Environmental Quality Laboratory Instrumentation

Analysis of non-volatile organic compounds in water (reverse phase chromatography)

Diode array and fluorescence detectors

Pharmaceutical and personal care products analysis

Limit of detection in μg/L range

Fully automated 96-well microplate analysis system: fluid handling, plate mixing, incubation timing, optical reading, calculating, and reporting

Uses enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits for analysis of :

• Nodularin + microcystins
• Anatoxin-a
• Cylindrospermopsin
• Saxatoxins
• Assay kits also available for
• Pesticides, herbicides
• PCBs

Analysis of 40 + PFAS compounds in various matrices in a PFAS free system minimizing background noise and contamination

PFAS MRM date base for rapid method development and quantitation

High sensitivity

Application focused tuning and workflow facilitate analysis and quantitation of personal care products and pharmaceuticals, lipids, metabolites, and pesticides in addition of PFAS

Detection levels at ng/L levels

Direct liquid injection or headspace analysis with a CTC PAL autosampler system for the analysis of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds

Frontier Laboratories Multi-shot micro furnace pyrolyzer

Characterization of natural organic matter and humic materials

Identify and quantify different types of plastic polymers

High sensitivity and low background results in 0.1 ug detection limits

Analysis of total organic carbon or dissolved organic carbon in water samples with a working range from 5 μg/L to 10,000 mg/L carbon

Analysis of total nitrogen in water samples usingchemiluminescence detection

Analysis of major cations and anions in water

Analysis of low molecular weight organic acids in water

Conductivity detector

Automated eluent generation

Analysis of 30+ elements in water, soil, sediment, tissue samples

High sensitivity and low background results in ng/L detection limits

MS/MS ensures reliable results for difficult elements such as Si, P, and S

MS/MS analysis of raw earth elements

Stable isotope analysis

Particle size analysis of microplastics by single particle (sp) ICPMS

Characterization of metal nanoparticles by sp-ICPMS

Scanning range 185-900 nm

Integrating sphere allows generation of spectrum for films, gels, creams, and metallic foils

High-throughput absorbance, fluorescence, and luminescence assays

Performs A-TEEM spectroscopy, simultaneous Absorbance, Transmittance, and Fluorescence Excitation-Emission-Matrix (EEMs).

• Measuring colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) composition
• oil-in-water analysis
• benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX) analysis
• identifying and quantifying complex biomolecules

Real-time gene quantification and microbial community profiling with qPCR (e.g., ARGs, HABs)

Fluorescence imaging of microbial and eukaryotic cells; biofilm and cell physiology studies