MRI: Acquisition of Hybrid Mass Spectrometer for Geochemistry and Environmental Studies

MRI：购买用于地球化学和环境研究的混合质谱仪

• 批准号: 1626494
• 负责人: Hussain Abdulla
• 金额: $ 68.14万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1626494&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Hybrid; Mass; Spectrometer

This award provides funding for the acquisition of a hybrid Mass Spectrometer for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). This instrument will make a fundamental contribution to TAMUCC's goals of increasing training and research opportunities for students and faculty, achieving national and international recognition as a premier marine and environmental science research institution, and promoting research collaborations among South Texas universities. This instrument will expand the research capabilities of 12 members of the faculty at TAMUCC. Each of these faculty members has research interests which largely focus on environmental chemistry which is a key component of the growing research endeavor in south Texas. It will provide an essential assessment tool for South Texas scientists to understand aquatic carbon and nitrogen. With the hybrid Mass Spectrometer researchers will be able to detect and quantify thousands of compounds, including pollutants, in a single analysis and then design experiments to assess the metabolic role or effects of these compounds on organismal and ecosystem health. These areas of research are vital, not only to the rapidly developing South Texas region, but throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico. The PIs represent a broad spectrum of research areas associated with marine and environmental science that would benefit from access to a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer. Research areas include characterization of dissolved organic matter, emerging contaminants, toxins, and natural products. The new instrumentation will enhance these programs as well as open up avenues for new research lines, new collaborations, and public-private partnerships.

该奖项为德克萨斯A＆M大学 - 科尔普斯·克里斯蒂（TAMUCC）的混合质谱仪（TAMUCC）提供了资金。该工具将为TAMUCC的目标做出基本贡献，即增加学生和教职员工的培训和研究机会，以实现国内和国际认可，成为主要的海洋和环境科学研究机构，并促进南德克萨斯大学之间的研究合作。该工具将扩大TAMUCC教职员工的12名成员的研究能力。这些教职员工中的每一个都有研究兴趣，主要集中在环境化学上，这是南德克萨斯州不断增长的研究努力的关键组成部分。它将为南德克萨斯州科学家提供一个必不可少的评估工具，以了解水生碳和氮。在杂化质谱仪中，研究人员将能够在单个分析中检测和量化数千种化合物，包括污染物，然后设计实验，以评估这些化合物对生物和生态系统健康的代谢作用或作用。这些研究领域至关重要，不仅对迅速发展的南德克萨斯地区，而且对整个墨西哥北部地区。 PI代表了与海洋和环境科学相关的广泛研究领域，这些研究领域将受益于获得最先进的质谱仪。研究领域包括溶解有机物的表征，新兴的污染物，毒素和天然产物。新的仪器将增强这些计划，并为新的研究界，新的合作和公私合作伙伴关系开放途径。