Transcript T. A. Nieman: A (Chemi)Luminary in the Analytical Sciences Composite courtesy of F.

T. A. Nieman: A (Chemi)Luminary in
the Analytical Sciences
Composite courtesy of F. J. Holler
In Increasing Order of Importance
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Biosketch
Research Contributions
Teaching
Mentoring and Community
Family
MSU, 1974 courtesy of F. J. Holler
Biosketch
• 12/31/48 – 8/14/97
• B.S. Chemistry, Purdue, 1971
(Mellon, Lytle, Regnier, Pardue, Margerum)
• Ph.D. MSU, 1975 (Enke)
• UIUC 1975-1997 (Assoc. Prof. 1981)
• Editor, Mikrochimica Acta 1986-1997
• 30 Ph.D. students, 9 M.S., 12 B.S.
Arrived at UIUC with no papers in print and no
post-doc!
Thesis: Vidicon Spectroscopy and Kinetics
T. A. Nieman and C. G. Enke, Anal. Chem. 48, 619-624 (1976).
No Talk About TAN Would Be Complete
Without …
• The Mercury Story, starring Keith Caserta
Photo courtesy of F. James Holler
Bipolar Pulse
Conductance and
Coulostatics
C. R. Powley, R. F. Geiger, Jr.,
and T. A. Nieman, Anal. Chem.
52, 705-709 (1980).
Chemiluminescence and Sensors
T. M. Downey and T. A. Nieman, Anal. Chem.
64, 261-268 (1992).
Web of Science 5/23/06 shows 146 citations.
Teaching
• Quant. – thematic, glucose oxidase kinetics
• Separations: Resurrected, strengthened
• Advanced Analytical Chemistry – leveling the
playing field
• Advanced Analytical Laboratory – something
beats nothing
• The Book (with Floydo and Doug)
• MUACC ’79, ’96
• Electronics: “Stay out of the lab!”
Mentoring and Community
• The biggest group with the fewest dollars.
Nerf balls and priests-to-be.
Excellence without abrasion.
• Who teaches analytical method development
any more?
• Saving an incoming graduate student from a
switch to sociology
• International (China, Hungary, Spain, Japan (?),
Symposium on Quantitative Luminescence
Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences)
• Analytical Area Budget and Operations
• Presbyterian Church of Urbana
Where’s Alanah?
From Loyola
University
website –
copied without
permission
T. A. Nieman Memorial Seminar Room (171 RAL)
Key players: Dave and Jennifer Skotty, Brian Seiler (Ph.D. under Jim Avery)
Family
11/25/1994, courtesy of Sandy Nieman
Students by Area
• Conductance and Coulostatics
– Rich Geiger
– Chuck Powley
– Jaine Baxter-Hammond
– John Reiss
– Tony Barnes
– Doug Taylor
– Rich Trubey
Students by Area
• Chemiluminescence
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Bob Veazey
- Terry Malcom Downey
Scott Steig
- Narasimha Rao
Al McDonald
- Alice Martin
Ken Chan (misspelled in Scifinder: Chain)
Dave Pilosof
- Glenn Jirka
Vince Nau
- Dave Skotty
Lori Klopf
- Jennifer Ridlen Stoyanoff
Bob Steen
- Scott Shippy
Nate Malavolti
- Doug Guerrero
Howard Nekimken
- Won-Yong Lee
Cathy Swindlehurst (Koerner)
- J Preston
Mark Nussbaum
- Garrett Forbes
Kevin Hool
- Katrina Heinze
Phil Koerner
- Renee’ Blanchard
Janet Littig
- Loranelle Shultz
David van Dyke
- Brian Gilbert
Collaborators at UIUC
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Keith Caserta
Kelsey Cook
John Ferraris
Larry Faulkner
F. James Holler
George Horvai
Peter Kissinger
Ed Perkins
Erno Pungor
Douglas Skoog
Jon Sweedler
Procter and Gamble
Tennessee/NSF
Texas at Dallas
Texas/Houston Endowment
Kentucky
Budapest, Hungary
Purdue/BAS
(deceased)
Budapest, Hungary
Stanford