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Publications and Presentations

Members of our staff routinely present papers at technical conferences and have authored several papers published in leading scientific journals. Titles of selected publications and presentations by our staff are listed below. Please contact us for additional information on these topics.

Publications

Analysis of Hydrazine in Drinking Water by Isotope Dilution Gas Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry with Derivatization and Liquid-Liquid Extraction
William E. Davis II and Yongtao B. Li*., Analytical Chemistry, 2008, V. 80, pp, 5449-5453.

Online In Situ Analysis of Selected Semi-volatile Organic Compounds in Water by Automated Microscale Solid-Phase Extraction with Large-Volume Injection/Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Yongtao Li, Ed J. George, and Christina L. McCarty, Journal of Chromatography A, 2007, 1176, pp. 223-230.

Compliance Analysis of Phenylurea and Related Compounds in Drinking Water by Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization/Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Solid-Phase
Li, Yongtao; George, Ed J.; McCarty, Christina L.; and Wendelken, Steven C. Journal of Chromatography A, 2006, V. 1134, pp. 170-176.

Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray Ionization/Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Analysis of Perchlorate in Water
Li, Yongtao and George, Ed J. Journal of Chromatography A, 2006, V. 1133, pp. 215-220.

Analysis of Perchlorate in Water by Reversed-Phase LC/MS/MS Using an Internal Standard Technique
Li, Yongtao and George, Ed J. Analytical Chemistry, 2005, V. 77, pp. 4453-4458.

Droplet Electrospray Nebulization for Particle Beam LC/MS
Li, Yongtao and Koropchak, John A. Instrument Science & Technology, 2000, V. 28(2), pp. 141-162.

Investigation of Particle Characteristics and Carrier Effects on Particle Beam LC/MS
Li, Yongtao and Koropchak, John A. Instrument Science & Technology, 1998, V. 26(4), pp. 389-407.

Selected Conference Presentations

Emerging Contaminants in Raw and Finished Drinking Waters
Yongtao (Bruce) Li, Joshua S. Whitaker, and Christina L. McCarty, Emerging Contaminants in Raw and Finished Drinking Waters, Proceedings of NEMC, August 11-14, 2008, Washington DC, USA

Screening Analysis of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Water, Proceedings of WQTC
Yongtao B. Li, Joshua S. Whitaker, and Christina L. McCarty, November 4-8, 2007, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Method Development for Analysis of Trace Taste and Odor Compounds in Drinking Water
William E. Davis II and Yongtao B. Li*, Poster Presentation at WQTC, November 4-6, 2007, Charlotte, NC., USA.

Screening Analysis of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Waters
Yongtao B. Li,* Joshua S. Whitaker, and Christina L. McCarty. Presented by Nathan Trowbridge at WQTC, November 4-6, 2007, Charlotte, NC., USA.

Analysis of Hydrazines in Drinking Water
Davis, William E. II and Li, Yongtao, AWWA Research Symposium: Distribution Systems, March 2-3, 2007, Reno, Nev., USA.

A Laboratory Perspective of UCMR 2 Method Development and Performance
Li, Yongtao; Davis, William E. II; McCarty Christina L.; Whitaker, Joshua S. and Polite, Sean M., 98th Illinois Section AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition, March 13-15, 2007, Springfield, Ill., USA.

Challenges in the Analysis of Nitrosamines in Drinking Water
Li, Yongtao; McCarty, Christina L.; Whitaker, Joshua S. and Davis, William E. II, Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 5-9, 2006, Denver, Colo., USA.

Analysis of Extended Taste and Odor Compounds by Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
Li, Yongtao and Davis, William E. II, Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 5-9, 2006, Denver, Colo., USA.

Analysis of Perfluorinated Chemicals in Drinking Waters by LC/ESI/MS/MS
Li, Yongtao and McCarty, Christina L., Proceedings of AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition (ACE06), June 11-15, 2006, San Antonio, Tex., USA.

Comparison Studies on Analysis of Perchlorate in Water by IC/CD and LC/MS/MS
Li, Yongtao; Banaszak, Nathan and Wei, Ying, Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 6-10, 2005, Quebec, Canada.

The Power of LC/MS and LC/MS/MS Technology: Direct Analysis of Polar Water Contaminants
Li, Yongtao and George, Ed J., Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 14-17, 2004, San Antonio, Tex., USA.

Analysis of Polar Turfgrass Pesticides in Waters by ESI/LC/MS Coupled with SPE Technology
Li, Yongtao and George, Ed J., Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 2-6, 2003, Philadelphia, Pa., USA.

Online Monitoring for Drinking Water Utilities
Li, Yongtao (Contributing Author), AWWA Research Foundation and CRS PROAQUA, 2002.

Routine Analysis of Phenylurea Compounds in Drinking Water Using ESI/LC/MS Coupled with SPE
Li, Yongtao; George, Ed J.; Hansen, Earl M. and Thoma, Jerry J., 49th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, May 27-31, 2001, Chicago, Ill., USA, WPK 198.

Analysis of Natural and Synthetic Estrogens in Water Using ESI/LC/MS Coupled with SPE
George, Ed J.; Li, Yongtao; Hansen, Earl M. and Thoma, Jerry J., 49th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, May 27-31, 2001, Chicago, Ill., USA.

Analysis of Nonionic Surfactants and Phenolic Endocrine Disruptors in Water Using ESI/LC/MS Coupled with SPE
Li, Yongtao; George, Ed J.; Hansen, Earl M. and Thoma, Jerry J., Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 11-15, 2001, Nashville, Tenn., USA.

SPE Twin-PAL LVI-GC-MS: Online In Situ Monitoring of Semivolatile Organic Compounds in Water
Li, Yongtao; George, Ed J.; Hansen, Earl M.; Thoma, Jerry J.; Martin Werner and Peter D. Smith, Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 5-9, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

A Broad Spectrum Taste and Odor Analysis Using Solid-Phase Microextraction (SPME) and Ion Trap Detection with Selective Ion Storage (SIS)
Li, Yongtao; George, Ed J.; Thoma, Jerry J. Thoma and Hansen, Earl M., Proceedings of WQTC, Nov. 5-9, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

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