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CATHERINE A. RIMMER

National Institute of Standards and Technology 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8392

Phone: (301)975-3651 Fax: (301)977-0685

Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8392

Email: catherine.rimmer@nist.gov

EDUCATION: Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2001 Dissertation title: “Toward more practical electrochromatography” Advisor, John G. Dorsey B.A., Chemistry/Anthropology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1993 EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE : Program Coordinator for Dietary Supplements National Institute of Standards and Technology , Chemical Sciences Division, 2013- • Determine priorities for the development of new dietary supplement Standard Reference Materials • Develop new dietary supplement standard reference data program • Educate dietary supplement industry about the selection and use of Standard Reference Materials • Work with industry to determine standards needs for measuring the potency and safety of dietary supplements Research Chemist National Institute of Standards and Technology , Analytical Chemistry Division, September 2003- • Coordinator for the NIST/NIH Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program • Developed methods for the extraction of complex matrix samples and performed trace organic analysis on botanical samples • Examined extraction methods for the determination of vitamins and marker compounds in foods and dietary supplements • Developed isotope dilution mass spectrometry methods for quantitation vitamins in dietary supplements and food matrices • Performed certification measurements on a variety of dietary supplements and food samples • Designed, synthesized, and characterized a series of stationary phases for liquid chromatography with special emphasis on fluorinated phases. • Synthesized a novel liquid chromatographic phase for the determination of iodine in foods