Education:

PhD, Arizona State University, Labopratory of Dr. Karl S. Booksh

B.S., San Diego State University

Professional Experience:

2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry , University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2002 NIH Postodoctoral Fellow ,Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, NJ, Laboratory of Dr. Thomas G. Spiro

2000 NRC postdoctoral fellow, Naval Research Laboratory

Awards and Honors:

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging

National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship, Naval Research Laboratory

Professional Activities:

2007            Chair, University of Missouri local ACS section

2006            Chair Elect, University of Missouri local ACS section

2004            Session Co-chair, 2004 Biophysical Society Meeting

2002            Program Co-chair, FACSS 2002, Chemometrics Program

2000            Session Chair, FACSS 2000, Chemometrics

Professional Memberships:

2001-present            Member of the Biophysical Society

1999-present            Member of The Society for Applied Spectroscopy

1996-present            Member of American Chemical Society, Divisions of Analyticaland Biochemistry

1995-present            Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Publications:
Intermediacy of poly(L-proline) II and b-strand conformations in poly(L-lysine) b-sheet formation, probed by temperature-jump/UV resonance Raman spectroscopy. R. D. JiJi, G. Balakrishnan, Y. Hu, and T. G. Spiro, Biochemistry 45 (2006) 34-41.

Multivariate Statistical Process Control for Continuous Monitoring of Networked Early Warning Fire Detection (EWFD) Systems,  R. D. JiJi, Mark H. Hammond, Frederick W. Williams and S. L. Rose-Pehrsson, Sensors and Actuators B, 93 (2003) 107-116.

Light Emitting Diode Excitation Emission Matrix Fluorescence Spectroscopy. S. J. Hart and R. D. JiJi, Analyst, 127 (2002) 1693-1699.

Micro Volume Fluorescence Flowcell for Capillary Flow Injection.  S. J. Hart and R. D. JiJi. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 374 (2002) 385-389.

Application of PARAFAC for Calibration with Excitation-Emission Fluorescence Spectra of Three Classes of Environmental Pollutants. R. D. JiJi, G. G. Andersson, K. S. Booksh, Journal of Chemometrics, 14 (2000) 171-185.

Mitigation of Rayleigh and Raman Spectral Interferences in Multi-Way Calibration of Excitation-Emission Matrix Fluorescence Spectra.  R. D JiJi and K. S Booksh. Analytical Chemistry, 72 (2000) 718-725.

Excitation-Emission Matrix Fluorescence Based Determination of Carbamate Pesticides and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.  R. D. JiJi, G. A. Cooper, and K. S Booksh. Analytica Chimica Acta 397 (1999) 61-72.

Application and calibration of a field-portable excitation-emission matrix fluorometer for analysis of environmental contaminants, R. D. JiJi, M. L. Nahorniak, E. Fruitman, K. S. Booksh, Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 3854, Pattern Recognition, Chemometrics, and Imaging for Optical Environmental Monitoring, Editor(s): Khalid J. Siddiqui, DeLyle Eastwood, Publication Date: Dec 1999.

Weighted parallel factor analysis as a method for reduction of background matrix effects in the determination of aqueous pesticides. R. D. JiJi, K. S. Booksh Proceedings of SPIE Volume: 3856, Internal Standardization and Calibration Architectures for Chemical Sensors, Editor(s): Ronald E. Shaffer, Radislav A. Potyrailo, Publication Date: Nov 1999.