Dr. Pete Poston's Resume

September 2002 - present	Professor of Chemistry - Western Oregon University, Division of Natural Science & Mathematics, Monmouth, OR, 97361
June 2005 - September 2006	Visiting Professor of Chemistry - Sabbatical leave with Prof. Joel Harris at the University of Utah, research on designing Au-nanoparticle-based chemical sensors, summer support from ROA grant
September 1995 - September 2002	Associate Professor of Chemistry - Western Oregon University, Division of Natural Science & Mathematics, Monmouth, OR, 97361
September 1990 - September 1995	Assistant Professor of Chemistry - Western Oregon University
August 1998 - present	What's New Editor for the journal Applied Spectroscopy - monthly column reporting on new instrumentation, electronics, and software of general interest to the spectroscopic community.
October 1999 - June 2002	Webmaster for the Society of Applied Spectroscopy
September 1997 - June 2000	Department Chair, Earth & Physical Sciences - Western Oregon University
July 1996 - August 1997	Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry - Sabbatical leave with Prof. Joel Harris at the University of Utah, research on detecting monolayers on silica gel using ATR-FTIR, summer support from ROA grant
June 1989 - August 1990	Post-doctoral Research and Teaching Fellow with Prof. Stephen Bialkowski at the Center for Bio-Catalysis Science and Technology, Utah State University, responsible for laser related photothermal instrumentation; teaching of General Chemistry.
September 1984-August 1989	Graduate Research And Teaching Fellow under Prof. Joel Harris at the U of Utah Chemistry Dept., research in Photothermal Spectroscopy, taught General Chemistry labs and recitations
January 1981 - April 1982	Mine Operations Geologist - Homestake Gold Mine, Lead, South Dakota, responsible for all geological activities in Division IV, including sampling, diamond drilling, mapping, and ore inventory
September 1980 - December 1980	Assistant Geologist - Co-op position at the Schwartzwalter Uranium Mine, Boulder, CO, logged drill core, setup diamond drilling, repaired geiger counters, generally backed up activities of Mine Geologists

Trained and experienced in the use of modern chemical instrumentation including SERS, GC-MS, HPLC, FTIR, UV-Vis, NMR, fluorescence, AA spectroscopy, and electrochemistry

Computer skills include Microsoft Visual Basic and Fortran programming, knowledgeable with the use of computers in numerical methods using Numerical Recipes in C, Matlab, MathCad, and Maple, strong in statistics and in the use of Chemometrics including Factor analysis and Partial Least Squares

Experienced in the use of lasers: Q-switched Nd:YAG, diode, excimers, copper vapor lasers, synchronously pumped dye lasers, nitrogen, and helium-neon lasers

Experienced in the use of data acquisition devices and software such as digitizing oscilloscopes, LabView, and IEEE/488 and RS-232 interfacing; skilled at the use of fast time scale photomultiplier tubes, photodiodes, and associated electronics

Geology Experience: 2 years experience as a hard-rock mining Geologist; trained in rock and mineralogy identification, field mapping, etc.

2001	Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) grant, "Environmental Chemistry Field Equipment for Measuring Water Quality Data in the Willamette Basin Watershed", Pete Poston, $5,000
2000	Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation (OCEPT) Fellow, development of a multidisciplinary, field-intensive Institute to prepare K-12 teachers in biology, geology, and environmental chemistry, Bryan Dutton, Jeff Meyers, Pete Poston, Steve Taylor, $4400
1999	Western Oregon University Faculty Development Grant (WOU-FDG), "Laser Studies of Surfaces", P.E. Poston and B. Matson, $2000
1996	WOU-FDG, "Environmental Analysis for Herbicides Within the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge", P.E. Poston, $995
1994	Western Oregon University Foundation Grant, Scholarship for high school students interested in majoring in chemistry, $2000
1994	WOU-FDG, "Developing an Undergraduate Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory", P.E. Poston, $1987
1993	NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant, "Integrating Real-World Problem Solving Into the Chemistry Curriculum", P.E. Poston and A.R. Courtney, $75,212
1992	WOU-FDG, "Specific Ion Electrodes For Water Analysis", P.E. Poston, $500
1991	WOU-FDG, "Aqueous Phase Degradation Rates of Pollutants Using a Photochemical Chamber Reactor", P.E. Poston and R.M. Kazerouni, $1,000
1990	WOU-FDG, "The Development of An Electronics and Computer Interfacing Lab For A Chemical Instrumentation Class", P.E. Poston and A.R. Courtney, $998

1.	"Stable, Dispersible SERS Particles with Silica-Immobilized Ligands for Selective Analyte Accumulation", Pete E. Poston and Joel M. Harris, 2008, article in preparation
2.	"Luckiamute River Watershed, Upper Willamette Basin: an integrated environmental study for K-12 educators", S.B. Taylor, B.E.Dutton, and P.E. Poston, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Special Paper 36: 2002, 167-186
3.	"In Situ Adsorption Studies at Silica/Solution Interfaces by Attenuated Total Internal Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy: Examination of Adsorption Models in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography", Dion Rivera, Pete E. Poston, Rory H. Uibel, and Joel M. Harris, Analytical Chemistry, 2000, 72, 1543-1554
4.	"In Situ Detection of Adsorbates at Silica/Solution Interfaces by Fourier Transform Infrared Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy Using a Silica-Coated Internal Reflection Element", Pete E. Poston, Dion Rivera, Rory H. Uibel, and Joel M. Harris, Applied Spectroscopy, 1998, 52, 1391-1398
5.	"Two-dimensional Graphics at a Reasonable Price", Pete E. Poston and Joel M. Harris, Software Review, News and Features Section, Analytical Chemistry, 1997, 69, 182A-183A
6.	"A Visual Method of Teaching Mass Balance Relationships to Undergraduate Quantitative Analysis Students", P.E. Poston, Journal of Chemical Education, 1994, 71, 146-147
7.	"Quantitative Determination of Asbestos in Drinking Water by Differential Pulse Polarography", P.E. Poston and L. Wallace, Procedings 1993 Oregon Academy of Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
8.	"Pulsed-Laser Excited Differential Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy", S.E. Bialkowski, X. Gu, P.E. Poston, and L.S. Powers, Applied Spectroscopy, 1992, 46, 1335-1345
9.	"Kinetic Titration Method to Determine the Excited State Concentration of a Photochemical Sensitizer", P.E. Poston and J.M. Harris, Analytical Chemistry, 1991, 63, 688-692
10.	"Photothermal Beam Deflection Study of Energy Transfer from Excited Triplet States in Fluid Solution", P.E. Poston and J.M. Harris, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 1991, 60, 51-61
11.	"Excited State Calorimetry Studies of Triplet Benzophenone Using Time-resolved Photothermal Beam Deflection Spectroscopy", P.E. Poston and J.M. Harris, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1990, 112, 644-650
12	"Thermal Lens Measurements in Liquids on a Sub-microsecond Time Scale", Stefan J. Isak, Stanislaw J. Komorowski, Clifton N. Merrow, P.E. Poston and Edward M. Eyring, Applied Spectroscopy, 1989, 43, 419-422
13.	"Advances in Regression: Use of Models in Spectroscopic Data Analysis", by J.M. Harris, S.D. Frans, P.E. Poston, and A.L. Wong, a chapter prepared for Computer-Enhanced Analytical Spectroscopy, vol. 2, H.L.C. Meuzelaar, ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1990, 318 p.
14.	"Maximum Likelihood Quantitative Estimates for Peaks: Application to Photoacoustic Spectroscopy", P.E. Poston and J.M. Harris, Analytical Chemistry, 1987, 59, 1620-1626

Post-Graduate	Post-doctoral Research Fellow with Prof. Stephen Bialkowski at Utah State University, studies in Photothermal Spectroscopy at the National Center for Bio-Catalysis Science and Technology
Graduate	Graduation 8/89; Ph.D Physical-Analytical Chemistry, studies in Photothermal Spectroscopy under Prof. Joel Harris, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Undergraduate	Graduation 8/84; B.S. Chemistry, Fort Lewis College Chemistry Dept., Durango, CO, 81301 Graduation 8/81; B.S. Geology, Fort Lewis College Geology Dept., Durango, CO, 81301
Continuing	NSF sponsored summer workshop in computer interfacing at Oregon State University, July, 1991

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