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Paul B Farnsworth

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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Office Hours

Office: C211A BNSN

Office Phone: 801-422-6502

Lab Phone: 801-422-5998

Education Information:

BS, Brigham Young, University (1977)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (1981)

Postdoctoral Research, Indiana University (1981-82)

Visiting Scientist, Joint Research Center, Ispra, Italy (1989-90, 1998-1999)

Visiting Professor, University of Utah (2003)

Curriculum Vitae:

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Analytical Chemistry

Additional research areas: Environmental, physical chemistry and spectroscopy

My major area of research interest is analytical spectroscopy, with an emphasis on the development of new analytical techniques and instrumentation for trace molecular and elemental analysis. My group’s efforts are divided between two projects: the development and fundamental characterization of ambient ionization sources for molecular mass spectrometry, and studies of ion production and transport in plasma source mass spectrometers. read more

Research Group

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Publications:

1. Michael C. Wood, Devin K. Busby, and Paul B. Farnsworth, “Microscopic Imaging of Glass Surfaces under the Effects of Desorption Electrospray Ionization,” Analytical Chemistry, 81, 6407-6415 (2009).

2. Paul B. Farnsworth, Ross L. Spencer, W. Neil Radicic, Nicholas Taylor, Jeffrey Macedone, Haibin Ma, “A comparison of ion and atom behavior in the first stage of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer vacuum interface: Evidence of the effect of an ambipolar electric field,” Spectrochimica Acta, 64B, 905-910 (2009).

3. Ross L. Spencer, Nicholas Taylor, and Paul B. Farnsworth, “Comparison of calculated and experimental flow velocities upstream from the sampling cone of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer,” Spectrochimica Acta, 64B, 921-924 (2009).

4. Matthew S. Heywood, Nicholas Taylor, and Paul B. Farnsworth “Measurement of Helium Metastable Atom Densities in a Plasma-Based Ambient Ionization Source,” Analytical Chemistry, 83, 6493-6499 (2011).

5. Nicholas Taylor, Ross L. Spencer, and Paul B. Farnsworth, “The effect of matrix composition on radially resolved argon metastable atom populations in an emission ICP,” Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 27,857-867 (2012).

Nicholas Taylor and Paul B. Farnsworth, “Experimental characterization of the effect of skimmer cone design on shock formation and ion transmission efficiency in the vacuum interface of an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer,” Spectrochimica Acta, part B, 69, 2-8 (2012).

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Awards

Spectrochimica Acta Atomic Spectroscopy Award (1998, 2006)

Lester W. Strock Award (2006)

Utah Award, American Chemical Society (2006)
Distinguished Service Award, SAS (2009)
Karl G. Maeser Research and Creative Works, BYU (2009)
College Distinguished Faculty Citizenship, BYU (2010)

Work in my research group is challenging, yet rewarding. My students gain valuable exposure to mainstream analytical techniques, and at the same time gain practical experience with lasers, mechanical and electrical design, signal acquisition, and sophisticated data processing.

Farnsworth Group members (left to right in picture)

Alisa Edmund, masters student

Kyli McKay Bishop, undergraduate research assistant

Manan Dhunna, masters student

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Kellie Woodfield, undergraduate research assistant

Glen Thurston, undergraduate research assistant

Lance Moses, PhD student

Jonathan Wright, undergraduate research assistant

Matthew Heywood, postdoc

Student office is located at C031A BNSN

Lab phone number 801 422-5998