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CATHERINE A. RIMMER
National Institute of Standards and Technology Phone: (301)975-3651
100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8392
Fax: (301)977-0685
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8392
Email:
catherine.rimmer@nist.govEDUCATION:
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001
Dissertation title: “Toward more practical electrochromatography”
Advisor, John G. Dorsey
B.A., Chemistry/Anthropology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1993
EXPERIENCE:
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
:
Research Chemist
National Institute of Standards and Technology
, Analytical Chemistry
Division, September 2003-
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Coordinator for the NIST/NIH Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality
Assurance Program
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Developed methods for the extraction of complex matrix samples and
performed trace organic analysis on botanical samples
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Examined extraction methods for the determination of vitamins and marker
compounds in foods and dietary supplements
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Developed isotope dilution mass spectrometry methods for quantitation
vitamins in dietary supplements and food matrices
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Performed certification measurements on a variety of dietary supplements
and food samples
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Designed, synthesized, and characterized a series of stationary phases for
liquid chromatography with special emphasis on fluorinated phases.
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
, National Institute of Standards
and Technology
, Advisors Lane C. Sander and Stephen A. Wise, September 2001-2003
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Synthesized and characterized a series of stationary phases for a study of the
effects of bonding chemistry and bonded phase length on shape selectivity
and methylene selectivity in reversed phase liquid chromatography.
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Synthesized and examined novel immobilized polymer stationary phases for
the separation of tocopherols (vitamin E) and carotenoid isomers.
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Measured trace organic compounds, specifically focusing on polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a variety of matrices by liquid
chromatography with UV absorbance and fluorescence detection.
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