{"id":69,"date":"2021-06-14T14:35:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2021-07-06T11:28:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:28:02","slug":"heather-w","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/students\/heather-w\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather W."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:33% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"890\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/files\/2021\/06\/5Z3A9925-e1623940039577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/files\/2021\/06\/5Z3A9925-e1623940039577.jpg 890w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/files\/2021\/06\/5Z3A9925-e1623940039577-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/files\/2021\/06\/5Z3A9925-e1623940039577-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/files\/2021\/06\/5Z3A9925-e1623940039577-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/files\/2021\/06\/5Z3A9925-e1623940039577-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.7\">Hi! I\u2019m Heather, a 2nd&nbsp;year Ph.D. student in Analytical Chemistry.&nbsp;My current work focuses on the development and application of analytical methods to measure analytes relevant to the environment and human health. Through my undergraduate research, two years of work as an&nbsp;analytical technician in the chemical industry, and graduate school I am experienced with a variety of analytical instrumentation and data analysis methods. My post-graduate interests include developing applications of analytical methods to support robust, field-friendly analysis of&nbsp;environmental&nbsp;hazards at the regulatory level.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlighted Contribution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Development and implementation of targeted analysis techniques (LC-MS\/MS) for PFAS analysis, including the purchase and installation of&nbsp;a brand new triple-quadrupole LC-MS\/MS dedicated for PFAS analysis<\/li><li>Method development for the measurement of PFAS in a variety of consumer goods, including cosmetics, artificial&nbsp;turf, and textiles&nbsp;<\/li><li>Adapting traditional techniques for nucleic acid analysis for field-friendly and robust quantification of DNA from pathogens relevant to human health<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Project Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/research-projects\/total-fluorine-screening\/cosmetics\/\" style=\"border-radius:4px\">Cosmetics<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/research-projects\/total-fluorine-screening\/water\/\" style=\"border-radius:4px\">Water<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/research-projects\/total-fluorine-screening\/food-packaging\/\" style=\"border-radius:4px\">Food Pkg<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/research-projects\/total-fluorine-screening\/textiles\/\" style=\"border-radius:4px\">Textiles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Fluorinated compounds in North American cosmetics<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>Whitehead, Heather;<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>et al.,&nbsp;<\/em>2021<em>&nbsp;Environmental Science &amp; Technology Letters<\/em>2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.1c00240\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acs.estlett.1c00240<\/a><\/li><li><em>Rapid and robust semi-quantitative detection of DNA using Nile blue, a visible-region cationic dye&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Whitehead, Heather;&nbsp;<\/strong>Lieberman, Marya. 2021.&nbsp;<em>Manuscript in preparation.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Occurrence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in North American cosmetics<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>Whitehead, H.D.;<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>et al.,&nbsp;<\/em>ACS National Meeting, virtual. April 5<sup>th<\/sup>-16<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021. Oral presentation.&nbsp;<\/li><li><em>Rapid and robust semi-quantitative detection of DNA using Nile blue, a visible-region cationic dye&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Whitehead, H.D.;<\/strong>&nbsp;Lieberman, M. ACS National Meeting, virtual. April 5<sup>th<\/sup>-16<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021. Oral presentation.<\/li><li><em>Per- And Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Consumer Food Packaging: Comings and Goings&nbsp;<\/em>Minet, Laura;&nbsp;<em>et al.;&nbsp;<\/em><strong>Whitehead, Heather;<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>et al., 2021 Manuscript in preparation.<\/em><\/li><li><em>3D Printed UV\u2013Visible Cuvette Adapter for Low-Cost and Versatile Spectroscopic Experiments<\/em><strong>&nbsp;Heather D. Whitehead,<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>et al.;&nbsp;<\/em>ACS Omega 2017 2 (9), 6118-6122 DOI: 10.1021\/acsomega.7b01310.&nbsp;<\/li><li><em>Electrolysis Activation of Fused-Filament-Fabrication 3D-Printed Electrodes for Electrochemical and Spectroelectrochemical Analysis<\/em>Denise M. Wirth,&nbsp;<em>et al.<\/em><strong>&nbsp;Heather D. Whitehead<\/strong>;&nbsp;<em>Analytical Chemistry<\/em>&nbsp;2019&nbsp;<em>91<\/em>&nbsp;(9), 5553-5557 DOI: 10.1021\/acs.analchem.9b01331<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I\u2019m Heather, a 2nd&nbsp;year Ph.D. student in Analytical Chemistry.&nbsp;My current work focuses on the development and application of analytical methods to measure analytes relevant to the environment and human health. Through my undergraduate research, two years of work as an&nbsp;analytical technician in the chemical industry, and graduate school I am experienced with a variety &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/students\/heather-w\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Heather W.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3956,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3956"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/553"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/peasleelab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}