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

该合同为德克萨斯农工大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校（TAMUCC）购买混合质谱仪提供了资金。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，使其成为国内和国际公认的一流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名教员的研究能力。这些教职员工的研究兴趣主要集中在环境化学方面，这是南德克萨斯不断增长的研究努力的关键组成部分。它将为南德克萨斯州科学家了解水生碳和氮提供一个重要的评估工具。有了混合质谱仪，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有机体和生态系统健康的代谢作用或影响。这些研究领域不仅对快速发展的德克萨斯州南部地区，而且对整个墨西哥湾北部地区都至关重要。这些项目代表了与海洋和环境科学有关的广泛研究领域，这些领域将受益于使用最先进的质谱仪。研究领域包括溶解有机物，新出现的污染物，毒素和天然产物的表征。新的仪器将加强这些计划，并为新的研究路线、新的合作和公私伙伴关系开辟道路。

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.