Analytical Chemistry is the most important fundamental science to measure and monitor all chemical substances. Today analytical chemists skilled in chromatography, mass spectroscopy and related sciences are among the most in demand graduates and find favorable career opportunities worldwide. Lamar University's Enviromental Chemistry Laboratory will play a major role in helping solve the nation's critical problems involving hazardous substances. The Gill Chair and the ECL challenge Lamar University to play an important role on the local, regional and international scene. Dr. David L. Cocke Dr. Cocke's research involves the application of advanced instrumentation techniques to environmental analysis, the surface science environmental processes, and materials characterization.
Extensive research involves the reactivity of metals and alloys.
Goals of his research are to develop concepts and models from application of analytical and characterization methods to complex chemical processes at surface and interfaces. Dr. Cocke's research experince includes appointments as a guest scientist at the Max Planck and Fritz Haber Institutes in Germany and as a visiting professor at the Hungarian Academy of Science, University of Zurich and University of Messina in Italy. He has also worked as a senior research chemist and group leader with UOP Inc. and as an adjunct professor at Loyola University at Chicago. Since 1983, Dr. Cocke has over 100 invited presentation, been a consultant more than 12 major corporations, authored over 250 publications many of which have been published since accepting the Gill Chair in Analytical Chemistry. This high paced research activity makes Dr. Cocke a frequently invited participant in international research symposia and a highly sought after consultant.