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CATHERINE A. RIMMER

National Institute of Standards and Technology

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

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8392 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- • 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.

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship , National Institute of Standards and Technology , Advisors Lane C. Sander and Stephen A. Wise, September 2001-2003

• 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. • Synthesized and examined novel immobilized polymer stationary phases for the separation of tocopherols (vitamin E) and carotenoid isomers. • 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.