Department of Chemistry                                             Phone:520-621-2628
University of Arizona                                                     FAX: 520-621-8407
Tucson, AZ 85721-0041                                              e-mail: vwysocki@u.arizona.edu
 

EDUCATION

B.S., Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 1978-1982, Summa Cum Laude. Major in Chemistry, Minor in Mathematics.

Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 1982-1987.
Advisor: Professor R. Graham Cooks.

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Visiting Instructor, Purdue University, Fall Semester, 1987.  Advisor:  R. Graham Cooks.

National Research Council/Naval Research Laboratory Postdoctoral Research Associate, January 1988 through December, 1989.
Advisor: Dr. Mark M. Ross.
 

EMPLOYMENT

Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University,
     Assistant Professor, January 1990-August 1994,
     Associate Professor, August 1994-December 1995.

Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona
     Associate Professor, January 1996-.
 

HONORS, AWARDS, PANELS

Treasurer, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 1998-2000
Advisory Board of Analytical Chemistry, 1998-2000
Editorial Board International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, 1998-2000
Editorial Board Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 1998-2000
National Institutes of Health, Metallobiochemistry Study Section 1996-2000; Chair, 1999-2000.
Council for Chemical Research, Vision 2020: Chemical Measurements Task Group, 1996
A-page Advisory Panel of Anal. Chem. 1995-1997.
1992 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award.
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Grant Award, 1990-1991.
Purdue University Fellowship 1982-1983.
Outstanding Chemistry Major, Western Kentucky University, 1981-1982.
 American Chemical Society Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Award, Western Kentucky University, 1981-1982.
C.P. McNally Chemistry Scholarship, Western Kentucky University, 1981-1982.
 

NAMES OF GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE ADVISORS AND ADVISEES

Graduate Advisor:  R. Graham Cooks, Purdue University;  Postdoctoral Advisor: Mark M. Ross, Naval Research Laboratory;

Graduate Advisees:  Jian-Mei Ding, M.S, Waters, Inc.;  Thomas E. Kane, Ph.D., Premier American Technologies, Bellefonte, PA;  Jennifer L. Jones, Ph.D., PharmaKinetics Laboratories, Inc., Baltimore, MD;  Rebecca Franklin, M.S., Johns Hopkins University - Applied Physics Lab; Ashok Dongre, Ph.D., Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Jersey; Hari Nair, Ph.D., Aberdeen Proving Grounds; Wenqing Zhong, Ph.D., DuPont, Philadelphia, PA; Chungang (Chuck) Gu, Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago; Postdoctoral Associates: Árpád Somogyi (currently University of Arizona Director MS Facility); former Postdoctoral Associates: George Tsaprailis (currently at University of Arizona: Pharmacy Dept.)

Current Advisees: Vincent Angelico, Linda Breci, Darrin Smith, Lori Smith, Carrie Dube, Jim Glick, Yingying Huang, Maegan Peabody, Visiting Scientist: Dr. Peng