Curriculum Vitae

2006

                                                 Kenneth Paul Roberts      

 

 

Address                                                                      e-mail: kproberts@utulsa.edu

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry               Telephone:     (918) 631-3090

     600 S. College Ave.                                                   Fax:                 (918) 631-3404

    University of Tulsa                                                    

    Tulsa, OK 74104-3189                                           

 

Education

 

Iowa State University; Ames, IA                                                                                   2001

Ph.D.; Analytical Chemistry

 

Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SOSU); Durant, OK                         1995

B.Sc.; Chemistry, Occupational Safety and Health minor

 

Areas of Specialization

·        Bioanalytical Chemistry

·        Chemical Carcinogenesis

·        Nanotechnology—quantum dots

·        Laser-Induced Fluorescence / Raman / NSOM / Confocal

·        Capillary Electrophoresis / HPLC

·        Environmental Chemistry

 

Professional Experience

 

8/02 - present, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

 

7/01 - 8/02,   National Center for Toxicological Research—FDA Postdoctoral Research

                      Fellow, Jefferson, Arkansas

 

8/96 – 5/01,   Graduate Research Associate, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

 

8/96 – 12/97, Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

 

5/95 – 7/96,   Research Technician, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant,

                       Oklahoma

 

5/95 – 7/96,    NMR Technician, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant,

                       Oklahoma

 

8/89-5/90, 8/93-5/95, Laboratory Instructor, Southeastern Oklahoma State University,

                       Durant, Oklahoma

Professional Associations / Service

 

Professional Associations / Service

 

Member, Analytical Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society

Member, Toxicology Division of the American Chemical Society

Member, Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society

 

Student Faculty Advisor, American Chemical Society, University of Tulsa (2003-present)

Computer Committee, College of Engineering and Natural Science, University of Tulsa (2003-present)

Faculty Senate, University of Tulsa (2004-present)

Tulsa Section of the American Chemical Society, chair-elect (2005)

Tulsa Section of the American Chemical Society, chair (2006)

 

Honors/Awards

 

Proctor & Gamble Fellowship for Excellence in Research 1999

 

 

A.  Publications in Refereed Journals

 

  1. Roberts, K.P, Sobrino, J.A, Payton, J.P., Mason, L.B., Turesky, R.J. Accurate Determination of Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Sites in DNA, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2006, 19, 300.

 

  1. Rincon, H.E, Shadley, J.R., Rybicki, E.F, Roberts, K.P.  Erosion-Corrosion of Carbon Steel in CO2-Saturated Multiphase Flow Containing Sand, Corrosion, (in press).

 

  1. Busch-Harris, J.L., Jennings, E., White, D.C., Peacock, A., Davis, G., Ogles, D., Holmes, W., Sublette, K.L., and Roberts, K.P. Monitoring Subsurface Microbial Ecology and Demonstrating In Situ Biodegradation Potential Using Bio-Sep Bio-traps, Ecological Chemistry and Engineering, (in press).

 

  1. Tandon, M., Roberts, K.P., Shadley, J.R., Rybicki, E.F., Ramachandran, S., Jovancicevic, V. Flow Loop Studies of Inhibition of Erosion-Corrosion in CO2 Environments with Sand, Corrosion, (in press).

 

  1. Gujar, A.C., Moye, A. A., Coghill, P. A., Teeter, D.C., Roberts, K.P., and Price, G.L. Raman Investigation of the SUZ-4 Zeolite, Micro.Meso. Materials, 2005, 78(2-3), 131.

 

  1. Roberts, K. P., Jankowiak, R., and Small, G. J. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Interfaced with Fluorescence Line-Narrowing Spectroscopy for On-line Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, 2001, 73, 951.

 

  1. Casale, G. P., Singhal, M., Bhattacharya, S., RamaNathan, R., Roberts, K. P., Barbacci, D. C., Zhao, J., Jankowiak, R., Gross, M. L., Cavalieri, E. L., Small, G. J., Rennard, S. I., Mumford, J. L., and Shen, M. Detection and Quantification of Depurinated Benzo[a]pyrene-Adducted DNA Bases in the Urine of Cigarette Smokers and Women Exposed to Household Coal Smoke, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2001, 14(2), 192.

 

  1. Roberts, K. P., Lin, C.-H., Singhal, M., Casale, G., Small, G. J., and Jankowiak, R. On-line Identification of Depurinating DNA adducts in Human Urine by Capillary Electrophoresis – Fluorescence Line-Narrowing Spectroscopy, Electrophoresis—Special Issue, CE in Biomedicine, 2000, 21, 799.

 

  1. Jankowiak, R., Roberts, K. P., and Small, G. J. Invited Review:  Fluorescence Line-Narrowing in Chromatography and Electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 2000, 21, 1251.

 

  1. Jankowiak, R., Roberts, K. P., Tomasik, P., Sikora, M., Small, G. J., and Schilling, C. H. Probing the Crystalline Environment of a-Alumina via Luminescence of Metal Ion Impurities:  An Optical Method of Ceramic Flaw Detection, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2000, A281, 45.

 

  1. Roberts, K. P., Lin, C. –H., Jankowiak, R., and Small, G. J. On-line Identification of Diastereomeric Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene Diol Epoxide Derived Deoxyadenosine Adducts by Capillary Electrophoresis–Fluorescence Line-Narrowing and Non-Line-Narrowing Spectroscopy, Journal of Chromatography A, 1999, 853, 159.

 

  1. Jankowiak, R., Lin, C. –H., Zamzow, D., Roberts, K. P., Li, K. –M., and Small, G. J. Spectral and Conformational Analysis of Deoxyadenosine Adducts Derived from Syn- and Anti-Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene Diolepoxides:  Fluorescence Studies, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 1999, 12, 768.

 

  1. Parent, B. D., Huddleston, J., Keeler, M., Roberts, K. P., Waldroup, A., Abernathy, R., Cooper, W., and Wright, J. R. An Easily Biotinylated, High Molecular Weight Component of Bovine Skim Milk, Which Binds the Radionuclide 207Bi, Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci., 1999, 79, p1.

 

  1. Wright, J. W., Kiel, J., Holwitt, E., Smith, J. T., Roberts, K. P., Studer, J., McLemore, C., Campbell, K., Russo, B., and Wood, K. Preliminary Characterization of a Polymer Prepared by Diazotization of 3-Amino-L-tyrosine, Polymer Preprints (ACS), 1998, 39, 365.

 

  1. Russo, V. M., Williamson, J., Roberts, K. P., Wright, J. R., and Maness, N. 13C-nmr Spectroscopy to Monitor Sugars in Pith of Internodes of a sh2 Corn at Developmental Stages, HortScience, 1998, 33, 980.

 

  1. Maddox, L., Reeves, M., Wood, K., Roberts, K. P., Studer, J., Wetzel, J., Smith, J. T., Whittington, K., Alls, J. L., Parker, J. E., Holwitt, E., Kiel, J. L., and Wright, J. R. Acoustic Wave Dosimetry Based on Diazotized Luminol Solutions, Microchemical Journal, 1998, 58, 209.

 

 

Manuscripts in Preparation of Completed Work

 

  1. Duncan, C.R., Wiser, R.A., Vasicek, L., Rosche, W.A., and Roberts, K.P. Intracellular Detection of beta-Galactosidase with Quantum Dots in Escherichia coli, Analytical Chemistry, (to be submitted)

 

  1. Duncan, C.R., Wiser, R.A., Vasicek, L., Rosche, W.A., and Roberts, K.P. Surface Recognition and Potential Microbial Isolate Typing with Quantum Dots, Analytical Chemistry, (to be submitted)

 

  1. Roberts, K.P, Sobrino, J.A, Payton, J.P., Mason, L.B., and Turesky, R.J. Accurate Determination of Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Sites in DNA, Chemical Research in Toxicology, (to be submitted)

 

  1. Roberts, K. P., Jankowiak, R., Garcia, V., Schilling, C. H., and Small, G. J. A Fluorescence Method for Measuring the g-a Crystalline Transition of Alumina in Industrial Ceramics, Materials Science and Engineering A, (to be submitted).

 

  1. Roberts, K. P., Grubor, N., Gaikwad, N., Bodell, B., Jankowiak, R., and Small, G. J., Characterization and Identification of DNA Adducts from Activated Tamoxifen:  Laser-Induced Fluorescence Studies, Chemical Research in Toxicology, (to be submitted).

 

  1. Roberts, K. P., Jankowiak, R., and Small, G. J., On-line Identification of Intact, Non-Covalent Photosynthetic Antenna Protein Complexes by Capillary Electrophoresis – Low-Temperature Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Journal of Chromatography B, (to be submitted).