Kevin A. Schug

Kevin A. Schug is a Full Professor and Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at The University of Texas (UT) at Arlington. He joined the faculty at UT Arlington in 2005 after completing a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Virginia Tech under the direction of Prof. Harold M. McNair and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Vienna under Prof. Wolfgang Lindner. Research in the Schug group spans fundamental and applied areas of separation science and mass spectrometry. Schug was named the LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography in 2009, and most recently has been named the 2012 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Young Investigator in Separation Science awardee.

Articles

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Evaluation of Automated Solid-Phase Extraction for Nitrosamines Using US EPA Method 521

May 01, 2016

Disinfection by-products (DBP) are an ever-present nuisance in the efforts to purify drinking water, wastewater, and municipal waters from various sources.

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Analytical Efforts Toward Monitoring Groundwater in Regions of Unconventional Oil and Gas Exploration

October 02, 2015

A mix of analytical methods is required to understand the impact, if any, that UOG activity is having on groundwater.

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New Solutions to Environmental Challenges

October 02, 2015

A brief introduction to the articles presented in this supplement.

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Evaluation of Automated Solid-Phase Extraction for Nitrosamines Using US EPA Method 521

July 01, 2015

Disinfection by-products (DBP) are an ever-present nuisance in the efforts to purify drinking water, wastewater, and municipal waters from various sources. An emerging class of DBP compounds with health effects is nitrosamines which result from chloramination or chlorination if the water is nitrogen-rich. Five of these nitrosamines have been listed on the US EPA’s new Contaminant Candidate List (CCL-3). Of the nitrosamines, the most common and problematic is N-nitrosdimethylamine (NDMA). The maximum admissible levels set by the US EPA are 7 ng/L for NDMA and 2 ng/L for N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA).

How to Get the Most Out of Your First Conference Experience

March 06, 2015

While conferences abound, year-round, this time of year feels to me like the beginning of conference season. Pittcon is on the doorstep and the end of spring through summer brings myriad analytical chemistry symposia where all of the newest research and instrumental innovations will be presented to the public.

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Hyphenation of Flow-Injection Analysis with Mass Spectrometry: A Versatile and High-Throughput Technique

May 01, 2012

A review highlighting the recent development on flow-injection analysis (FIA)–mass spectrometry (MS) to bring more attention to this effort.

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On- and Off-Line Coupling of Separation Techniques to Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry

October 01, 2011

A review highlighting the combination, or potential combination, of various separation methods with ambient ionization mass spectrometry