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William Cooper

William Cooper

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University

Phone: (850) 644-6875

Fax: (850) 644-8281

PO Box 3064390
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390

http://www.chem.fsu.edu/~cooper/

Education:

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1981

Research Interests:

Dr. Cooper is Professor and Associate Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Florida State University. He is also Director of Florida State's Terrestrial Waters Institute. Dr. Cooper's research focuses on the application of advanced analytical techniques in studies of the organic chemistry of natural waters and sediments. He is particularly interested in the composition, structure and biogeochemical reactivity of natural organic matter (NOM), including NOM containing nitrogen and phosphorus. His work is currently supported by the US Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Earth and Ocean Sciences Programs at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Cooper collaborates with scientists around the world, and currently has projects active in New Zealand, Panama, Brazil and Germany.

Publications List:

• Gonsior, M., Cooper, W.J., Cooper, W.T., Podgorski, D., D'Andrilli, J., Peake, B.M. "Photochemically-induced Molecular Changes in DOM using Ultrahigh Resolution Electrospray Ionization -Fourier Transform - Ion Cyclotron Resonance - Mass Spectrometry", Environ. Sci. Technolog., in press.
Recent Published Articles:
• Chanton, J.P., Glaser, P.H., Chasar, L.H., Burdige, D.J., Hines, M.E., Siegel, D.I., Tremblay, L.B., Cooper, W.T. "Radiocarbon Content of Fermentation and Respiration Products and Molecular Composition of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Boreal Peatlands in Relation to the Solid-Phase Peat", Global Biogeochem. Cycles, in press.
• El-Rifai, H., Heerboth, M., Gedris, T.E., Newman, S. and Cooper, W.T. "NMR and mass spectrometry of phosphorus in wetlands", European J. Soil Sci., 59, 517-525, 2008.
• M.L. Silveira, N.B. Comerford, K.R. Reddy, W.T. Cooper, H. El-Rifai. "Characterization of Soil Organic Carbon Pools by Acid Hydrolysis", Geoderma, 144, 405-414, 2008.
• L. B.Tremblay, T. Dittmar, A.G. Marshall, W.J. Cooper, W.T. Cooper, "Molecular Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter in a North Brazilian Mangrove Porewater and Mangrove-Fringed Estuaries by Ultrahigh Resolution Fourier Transform-Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry and Excitation/Emission Spectroscopy", Marine Chemistry, 105, 15-29, 2007.