Most Recent Abstracts
and Presentations:
*(denotes Hampshire Undergraduate Author )
2010 - Study of adsorption of inorganic antimony species by nano zero valent iron (nZVI) using ion chromatography coupled to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (IC-ICP-MS), Dula Amarasiriwardena and Pema Dorjee*, WS309, Winter Plasma Spectrochemistry Conference, Fort Myers, FL, January 4-9, 2010.
2010- Investigation of Lead in Single Hair Strands from Ancient Andean Mummies by Laser Ablation - Inductively Luke Bartkus*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Bernardo Arriaza, David Bellis, and Jorge Yanez.
TP25, Winter Plasma Spectrochemistry Conference, Fort Myers, FL, January 4-9, 2010.
2009 - Investigation of the adsorption characteristics of antimony cadmium, and lead by nanoand micro particle titania, Jared Zia*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, and Baoshan Xing, International Conference on the Environmental Implication and Application of Nanotechnology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, June 9-11, 2009.
2009 -Investigation of trace metals complexed to soil-derived humic acids molar mass fractionsextracted from various depths in a shooting range soil. Britton Van Vleek*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, and Baoshan Xing, Humic Science and Technology Conference-XII, Boston, Massachusetts. March 18-19, 2009.
2009- Mosses as pollution indicators: trace metals in amblystegium riparium of Baltimore and Western Maryland, Samantha Forster*, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Society for Applied Spectroscopy-New England Section, Boston, MA, April 28, 2009.
2008 - Were Chinchorros exposed to arsenic? Arsenic determination of Chinchorro mummies’ hair by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Dula Amarasiriwardena, Basel Bandak*, Joesph Jones, Jennifer Kane*, Sam Byrne*, Jorge Yanez, Bernardo Arriaza Lorena Cornejo, Abstract M11, 2008 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Temecula, CA, January 7-12, 2008
2008 - Determination of As, Pb, and Sb in air particulates matter on air filters using laser ablation-inductively coupled-plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Basel Bandak*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Darío Gómez, Patricia Smichowski, Abstract, FP08 2008 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Temecula, CA, January 7-14, 2008
2007- Investigation of antimony complexed to soil-derived humic acids and inorganic antimony species along a Massachusetts highway, Gabriel Ceriotti* and Dula Amarasiriwardena, Humic Science and Technology Conference-X, Boston, Massachusetts. March 21-23, 2007
2007 - Determination of arsenic in single strands of human hair by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Sarah Steely*, Joseph Jones, Jorge Yañez, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Toarmina, Sicily, Italy, February 18-23, 2007
2006 - An investigation of antimony complexed to humic acids and inorganic antimony speciation in contaminated Soils, S. Steely*, D. Amarasiriwardena, B. Xing, Humic Science & Technology IX, Boston, MA, March 23, 2006
2006-Lead, barium, strontium and zinc distribution in enslaved individuals in New York African Burial Ground: a laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) study, Joseph Jones, Edward Buford*, Alan Goodman, and Dula Amarasiriwardena, Abstract #ThP06, Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ, January 5-14, 2006
2006 -Investigation of spatial trace elemental profiles of blue mussel shells (mitilus edulis) in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Kimberly Newton*, Joseph Jones, and Dula Amarasiriwardena, Abstract #FP21, Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ, January 5-14, 2006
2006 - Investigation of lead and arsenic distributions in a lead arsenate contaminated apple orchard: teaching analytical atomic spectroscopy advances in an environmental chemistry class. Dula Amarasiriwardena, Abstract # FP09, Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ, January 5-14, 2006, BEST POSTER
2006 - Calibration of LA-ICP-MS measurements of lead in bone using New York state candidate reference materials. David J. Bellis, Katherine M. Hetter and Patrick J. Parsons, Joseph Jones and Dula Amarasiriwardena, Abstract #M12, Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Tucson, AZ, January 5-14, 2006
2005-Capillary electrophoresis/ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (CE/IC-ICP-MS). Determination of As and Pb complexed to soil humic acids and soil arsenic species in an apple orchard contaminated with lead arsenate pesticide, Kim Newton*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, J. Danku, R. Barnes, B. Xing, Humic Science and Technology Conference VIII, Boston, MA March 16-18, 2005
2005 - Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS): A rapid method for elemental analysis of hair, Sarah Steely*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, and Jorge Yáñez, CHED 332, American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17
2004 - Roadside Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Soils in Franklin County, MA and Surrounding Towns, Trevor L. Woodard, B.S., Dula Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, The Annual International Conference Soils, Sediments, and Water, Amherst, MA, Tuesday, October 19, 2004,
2004 - Determination of Trace Metals
in Dental Tissues by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS): A Quantification
Attempt, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Aaron Buchsbaum*, Socheata Tauch*,
Anahita Dua*, Alan Goodman, WP 21, 2004 - Winter Conference
on Plasma spectrochemistry, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January
5-11 [Best Poster - Laser
Ablation ICP-MS session]
2004 - Semi Quantitative Analysis
of Trace Metals in Over-the-Counter Calcium Supplements
by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass
Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Jeremy Draper*, Faith Okpotor*, and Dula Amarasiriwardena,
WP 22, 2004 - Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 5-11
2004 - Research Based Analytical
Chemistry Course: Opportunities, Pedagogical Advantages
and Rewards, Dula Amarasiriwardena,
ThP 44, 2004 - Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, and January 5-11
2003 -
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: A versatile
technique to identify the archived elemental information
in teeth, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Ellen Webb*,
Daniel Kang* Socheata Tauch*, Ethan F. Green, and
Alan Goodman, Fedration of Analytical Chemistry
& Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida, October 19-23, 2003 (Invited Lecture)
2003-
What can field-flow fractionation inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry do for you? Ramon Branes,
John Danku, Atitaya Siripinyanond, Dula Amarasiriwardena,
Fedration of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy
Societies (FACSS), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October
19-23, 2003
2003 -
Unraveling of past pollution episodes and childhood
nutrition through teeth: Applications of inductively
coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and diffuse reflectance
infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS),
Dula Amarasiriwardena, Ellen Web, Ethan F. Green,
Socheata Tauch, and Alan Goodman, International
Conference on Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy,
Ottawa, Canada, June 1-4, 2003 (Invited Lecture)
2003 -
Determination of elemental concentrations and lead
isotope ratios in teeth from Solis, Mexico, Kalama,
Egypt and Bronze Age Magan in Tell Abraq, UAE, by
inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy
(ICP-AES) and mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) Ellen Web*,
Socheata Tauch*, Ethan F. Green, Alan Goodman
and Dula Amarasiriwardena", American
Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans,
March, 2003
2003 -
The application of diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier
transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) for identification
of potential diagenesis crystallinity changes in teeth.'
Ethan F. Green, Socheata Tauch*, Ellen Webb*, and
Dula Amarasiriwardena, American Chemical
Society National Meeting, New Orleans, March,
2003
2003 - Field-Flow Fractionation and
Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, R. Barnes,
A. Siripinyanond, J. Danku, J, and D. Amarasiriwardena,
European Plasma Spectrochemistry Conference,
January 13-17, 2003, Germany
2002 -
Application of Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled
Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for the Investigation
of Trace Metal Distributions in Human Tooth Enamel
Growth Layers, Daniel Kang*, Alan Goodman,
and Dula Amarasiriwardena, WP 32, 2002 Winter
Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Scottsdale,
Arizona, Jan 6-12, 2002 [Outstanding Poster]
