CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Evan L. Neidholdt

 

Department of Chemistry

California Institute of Technology

1200 E. California Blvd. MS 127-72

Pasadena, CA 91125

Phone: (626) 395–6543

E–mail: eln@caltech.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

2005–Present      Ph.D. candidate, Chemistry department, California Institute of Technology.  Research area: experimental chemical physics with emphasis in instrumentation development for mass spectrometry.  Gas phase reactions of biomolecules with carbon centered free radicals.  Chemistry of collisionally excited molecular aggregates.  Adviser: J.L. Beauchamp.

 

2001–2005         B.A., Chemistry and Mathematics, Concordia University Irvine, Irvine, CA.  Undergraduate research with John W. Kenney, III, 2002–2005.  Research area: low temperature vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of bromine gas hydrate.

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

ÒThe Mass Spectrometer as a Chemical Laboratory:  Reactions of Carbon Centered Radicals with Amino Acids in PeptidesÓ E. L. Neidholdt, J. Thayer, R. Hodyss, H. Sumner and J. L. Beauchamp, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. in preparation (2008).  (Special issue of PNAS on Mass Spectrometry Across the Sciences)

 

ÒIonization Mechanism and Additional Applications of the Ambient Pressure Pyroelectric Ion SourceÓ E.L. Neidholdt and J. L. Beauchamp, J. Am. Soc. Mass. Spec. in preparation (2008).

 

ÒCluster Phase Chemistry:  Formation and Reactivity of Metal Phenides formed from Decarboxylation of Clusters of Divalent Alkaline Earth Metals with Substituted Benzoic Acids,Ó E. L. Neidholdt and J. L. Beauchamp, J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spectrom. in preparation (2008).

 

ÒAmbient Pressure Pyroelectric Ion Source for Mass Spectrometry,Ó E.L. Neidholdt and J.L. Beauchamp, Anal. Chem. 2007, 79, 3945–3948

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

2008                 ÒIonization Mechanism and Additional Applications of the Ambient Pressure Pyroelectric Ion Source,Ó at Lake Arrowhead Ion Chemistry Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA (Oral)

2007                 ÒCompact Ambient Pressure Pyroelectric Ion Source for Harsh Environment Mass Spectrometry,Ó at 2007 HEMS Conference, Cocoa Beach, FL (Poster)

2007                 ÒCompact Ambient Pressure Pyroelectric Ion Source for Mass Spectrometry,Ó at Lake Arrowhead Ion Chemistry Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA (Oral)

2004                 ÒClever determination of the molar enthalpy of vaporization of liquid nitrogen using common, inexpensive laboratory equipmentÓ at ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, CA (Oral)

 

AWARDS

 

2005                 Nomination for associate membership in Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Orange County Chapter

2005                 1st Prize Winner, Concordia University PresidentÕs Showcase of Undergraduate Research.  Entry: ÒLow Temperature Sample Handling Techniques and Emission Spectroscopic Analysis of Bromine Gas Hydrate (Clathrate)Ó

2003                 Concordia University Irvine recipient of ACS Outstanding College Chemistry Student, Orange County Section

2003                 GAANN Fellowship.  Adviser: V. Ara Apkarian, UC Irvine.

2002                 NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.  Adviser: Chris Reed, UC Riverside.