Jeffrey A. Corkill Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA 99004 eMail: JCORKILL@EWU.EDU HomePage http://chemistry.ewu.edu/jcorkill/index.htm FAX: [509] 359-­‐6973 Telephone: [509] 359-­‐6518 Office: Science Building 226 Academic Degrees B.A. M.A. M.S. Ph.D. University of Cambridge, England University of Cambridge, England University of Washington, WA University of Exeter, England 1964 1968 1969 1977 Natural Sciences-­‐Chemistry Natural Sciences-­‐Chemistry Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry (Dr. D.H.G.Crout) Research interests: Method development for the analysis of organic compounds in serum, water and air and smoke samples at the trace level by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. Environmental and ecological aquatic and airshed chemistry of the Inland Northwest. Development of strategies for the use of computer technology in the organic and biochemistry university courses, including the production of 3D animation video clips to illustrate chemical and biochemical reactions and interactions. Introduction to the field of bioinformatics to the undergraduate biochemistry curriculum. Analysis of organic food. imported food and, human sera for pesticide residues and heavy metal cations. Professional Experience 2010-­‐12 Biochemist to the design of the American Chemical Society’s Examination Committee of the Diagnostic of Undergraduate Chemistry Knowledge (DUCK) 2008-­‐13 UW School of Medicine WWAMI: Spokane; Biochemistry professor of first year students. 2008-­‐13 Appointed Affiliate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington 2007-­‐9 Chair, Board of Directors, Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency. 2006-­‐12 City of Spokane representative to the Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority’s Board of Directors. 2004-­‐6 Washington State universities faculty representative to the Higher Education Coordinating Board Advisory Council 2001-­‐4 EWU representative to state of Washington Council of Faculty Representatives 2000-­‐6 Vice president for Bargaining, United Faculty of Eastern AFL/CIO 1996-­‐2000 President, United Faculty of Eastern, AFL/CIO 1994-­‐5 President, Faculty Organisation & Academic Senate 1993-­‐4 Vice-­‐president, Faculty Organisation & Academic Senate 1991 Visiting Professor, Tver State University, Tver, Russia (Spring term) 1990 Professor, Eastern Washington University 1987 Tenure awarded, Eastern Washington University. 1986-­‐7 Visiting Professor, University of Warwick, England. 1984 1983-­‐6 1981-­‐1985 1980-­‐1981 1979-­‐1981 1978 1977 Grants 1984-­‐6 1986 1986-­‐7 1988 1989 1991 1992 1992-­‐3 1993-­‐6 1996 1996 1998-­‐2002 2001-­‐3 2002-­‐3 2002-­‐3 Associate Professor, Eastern Washington University. Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle. (Summer terms) Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University. Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Research Associate, Northeastern University, Boston. Junior Research Scientist, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, Calif. Postdoctoral research assistant, Exeter University, England Whitehall Foundation Grant in Biosciences with Dr. David Rhoades, Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle. NWIAS Research Grant; Analysis of Conifer Needles by Headspace Capillary Gas Chromatography. Presidential Research Grant; support for sabbatical research work on the Structural Analysis of Condensed Tannins in conifers. NWIAS Research Grant; Chemotaxonomy of Pacific Northwest Douglas Firs by HS-­‐CC-­‐GC. NWIAS Research Grant; Multi-­‐dimensional Drug analysis by Chromatography and Immunochemical methods. NWIAS Research Grant: Chemical Analysis of grass and wood smoke particles by Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Title III CAI Summer internship, EWU. Interpretation of the data derived from the analyses of the monitoring and private well water from the environs of the Marshall landfill. From the Washington State Department of Ecology via the Marshall Community Coalition Determination of organic compounds in gold mine effluent wastewater for the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Mines, Spokane Analysis of waste water containing organic foaming agents used in hard rock mining for toxicological studies for the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska, Juneau. Analysis of the organic compounds in smoke derived from the combustion of the residues in Kentucky bluegrass fields in Spokane County with Drs. H. H. Westberg and C.J. Claiborn, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. & Dr. J. Koenig, Dept. of Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Chemistry consultant for the NSF/Spokane School District 81/EWU grant: "Systemic Improvement of Science Education for Middle and Senior High Schools" for the coordination of the district's science curriculum for 7th through 10th grades to meet the state's "Essential Academic Learning Requirements". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant to J. A. Corkill (EWU) and C. J. Claiborn (Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA) for "Research on hydrocarbons, irritating and toxic phenols, and other biological toxics in smoke from burning wheat stubble ($78,226) Chemistry consultant for the Washington State Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform ('LASER') grant to ESD 105: Yakima Department of Education Title III grant (to EWU) for the development of the use of computerised animation modules for organic and biochemistry teaching. 2007 Liquid Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer acquisition from the Murdock Foundation, Portland, OR ($160,000) Professional Organisations Member and Alternate Councilor (1988-­‐95), Inland Empire section of the American Chemical Society. Sigma Xi scientific Honorary member. Member (elected) of the Advisory Board to the Spokane County Air Pollution Authority/Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency 1990-­‐2006 Appointed representative for education to the Mount Spokane State Park Advisory committee, 1995-­‐2000. Member of the Board of Directors of the Spokane County Air Pollution Authority/ Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency elected as representative of the City of Spokane 2006-­‐2014 Member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the (South Hill, Spokane) Bluff as Trails representative. Publications American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Education Examinations: Diagnostic of Undergraduate Chemistry Knowledge (DUCK), 2013 American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Education Examinations: 2008 Biochemistry Standardized National Test: Committee Chair 2007-­‐8. R. Dhammapala, C. Claiborn, J. Jimenez, J.A. Corkill, B. Gullet, C. Simpson & C. Paulsen, Emission factors of PAHs, methoxyphenols, levoglucan, elemental carbon and organic carbon from simulated wheat and Kentucky bluegrass stubble burns, Atmospheric Environment, 2007, 41, 2660-­‐2669 R. Dhammapala, C. Claiborn, J. Corkill, and B.Gullett, Particulate emissions from wheat and Kentucky bluegrass stubble in eastern Washington and northern Idaho, Atmospheric Environment, 2006, 40, 1007-­‐
1015 American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Education Examinations: 2001 Instrumental Methods Standardized National Tests: Chromatography sub group; Chair Scott Goode et al. R. A. Roberts & J. A. Corkill, Grass Field Smoke, its Chemical Composition and its Potential Impact on Respiratory Health, Journal of Environmental Health, 1998, 60(10), 10-­‐17 J. A. Corkill & K. W. Raymond, The use of head space techniques for gas chromatography in the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory, Journal of Chemical Education, 1994, 71, A202-­‐3 K. W. Raymond & J. A. Corkill, Diffuse Reflectance Infra-­‐red Spectrometry, Journal of Chemical Education, 1994, 71, A204 J. A. Corkill, Drug Monitoring Techniques for the Biological Chemistry Laboratory, J. Chemical Education, 1988, 65, 551. J. A. Corkill, Analysis of Conifer Needles by Head Space Capillary Gas Chromatography, J. High Res. Chromat. and Chromat. Comm., 1988, 11, 211. J.M. Patt, D.F. Rhoades and J.A. Corkill, The Composition of the Floral Fragrance of Plantanthera Stricta, Phytochemistry, 1988, 27. 91. J. A. Corkill, Talking Trees. Evidence for Chemical Communication Between Plants, EWU Explorer, May 1986, 25. J. A. Corkill, S. H. Kuttab and R. W. Giese, In, Glass Capillary Chromatography in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology, Editor, H. Jaeger, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1984. J. A. Corkill and D. H. G. Crout, Simultaneous Analysis of Methyl Methacrylate and Methacrylic Acid in Blood in vivo by Double Isotope Derivative Dilution Analysis, J. Chromatography (Biomedical Applications), 1982, 233, 404. J. A. Corkill, M. Joppich, A. Nazareth and R. W. Giese, Precision at the Low Picogram Level in the Analysis of Derivatized Iodothyronines Standards by Capillary Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detection, J. Chromatography, 1982, 240, 415. J. A. Corkill and R. W. Giese, Large Injection Volumes of Derivatized Iodothyronines in Capilary Gas Chromatograph, J. Chromatography, 1982, 232, 133. R. Joppich-­‐Kuhn, J. A. Corkill, and R. W. Giese, Oxidation of Methionine to Methionine Sulfoxide as a Side Reastion of Cyanogen Bromide Cleavage, Anal. Biochem., 1982, 119, 73. J. A. Corkill, M. Joppich, S. H. Kuttab and R. W. Giese, Attogram Level Detection and Relative Sensitivity of Strong Electrophores by Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detection, Anal. Chem., 1982, 54, 481. J. A. Corkill and R. W. Giese, Fused Silica Capillary Column gas Chromatography of Derivatized Thyroid Hormone Standards with Electron Capture Detection, Anal. Chem., 1981, 53, 1667. D. H. G. Crout, J. A. Corkill, M. L. James and R. S. M. Ling: Methyl Methacrylate Metabolism in Man. The hydrolysis of methyl methacrylate to methacrylic acid during total hip replacement, Clin. Othop. Rel. Res., 1979, 141, 90. D. H. G. Crout and J. A. Corkill: Sodium Amalgam Reduction of 3-­‐bromo-­‐propenoic acids: A Convenient Stereospecific Synthesis of (3-­‐3H1) and 3-­‐2H1) acrylic acids, Tetrahedron Letters, 1977, 49, 4355-­‐4358. J. A. Corkill, E. J. Lloyd, P. Hoyle, D. H. G. Crout, R. S. M. Ling, M. L. James and R. J. Piper: Toxicology of Methyl Methacrylate; the Rate of Disappearance of Methyl Methacrylate in Human Blood in vitro, Clinica Chimica Acta, 1976, 68, 141-­‐146. J. R. Green, P. Friel and J. A. Amick-­‐Corkill: Methods for Gas-­‐Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Carbamazepine, Phenytoin, and Sulthiame, In, Proceedings of the Workshop on the Determination of Anti-­‐Epileptic Drugs, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 1972, 172-­‐184. J. R. Green, L. M. Halpern, E. D. Thomas, Jr. and J. A. Amick-­‐Corkill: The Effect of Diphenylhydantoin on the Activity of Selected Enzymes in Chronic Isolated Cerebral Cortex of Cat, Epilepsia (Amst.), 1973, 14, 223-­‐232. J. R. Green, L. M. Halpern and J. A. Amick-­‐Corkill: Alterations in Enzyme Activity and Hyperexcitability in the Chronic Undercut Cerebral Cortex of Monkey, Epilepsia (Amst.), 1973, 14, 233-­‐241. S. G. Martin, J. R. Green, T. H. Kehl and J. A. Amick-­‐Corkill: Utilization of a Microprogrammable Computer for Statistical Analysis of Data from a Large Epileptic Patient Population. I. Techniques and preliminary results, Epilepsia (Amst.), 1972, 13, 535-­‐551. Meetings/Presentations: (last 20 years) Extraction of the essential oils from spices: from the 19th to the 21st centuries using steam distillation, accelerated solvent and microwave assisted extractions: Guided Inquiry Experiments for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory session at the 20th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Indiana University, Bloomington ,IN July 2008 Analysis of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs including trans fats) in milk and commercial fried foods by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, Sheena Biallis and Jeff Corkill, EWU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2007 Detection and Analysis of Chemical Compounds by Raman Spectroscopy, Adam Casey, Jason Little, P. Bilous and J. Corkill, EWU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2006 Dehydration of C7 alcohols as an individualized discovery lab, J Corkill, National Science Foundation Workshop on ‘Teaching guided-­‐Inquiry’ Organic Chemistry Labs, University of California, Irving,, CA, August 2005. Longnitudinal water quality studies on samples from Latah Creek using computer based data collection technology fall 2004 to spring 2005, Z. Moore, R. Kinney and J. Corkill, EWU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2005 Radical chlorination of hydrocarbons using environmentally friendly reagents, J.G Sims and J Corkill, EWU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2005 Biochemical Informatics: Student-­‐based data mining and retrieval of protein data using Protein Explorer, EBI-­‐PDB Sum, SWISS_PROT, ExPasy, ProtScale programs together with EBI/NIH and ExPasy BLAST searches. Jeff Corkill, 19th Biannual Conference on Chemical Education, Iowa state University, Ames, IA, July 2004 [Presented both paper and invited poster] Water quality studies on samples from the Spokane River and municipal tap waters using computer based data collection technology fall 2003 to spring 2004, Z. Moore, D. Davis, C. Freeman and J. Corkill, EWU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Spring 2004 Chemical composition of the smoke and emission factors for the combustion of wheat straw residues in eastern Washington, J. Corkill, C. Claiborn and R Dhammalpala, 42nd annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest International section of Air & Waste Management Association, Tacoma, WA, November 2002 Introduction to biochemical infomatics: student-­‐based on-­‐line molecular modeling and retrieval of protein data, Symposium on Web-­‐assisted Learning and Technology, 57th Northwest Region meeting of the American Chemical Society, Spokane, WA June 2002 Going the Distance: Sustaining Quality Education Using Instructional Technology, National Education association Critical Issues seminar, Washington, D.C. May 2000. Educational Quality and the Union: Special Focus on Technology, American Federation of Teachers, National Higher Education Issues Conference, Washington, D.C. April 2000 New PM2.5 standards: ethical and administrative implications of the US Court of Appeals [District of Columbia circuit] ruling of 14th May 1999, R. Roberts, R and J.A. Corkill at the Northwest Political Science Association meeting in Eugene, OR, October 1999. The analysis by thermal desorption/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of the chemical compounds found in the smoke produced by the burning of Kentucky bluegrass fields in southern Spokane County. J.A. Corkill, Washington State Dept. of Ecology’s Symposium on Grass Field Burning, Spokane, WA, March 1996 The design & use of multimedia interactive Authorware™ computer software for the undergraduate bio-­‐ & organic chemistry sequence, K.W. Raymond & J. A. Corkill, 23rd annual meeting of the Northwest Regional American Chemical Society, Anchorage, AK, June 1994. Invited paper and demonstration for the 208th National American Chemical Society meeting, Denver, April 1993 as part of an "Evening of Experiments-­‐ Gas Chromatography" with Charles Garner of Baylor University. This was a hands-­‐on demonstration of the use of head space sampling for GC-­‐
MSD for the analysis of products from the acid-­‐catalysed dehydration of several substituted cyclohexanols. The use of head space sampling for GC-­‐MSD, FT-­‐IR & FT-­‐NMR spectrometers in the undergraduate microscale organic chemistry laboratory, Jeffrey A. Corkill, the 208th national American Chemical Society meeting, Denver, April 1993 ( Chemical Education section).