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Joseph A. Caruso
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Professor, Chemistry
AB 1962 Eastern Michigan University
MS 1964 Wayne State University
PhD 1967 Michigan State University
Postdoctoral Fellow 1967-1968 University of Texas
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BiographyJoe Caruso received his PhD from Michigan State University under the direction of Alexander Popov. After a one-year postdoctoral fellowship with J. J. Lagowski at The University of Texas - Austin, he joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati as assistant professor of analytical chemistry. During this time he has authored or co-authored over 270 scientific publications and presented over 235 invited lectures at universities and at scientific meetings.Professor Caruso is a member of the American Chemical Society, Canadian Spectroscopy Society, German Mass Spectrometry Society, Society for Applied Spectroscopy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has been honored by Eastern Michigan University with its 1990 Distinguished Alumni Award, by the American Chemical Society with the 1992 Cincinnati Chemist of the Year Award, the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Society with the 1994 Anachem Award, and with the 2000 Spectrochemical Analysis Award given by the Analytical Division of the American Chemical Society.
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Research: Trace Elemental Analysis and Metallomics
 Professor Caruso's research interests are trace elemental analysis by atomic spectrometry using a metallomics approach. Such an approach aims to characterize all the chemical compounds containing a certain metal in a particular sample or cell, e.g. the zinc metallome of the cell.
The techniques are principally focused on sample preparation, separation and mass spectrometric detection, with ICP-MS a major mass spectrometric focus. The strong focal area of the group continues to be a metallomics approach to finding metal species in environmental and biological systems. Application of these methods to selenium phytoremediating plants and phosphorous in pesticides, herbicides and warfare agents, even though Se and P are not classified as metals. Some very interesting chemistry of these two elements is coming forth with both small and large molecules, in the gas phase and in the solution phase.
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Contact Information
507A Rieveschl
P.O. Box 210172
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172
phone: 513-556-9306
fax: 513-556-9239
joe.caruso@uc.edu
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Last updated Friday, September 15, 2006
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