The focus of current research efforts centers on the development of parallel column gas chromatography as a general analytical tool for trace detection of pollutants. Parallel column GC involves replacing the single column used in conventional GC separations with a parallel set of columns having different stationary phases. Effluents from injected samples are split among the parallel columns and recombined at the detector. Each compound is detected as a unique sequence of peaks due to different retention properties on the various GC stationary phases. This provides a new dimension of analytical information and thus provides increased confidence in analytical identifications.
Multidimensional chromatography allows further selectivity optimization.
Jenny is working with both the state of North and South Carolina environmental divisions and with the Departments of Transportation in the Carolinas. The Catawba River watershed provides an opportunity to directly evaluate the environmeental impacts of a major metropolitan region on a large watershed. Winthrop's downstream location is an ideal setting for these studies. An introductory course for science majors. The course focuses on modern topics such as environmental chemistry, biochemistry, nuclear chemistry, cosmochemistry and geochemistry, and polymers materials science.