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(i) Professional Preparation
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Texas A & M University, 1977
M.S. in Oceanography, Texas A & M University, 1974
B.S. in Interdepartmental Science and Math, Washington & Lee University, 1972
(ii) Appointments
2000–present Caldwell Professor and Laboratory Director, Ames National Laboratory, Iowa State University
1991
Founder and First Director of the Center for Environmental Science and Technology,
University of
Missouri-Rolla
1989–2000 Curators' Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
1987–1989 Professor of Chemistry and Head of Bio-analytical Division, University of Missouri-Rolla
1983–1987 Associate to Professor of Chemistry and Head of Analytical Division, Texas Tech University
1978–1982 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Bowdoin College, Georgetown University
(iii) Selected publications most relevant to forensics
300 scientific publications in refereed professional journals, 20 book chapters, 1 book; 8 U.S. patents issued or applied for
D.W. Armstrong, K.L. Rundlett, U.B. Nair, and G.L. Reid, III. "Enantioresolution of Amphetamine, Methamphetamine and Deprenyl (Selegiline) by LC, GC and CE." Current Separations 15 (1996): 445-452.
D. Yildiz, Y.-S. Liu, N. Ercal, and D.W. Armstrong. "Comparison of Pure Nicotine and Smokeless Tobacco Extract Induced Toxicities and Oxidative Stress." Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 37 (1999): 434-439.
D.W. Armstrong, X. Wang, C.R. Beesley, and R. Rubinovitz. "Rapid Spectroscopic Discrimination Between Natural and Synthetic Emeralds, Rubies and Alexandrite." J. Gemm 32 (2000): 26, 28-30, 32-34.
Armstrong, Daniel W., Schneiderheinze, Jeffrey, M. "Rapid Identification of the Bacterial Pathogens Responsible for Urinary Tract Infections Using Direct Injection CE." Anal. Chem. 72 (2000): 4474-4476.
Armstrong, Daniel W., Jeffrey M. Schneiderheinze, John P. Kullman and Lingfeng He. "Rapid CE Microbial Assays for Consumer Products That Contain Active Bacteria." FEMS Microbiology Letters 194 (2001): 33-37.
Armstrong, D.W., Zhang, L.-K., He, L., Gross, M. "Ionic Liquids as Matrices for Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry." Anal. Chem. 73 (2001): 3679-3686.
Armstrong, D.W. and He, L. "Determination of Cell Viability in Single or Mixed Samples Using Capillary Electrophoresis Laser-induced Fluorescence Microfluidic Systems." Anal. Chem. 73 (2001): 4551-4557.
Berthod, A., Rodriguez, M., Armstrong, D.W. "Evaluation of molecule-microbe interactions with capillary electrophoresis: procedures, utility and restrictions." Electrophoresis 23(6) (2002): 847-857.
(iv) Synergistic activities
a. Directly in Forensics. Dr. Armstrong presented short courses and lectures on drug analysis to over 20 pharmaceutical companies over the last 10 years. He also developed chiral stationary phases for the rapid analysis and characterization of origin of illicit drugs.