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Graduate Student Representative, Anti-Discrimination Judicial Board
, Michigan State University
Advised the President on issues related to discrimination in policy and procedure. (2005-2007)
Coordinator, “Things Every Scientist Should Know – Outside the Laboratory”
, Women in Chemistry,
Michigan State University
Coordinated speakers on topics including intellectual properties, alternative careers in the sciences, conflict
resolution, health and wellness, scientific writing, and financial planning. Received a Local Section
Innovative Grant from the American Chemical Society to support the seminar series. (2005)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 William P. Slichter Award, NIST
2015 Expert Review Panel of the Year Member, AOAC International
2015 Best Poster Award, Scripps 12
th
Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence Based Update
2013 Best Poster Award, HPLC 2013
2007 Educational Merit Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
2007 Travel Fellowship, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
2007 Travel Fellowship, American Chemical Society Michigan State University Local Section
2006 Educational Merit Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
2006 Outstanding Graduate Student Woman, Faculty-Professional Women’s Association, Michigan State
University
2006 Excellence-in-Teaching Citation, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University
2006 Travel Fellowship, The Graduate School, Michigan State University
2005 Tracy A. Hammer Outstanding Graduate Student Award, College of Natural Science, Michigan State
University
2005 Educational Merit Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
2005 Travel Fellowship, Council of Graduate Students, Michigan State University
2002 Recruitment Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
INVITED PUBLICATIONS
Catherine A. Rimmer, Melissa M. Phillips. “Solution to Certified Reference Material Recipe Challenge.”
Anal.
Bioanal. Chem.
405 (2013) 6899-6900.
Catherine A. Rimmer, Melissa M. Phillips. “Certified Reference Material Recipe Challenge.”
Anal. Bioanal.
Chem.
405 (2013) 4321-4322.
Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer. “Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements.”
Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
405 (2013) 4323-4324.
Melissa M. Phillips. “Analytical Approaches to Determination of Total Choline in Foods and Dietary
Supplements.”
Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
403 (2012) 2103-2112.
Hendrik Emons, Jane Weitzel, John Budin, Melissa Phillips, Catherine Rimmer, Donna Zink. “TDRM/TDLM
Workshop on Reference Materials and Laboratory Accreditation at the AOAC Annual Meeting 2011.”
Inside
Laboratory Management
. (Nov/Dec 2011) 6-7.
Melissa M. Phillips. “André M. Striegel, Wallace W. Yau, Joseph J. Kirkland, and Donald D. Bly (Eds.): Modern
size-exclusion liquid chromatography. Practice of gel permeation and gel filtration chromatography, 2
nd
ed.”
Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
399 (2011) 1571-2.
Catherine A. Rimmer, Melissa M. Phillips. “Analytical Tools for the Dietary Supplement and Food Laboratory.”
Natural Products Insider
(Mar 7, 2011).
AOAC OMB Meeting Book
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