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Student Accomplishments

Recent Presentations by Dixon Group Research Students:
Vidrio, E., "The kinetics of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of levoglucosan," Penn State McNair Summer Research Conference, August, 2004.

Cruz, J. R., "The influence of residential wood burning in Central Valley cities during the winter", CSUS Student Research Competition, March, 2004.

Wong, R. H. F., "An investigation of methods for charging aerosols in an aerosol-based detector for high performance liquid chromatography", CSUS Chemistry Department Seminar, September, 2003.

Cruz, J. R., "The influence of residential wood burning smoke on the air quality of California Central Valley cities during the winter", CSUS Chemistry Department Seminar, September, 2003.

A. Rios, "Methodology for Carbohydrate Analysis in Atmospheric Aerosols," CSUS Chemistry Department Seminar, September, 2003.

A. Rios, "Methodology for Carbohydrate Analysis in Atmospheric Aerosols," Penn State McNair Summer Research Conference, August, 2003.

A. Rios, "Methodology for Carbohydrate Analysis in Atmospheric Aerosols," UC Berkeley McNair Research  Symposium, August, 2003.

M. Jauregui, "Development of Methods to Segregate Atmospheric Aerosol Mass using Solid Phase Extraction," poster, 15th Annual Northern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA, May, 2003.

J. Pollack, "Development of Flow Injection Analysis Methods for Determination of Mass Concentrations in Atmospheric Aerosols," poster, 15th Annual Northern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA, May, 2003.

K. Whitfield, "An initial study of the kinetics of acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of levoglucosan," poster, 15th Annual Northern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA, May, 2003.

R. Wong, "An Investigation of Methods for Charging Aerosols in an Aerosol-Based Detector for High Performance Liquid Chromatography," poster, 15th Annual Northern California American Chemical Society Undergraduate Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA, May, 2003.

Chemistry student DAVID GRAY had two abstracts selected for poster presentations at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Orlando , Fla. Oct. 31 to Nov. 3. The presentations were on “Protonation or Electrophilic Substitution of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons” and “Identification of Thioesterified Fatty Acids in the Membrane Anchorage Region for Keratinocyte Transglutamins by MALDITOF Mass Spectrometry.”