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Professor RYAN, DAVID K. (Lowell)
Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Environmental Studies Ph.D. Program

    Phone: (978) 934-3698
    Email: David_Ryan@uml.edu

Teaching the following courses:
  • Environmental Chemistry III (Marine Chemistry)
  • Topics in Marine Geochemistry
  • Chemical Oceanography

  • **Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**
    Education:
    1983 - Ph.D., Chemistry, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

    1977 - B.S., Chemistry, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY


    Professional History:
    1997 - present - Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, UMass Lowell

    1993 - 1997 - Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, UMass Lowell

    1989 - 1993 - Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, UMass Lowell

    1982 - 1989 - Associate Scientist, Edgerton Research Laboratory, New England Aquarium

    1983 - 1985 - Post - Doctoral Fellow, Interdisciplinary Programs in Health, Harvard University

    1988 - 1989 - Donner Research Fellow, Environmental Sciences Program, UMass Boston


    Current Research Support:
    8/99 - 8/00 - Principal Investigator, Axion Associates - Investigation of Natural Sources of Tocopherol (Vitamin E)

    Selected Publications:
    Ryan, D.K., Shia, C.P. and O'Conner, D.V. (1996) Fluorescence spectroscopic tudies of Al - fulvic acid complexation in acidic solutions. In Humic and Fulvic Acids: Isolation, Structure, and Environmental Role, J.J. Gaffney, N.A. Marley and S.B. Clark, eds., ACS Symposium Series 651, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC., Chapter 9, pp. 125 - 139.

    Robinson, W.E., Ryan, D.K., Sullivan, P.A. and Boggs, C.C. (1997) Cadmium transport in the blood plasma of two marine bivalves. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16(6), 1195 - 1202.

    Golomb, D., Ryan, D., Eby, G.N., Underhill, J. and Zemba, S. (1997) Atmospheric deposition of toxics onto Massachusetts Bay: I. Metals. Atmospheric Environment 31(9), 1349 - 1359.

    Shine, J., Ford, T. and Ryan, D.K. (1998) Annual cycle of heavy metals in a tropical lake - Lake Chapala, Mexico. J. Environ. Sci. Health A33, 23 - 43.

    Ryan, D.K. (2000) Liquid Chromotography: Humic Substances, in Encyclopedia of Separation Science, Academic Press, London (in press)