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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
:
Program Coordinator for Dietary Supplements
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
, Chemical Sciences Division, 2013-
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Determine priorities for the development of new dietary supplement Standard
Reference Materials
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Develop new dietary supplement standard reference data program
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Educate dietary supplement industry about the selection and use of Standard
Reference Materials
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Work with industry to determine standards needs for measuring the potency and
safety of dietary supplements
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.
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Synthesized a novel liquid chromatographic phase for the determination of iodine
in foods
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