CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Robert S. Houk Senior Chemist and Professor of Chemistry Iowa State University B27 Spedding Hall Ames Laboratory Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011 Phone 515-294-9462 FAX 515-294-5233 rshouk@iastate.edu

PERSONAL HISTORY

•  B.S. 1974, Slippery Rock State College
•  Ph.D. 1980, Iowa State University
•  1981, Postdoctoral Associate, Iowa State University
•  1981-present, Senior Chemist and Professor of Chemistry, Iowa State University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Inorganic mass spectrometry, ICP mass spectrometry, electrospray mass spectrometry, elemental speciation, basic studies of analytical plasmas.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

R. S. Houk, V. A. Fassel, G. D. Flesch, H. J. Svec, A. L. Gray and C. E. Taylor, “Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma as an Ion Source for Mass Spectrometric Determination of Trace Elements”, Anal. Chem.52, 2283-2289 (1980).

L.-Q. Huang, R. J. Conzemius, G. A. Junk and R. S. Houk, “Ion Association by Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry”, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1989, 90, 85-96.

J. T. Rowan and R. S. Houk, “Attenuation of Polyatomic Ion Interferences by Gas Phase Collision Processes,” Appl. Spectrosc., 1989, 43, 976-980.

M. H. Amad and R. S. Houk, “Mass Resolution of 11,000 to 22,000 with a Multiple Pass Quadrupole Mass Analyzer,” J. Amer. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2000, 11, 407-415.