Chemical Manager

Douglas A. Stuart - * -

Douglas A. Stuart, Ph.D.

Carrollton, GA 30117 773-***-**** *******.******@*****.*** douglas-stuart-5ba9271 SUMMARY:

Accomplished and dynamic scientist with over a decade of experience teaching analytical chemistry and instrumental analysis. Diverse interdisciplinary skill set including superior written and oral communication, team management, data analysis, problem solving and a variety of methods and instruments.

EMPLOYMENT & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Consultant, A.D. Stuart and Assoc. 2003 to Present

• Course Content Editor and SME (Subject Matter Expert)

• Graphic and Figure Design (Flash, Origin, MS Office, Adobe Suite)

• Co-Authored Instrumentation and Physics Simulations in LabView Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of West Georgia 2007 to 2020

• Supervisor, over 35 Students, Faculty Directed Research on Forensics and Nanoparticle Optical Sensing

• Course Design and Development (on-line and conventional) Chem 315 Chemical Measurements Laboratory, Chem 317 Equilibria and Electrochemistry, Chem 318 Spectrochemistry and Separations, CHEM 3310 Analytical Chemistry, CHEM 3550 Physical Chemistry Lab, CHEM 4330 Instrumental Analysis, XIDS 2001 Science of Sustainability, CHEM 5785 Materials Science, CHEM 4910 Tools and Applications in Chemistry

• Selection Committee, OFS Scholarship

• Committee on UWG Affiliate Researcher Policy, & UWG Legal Team on Controversial Speakers

• Manager, Department Equipment Inventory, and Instrument Maintenance, Repair, and Training

• Leader, Sustainability Learning Community

• Reviewer, Royal Society of Chemistry, Nature, NSF

• Quality Matters Certified Online Course Reviewer/Designer

• Academia.edu Editor Program Consultant (2015)

• COSM SSC Campus Institutional Reports training (2017) High School Chemistry Teacher, Harvester Christian Academy 2009

• Brought Lab and Chemical Storage into Safety Compliance Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University 2003 to 2007

• Managed Teams of Doctoral Student Researchers

• Conducted Research on Optical Sensing for Glucose, and Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents PROFICIENCIES AND SKILLS:

Spectroscopy: Raman, SERS, FT-IR, UV-Vis, Surface Plasmon Resonance, Fluorimetry, XRF, AES/ AAS Microscopy: Darkfield, Confocal, Vibrational, Atomic Force (AFM), SEM Separations: HPLC, GC-MS

Software: MS Office, LabView, Origin, Matlab, some AutoCAD Communication: Writing, Reviewing, Revising SOPs, Grants, Publications, Presentations Electrochemistry: Cyclic Voltammetry

Thermal Analysis: Bomb Calorimetry

Traditional Analytical methods: Gravimetry, Wet-Chemical Analysis, pH Nanomaterials Synthesis: Quantum Dots, Noble Metal Nanoparticle Synthesis In Vitro, In Vivo, and Ex Vivo experience: In Vivo (rat model), Mammalian Cell Culture (HeLa, CHO) Experience and Safety Training with Potentially Hazardous Materials: Cyanide, CWA and BWA Simulants Statistical and Chemometric Analysis

Figure Design, Data Analysis, Data Visualization

Design of Experiment (DoE) including Bioassay: ELISA, DNA, Antibody Based Assays Lab management & Record Keeping: Lab Manual, Purchase Orders, Chemical Inventory, Capital Equipment Instrumentation Maintenance and Repair

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Developed and applied semiconductor and surface-enhancing nanomaterials for ultra-sensitive biological detection and imaging, in vitro and in vivo.

Managed and coordinated an interdisciplinary six member team of chemists and biomedical engineers for the development of the first in vivo surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. EXTERNAL GRANTS, FUNDED: PI or Co-PI on > $400,000 in external funding, including: 1. B. Vaidya, D.A. Stuart, A. Ragguci, W. Singh, and R.P. Van Duyne. “Surface-Enhanced Detection of Molecular and Biomolecular Species.” AFSOR STTR Phase I, 1 August (2005). 2. B.Vaidya, A. Ragguci, D. A Stuart, W. Singh, and R.P. Van Duyne. “Novel Materials for Capture and Spectral Detection of Hazardous Vapors” U.S. Army SBIR Phase II, 1 August (2005). PUBLICATIONS: Author of 18 peer-reviewed publications, including: 1. J. B. Kimbrell, C.M. Crittenden, W. J. Steward, F. A. Khan, A. C. Gaquere-Parker and D. A. Stuart “Analysis of mixtures of C60 and C70 by a Portable Raman spectrometer,” Nanoscience Methods, 3, 40 (2014). 2. A. Vinyard, K.Hansen, R. Byrd, D. A. Stuart, and J. Hansen “Design of a Simple Cryogenic System for Ultraviolet-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy with a Back-reflectance Fiber Optic Probe.” Appl.Spec. 68 (1), 118- 23. (2014).

3. O. Okponyia, B. M. Williams, K. Patton, and D. A. Stuart “Fundamental Studies of Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) using Aersolized Substrates.” In Advanced Environmental, Chemical, and Biological Sensing Technologies IX. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 8366 (2012).

4. D. A. Stuart, Jonathan M. Yuen, Nilam C. Shah, Olga Lyandres, Chanda R. Yonzon, Matthew R. Glucksberg, Joseph T. Walsh, and Richard P. Van Duyne. “In Vivo Glucose Measurement by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy.” Analytical Chemistry, 78-20-721*-****. (2007) 5. D.A. Stuart, K. Biggs, and R. P. Van Duyne. “Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Half-Mustard Agent.” The Analyst, 131, 568-572 (2006).

6. A. Haes, D. A. Stuart, A. McFarland. “Nanoscale Optical Sensors Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)” in Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine, CRC Press (2006). 7. D.O. Ansari, D. A. Stuart, and S.Nie “Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic detection of cancer biomarkers in intact cellular specimens.” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5699, 82 (2005). EDUCATION:

Ph.D. 2003 Analytical Chemistry/Biochemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington. Thesis Title: Biomolecular Imaging and Spectroscopy with Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles M.Litt. 2001 Alchemy and Literature, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Thesis Title: Alchemy and Literature: Exploring the Alchemical Gaze, an Hermetic Hermeneutic B.A. 1996 Chemistry, English, and Philosophy, Wabash College. Graduated with Distinction, National Merit Scholar, “Grignard” Lab Science Award, Dean's List

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