Ruth Wolf

Ruth E. Wolf has 20 years experience working as an analytical chemist in a variety of fields including environmental and geochemical analysis, analytical methods development, instrumentation development, and technical sales and marketing. She joined the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2004 as a Research Chemist after spending 10 years working for a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation (Perkin Elmer, Inc.) in a variety of roles including marketing manager, product manager, and applications specialist. She has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Colorado State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut. She has also worked in both commercial environmental and national laboratories. Currently at USGS, she performs research in the area of new analytical method development and her areas of expertise include ICP-OES and ICP-MS. Recent research topics include the development of analytical methods for speciation analysis of toxic metals in waters, soils, and simulated bio-fluid extracts, use of stable isotopes in aquatic toxicity studies, and new methods development using dynamic reaction cell (DRC) and high resolution (HR) ICP-MS.

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