Gary Bordson

Senior Organic/Analytical Chemist
gbordson@wmrc.uiuc.edu

Gary Bordson, Senior Organic/Analytical Chemist, is the Group leader of the Gas Chromatography Group at WMRC. He has expertise in the analyses of chlorinated pesticides, PCBs and PAHs in aqueous, sediment and biological tissue samples by GC/MS. He is also experienced in acid herbicides analysis by GC/MS and VOC analysis by Purge and Trap GC. Mr. Bordson has held the office of treasurer in the Midwest Section of the AOACI and has presented several posters and talks at annual meetings. He has published in the Journal of AOAC International and in the LC/GC Magazine.

Education:

• B.S. in Biology (Chemistry minor), Moorhead State University, 1973
  
• M.S. in Chemistry, Western Illinois University, 1977

Professional Organizations:

AOAC International; Midwest Section of AOACI; American Chemical Society

Areas of Expertise:

PCBs, PAHs, Acid Herbicides and Chlorinated pesticides by GC/MS; Biological samples extraction and clean-up; VOCs in biological samples by Purge and Trap.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

"Effect of Drying Temperature on Fumonisin Recovery From Feeds", G.O.Bordson, G.L.Meerdink, K. Bauer and M.E.Tumbleson, Journal of AOAC International, vol 78, 1183-1188, 1995

"Comparison of Deoxynivalenol (DON) in Four Commodities by TLC, GC, HPLC and Neogen ELISA Methods", Karen S Harlin, Patricia Grant, Gearld Bargren, Gary Bordson and Gavin Meerdink, AOAC International, Washington D.C., 1993

“Pets, Poisons, and Pesticides, the Use of Chromatography in a Veterinary Toxicology Lab” (Invited paper) KS Harlin, GO Bordson, LC/GC, 9 (4), 284?289, 1991.