Jorge S. Alvarado

Analytical Systems Group Manager Applied Geosciences and Environmental Management Ph.D, Analytical Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 1993 B.S., Chemistry, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, 1988 jalvarado@anl.gov 630-252-5267

Current Research Interests

• New methodologies for analysis of organic compounds in environmental samples.
• Chemical characterization of organic pollutants and transport of chemical contaminants in the subsurface.

Selected Publications

• Alvarado, J.S., Rose, C. “ Static Headspace Analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds in Soils and Vegetation Samples for Site Characterization,” Talanta, 2004, 62, 17-23.
• Alvarado, J.S. “Radioanalytical Methodology for Water Analysis,” in: Nollet, L.“Handbook of Water Analysis,” Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000, pp100-114.
• Alvarado, J.S.; Spokas, K.; Taylor, J.D. “Analytical Methods for the Determination of Carbon Tetrachloride in Soils,” Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization, June 1999.
• Alvarado, J.S. “Performance-Based, Cost- and Time effective PCB Analytical Methodology,” Proceedings of the The First International Symposium on Integrated Technical Approaches to Site Characterization, June 1998.
• Alvarado, J.S.; Silzer, J.; Lemley, F.; Erickson, M.D. “Separation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Fast Gas Chromatography,” Analytical Communications, 1997, 34, 381-383.
• Alvarado, J.S.; Erickson, M.D. “Determination of Long-Lived Radioisotopes Using Electrothermal Vaporization Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry,” Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 1996, 11, 923.
• Alvarado, J.S.; Orlandini, K.A.; Erickson, M.D. “Rapid Determination of Radium Isotopes by Alpha Spectrometry,” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 1995, 194, 1, 163-172.
• Crain J.S.; Alvarado, J.S. “Hydride Interference upon the Determination of Minor Actinides Isotopes by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry.” Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy, 1994, 9, 1223.
• Alvarado, J.S.; Carnahan, J.W. “Direct Detection of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation for Nonmetal Determinations with a Helium Microwave-Induced Plasma,” Applied Spectroscopy, 1993, 47, 12, 2036.

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