Air Monitoring
During my post-doctoral experience I gained valuable skills at operating, maintaining and managing a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS).
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I am now proficient at developing a method to quantify airborne compounds through the use of thermal desorption. This includes the sampling of air and subsequent analysis of compounds. Please see the link to my article below published in the Journal of Chromatography A.
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These GC-MS skills are easily portable to other methods of chromatography such as HPLC.
I recently worked on a new passive release device to evenly release volatiles including spatial repellents against mosquitos. Laboratory tests have showed that these devices are active and perform well for up to 200 hours after deployment.
To continue my professional development I attended a manufacturer-offered course on GC-MS operation. Here I learned valuable insight into best practices, expanding instrument capabilities and limitations.
