Teresa Tam

Lab Supervisor / Senior Analytical Chemist
tchow@istc.illinois.edu

Teresa Tam (formerly Teresa Chow), Laboratory Supervisor and Senior Analytical Chemist at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, has expertise in surfactant analysis by HPLC and LC/MS; explosives analysis by CE, HPLC and LC/MS; anions by IC and TOC analysis. She is the Group Leader of the HPLC Group. Teresa has presented papers at ACS National Meetings, Pittsburgh Conferences, EnviroAnalysis and International Ion Chromatography Symposiums. She has published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry, the Journal of Chromatography, and the Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis and Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.

Education:

• B.S. in Chemistry, California State University, Chico, 1977
• M.S. in Organic Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 1980

Selected Publications and Presentations:

Teresa Chow, Monte Wilcoxon, Marvin Piwoni and Neal Adrian Trace Level Analysis of RDX and its Biodegradation Intermediates in Liquid Media by Solid-Phase Extraction and High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography Analysis, Journal of Chromatographic Science, Vol.42, No. 9, pp. 470 – 473, 2004

"Direct Analysis of Cyanide and the Effect of Dilution in Electroplating Bath Samples by Ion Chromatography with Amperometry," Teresa Chow and Monte Wilcoxon, International Ion Chromatography Symposium, San Diego, CA, September 21-24, 2003

Neal Adrian and Teresa Chow. Identification of Hydroxylamino-dinitroso-1,3,5-Triazine as a Transient Intermediate Formed During the Anaerobic Biodegradation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 20, No. 9, pp. 1874-1877, 2001

"Analysis of Surfactants in Industrial Wastewater by HPLC, Titration and Capillary Electrophoresis," Teresa Chow and Monte Wilcoxon, International 9th Beijing Conference and Exhibiton on Instrumental Analysis, October 17-20, 2001

"Analysis of Perchlorate Concentrations in Fertilizers and Surface Waters in Centeral Illinois by Ion Chromatography," Teresa Chow, International Ion Chromatography Symposium, Nice, France, September 11-14, 2000

Philip Hwang, Teresa Chow and Neal Adrian. Transformation of Trinitrotoluene to Triaminotoluene by Mixed Cultures Incubated Under Methanogenic Conditions, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 836-841, 2000

Teresa Chow, Brad Daniels and Marvin Piwoni. Analysis of Surfactants in Industrial Cleaners to Support Membrane Ultrafiltration Treatment Evaluations, American Laboratory New Edition, Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 96-97, 2000.

"Comparison of Nitroaromatic compounds analysis by both HPLC and capillary electrophoresis using a high sensitivity detection cell," Teresa Chow, Fola Akanbi and Monte Wilcoxon, International Ion Chromatography Symposium, Osaka, Japan, September 27-Oct 1, 1998

"Analysis of the Transformation of Nitroaromatic Compounds in Waste Water by Bacteria Using Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography," Teresa Chow and Jianhui Liu, (presented at EnviroAnalysis'96, Ottawa, Canada, May 13-16, 1996.) Journal of Capillary Electrophoresis, 004:4,pp 189-194, 1997.

"Comparison of Surfactant Analysis by HPLC and by Capillary Electrophoresis," Teresa Chow , Karen Youngman and Brad Daniels, International Ion Chromatography Symposium, Santa Clara, Ca, September 14-17, 1997.

"Analysis of Surfactants in Industrial Cleaners to Support Membrane Ultrafiltration Treatment Evaluations," Teresa Chow, Brad Daniels and Marvin Piwoni, The 213th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, Ca, April 13-17, 1997.

"Rapid Analysis of Nitroaromatic and Nitramine Explosives in Pinkwater by Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography," Teresa Chow and Brad Daniels, International Ion Chromatography Symposium, Dallas, Tx, October1-5, 1995.

"Solid-phase Extraction of Oil and Grease in Surfactant Laden Waste Waters," Jack Cochran, Teresa Chow and Eric Hoglund, Pittsburgh Conference, New Orleans, La, March 5-10, 1995.

"Determination of Surfactants in Aircraft Surface Cleaners by HPLC after Solid-phase Extraction," Teresa Chow and Don Cropek, HPLC'94, Minneapolis, Mn, May 8-13, 1994.

"Characterization of Nitroaromatic Explosive Compounds by Particle Bean Liquid Chromatograpphy/Mass Spectrometry," Teresa Chow, The 205th ACS National Meeting, Denver, Co, March 28-April 2, 1993.

"Reversed Phase HPLC of Red Blood Cell Membranes" S. Goheen and T. Chow, Journal of Chromatography, vol.359, pp.297-305, 1986 "Substituent Effect Behavior in the Antiaromatic Inden-1-yl Cation System," E.C. Fredrich and T. Chow, Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 47(2), pp.315-319, 1982.