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CATHERINE A. RIMMER National Institute of Standards and Technology Phone: (301)975-3651 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8392 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 : Research Chemist National Institute of Standards and Technology , Analytical Chemistry Division, September 2003- x Coordinator for the NIST/NIH Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program x Developed methods for the extraction of complex matrix samples and performed trace organic analysis on botanical samples x Examined extraction methods for the determination of vitamins and marker compounds in foods and dietary supplements x Developed isotope dilution mass spectrometry methods for quantitation vitamins in dietary supplements and food matrices x Performed certification measurements on a variety of dietary supplements and food samples x Designed, synthesized, and characterized a series of stationary phases for liquid chromatography with special emphasis on fluorinated phases. National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship , National Institute of Standards and Technology , Advisors Lane C. Sander and Stephen A. Wise, September 2001-2003 x Synthesized and characterized a series of stationary phases for a study of the effects of bonding chemistry and bonded phase length on shape selectivity and methylene selectivity in reversed phase liquid chromatography. x Synthesized and examined novel immobilized polymer stationary phases for the separation of tocopherols (vitamin E) and carotenoid isomers. x Measured trace organic compounds, specifically focusing on polycyclic

aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in a variety of matrices by liquid chromatography with UV absorbance and fluorescence detection.

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