Environmental Scientist
Resume:
SUSANA ADDO NTIM
Roselle NJ 07203
Cell: 301-***-****
Home: 908-***-****
*********@*****.***
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EDUCATION
• PhD Environmental Science (2012) – New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
• MS Marine Estuarine Environmental Science (Environmental Chemistry) (2006) – Uni. of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD
• BS Chemistry (2002) – Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Environmental Nanotechnology
Impact of Nanoparticles on the Environment
Nanosorbents for Water Purification
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
Marine and Estuarine Ecological Chemistry
Waste Management and Site Remediation
Chemistry of Carbon Nanotubes
Colloidal behavior of Nanoparticles
Formation of API loaded films for oral drug delivery
Materials Characterization
• SEM/TEM/EDS, TGA, FTIR, UV-Visible spec, Zetasizer nano particle analyzer
Analytical Instrumentation
• HPLC-UV, LC-MS, GC-MS, ICP-MS,
Software Data Acquisition Laboratory Information Systems
• ARCGIS, Chromatography Data Systems, Electronic Laboratory Notebook, SAS Programming
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
TEACHING AND LECTURING EXPERIENCE
• Teaching Assistant: Chemistry, NJIT, 2007-2009
• Teaching Assistant: Chemistry, UMES, 2004-2006
• Teaching Assistant: Chemistry, KNUST, 2002-2003
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dept. of Chem. and Env. Sci. NJIT, Newark, NJ (8/2009-5/2012)
Research Assistant
(Advisor: Prof Somenath Mitra)
• Surface functionalization and characterization of carbon nanotubes and subsequent fabrication of their metal and metal oxide composites for diverse applications including optical limiting, homogeneous catalysis and electrochemistry
• Adsorptive removal of Arsenic from water using CNT-metal oxide nanohybrids and regeneration of the spent nano-sorbent.
• Colloidal behavior of carbon nanotubes in aqueous and physiological media, and the influence of dispersal state on their cytytotoxicity.
• Formation of API loaded films for oral drug delivery using anti-solvent precipitation and film casting.
Dept. of Chem. and Env. Sci. NJIT, Newark, NJ (1/2007-7/2009)
Teaching Assistant
• Analytical and General chemistry laboratory preparation and instruction
• General chemistry tutorials
• Chemistry Proctor Coordinator
Dept. of Natural Sciences, UMES, Princess Anne, MD (3/2004 – 12/2006)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
• Organic chemistry and marine ecotoxicology laboratory instruction
• Organic synthesis and instrumentation
• Microwave assisted extraction/digestion, ICP-MS, GC-MS, and Comparative toxicological analysis of heavy metals such as Hg, Pb, As and Cd).
KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana (10/2002 - 9/2003)
Teaching Assistant
• Physical and Analytical chemistry tutorial sessions.
Cocoa Processing Company Ltd, Tema, Ghana (6/2001 – 9/2001)
Summer Intern
• Quality Control/Assurance performed on chocolate and chocolate products
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
• Alpha Epsilon Lambda, the National Honor Society for Graduate Students, NJIT Sigma Chapter (May 2012)
• Gold Medal – Dana Knox Research Showcase, NJIT (April 2012)
• Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the future fellow (August 2009 – May 2012)
• Outstanding Graduate Student, College of Sci. and Lib. Arts, NJIT (December 2010)
• Phi Kappa Phi National honor society, Univ. of MD Chapter (December 2006 to date)
• Bentil Prize for Promising Woman Scientist (August 2001) – (Awarded by the Ghana Science Association to the best female science student in the country's universities)
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1. ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. 2011. Removal of trace arsenic to meet drinking water standards using iron oxide coated multiwall carbon nanotubes. J Chem Eng Data, 56, 2077-2083.
2. ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. 2012a. Adsorption of arsenic on multiwall carbon nanotube–zirconia nanohybrid for potential drinking water purification. J Colloid Interface Sci, 375, 154-159.
3. ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. 2012b. Aggregation behavior of carbon nanotubes in aqueous and physiological media and its influence on toxicity. Int J Biomed Nanosci Nanotechnol, In Review.
4. ADDO NTIM, S., SAE-KHOW, O., DESAI, C. & MITRA, S. 2012. Size dependent aqueous dispersibility of carboxylated multiwall carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale, In Review.
5. ADDO NTIM, S., SAE-KHOW, O., WITZMANN, F. A. & MITRA, S. 2011. Effects of polymer wrapping and covalent functionalization on the stability of mwcnt in aqueous dispersions. J Colloid Interface Sci, 355, 383-388.
6. ANAND, B., ADDO NTIM, S., SAI MUTHUKUMAR, V., SIVA SANKARA SAI, S., PHILIP, R. & MITRA, S. 2011. Improved optical limiting in dispersible carbon nanotubes and their metal oxide hybrids. Carbon, 49, 4767-4773.
7. DESAI, C., ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. 2012. Antisolvent precipitation of hydrophobic functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes in an aqueous environment. J Colloid Interface Sci, 368, 115-120.
8. LAKSHMAN, K. V., ADDO NTIM, S., SAE-KHOW, O., JANARDHANA, C., LAKSHMINARAYANAN, V. & MITRA, S. 2012. Electrocatalytic activity of multiwall carbon nanotube–metal (pt/pd) nanonhybrids synthesized for fuel cells applications. Carbon, In review.
9. LI, C., CHEN, Y., ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. 2010. Fullerene-multiwalled carbon nanotube complexes for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells. Appl Phys Lett, 96, 143***-******.
10. ROY, S., ADDO NTIM, S., MITRA, S. & SIRKAR, K. K. 2011. Facile fabrication of superior nanofiltration membranes from interfacially polymerized cnt-polymer composites. J Mem Sci, 375, 81-87.
11. WANG, X., XIA, T., ADDO NTIM, S., JI, Z., GEORGE, S., MENG, H., ZHANG, H., CASTRANOVA, V., MITRA, S. & NEL, A. E. 2010. Quantitative techniques for assessing and controlling the dispersion and biological effects of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in mammalian tissue culture cells. ACS Nano, 4, 7241-7252.
12. WANG, X., XIA, T., ADDO NTIM, S., JI, Z., LIN, S., MENG, H., CHUNG, C.-H., GEORGE, S., ZHANG, H., WANG, M., LI, N., YANG, Y., CASTRANOVA, V., MITRA, S., BONNER, J. C. & NEL, A. E. 2011. Dispersal state of multiwalled carbon nanotubes elicits profibrogenic cellular responses that correlate with fibrogenesis biomarkers and fibrosis in the murine lung. ACS Nano, 5, 9772-9787.
13. WEI, L., THAKKAR, M., CHEN, Y., ADDO NTIM, S., MITRA, S. & ZHANG, X. 2010. Cytotoxicity effects of water dispersible oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes on marine alga, dunaliella tertiolecta. Aquat Toxicol, 100, 194-201.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. "Iron oxide coated multiwall carbon nanotubes for the removal of arsenic from water," NJIT GSA Research Day, Newark, NJ, November 2011.
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. "Iron oxide coated multiwall carbon nanotubes for the removal of arsenic from water," NJIT GSA Research Day, Newark, NJ, November 2010.
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. "Iron oxide coated multiwall carbon nanotubes for the removal of arsenic from water," 240th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, August 2010.
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. "Iron oxide coated multiwall carbon nanotubes for the removal of arsenic from water," 4th Passaic River Symposium, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, June 2010.
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. "Iron oxide coated multiwall carbon nanotubes for the removal of arsenic from water," The 10th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment, Washington, DC, January 2010.
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. “Adsorptive removal of arsenic from drinking water using carbon nanotube-metal oxide hybrids,” Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, NJIT, Fall Seminar Series. Newark, NJ, November 2011.
ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. “Carbon nanotube–metal oxide nanohybrids for water purification," The Dana Knox Research Showcase, NJIT Newark, NJ, April 2012
ADDO NTIM, S., ANAND, B., MUTHUKUMAR, S. S., SANKARA SAI, S. S., PHILIP, R. & MITRA, S. "Improved optical limiting in dispersible carbon nanotubes and their metal oxide hybrids," 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
ADDO NTIM, S., DODOO, J. N. D., & ISHAQUE, A. B. “Immobilization of metal ions by the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria during shell regeneration and the effect of regeneration on its growth” MEES Graduate colloquium, Appalachian laboratory, MD September 29 – 30, 2006.
ADDO NTIM, S., RAMAMURTHY, S. S. CHEN, Y., JANARDHANA, C. & MITRA, S. "Carbon nanotube–metal oxide nanohybrids for water purification," 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
ADDO NTIM, S., SAE-KHOW, O. WANG, X. WITZMANN, F. A. NEL, A. & MITRA, S. "Aggregation behavior of multiwall carbon nanotubes in aqueous and physiological media and their toxicological effects," 243rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 2012.
LI, C., CHEN, Y., ADDO NTIM, S. & MITRA, S. "Fullerene-multi walled carbon nanotube complexes for bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells" – 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, CA March 21st – 25th 2010
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
• American Chemical Society
REFEREES
Prof. Somenath Mitra
Chair & Distinguished Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights, Newark, N.J. 07102
Phone (973) 596 - 5611
Fax (973) 596 - 8436
E-mail:*****@****.***
http://web.njit.edu/~mitra/
Dr. Pradyot Patnaik
Adjunct Professor
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights, Newark, N.J. 07102
Phone 609-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
Dr. Ali B. Ishaque
Associate Professor
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
1 Backbone Rd Princess Anne MD 21853
Phone 410-***-****
Email: *********@****.***
Dr. Evans Adei
Snr. Lecturer
Kwame Nkrumah Uni. of Sci. and Technology
University Post Office, Kumasi Ghana
Phone +233-****-*****
Email: *****@*****.***
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