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Three Undergrads Honored at Chemistry Departmental Awards Ceremony

Three Undergrads Honored at Chemistry Departmental Awards Ceremony On Friday, April 12th, the Clemson Chemistry Department hosted its annual Honors and Awards Event. The Chouinard Group was well represented, with three undergrad students taking home well-deserved awards! Undergraduate Awards in Analytical Chemistry: Copeland Johnson Chemistry Faculty Award: Walker Hodges Warwick Chemical Foundation Award in Chemistry: Breland Jones Congratulations…

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Walker Hodges Named College of Science “Outstanding Undergraduate in Discovery”

Walker Hodges Named College of Science “Outstanding Undergraduate in Discovery” Walker Hodges, a chemistry major in the Chouinard Research Group, has established himself as a leader in the reactions subgroup performing reactions on different isomeric compounds. One application of this research is to help provide analysis for organizations like the World Anti-Doping Agency to prevent…

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Separation and Characterization of Synthetic Cannabinoid Metabolite Isomers Using SLIM High-Resolution Ion Mobility-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HRIM-MS/MS)

Separation and Characterization of Synthetic Cannabinoid Metabolite Isomers Using SLIM High-Resolution Ion Mobility-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HRIM-MS/MS) Ralph Aderorho, Shadrack Wilson Lucas, and Christopher D. Chouinard* J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2024, 35, 3, 582–589 Publication Date: February 15, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.3c00419 Synthetic cannabinoids, a subclass of new psychoactive substances (NPS), are laboratory-made substances that are chemically similar to…

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Determining protonation site in fentanyl protomers using ion mobility-aligned MS/MS fragmentation

Determining protonation site in fentanyl protomers using ion mobility-aligned MS/MS fragmentation Ralph Aderorho and Christopher D. Chouinard Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 2024, 496, 117185 Publication Date: December 14, 2023 Drug overdoses in the United States totalled over 100,000 in 2022, with an estimated 68 % of those being attributed to illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs). Their ease and low…

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The role of solvation on the conformational landscape of α-synuclein

The role of solvation on the conformational landscape of α-synuclein Melanie Cheung See Kit, Tyler C. Cropley, Christian Bleiholder, Christopher D. Chouinard, Frank Sobott, and Ian K. Webb* Analyst. 2024, 149, 125-136. Publication Date: November 17, 2023 Native ion mobility mass spectrometry has been used extensively to characterize ensembles of intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) conformers, but…

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Improved analysis of derivatized steroid hormone isomers using ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS)

Improved analysis of derivatized steroid hormone isomers using ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) Shon P. Neal, Walker N. Hodges, Diana C. Velosa, Ralph Aderorho, Shadrack Wilson Lucas, and Christopher D. Chouinard* Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2023, 415, 6757-6769. Publication Date: September 23, 2023 Over the last decade, applications of ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) have exploded due primarily to…

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Improved separation of fentanyl isomers using metal cation adducts and high-resolution ion mobility-mass spectrometry

Improved separation of fentanyl isomers using metal cation adducts and high-resolution ion mobility-mass spectrometry Ralph Aderorho, and Christopher D. Chouinard* Drug Test. Anal. 2023, 16(4), 369-379. Publication Date: July 25, 2023 https://analyticalsciencejournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/dta.3550 Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid that has attracted significant attention due to its illegal production and distribution, resulting in misuse, overdose, and fatalities.…

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Development of a Rapid, Targeted LC-IM-MS Method for Anabolic Steroids

Development of a Rapid, Targeted LC-IM-MS Method for Anabolic Steroids Ashlee Wedge, Makenna Hoover, Terra Pettit-Bacovin, Ralph Aderorho, Emmaleigh Efird, and Christopher D. Chouinard* J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2023, 34, 8, 1708-1714 Publication Date: June 30, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.3c00162 Anabolic steroids are of high biological interest due to their involvement in human development and disease progression.…