Neil Fitzgerald
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Professional experience |
2000 – present Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY Associate Professor (Department Chair 2007) · Teaching courses in Quantitative Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Methods of Analysis, Environmental Chemistry and General Chemistry. Applied for grants, repaired and installed instrumentation, developed laboratory experiments, participated in committee work, initiated undergraduate research. 1999 –
2000 Barnard College, Visiting Assistant Professor · Taught courses in General Chemistry and Intermediate General Chemistry. 1994 -
1999 University of Teaching Assistant/ Supervisor · Taught General Chemistry laboratory classes. June 1992
– Sept 1992 Butterworth Laboratories Temporary Analytical Chemist |
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Education |
1994 - 1999 University
of Ph.D. The Use of Microwave Energy to Improve Sample Introduction and Preparation for ICPMS. (GPA=3.6) Development of a high pressure on-line
digestion system and the investigation of the use of microwave energy for desolvation of an aerosol followed by membrane drying to
increase sample transport efficiency to ICP-MS and AAS (Adviser: Prof. Julian
Tyson). 1992 - 1993 Loughborough MS.c. (pass with distinction) Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation Analysis of novel polymer materials by
attenuated total reflectance FTIR. 1988 - 1991 University
of BS.c. Chemistry with Environmental Science |
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Publications |
“Investigation of UV Photolysis Vapor Generation with In-Atomizer Trapping Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for the Determination of Mercury” – Jeremy Madden and Neil Fitzgerald, Spectrochim. Acta B (submitted 2/21/08) “Proposed Reaction Mechanisms for Selenium UV Photolysis Vapor Generation by Computational Methods” – Tait Takatani, Neil Fitzgerald, and John Morrison Galbraith, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 388, 859 (2007) “Mercury Determination by Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Utilizing UV Photoreduction” – Ryan Bendl, Jeremy Madden, Allison Regan and Neil Fitzgerald, Talanta, 68, 1366 (2006) "Comparison
of Trace Metal Variations in a Buffered and Poorly Buffered Stream in the “The Use of a Modified Multimode Sample Introduction System for the Simple and Rapid Determination of Cadmium by Chemical Vapour Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry”, Eric Ritschdorff, Neil Fitzgerald, Roger McLaughlin, and Ian Brindle,Spectrochim. Acta B., 60, 139 (2005). “Desolvating the Sample Aerosol with Microwave Radiation: Further Theoretical and Experimental Insight into the Significance of Such Approach”- Kevin Douglass, Neil Fitzgerald, Bradley Ingebrethsen and Julian F. Tyson, Spectrochim. Acta Part B., 59, 261 (2004). “Microwave Theory and Its Application to Spectrochemical Analysis”-Neil Fitzgerald, Spectroscopy, 15(6), 40 (2000). “Reduction of Water Loading Effects in Inductively Coupled Mass Spectrometry by a Nafion Membrane Dryer Device”-Neil Fitzgerald, Julian F. Tyson, and David A. Leighty, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 13(1), 13 (1998). |
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Selected Presentations |
“Determination of Mercury Utilizing Cold Vapor UV Photoreduction with in-Atomizer Trapping” – Jillian
Lennartz, Jeremy Madden, Neil Fitzgerald, poster
presentation 220, FACSS (2007), “Investigations of Photochemical Vapor Generation Atomic
Absorption Spectrometry” – Neil Fitzgerald, invited oral presentation 550,
FACSS (2006) “Investigation of Cold-Vapor Atomic Spectrometry for
Mercury by UV Photoreduction” - Lauren M. Jackson,
Jeremy T. Madden, Ryan F. Bendl, and Neil
Fitzgerald, poster presentation 200-75P, PITTCON (2006), “Investigation of Cold-Vapor Atomic Spectrometry for
Mercury by UV Photoreduction”-Ryan Bendl and Neil Fitzgerald, Poster Presentation 35, FACSS
(2004), “Investigation of Vapor Generation Methods for the
Determination of Cadmium”-Neil Fitzgerald, Ryan Bendl
and Eric Ritschdorff, Poster Presentation 25, FACSS
(2004), “Determination of PAH Compounds in Contaminated Soils: An Investigation of Bioremediation Methods”-Randy Drevland, Alyson Fiorillo, Malanie MacEwan, Andrew Ryder, Elisa Woolridge, and Neil Fitzgerald, Poster Presentation 1700-4000 P, PITTCON (2004), Chicago, IL and ECSC, Manhattan College, NY. “The Development of a Method Based on Cold-Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Incorporating a Novel Sample Introduction System for the Determination of Cadmium”-Eric Ritschdorff and Neil Fitzgerald, Poster presentation 1700-4900 P, PITTCON (2004), Chicago, IL and ECSC, Manhattan College, NY. “Development of a Cold Vapor Generation Atomic Absorption
Spectrometry Technique for the Determination of Cadmium in Environmental
Samples”-Rebecca Wack, and Neil Fitzgerald, Poster
presentation paper 1, FACSS (2002), “Investigation of the Physical Mechanisms Occurring in
Atomic Spectrometry Liquid Sample Introduction Systems by Numerical
Analysis”-Kevin Douglass, Bradley Ingebrethsen, and
Neil Fitzgerald, Oral presentation paper 415, FACSS (2001), “Reduction of Solvent-Loading Effects in ICPMS Utilizing a Nafion Membrane”- Neil Fitzgerald, Julian F. Tyson, David A. Leighty, Oral Presentation paper 1306, PITTCON (1998), New Orleans, LA. “Reduction of Water Loading Effects in ICP-MS”- Neil
Fitzgerald, Julian F. Tyson and David A. Leighty,
Oral Presentation paper 717, FACSS (1997), “Improved Transport Efficiency and Drying of the Aerosol
for Plasma Spectrometry”-Neil Fitzgerald, Julian F. Tyson and Lois B. Jassie, Oral Presentation paper 1182, PITTCON (1996), “The
Application of Microwave Energy to Sample Preparation and Introduction for
Atomic Spectrometry”-Neil Fitzgerald, Julian F. Tyson and Lois B. Jassie, Oral Presentation paper 972, FACSS (1995), |
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Professional memberships and Awards |
Royal Society of Chemistry. American Chemical Society. Awarded
the Eaton Fellowship from the |
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References |
Available on request. |