• B.S., West Chester State College, Westchester, PA 1974.               

• Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1978

• Postdoctoral, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 1978-80

PUBLICATIONS

Appointments

Professor of Chemical Instrumentation, Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, England (2013-2019).

Visiting Professor, Loughborough University, 2019-present

Research Director, Department of Chemistry, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland, 2020-2023

Sabbaticals

U.S. Army, (Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD) 1987-88;
Univ. Manchester Inst. of Sci & Tech (UK) 1995.
Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Dortmund, Germany 2002

Research

The core research interest in the Eiceman Group is the exploration of gas phase ion-molecule at ambient pressure and the use of such reactions for chemical measurements with instrumentation designed around ion mobility spectrometry and atmospheric pressure ionization mass spectrometry.  Specific interests include technology development of tandem stage embodiments of mobility spectrometers and the chemical transformations of gas ions in strong electric fields for additional specificity in measurements and to approach identification of substances using field induced fragmentation spectra.  The stability of protonated monomers of volatile organic compounds and of halide adduct of explosives are being explored under thermal conditions and in strong electric fields at ambient pressure.  Efforts have been given to applications of these principles and technology in spacecraft, environmental and agricultural venues, industrial processes and security societies. Another research interest is chemical separations with chromatographic methods and with emerging concepts based on chemical principles.