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Gary J. Van Berkel
Senior Staff Research Scientist and Group Leader

B.A., Chemistry, Lawrence University, 1982;
Ph.D., Washington State University, 1987;
Postdoctoral Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1987 to 1989,
Research Mentors: Drs. Gary L. Glish and Scott A. McLuckey;
Staff Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1989 to present.

   
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2005 Biemann Medal Winner

SSLIS

 
Research Interests:

Analytical Chemistry focusing on Organic and Biological Mass Spectrometry Fundamentals, Instrumentation and Applications

Fundamental ion source chemistry and analytical studies

Solution chemistry and electrochemistry aspects of
   electrospray ionization
Desorption electrospray ionization  
Liquid-microjunction surface sampling probes
Derivatization in electrospray mass spectrometry

Atmospheric Pressure Surface Sampling and Ionization
     Methods for High Throughput Analysis and Chemical Imaging of
     Analytes on Surfaces (TLC plates, electrophoresis gels, affinity
     arrays, tissue sections, etc.)

Interfacing electrochemistry and mass spectrometry

Electrochemically-modulated elemental and molecular
   recognition
Study of the non-volatile products of electrode reactions
Study of the initial soluble n-mer products of
   electropolymerization
Mimicking enzymatic redox processes with
   electrochemistry

Natural product analysis

 Provided by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Chemical Sciences Division 
Rev: February 2007