Introduction to Near Infrared Spectroscopy [Hardcover]

Jerry Workman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience (December 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471579769
• ISBN-13: 978-0471579762

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Jerome (Jerry) J. Workman, Jr. is Executive Vice President of Research & Engineering for Unity Scientific; Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Statistics and Clinical Virology at the United States National University, CA; Adjunct Professor of Biology at Liberty University, VA; and Principal at Biotechnology Business Associates (www.bbaoc.com). He was formerly Vice President of Technology Research for Masimo Corporation; Director of Research, Technology & Applications Development for Molecular Spectroscopy & Microanalysis for ThermoFisher Scientific; Chief Technical Officer and Vice President of Research & Engineering at Argose Inc.; Senior Research Fellow at Kimberly-Clark Analytical Science & Technology; and Principal Scientist at Perkin-Elmer. His recent research focus has been on analytical laboratory, process, and medical device development using biosensors, fluorescence, and molecular spectroscopy. His long term research and development work has included technologies such as: near infrared, infrared, ultraviolet-visible, and Raman spectroscopy, process analysis and chemometrics. He is co-author of the popular Spectroscopy series Statistics in Spectroscopy and Chemometrics in Spectroscopy which have published over 115 columns since 1986. He has authored a dozen books, several hundred scientific papers, commercial software programs, and U.S. and international patents. In 2002 he was the recipient of the Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Near Infrared Spectroscopy, the ASTM International Award of Merit, and IBC Scientist of the Year. He received the Coblentz Society Williams-Wright Award at the Pittsburgh Conference in 2009 for outstanding contributions to industrial spectroscopy. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, the American Society for Testing and Materials International, and the Royal Society of Chemistry (U.K.). He is also a Chartered Chemist (CChem) of the Royal Society of Chemistry (England) and a Chartered Scientist of the Science Council (UK). He has served as Chair of the Industrial Advisory Board for the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) at the Univ. of Washington; The Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy; and is immediate past Chairman of ASTM Main Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science. He has served on the U.S. National Academies NRC Panel for assessment of NIST programs, where he received a certificate of commendation from the US Department of Commerce. He holds a B.A degree cum laude in natural sciences, and an M.A in biological sciences from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. degree with high commendation in biological chemistry from Columbia Pacific University. He is an alumnus of Columbia University Business School having completed the Columbia Senior Executive Program and also holds Certificates in Executive Development and in Business Excellence. He also holds a Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from the M.I.T. Sloan School. He is listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.