Mass Spectrometry, Gasphase ion fragmentation
mechanisms, Proteomics, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Microchemical
techniques, Chromatography, GC-Infrared Spectrometry. Natural
Products, Chemical Communication and Defense in Arthropods,
Chemical Ecology, "Chemical Prospecting" by Pharmacological
Screening of Tropical Rain Forest Natural Products.
Selected (Recent) Publications
Characterization of (E,E)-farnesol and its fatty acid esters from
anal scent glands of nutria (Myocastor nutria) by GC-MS and GC-IR.
J. Chromatogr. (in press)
Synthesis of [2,3,4,5,6-2H5]phenyl glucosinolate Journal of
Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals (in press)
Low-energy collision-induced fragmentation of negative ions
derived from ortho-, meta-, and para-hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes,
ketones, and related compounds. J. Mass Spectrom. (in
press)
Identification of three novel peptides isolated from the venom of
the neotropical social wasp Polistes major major. J. Peptide
Sci. 13 (2007) 445 - 450
Hydroquinones from defensive secretion of a giant Pacific
millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (Diplopoda: Spirobolida)
Chemoecology (in press)
Biosynthesis of tiglic, ethacrylic and 2-methylbutyric acids in a
carabid beetle, Pterostichus (Hypherpes) californicus
(Carabidae). J. Chem. Ecol 33 (2007) 1573-1561
Surface modification of protein nanocontainers and their
self-directing character in polymer blends. Polymer 48
(2007) 3632-3640.
LC/MS Characterization of Undesired Products Formed During
Iodoacetamide Derivatization of Sulfhydryl Groups of Peptides.
J. Mass Spectrom. 42 (2007) 233-243.
Structure and function of Dufour gland pheromones from the crazy
ant Paratrechina longicornis. Chemoecology 17 (2007) 63-69
Complex Chemical Communication in the Crazy Ant Paratrechina
longicornis Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Chemoecology 17 (2007) 57-72.
An unprecedented ortho effect in mass spectrometric fragmentation
of even-electron negative ions from hydroxyphenyl carbaldehydes
and ketones Tetrahedron Lett. 47 (2006) 4601-4603.
[Corrigendum: Tetrahedron Letters 48 (2007) 3485]
An Unprecedented Rearrangement in Collision-Induced Mass
Spectrometric Fragmentation of Protonated Benzylamines.
J. Mass Spectrom. 41 (2006) 1195-1204
Contents of the hypertrophied postpharyngeal gland of workers and
soldiers of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera:
Myrmicinae). Sociobiology, 47 (2006) 471-482
An Unexpected Ion-Molecule Adduct in Negative-Ion
Collision-induced Decomposition (CID) Ion-Trap Mass Spectra of
Halogenated Benzoic Acids. Rapid. Comm. Mass Spectrom. 20
(2006) 2265-2270.
A feeding stimulant for Manduca sexta from Solanum surattenses.
J. Chem. Ecol. 32 (2006) 2687-2694.
