MRI: Acquisition of Hybrid Mass Spectrometer for Geochemistry and Environmental Studies

MRI：购买用于地球化学和环境研究的混合质谱仪

• 批准号: 1626494
• 负责人: Hussain Abdulla
• 金额: $ 68.14万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-15 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1626494&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Hybrid; Mass; Spectrometer

This award provides funding for the acquisition of a hybrid Mass Spectrometer for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC). This instrument will make a fundamental contribution to TAMUCC's goals of increasing training and research opportunities for students and faculty, achieving national and international recognition as a premier marine and environmental science research institution, and promoting research collaborations among South Texas universities. This instrument will expand the research capabilities of 12 members of the faculty at TAMUCC. Each of these faculty members has research interests which largely focus on environmental chemistry which is a key component of the growing research endeavor in south Texas. It will provide an essential assessment tool for South Texas scientists to understand aquatic carbon and nitrogen. With the hybrid Mass Spectrometer researchers will be able to detect and quantify thousands of compounds, including pollutants, in a single analysis and then design experiments to assess the metabolic role or effects of these compounds on organismal and ecosystem health. These areas of research are vital, not only to the rapidly developing South Texas region, but throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico. The PIs represent a broad spectrum of research areas associated with marine and environmental science that would benefit from access to a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer. Research areas include characterization of dissolved organic matter, emerging contaminants, toxins, and natural products. The new instrumentation will enhance these programs as well as open up avenues for new research lines, new collaborations, and public-private partnerships.

该奖项为德克萨斯A M大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校（TAMUCC）收购混合质谱仪提供资金。该仪器将为TAMUCC的目标做出根本性的贡献，即增加学生和教师的培训和研究机会，实现国家和国际认可为首屈一指的海洋和环境科学研究机构，并促进南德克萨斯大学之间的研究合作。该仪器将扩大TAMUCC 12名教师的研究能力。这些教师中的每一个都有研究兴趣，主要集中在环境化学上，这是德克萨斯州南部不断增长的研究奋进的关键组成部分。它将为南德克萨斯州的科学家了解水生碳和氮提供一个重要的评估工具。使用混合质谱仪，研究人员将能够在一次分析中检测和量化数千种化合物，包括污染物，然后设计实验来评估这些化合物对生物和生态系统健康的代谢作用或影响。这些研究领域是至关重要的，不仅对迅速发展的南德克萨斯地区，但在整个墨西哥湾北方。PI代表了与海洋和环境科学相关的广泛研究领域，这些领域将受益于获得最先进的质谱仪。研究领域包括溶解有机物，新兴污染物，毒素和天然产物的表征。新的仪器将加强这些计划，并开辟新的研究路线，新的合作和公私合作伙伴关系的途径。