Robert Michel

Professor Emeritus

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Strathclyde, 1976-1978
• Senior Fulbright-Hays Fellow, University of Florida, 1974-1976
• Ph.D. Sheffield Hallam University, U.K.
• B.S. Sheffield Hallam University, U.K.

Research Interests

Speciation of organometallic compounds, such as metalloproteins in biological samples, by use of chromato¬graphy to separate the compounds followed by detection of the metals with such techniques such as laser excited atomic fluorescence in a flame or graphite furnace, or inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Also, we are studying various topics in laser ablation of samples for ultra-trace metals determinations; multi-element analyses by use of a tunable optical parametric oscillator laser system; improvements in the linear dynamic range of graphite atomic absorption measurements;