Harry O'Neil Brotherton, Jr.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Louisiana at Monroe

 

         ADDRESS:
         Department of Chemistry University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209-0530

                  Office Phone: (318)342-1829

                  E-mail: hbrotherton@ulm.edu

 

         EDUCATION:
        
Doctor of Philosophy - Analytical Chemistry, University of Florida. December, 1982. Thesis: "Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) for the          Analysis of Drugs and Drug Metabolites in Physiological Fluids," with R. A. Yost.

 

                  Master of Science - University of Tennessee. August, 1976. Thesis: "Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Selected Polycyclic

                  Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Conventional Sampling Techniques," with G. Mamantov and E. L. Wehry.

 

                  Bachelor of Arts - Pfeiffer College. May, 1973. Major: Chemistry; Minor: History.

 

         PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:


        
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Fall 2004 - Present.

 

                  Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Fall 2001 - Fall 2009.

 

                  Associate Professor, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Fall 1987 - 2004.

 

                  Assistant Professor, Northeast Louisiana University, Fall 1982 - 1987.

 

                  Instructor, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Spring 1978.

 

                  Instructor, University of Tennessee. Fall 1976 - Fall 1977.

 

         ACTIVITIES:


         Member: American Chemical Society, ACS Analytical Division

                  Member : American Society for Mass Spectrometry

                  Member : Louisiana Academy of Sciences

                  Member : Sigma Xi

                  Officer : Ouachita Valley Section of the ACS; Secretary-Treasure, 1986; Chair-Elect, 1987-88; Chairman, 1988-89; Councilor, 1989-2004.

                  Member : ACS AN94 analytical examination committee

                  Member : ULM Graduate Council, 1992 to 2004

                  Chair : ULM Graduate Council, 2001 to 2004

                  Graduate Coordinator for the College of Pure and Applied Sciences, 1992 to 2002

                  Monroe Jaycees' "Young Educator of the Year-1983"

                  Co-instructor: "Advances in Mass Spectroscopy" short course at FACSS in Philadelphia, Fall, 1983.

 

         PUBLICATIONS:


         "Low-Temperature Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons", (with E. L. Wehry, G. Mamantov, and          R. R. Kemmerer) in
Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons: Chemistry, Metabolism and Carcinogenesis, edited by R. I. Fraudenthal and P. W.          Jones, New York: Raven Press, 1976.

 

                  "Determination of Drugs in Blood Serum by Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry", (with R. A. Yost). Anal. Chem.,55(3),549-553(1983).

 

                  "Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Studies of Drug Action and Metabolism", (with R. A. Yost and R. J. Perchalski).

                  Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys. , 48,77-80(1983).

 

                  "Pharmaceutical and Clinical Analysis by Tandem Mass Spectrometry", (with R. A. Yost, R. J. Perchalski, J. V. Johnson, and M. B. Budd).          Talanta,31(10B), 929-935 (1984).

 

                  "Rapid Screening and Confirmation for Drugs and Metabolites in Racing Animals by Tandem Mass Spectrometry", (with R. A. Yost). Am. J.          Vet. Res. , 45(11),2436-2440(1984).

 

                  "Triple Quadrupole MS/MS in Biomedical Research", (with J. V. Johnson, M. S. Lee, M. R. Lee, and R. A. Yost) in Mass Spectrometry in

                  Biomedical Research.1986.

 

                  "Effect of Menthol and Related Terpenes on the Percutaneous Absorption of Propranolol Across Excised Hairless Mouse Skin" (with J. R.          Kunta, V. R. Goskonda, M. A. Khan, and I. K. Reddy) in Journal of Pharmaceutical Science, 86,1369(1997).

 

                  "A Solid Phase Extraction of Pesticides with Determination by Gas Chromatography" (with A. Bhuiyan) in Journal of the Arkansas Academy          of Science, 56,18(2002).

 

                  "Facile Access to Novel Organotellurium Heterocycles by Nitration of Bis(3,5-Dimethylphenyl)Ditelluride" (with P. R. Mallikarachy, F. R.

                  Fronczek, and T. Junk) in J. Heterocycl. Chem., 42,243-247(2005).

 

         MS THESES DIRECTED:


         "Thermospray LC/MS/MS for the Analysis of Stanozolol in Urine", William Morgan Loyd, August, 1986.

 

                  "Studies of Selected Steroids by Thermospray LC/MS/MS", Sandra Lee Green, December, 1986.

 

                  "Analysis of Selected Pesticides by GC/MS/MS", Nalinee Phanawat, May, 1987.

 

                  "The Effect of varying Collision Energy and Collision Gas Pressure on the Fragmentation of Selected Molecules in Triple Quadrupole Mass          Spectrometry", Stanley Hudnall, August, 1987.

 

                  "Solid-phase Extraction and Thermospray LC/MS/MS for the Detection of Selected Anabolic Steroids and their Metabolites", Kathleen

                  Anderson, August, 1989.

 

                  "Analysis of Commercial Fumaric Acid Samples by High Performance LiquidChromatography (HPLC)", Dasheng Chu, August, 1990.

 

                  "The Concentration of Selected Metals in Paper Food Packaging", Jian James Xu, December, 1990.

 

                  "Solid Phase Extraction and Thermospray LC/MS/MS for the Detection of Marijuana and its Major Metabolite", Mohammad Ghazizadeh,

                  December, 1990.

 

                  "Analysis of Centennial Variety Soybean Foliage by Gas Chromatography/Mass Specrtometry", Helene Weber, May, 1992.

 

                  "Chlorinated Pesticide and PCB Concentrations in the White Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) from Northeast Louisiana", Mario

                  Fernandez, May, 1992.

 

                  "Rapid Clean Up of Fat Extracts For Pesticide Determinations Using Solid-Phase (C-18) Extraction Disks", Shubada Kulkarni,

                  December, 1993.

 

                  "Solid Phase Extraction of Pesticides from Water with Determination by Gas Chromatography", Anwarul Bhuiyan, May, 1994.

 

                  "Solid Phase Extraction of Pesticide Residues from Ground Water", Shailesh Kulkarni, May, 1995.

 

                  "Rapid Clean Up by Acetone Cold Precipitation and C18 Solid-Phase Extraction of Pesticides in Meat Samples", Yanyun Chen, May, 1995.

 

                  "Solid Phase Extraction of Pesticides Residues from Ground Water with Determination by Gas Chromatography", Haiqun Liu, August, 1996.

 

                  "Determination of Heavy Metals in Fish By Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy", Junge Zhang, May, 1997.

 

                  "Pesticide Residue Determinations from Fish Tissue", Regina Stencil, December, 1997.

 

                  “Determination of Lead in Fish by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy", Min Xiao, December, 1998.

 

                  "Determination of Trace Levels of Pesticides in Surface Water From Northeast Louisiana", Hua Zhao, December, 1998.

 

                  "Comparison of Selected Detectors for the Determination of Pesticides in Crayfish", Anita Dalvi, August, 2000.

 

         PAPERS PRESENTED


         "Low-Temperature Spectroscopic Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons" (with E. L. Wehry, et al.). Workshop on Standard

                  Reference Materials for Oil Shale Processing, NBS, Gaithersburg, MD, November, 1975.

 

                  "Screening for Drugs and Metabolites in Racing Animals by TripleQuadrupole MS/MS", (with R. A. Yost) Pittsburgh Conference on

                  Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Atlantic City, NJ, 1982.

 

                  "Trace Analysis of Drugs and Metabolites in Physiological Tissues by Tandem Mass Spectrometry", (with R. J. Perchalski and R. A. Yost)          ACS National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, April, 1982.

 

                  Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Studies of Drug Action and Metabolism", (with R. J. Perchalski and R. A. Yost) 30th Annual Conference on          Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Honolulu, May, 1982.

 

                  "Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Studies of Drug Action and Metabolism", (with R. J. Perchalski and R. A. Yost) 9th International Mass

                  Spectrometry Conference, Vienna, August, 1982.

 

                  "The Use of Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) in Drug Analysis", Invited Speaker, Fifth International Conference: Control of          Use of Drugs in Race Horses, Toronto, Canada, June, 1983.

 

                  "Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Trace Analysis of Drugs in Biological Fluids", (with R. A. Yost) LA Academy of Sciences, New Orleans,          1984.

 

                  "Determination of Heavy Metal Levels in Edible Fish Tissue", (with J. Zhang) LA Academy of Sciences, Alexandria, 1997.

 

                  "An Evaluation of Lead Levels In Edible Fish Tissue", (with J. Zhang and Min Xiao) LA Academy of Sciences, Monroe, 1999.

 

                  "Comparison of GC/MS, GC/ECD, GC/TSD, and HPLC/UV for the Analysis of Organochlorine and Organophosphate Pesticides", (with A.          Dalvi) LA Academy of Sciences, Shreveport, 2000.

 

                  "Mercury Levels in Crayfish", (with T. Junk and M. Godwin) LA Academy of Sciences, Shreveport, 2000.

 

                  "The Analysis of Mercury Levels in Human Breast Milk", (with R. M. Childress) Second Annual Student Research Symposium, University of          Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA, April, 2002.

 

                  "Solid Phase Extraction of Pesticides with Determination by Gas Chromatography", (with Anwar Bhuiyan) Arkansas Academy of Sciences,          Little Rock, AR, April, 2002.

 

         PROPOSALS:


         "Chemical Communications", $30,000, LEQSF, 1993.

 

                  "Enhancement of Instrumental Analysis Facilities", $70,000, LEQSF, 1996-7.

 

                  "Chemical Science and Technology Courses at NLU", with Dr. F. Watson, LEQSF, $25,000, 1996-7.

 

                  "Modernization of NLU's Instrumental Teaching Laboratory", with Dr. T. Junk, BORSF, $59,070, 1999-2000.

 

                  "Acquisition of a Mass Spectrometer for Undergraduate Laboratories and Research", with Dr. Jim Plamer, Dr. Frank Ji, Dr. Dale Snow,

                  Dr. Upali Siriwardane, BORSF, $94,635, 2002-2003.

 

                  "Upgrading ULM's Instrumental Teaching Capabilities", with Dr. T. Junk, BORSF, $68,106, 2002-2003.

 

                  "Acquisition of a Mass Spectrometer for Undergraduate Laboratories and Research”, with Dr. Jim Palmer, Dr. Frank Ji,  Dr. Dale Snow, and          Dr. Upali Siriwardane, $84,635, BORSF, 2002-03.

 

                  “Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)”, with Thomas Junk, Danny Hubbard,

                  Pia Alburquerque, $90,683.00 ($20,000 ULM match), BORSF, 2004-05.

 

                  “Triple-Quadrupole HPLC-MS/MS System for Enhancement of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, and Toxicology Research at ULM”,

                  with Ronald Hill, Khalid El Sayed, Harihara M. Mahendale, Melgardt de Villiers, Sharon Meyer, Kevin Baer, William Kolling, and

                  Sami Nazzal, $193,550 ($80,000 ULM match), BORSF, 2004-05.

 

         “Using Inquiry based Instruction in Chemistry Laboratory Courses”, with Pia Alburquerque, Bobby Burkes, and Danny Hubbard,

         $195,911.00, NSF-CCLI, 2004-05.  

        

         “Enhancement of General Chemistry Laboratory Capabilities”, $30,000, ULM STAP Funds, Spring 2006.   

 

         “Introduction of Microwave Assisted Techniques to ULM’s Chemistry Program”, with Thomas Junk. $81,060 ($20,000 ULM Match),

         BORSF, Submitted Fall 2007.