Accomplishments

We have been invited to judge poster presentations at:

• Triangle Chromatography Symposium (TCDG) and Instrument Exhibit

We are serving and have served on peer review committees for the following journals:

• Drug Safety
• Electrophoresis
• Journal Associations of the Officials in Analytical Chemistry (JAOAC)
• Journal of Chromatography A
• Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis (JPBA)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Current/Past Professional Appointments and Activities by our Members/Employees:

• Chair-Elect, Princeton, New Jersey Local Section of the American Chemical Society - present
• Subcommittee on Mass Spectrometry for Androgen and Estrogen Measurements in Serum; Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Division of Laboratory Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Executive Committee: American Chemical Society, member 1984– present Agrochemicals Division (2001 - 2006)
• Government: Member, Environmental Commission of West Windsor, NJ 1992 – 1994
• Industry Sector: Mid-Atlantic Pesticide Metabolism Discussion Group 1993 - present
• Executive Committee, Program Coordinator, Treasurer, Mid Atlantic Pesticide Metabolism Discussion Group

We have developed the following patents and inventions:

• International Patent No: WO 01/51476 A2, Inventors: Chang, Ching-jer and Tong, Xiao-jie. Purdue Research Foundation. West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
• Unique processing for the isolation and purification of Taxol from yew plants in high efficiency and this technology has been transferred to one pharmaceutical company by Purdue University Research Foundation.
• Taxanes having Aminoacetamide substituted side chain, Holton R.A., Wilcox E., Kumar K.A., Coppola L. (US, 60/975, 026)
• Taxanes having Aminoalkylamide Side chain, Holton R.A., Wilcox E., Kumar K.A., Coppola L. (US, 60/975, 033)
• Taxanes having Aminohydrocarbylamide substituted side chain, Holton R.A., Wilcox E., Kumar K.A., Coppola L. (US, 60/975, 035)