Practical Vibrational Spectroscopy - Instructional Staff
Ellen V. Miseo holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and has concentrated on optical spectroscopy and instrument development. Her primary interest is in new applications of spectroscopic and imaging techniques. During her career, she has evaluated new technologies, developed new instrumentation, commercialized new techniques and anticipated new trends in the industry. Initially as a scientist at Arthur D. Little, Inc. she developed her skills in both spectroscopy and commercial products including foods and strategies to apply these skills to traditional and non-traditional problems. When she moved to Bio-Rad’s Digilab division she was the product manager and champion for a new infrared imaging technology. When the business was acquired by Varian (later Agilent) she moved into a technical expert role, mentoring new people and providing technical expertise across the entire spectroscopy product line. At Hamamatsu she extended those skills into the OEM spectroscopy area. She then became the CTO of a start-up, Teak Origin, whose aim was to apply portable spectroscopy to the fresh produce supply chain to assure optimum quality. On moving to Teak Origin she has gotten the opportunity combine her interests in food and spectroscopy Her accomplishments include development of equipment as well as foreseeing customer trends and adapting to them.
Dr. Miseo is actively involved in a number of professional societies related to spectroscopy. She is currently the Secretary for the Society for Applied Spectroscopy and the education coordinator for both the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. She has served as the president of the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. She has taught training courses on spectroscopy within a corporate training framework, at conferences and as on-line courses.
Dr. Mary Widmark Carrabba specializes in the application of vibrational spectroscopy to forensic and industrial problem solving. She received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from George Washington University but conducted her research as a visiting scientist at the FBI Forensic Science Research and Training Center, where she focused on the application of infrared microspectroscopy to forensic fiber examinations. She subsequently joined the FBI Laboratory, where she specialized in infrared analysis of evidentiary materials and trained numerous forensic scientists in infrared spectroscopic techniques; Hewlett-Packard, where she applied infrared, Raman, and UV-visible microspectroscopy to R&D efforts and failure analysis problems in the thermal Inkjet cartridge industry; and Southern Oregon University, where she was an assistant professor of analytical and forensic chemistry. Now semi-retired and busier than ever, Mary is the virtual office manager for the Coblentz Society.
Dr. Carrabba has been an active member of the Coblentz Society since receiving a Coblentz Student Award in 1993. She has served as a Governing Board member, President, and Treasurer. Mary has also been active in SAS having served as both secretary and chair of the Baltimore-Washington Local Section, as Treasurer of the Society, and as editor of the Spectroscopists’ Calendar column in Applied Spectroscopy. She is also a member of the American Chemical Society, the Northwest Association of Forensic Scientists, and the American Society of Trace Evidence Examiners.
James A. de Haseth is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia. He has been working with FT‐IR spectrometers for over 40 years, and has published and lectured extensively on their operation and performance. Jim is now a senior partner for Light Light Solutions, LLC, a general spectroscopy consulting firm. In addition he is currently developing a new instrument for rapid data analysis and large area measurement. The new instrument is portable, yet retains the resolution and signal-to-noise ratio of benchtop instruments. Jim has also been involved with development of spectrometric data processing algorithms for extraction of physical and chemical information from spectra of components in complex matrices. Jim is co-author, with Peter Griffiths, of the text “Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry.” The second edition of the text was published in early 2007. Jim is a Distinguished Service Awardee of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, an Honorary Member of the Coblentz Society, and an Associate Editor of Applied Spectroscopy Practica.
Dr. James A. de Haseth, Senior Partner, Light Light Solutions, LLC, P.O. Box 81486, Athens, Georgia 30608‐1486 Email: dehaseth@ircourses.org