DOE's needs, and development may require full funding support from the government. "It's a reality check—where we are in development and where we're going," says Bastiaans. For more information on the workshop and forum, contact Bastiaans at 515-2943298 or by e-mail at bastiaans@ameslab. gov. Program information, as well as news and events pertaining to DOE's characterization, monitoring, and sensor technology program, can be found on the World Wide Web at http://cmst.ameslab.gov/ cmst/homepage.html.
Atomic spectroscopy database available Thefirstatomic spectroscopy database from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), designed for use on PCs, is a comprehensive collection of accurate and critically evaluated spectra that contains wavelengths (1-200,000 A), transition probabilities, and energy levels for most ionization stages of 28 elements. The database should be useful to chemists, astronomers, physicists, geologists, and industry researchers. Users can search by wavelength, energy level, or element and can change default options for units, output, and other parameters. Cost is $215. For information, contact the Standard Reference Data Program, NIST, A320 Physics Bldg., Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 (301-975-2208; fax 301-926-0416; email
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N e w Advisory Board and A-page Advisory Panel members appointed Advisory Board Five new members from government, academia, and industry have been selected to serve three-year terms on Analytical Chemistry's Editorial Advisory Board. Each January, membership is rotated as new appointees replace members whose terms have expired. In addition to the 16 appointed members, the chairperson of the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry serves a one-year term as ex officio representative of the Division. Established in the 1940s to advise the journal's editors, the board meets formally once a year at ACS headquarters. The board members are a vital link between the editors and the analytical chemistry community, providing guidance and advice on editorial content and policy. Henry N. Blount, program director for Analytical and Surface Chemistry at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and 1995 chairman of the Division of Analytical Chemistry, will serve as ex officio representative for an additional year because this year's chairman, Edward S. Yeung, is Analytical Chemistry's Associate Editor for spectroscopy. Blount received his B.S. degree from the University of North Carolina and his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and has been at NSF since 1984.
Mary Ellen P. McNally, research associate at DuPont's Experimental Station, received her Ph.D. from Villanova University in 1983 and held a postdoctoral position at the University of Georgia with Buck Rogers. She joined DuPont in 1985 and performs research in SFE, SFC, LC and micro LC, and CZE applied to the environmental fate of agricultural products and ultratracelevel detection and analysis. Donald G. Patterson, Jr., chief of the Dioxin and Related Compounds Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1975 and joined CDC in 1979. He is interested in using on-line hyphenated MS techniques to assess human exposure to environmental toxicants by measuring the parent compounds and metabolites in blood and urine. Marc Porter, associate professor at Iowa State University and senior scientist at Ames Laboratory, received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Wright State University and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University. His research interests include organic thin films, spectroscopic and scanning probe microscopic surface characterization techniques, chemical sensors, and electrochemically modulated LC.
N e w NSF manual The National Science Foundation (NSF) has published an updated version of its Grant Policy Manual (NSF 95-26) that supersedes the earlier version and its amendments. The manual, condensed and reorganized to follow the NSF award cycle, is available electronically on NSF's Science and Technology Information System and will eventually be available on the NSF home page (http://www.nsf. gov). For information, contact the Policy Office at 703-306-1243 (e-mail policy ©nsf.gov).
Jiri Janata, associate director of the Tsuguo Sawada, professor of applied Environmental Mochemistry at the lecular Science University of ToLaboratory at Pakyo, received his cific Northwest B.E. and M.E. deLaboratory, regrees in 1965 and ceived his Ph.D. in 1967, respectively, analytical chemand his Ph.D. in istry from Charles 1970 from the UniUniversity (Prague, Czech Republic) in versity of Tokyo. His research interests in1965. His research interests include chem- clude developing photoacoustic, photoical sensors and electroanalytical chemisthermal, and laser-applied spectroscopies try, with an emphasis on environmental ap- and evaluating materials using optical plications. methods. Analytical Chemistry News & Features, January 1, 1996 19 A
