G. Chasteen

Environmental Technology, 2009, 30, 1327-1335.

Tellurite: History, Oxidative Stress and Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance

T. G. Chasteen, D. E. Fuentes, J. C. Tantalean, and C. C. Vasquez

FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 2009, 33, 820-832.

Cloning, Purification and Characterization of Geobacillus stearothermophilus V Uroporphyrinogen-III C-

Methyltransferase: Evaluation of its Role in Resistance to Potassium Tellurite in Escherichia coli

M. A. Araya, J. C. Tantalean, D. E. Fuentes, J. M. Perez, I. L. Calderon, C. P. Saavedra, R.

Burra, T. G. Chasteen, and C. C. Vasquez

Research in Microbiology, 2009, 160, 125-133.

Cysteine Metabolism-Related Genes and Bacterial Resistance to Potassium Tellurite

D. E. Fuentes, E. L. Fuentes, M. E. Castro, J. M. P rez, M. A. Araya, T. G. Chasteen, S. E.

Pichuantes and C. C. V squez

Journal of Bacteriology, 2007, 187, 8953-8960.

Capillary Electrophoretic Determination of Selenocyanate and Selenium and Tellurium Oxyanions in

Bacterial Cultures

B. K. Pathem, G. A. Pradenas, M. E. Castro, C. C. V squez and T. G. Chasteen

Analytical Biochemistry, 2007, 364, 138-144.

Web-Based Animations in Analytical Chemistry

T. G. Chasteen

Chapter in "Active Learning: Models from the Analytical Science"; ACS Symposium Series;

P. Mabrouk, Ed.; American Chemical Society, Washington, DC; 2007.

Chalcogens (S, Se, Te) in Microorganisms and Plants

T. G. Chasteen and R. Bentley

Chapter in "Handbook of Chalcogens: New Perspectives in Sulfur, Selenium, and Tellurium";

pp. 671-713; F. Devillanova Ed.; Royal Society of Chemistry, London; 2006.

The Expression of the ubiE Gene of Geobacillus stearothermophilus V in Escherichia coli K-12

Mediates the Evolution of Selenium Compounds into the Headspace of Selenite- and Selenate-

Amended Cultures

J. W. Swearingen, Jr., D. E. Fuentes, M. A. Araya, M. F. Plishker, C. P. Saavedra, T. G.

Chasteen, and C. C. Vasquez.

Applied Environmental Microbiology, 2006, 72, 963-967.

Identification of biogenic dimethyl selenodisulfide in the headspace gases above genetically-modified

Escherichia coli

J. W. Swearingen, Jr., D. P. Frankel, D. E. Fuentes, C. P. Saavedra, C. C. Vasquez, and T. G.

Chasteen

Analytical Biochemistry, 2006, 348, 115-122.

Identification of biogenic organotellurides in Escherichia coli K-12 headspace gases using solid phase

microextraction and gas chromatography

J. W. Swearingen, Jr., M. M. Araya, M. F. Plishker, C. P. Saavedra, C. C. Vasquez, and T. G.

Chasteen

Analytical Biochemistry, 2004, 331, 106-114.

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Publications (continued):

Geobacillus stearothermophilus V ubiE gene product is involved in the evolution of dimethyl telluride in

Escherichia coli K-12 cultures amended with potassium tellurate but not potassium tellurite

M. M. Araya, J. W. Swearingen, Jr., M. F. Plishker, C. P. Saavedra, T. G. Chasteen, and C. C.

Vasquez

Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2004, 9, 609-615.

Environmental Volatile Organosulfur Compounds--Formation and Degradation of Dimethyl Sulfide,

Methanethiol, and Related Materials

R. Bentley and T. G. Chasteen

Chemosphere, 2004, 55, 291-317.

Organotellurium Compound Toxicity in a Promyelocytic Cell Line Compared to a Non-Tellurium

Containing Organic Analog

B. L. Sailer, N. Liles, S. Dickerson, S. Sumners, and T. G. Chasteen

Toxicology in Vitro, 2004, 18, 475-482.

Volatile Organic Sulfur Compounds of Environmental Interest: Dimethyl Sulfide and Methanethiol. An

Introductory Overview

T. G. Chasteen and R. Bentley

Journal of Chemical Education, 2004, 81, 1524-1528.

Determination of Elemental and Precipitated Selenium Production by a Facultative Anaerobe Grown

Under Sequential Anaerobic/Aerobic Conditions

S. Hapuarachchi, J. Swearingen, Jr., and T. G. Chasteen

Process Biochemistry, 2004, 39, 1607-1613.

Frederick Challenger, 1887-1983: Chemist and Biochemist

T. G. Chasteen and R. Bentley

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2003, 17, 201-211.

Biomethylation of Selenium and Tellurium: Microorganisms and Plants

T. G. Chasteen and R. Bentley

Chemical Reviews, 2003, 103, 1-26.

Cytometric Determination of Novel Organotellurium Compound Toxicity in a Promyelocytic Cell Line

B. L. Sailer, N. Liles, S. Dickerson, and T. G. Chasteen

Archives of Toxicology, 2003, 77, 30-36.

Oxidation Numbers in the Study of Metabolism

R. Bentley, J. Franzen, and T. G. Chasteen

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2002, 30, 288-292.

Of Garlic, Mice, and Gmelin: The Odor of Trimethylarsine

T. G. Chasteen, M. Wiggli, and R. Bentley

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2002, 16, 281-286.

Microbial Methylation of Metalloids: Arsenic, Antimony and Bismuth

R. Bentley and T. G. Chasteen

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2002, 66(2), 250-271.

Arsenical Curiosa and Humanity

R. Bentley and T.G. Chasteen

The Chemical Educator, 2002, 7(2) 51-60.

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Publications (continued):

Teaching with Chemical Instrumentation on the Web

T. G. Chasteen

Journal of Chemical Education, 2001, 78(9), 1144-1148.

Production of Dimethyl Telluride and Elemental Tellurium by Bacteria Amended with Tellurite or

Tellurate

R. S. T. Basnayake, J. H. Bius, O. M. Akpolat, and T. G. Chasteen

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2001, 15(6), 499-510.

The Fate of Selenate and Selenite Metabolized by Rhodobacter sphaeroides

V. Van Fleet-Stalder, T.G. Chasteen, I. J. Pickering, G. N. George, and R.C. Prince

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2000, 66(11), 4849-4853.

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Selenium-Containing Amino Acids

I. J. Pickering, G. N. George, V. Van Fleet-Stalder, T. G. Chasteen, and R. C. Prince

Journal of Biological and Inorganic Chemistry, 1999, 4(6), 791-794.

Bacterial Cytotoxicity and Induction of Apoptosis in Promyelocytic (HL-60) Cells by Novel

Organotellurium Compounds

B. Sailer, T. Prow, S. Dickerson, J. Watson, N. Liles, S. Patel, V. Van Fleet-Stalder, & T. Chasteen

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1999, 18(12), 2926-2933.

Using Fluorine-Induced Chemiluminescence to Detect Organo-Metalloids in the Headspace of

Phototrophic Bacterial Cultures Amended with Selenium and Tellurium

V. Van Fleet-Stalder and T. G. Chasteen

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, 1998, 43/3, 193 203.

Volatile Chemical Species of Selenium

T. G. Chasteen

Chapter in Environmental Chemistry of Selenium, W.T. Frankenberger and

R.A. Engberg, Eds.; Marcel Dekker, New York, 1998; 589-612.

Effects of the Variation of Growth Conditions on the Production of Methyl Selenides in Cultures of

Rhodobacter Sphaeroides 2.4.1 Amended With Selenium Oxyanions

V. Van Fleet-Stalder, H. G rley k, R. Bachofen, and T. G. Chasteen

Journal Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1997, 19, 98-103.

Confirmation of the Biomethylation of Antimony Compounds

H. G rley k, V Fleet-Stalder, and T. G. Chasteen

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 1997, 11, 471-483.

Toxicity of Oxyanions of Selenium and of a Proposed Bioremediation Intermediate, Dimethyl Selenone

R. Yu, J.P. Coffman, V. Van Fleet-Stalder, and T.G. Chasteen

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1997, 16(2), 140-145.

Spreadsheet Approach to the Linear Least Squares Fit

M. L. Carman and T. G. Chasteen

The Chemical Educator, 1(1); S 1430-4171(96)01012-6 ; March 25, 1996.

Volatilization of Arsenic Compounds by Mixed Soil Bacteria and Pure Cultures of Methanogenic

Bacteria

R. Bachofen, L. Birch, U. Buchs, P. Ferloni, I. Flynn, G. Jud, H, Tahedl, and T. G. Chasteen

In Bioremediation of Inorganics, R. E. Hinchee, J. L. Means and D. R. Burris eds.;

Batelle Press, Columbus, OH, 1995; 103 108.

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Publications (continued):

Bacterial Bioremediation Of Selenium Oxyanions Using A Dynamic Flow Bioreactor

S. L. McCarty, T. G. Chasteen, V. Stalder, and R. Bachofen

In Bioremediation of Inorganics, R. E. Hinchee, J. L. Means and D. R. Burris eds.;

Batelle Press, Columbus, OH, 1995; 95 102.

Chromatographic Determination of Phosphine (PH3) and Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) in the Headspace of

Anaerobic Bacterial Enrichments Using Flame Photometric Detection

U. Brunner, Th. G. Chasteen, P. Ferloni, and R. Bachofen

Chromatographia, 1995, 40(7), 399-403.

A Method of Repeated Sampling of Static Headspace above Anaerobic Bacterial Cultures with Fluorine-

Induced Chemiluminescence Detection

V. Stalder, N. Bernard, K. W. Hanselmann, R. Bachofen, and T. G. Chasteen

Analytica Chimica Acta, 1995, 303, 91-97.

Amending Cultures of Selenium Resistant Bacteria with Dimethyl Selenone

L. Zhang and T. G. Chasteen

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 1994, 8(6), 501-508.

Confusion Between Dimethyl Selenenyl Sulfide and Dimethyl Selenone Released by Bacteria

T. G. Chasteen

Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 1993, 7(5), 335-342.

Phototrophic Bacteria Produce Volatile, Methylated Sulfur and Selenium Compounds

S. L. McCarty, T. G. Chasteen, M. Marshall, R. Fall, and R. Bachofen

Federation of European Microbiology Societies Letters, 1993, 112, 93-98.

Solving Equilibria Problems with a Graphing Calculator: A Robust Method, Free of Algebra and

Calculus

D. K. Ruch and T. G. Chasteen

Journal of Chemical Education, 1993, 70(7), A184-185,1993.

Fluorine-Induced Chemiluminescence Detection of Phosphine, Alkyl Phosphines, and Monophosphinate

Esters

T. G. Chasteen, R. Fall, J. W. Birks, H. R. Martin, and R. J. Glinski

Chromatographia, 1991, 31, 342-346.

Fluorine-Induced Chemiluminescence Detection of Biologically Methylated Tellurium, Selenium, and

Sulfur Compounds

T. G. Chasteen, G. M. Silver, J. W. Birks, and R. Fall

Chromatographia, 1990, 30, 181-185.

Scientific Presentations

More than 70 presentations at local/regional (40+), U.S. national (13), and international (18) scientific

meetings in the past 19 years.

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Books or Chapters

Instrumental Determination of NOx via Chemiluminescence; Instrumental Determination of Atmospheric

Methane; Electron Capture Detection of Pesticides; Inductively Coupled Plasma Determination of

Lead; Ion Chromatography of Environmentally Significant Anions; Gas Chromatography-Mass

Spectrometric Determination of DDE;

T. G. Chasteen

Environmental methods of analysis primers in: Environmental Chemistry ; Fourth

Edition; C. Baird and M. Cann. W.H. Freeman, New York, 2008.

Web-Based Animations in Analytical Chemistry;

T. G. Chasteen

Chapter in "Active Learning: Models from the Analytical Science"; ACS Symposium

Series; P. Mabrouk, Ed.; American Chemical Society, Washington, 2007.

Chalcogens (S, Se, Te) in Microorganisms and Plants

T. G. Chasteen and R. Bentley

Chapter in "Handbook of Chalcogens: New Perspectives in Sulfur, Selenium, and

Tellurium"; F. Devillanova, Ed.; Royal Society of Chemistry, London, 2006.

Volatile Chemical Species of Selenium

T. G. Chasteen

Chapter in Environmental Chemistry of Selenium, W.T. Frankenberger and

R.A. Engberg, Eds.; Marcel Dekker, New York, 1998; 589-612.

Experience the Extraordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things: The Laboratory Manual Fourth Edition

B. C. Richardson and T. G. Chasteen

John Wiley and Sons: New York, 2003, 347 pages with photographs.

Qualitative and Instrumental Analysis of Environmentally Significant Elements

T. G. Chasteen

John Wiley and Sons: New York, 1993, 131 pages.

Indexing Projects

Perspectives in Environmental Chemistry, D. Macalady, Ed., Oxford University Press, 495 pages,

1997.

Hidden Danger: Environmental Consequences of Preparing for War, A.H. Erlich and J.W. Birks, Eds.

Sierra Club Press, 242 pages, 1990.

Chemiluminescence and Photochemical Reaction Detection in Chromatography, J.W. Birks, Ed. VCH

Publishers, 291 pages, 1989.

Patents

"Chemiluminescent Light Source Using Visible Light for Biotherapy"; M.J. Tolkoff, P. Levin, R.

Arcangeli, A Levine, and T.G. Chasteen; United States Patent Office: USP 7,255,691; USPO

Publication Date August 14, 2007.

"Chemiluminescent Light Source Using Visible Light for Biotherapy"; M.J. Tolkoff, A. Levine, P.

Levine, R. Arcangeli, and T.G. Chasteen; European Patent Office: US2004010299; EPO

Publication January 15, 2004.

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