James Cizdziel

James Cizdziel is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Mississippi. Cizdziel earned his BS from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1991 and his PhD from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1998, with research interests spanning analytical, environmental, and forensic chemistry. His research group has developed new methods for studying microplastics, trace elements, mercury biogeochemistry, atmospheric sampling using UAVs, and forensic analysis of trace evidence, including from three-dimensional (3D)-printed firearms, and he has published more than 90 papers with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Education (DOE), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Justice (DOJ).