Dale Chatfield, Ph.D.
Pronouns: Dale
Professor Emeritus of Analytical Chemistry, Former Department Chair
San Diego
Primary Email: [email protected]
Phone/Fax
Primary Phone: 42422
Building/Location
5500 Campanile Dr
San Diego,
CA
92182
Mail Code: Links
Bio
I am an analytical chemist with 44 years working in academia and in industry. I have been measuring chemicals from air, and human breath for 20 years, in which time I have trained almost 200 graduate and undergraduate students in the science and art of chemical analysis, with many currently holding prominent positions in government laboratories and industry. In my lab, we identify and quantify organic compounds as stable molecules or as metabolites using mass spectrometry and chromatographic methods. For the past 10 years, we have focused on the development of validated chemical procedures for analysis of small molecules. Presently, we have three areas of research: 1) Creating a sensitive and inexpensive method to measure nicotine in air, dust and wipe samples; 2) Identifying possible chemical markers of clandestine gravesites using sensitive GC-MS methods; 3) Developing sensitive analytical methods to measure polyamines in autophagosomes from drosophila and heart cells in mice.
Areas of Specialization
Analytical Chemistry