T. A. Nieman: A (Chemi)Luminary in the Analytical Sciences

Composite courtesy of F. J. Holler

In Increasing Order of Importance

• Biosketch

• Research Contributions

• Teaching

• Mentoring and Community

• Family MSU, 1974 courtesy of F. J. Holler

Biosketch

• 12/31/48 – 8/14/97• B.S. Chemistry, Purdue, 1971

(Mellon, Lytle, Regnier, Pardue, Margerum)• Ph.D. MSU, 1975 (Enke)• UIUC 1975-1997 (Assoc. Prof. 1981)• Editor, Mikrochimica Acta 1986-1997• 30 Ph.D. students, 9 M.S., 12 B.S.

Arrived at UIUC with no papers in print and no post-doc!

Thesis: Vidicon Spectroscopy and Kinetics

T. A. Nieman and C. G. Enke, Anal. Chem. 48, 619-624 (1976).

No Talk About TAN Would Be Complete Without …

• The Mercury Story, starring Keith Caserta

Photo courtesy of F. James Holler

Bipolar Pulse Conductance and

CoulostaticsC. R. Powley, R. F. Geiger, Jr., and T. A. Nieman, Anal. Chem. 52, 705-709 (1980).

Chemiluminescence and Sensors

T. M. Downey and T. A. Nieman, Anal. Chem. 64, 261-268 (1992).

Web of Science 5/23/06 shows 146 citations.

Teaching

• Quant. – thematic, glucose oxidase kinetics• Separations: Resurrected, strengthened• Advanced Analytical Chemistry – leveling the

playing field• Advanced Analytical Laboratory – something

beats nothing• The Book (with Floydo and Doug)• MUACC ’79, ’96• Electronics: “Stay out of the lab!”

Mentoring and Community• The biggest group with the fewest dollars.

Nerf balls and priests-to-be. Excellence without abrasion.

• Who teaches analytical method development any more?

• Saving an incoming graduate student from a switch to sociology

• International (China, Hungary, Spain, Japan (?), Symposium on Quantitative Luminescence Spectrometry in Biomedical Sciences)

• Analytical Area Budget and Operations• Presbyterian Church of Urbana

Where’s Alanah?

From Loyola University website – copied without permission

T. A. Nieman Memorial Seminar Room (171 RAL)

Key players: Dave and Jennifer Skotty, Brian Seiler (Ph.D. under Jim Avery)

Family

11/25/1994, courtesy of Sandy Nieman

Students by Area

• Conductance and Coulostatics– Rich Geiger– Chuck Powley– Jaine Baxter-Hammond– John Reiss– Tony Barnes– Doug Taylor– Rich Trubey

Students by Area• Chemiluminescence

– Bob Veazey - Terry Malcom Downey– Scott Steig - Narasimha Rao– Al McDonald - Alice Martin– Ken Chan (misspelled in Scifinder: Chain)– Dave Pilosof - Glenn Jirka– Vince Nau - Dave Skotty– Lori Klopf - Jennifer Ridlen

Stoyanoff– Bob Steen - Scott Shippy– Nate Malavolti - Doug Guerrero– Howard Nekimken - Won-Yong Lee– Cathy Swindlehurst (Koerner) - J Preston– Mark Nussbaum - Garrett Forbes– Kevin Hool - Katrina Heinze– Phil Koerner - Renee’ Blanchard– Janet Littig - Loranelle Shultz– David van Dyke - Brian Gilbert

Collaborators at UIUC• Keith Caserta Procter and Gamble• Kelsey Cook Tennessee/NSF• John Ferraris Texas at Dallas• Larry Faulkner Texas/Houston

Endowment• F. James Holler Kentucky• George Horvai Budapest, Hungary• Peter Kissinger Purdue/BAS• Ed Perkins (deceased)• Erno Pungor Budapest, Hungary• Douglas Skoog Stanford• Jon Sweedler