Marianne Vandergriendt

Curriculum Vitae

Analytical Expertise

• Experienced in the use of analytical instruments such as GC (FID, TCD, PID, ECD), GCMS,
  HPLC, IC, AA. 
• Proficient in the use of dissolved oxygen, pH, specific ion, and conductivity probes and
  Hack spectrophotometer and Chemetrics diagnostic kits. 
• Working knowledge of field sampling techniques (bailers, Waterra Pump, snap samplers,
  peristaltic pumping, soil coring techniques). 
• Microbiological skills include aseptic technique, microbial enumeration (aerobic/anaerobic
  plate counts, direct microscope counts, MPN estimates) and sterilization procedures
  (autoclaving, chemical sterilization, membrane filtration). 
• Proven capabilities in the design, implementation and monitoring of biodegradation studies
  (both aerobic and anaerobic), soil column experiments, isotherm experiments,
  immunological assays, biotechnological assays, isotopic studies, BOD assays. 
• Proven ability in the set-up, calibration and validation, of new and existing analytical
  methods. 
• Contaminants analyzed include: petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorinated compounds,
  pesticides, alcohols, ethers, fatty acids, inorganics, hydrocarbon gases, standard gases.