James Killarney a Doctoral student in Chemistry

Posted July 23, 2009

James Killarney a Doctoral student in Chemistry recently won the $100 dollar cash prize for the best new student poster presenter at the regional Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Conference is Durham, N.H.  Killarney's poster explained "Fluorescence Spectroscopy as a Rapid, Cost-Effective Method to Monitor and Analyze Low Levels of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCP) in Environmental Water Samples."  Killarney's work is focused on using synchronous scan and Excitation-Emission Matrix (EEM) fluorescence spectroscopy as an analytical tool to identify low levels of PPCP's in Maine waters.