Recent research
presentations and seminars
2008
Sparkle T. Ellison, Jessica L. Michaud,
Kristen W. S. Pate, Edward G. Bartick and
Stephen L. Morgan, "Discrimination
of black electrical tape using attenuated
total reflectance and pyrolysis-gas chromatography
mass spectrometry," paper B151 presented
at the Academy of Forensic Sciences 60th
Anniversary Meeting, Washington, DC, 22
February 2008.
Anthony R. Trimboli and Stephen
L. Morgan, "Infrared spectroscopy for characterization
of bloodstain age using the amide spectral
regions from blood proteins," paper B127
presented at the Academy of Forensic Sciences
60th Anniversary Meeting, Washington, DC,
22 February 2008.
Stephen L. Morgan, "Capillary
electrophoresis/mass spectrometry and microspectrophotometry
for trace forensic analysis of fibers,"
invited paper 1350-4 in the ACS Division
of Analytical Chemistry Symposium, "Analytical
Chemistry for Crime Scene Investigation,"
presented at the Pittsburgh Conference on
Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy
(Pittcon 2008), New Orleans, LA, 4 March
2008.
Anthony R. Trimboli, Jessica McCutcheon,
and Stephen L. Morgan, "Validation of diffuse
reflectance infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS)
as a means to discriminate blood from forensically
relevant substrates," paper 1490-3 presented
at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical
Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon
2008), New Orleans, LA, 4 March 2008.
Hongxia Guan, Lynn R. Musgrove,
William E. Brewer, Stephen L. Morgan, "Determination
of Organophosphate Pesticides and Fungicides
in Fruits and Vegetables by Disposable Pipette
Extraction (DPX) and Gas Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry," paper 2010-11P presented
at the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical
Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon
2008), New Orleans, LA, 5 March 2008.
Sparkle T. Ellison, William E. Brewer,
Stephen L. Morgan, "Comprehensiv analysis
of drugs of abuse in urine with automated
disposable pipette extraction," paper 2200-4
presented at the Pittsburgh Conference on
Analytical Chemistry & Applied Spectroscopy
(Pittcon 2008), New Orleans, LA, 5 March
2008.
2007
Anthony R. Trimboli, Allyson A.
Wells, Jennifer J. Yiu, Heather M. Taylor,
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland, Stephen
L. Morgan, "Forensic Studies of Dye
and Fiber Degradation During Environmental
Exposure by Microspectrophotometry and Capillary
Electrophoresis/Mass Spectrometry,"
paper B5 at the American Academy of Forensic
Sciences, 59th Annual Meeting, San Antonio,
TX, 21 February 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan and Edward G.
Bartick, “Validation of computer-assisted
classification of trace evidence data: lies,
damned lies, and multivariate statistics,”
paper presented at the American Academy
of Forensic Science, San Antonio, TX, 22
February 2007.
Brandi L. Clelland, S. Michael Angel, Stephen
L. Morgan, and Edward G. Bartick, “Raman
microspectroscopy for forensic discrimination
of nylon polymer subclasses and quantitation
of titanium dioxide on textile fibers,”
paper presented at the American Academy
of Forensic Science, San Antonio, TX, 22
February 2007.
Anthony R. Trimboli, Allyson A.
Wells, Jennifer J. Yiu, Heather M. Taylor;
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland, Stephen
L. Morgan, “Forensic Studies of Dye and
Fiber Degradation during Environmental Exposure
by Microspectrophotometry and Capillary
Electrophoresis/Mass Spectrometry,” Poster
820-22 presented at the 58th Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied
Spectroscopy, Chicago, IL February 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan, Amy R. Stefan,
Anthony R. Trimboli, Brandi L. Clelland,
Brittany Hartzell-Baguley, “Forensic identification
of dyes on 1-2 mm fibers by capillary electrophoresis/mass
spectrometry,” paper presented at the 58th
Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
and Applied Spectroscopy, Chicago, IL, 27
February 2007.
Sparkle T. Ellison, Bryan Oliver,
and Stephen L. Morgan, “Multivariate Calibration
of Pyrolysis Temperatures using Kraton®
as a Molecular Thermometer,” Paper 1040-1,
Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
& Applied Spectroscopy (PITTCON 2007),
Chicago, 27 February 2007.
Heather M. Taylor, Anthony R. Trimboli,
and Stephen L. Morgan, “Validation Studies
for the Detection of Blood on Substrates
of Forensic Relevance by Fourier-Transform
Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy,” oral paper
submitted for the SC Academy of Science,
Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC, 20 April 2007
[http://www.erskine.edu/cgi-bin/scas/abstract_form.cgi].
Amanda C. Kesler, Amy R. Stefan,
and Stephen L. Morgan, “Forensic discrimination
of ballpoint pen ink using UV/Visible microspectrophotometry
and multivariate statistics,” oral paper
submitted for the SC Academy of Science,
Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC, 20 April 2007.
Holly T. Herro, Kristi L. Wright, Stephen
L. Morgan, “Determination of Ink Chemistry
Prior to Stabilization of Historic Documents
Written with Ballpoint Ink,” paper presented
at the American Institute for Conservation
of Historic and Artistic Works, 35th Annual
Meeting, Richmond, VA, 18 April 2007.
Heather M. Taylor, Anthony R. Trimboli,
and Stephen L. Morgan, “Validation Studies
for the Detection of Blood on Substrates
of Forensic Relevance by Fourier-Transform
Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy,” poster submitted
for the University of South Carolina Discovery
Day undergraduate research poster competition,
27 April 2007.
Amanda C. Kesler, Amy R. Stefan,
and Stephen L. Morgan, “Forensic discrimination
of ballpoint pen ink using UV/Visible microspectrophotometry
and multivariate statistics,” poster submitted
for the University of South Carolina Discovery
Day undergraduate research poster competition,
27 April 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan, Suzanna H. Hall, James E. Hendrix, and Edward G.
Bartick, "Pattern Recognition Methods For
The Classification Of Trace Evidence Textile
Fibers From UV/visible And Fluorescence
Spectra," invited paper presented at the
FBI Trace Evidence Symposium, Clearwater,
FL, 15 August 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan, Brandi C. Vann, Brittany M. Baguley, and Amy R. Stefan,
"Advances in Discrimination of Dyed Textile
Fibers using Capillary Electrophoresis/Mass
Spectrometry", invited paper presented at
the FBI Trace Evidence Symposium, Clearwater,
FL, 16 August 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan and Edward G. Bartick. "Pushing the Envelope for Fiber
Analysis by UV/visible and Fluorescence
Microspectrophotometry," invited paper presented
at the Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
in Forensic Science, Paper 187, 34th annual
meeting of the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Memphis,
TN, 15 October 2007.15 October 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan, Amy R. Stefan, Brittany M. Baguley, and Brandi C.
Vann, "Capillary Electrophoresis/Mass Spectrometry
for Analysis and Comparisons of Dyed Fibers",
invited paper presented at the Advances
in Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry in
Forensic Sciences, 34th annual meeting of
the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and
Spectroscopy Societies, Memphis, TN, 15
October 2007.
Brandi L. Vann, S. Michael Angel, Stephen
L. Morgan, and Edward G. Bartick,
"The Merits and Pitfalls of the Forensic
Analysis of Dyed Textile Fibers using Raman
Spectroscopy ", invited paper presented
at the Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
in Forensic Science, 34th annual meeting
of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry
and Spectroscopy Societies, Memphis, TN,
15 October 2007.
Anthony R. Trimboli, Heather M.
Taylor, Dorekia K. Schultz, Stephen L. Morgan,
“Validation Studies for Detection of Blood
on Substrates of Forensic Relevance by Fourier-Transform
Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy,” Paper presented
at the 34th annual meeting of the Federation
of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Societies, Memphis, TN, October 2007.
Stephen L. Morgan, “Forensic Analytical
Chemistry: Basic Research Behind CSI,” Department
of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop
University, Rock Hill, SC, 31 October 2007.
2006
Stephen L. Morgan, "Every Contact
Leaves a Trace: Forensic Analytical Chemistry
at USC," to the Columbia Rotary Club, at
the Palmetto Club, Columbia, SC, 8 January
2006.
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Brittany Hartzel-Baguley, Stephen L. Morgan,
and Mark L. Miller, "Capillary Electrophoresis/Mass
Spectrometry for the Forensic Analysis of
Dyes Extracted from Textile Fibers," Paper
B77, Annual Meeting of the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, 23 February
2006.
Stephen L. Morgan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Amy R. Stefan, Anthony R. Trimboli, Brittany
Hartzell-Baguley, James E. Hendrix, and
Edward G. Bartick, "Environmental Effects
on Textile Fibers", Paper B78, Annual Meeting
of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
Seattle, 23 February 2006.
Stephen L. Morgan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Amy R. Stefan, Anthony R. Trimboli, Alexander
A. Nieuwland, James E. Hendrix, "Multivariate
Statistical Approaches for the Discrimination
of Textile Fibers by UV/visible and Fluoresence
Spectrophotometry," Paper B79, Annual Meeting
of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
Seattle, 23 February 2006.
Rachael Hipp, Neal R. Morgan, Brittany
Baguley, Stephen L. Morgan, "GC-MS
Characterization of Chemical Composition
in Latent Fingerprints," paper presented
at the South Carolina Academy of Science,
Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC, 10 March 2006.
Natalya O. Hall, Amy R. Stefan,
and Stephen L. Morgan, "Characterization
of Ball-point Pen Ink for Improvements in
Document Conservation," paper presented
at the South Carolina Academy of Science,
Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC, 10 March 2006.
Brandi L. Clelland, Brittany Hartzell-Baguley,
Amy R. Stefan, and Stephen L. Morgan, "An
improved sheath-flow interface for the analysis
of textile dyes using capillary electrophoresis/
diode array detection/mass spectrometry
," paper 1410-1 presented at the 57th
Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando, FL, 15
March 2006.
Brittany Hartzell-Baguley, Brandi
L. Clelland, Amy R. Stefan, and Stephen
L. Morgan, "Simplex Optimization of
a Capillary Electrophoresis-Diode Array
Detection-Mass Spectrometry Method for the
Analysis of Cationic Dyes," paper 1410-5
presented at the 57th Pittsburgh Conference
on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy,
Orlando, FL, 15 March 2006.
Brandi L. Clelland, S. Michael Angel,
Bryan J. Vasser, William E. Pearman, and
Stephen L. Morgan, and Edward G. Bartick,
"Discrimination of polyamide fibers using
Raman microspectroscopy and multivariate
statistics," poster paper 1870-29 presented
at the 57th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical
Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando,
FL, 15 March 2006.
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Brittany Hartzel-Baguley, Stephen L. Morgan,
and Mark L. Miller, "Capillary Electrophoresis/Mass
Spectrometry for the Forensic Analysis of
Dyes Extracted from Textile Fibers," paper
2310-1 presented at the 57th Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied
Spectroscopy, Orlando, FL, 16 March 2006.
Anthony R. Trimboli, Stephen L.
Morgan, Brandi L. Clelland, Amy R. Stefan,
Brittany Hartzell-Baguley, James E. Hendrix,
and Edward G. Bartick, "Environmental Effects
on Textile Fibers", paper 2310-4 presented
at the 57th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical
Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando,
FL, 16 March 2006.
Stephen L. Morgan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Amy R. Stefan, Anthony R. Trimboli, Alexander
A. Nieuwland, James E. Hendrix, "Discrimination
of Textile Fibers by UV/visible and Fluoresence
Microspectrophotometry and Multivariate
Statistics," paper 2310-3 presented at the
57th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical
Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, Orlando,
FL, 16 March 2006.
Brittany Hartzell-Baguley, Rachael
Hipp, Neal R. Morgan, Stephen L. Morgan.
"GC-MS Characterization of Chemical
Composition in Latent Fingerprints,"
paper 1700-2 presented at the 57th Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied
Spectroscopy, Orlando, FL, 14 March 2006.
Note: this paper was cited in the
3 April 2006 issue of Chemical & Engineering
News in their summary article on PittCon
2006. Click here
for the full article.
Stephen L. Morgan, "Multivariate
Statistical Methods for Modeling and Discrimination
of Analytical Chemical Data" invited
seminar at Department of Chemistry &
Biochemistry, Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, GA, 30 March 2006.
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Brittany Baguley, and Stephen L. Morgan,
"Microextraction/Capillary Electrophoresis/Mass
Spectrometry for the Forensic Analysis of
Textile Fiber Dyes," invited
paper presented in the symposium titled
"Recent Advances in Forensic Science
I," at the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Lake
Buena Vista, FL, 26 September March 2006.
Anthony R. Trimboli, Allyson A.
Wells, Heather M. Taylor, Amy R. Stefan,
Brandi L. Clelland, and Stephen L. Morgan,
"Forensic studies of dye and fiber
degradation during environmental exposure
by microspectrophotometry and capillary
electrophoresis/mass spectrometry,"
invited paper presented in the symposium
titled "Recent Advances in Forensic
Science I," at the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Lake
Buena Vista, FL, 26 September March 2006.
Stephen L. Morgan, Amy R. Stefan,
Anthony R. Trimboli, and Edward G. Bartick,
"Advances in identification of dyed
textile fibers using capillary electrophoresis/mass
spectrometry," invited paper
presented in the symposium titled "Spectroscopy
and Mass Spectrometry in Forensic Science
I," at the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Lake
Buena Vista, FL, 27 September 2006.
Edward G. Bartick, Stephen L. Morgan,
Suzanna H. Hall, and Anthony R. Trimboli,
"UV-visible, Fluorescence, and Raman
Microspectrophotometry for Identification
of Dyed Textile Fibers," invited
paper presented in the symposium titled
"Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
in Forensic Science I," at the Federation
of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Societies, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 27 September
2006.
Stephen L. Morgan, "Every Contact
Leaves a Trace: Forensic Analytical Chemistry
at USC," invited lecture at
USC Chemistry Day, Department of Chemistry
& Biochemistry, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, SC, 7 October 2006.
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland,
Brittany Hartzell-Baguley, Christopher Dockery,
James E. Hendrix, and Stephen L. Morgan,
"Capillary Electrophoresis Analysis
of Fiber Dyes." FBI Laboratory, Quantico,
VA, 16 October 2006.
Anthony R. Trimboli, Allyson A.
Wells, Jennifer J. Yiu, Heather M. Taylor,
Amy R. Stefan, Brandi L. Clelland, James
E. Hendrix, Stephen L. Morgan, "Forensic
studies of dye and fiber degradation during
environmental exposure by UV/visible and
fluorescence microspectrophotometry,"
FBI Laboratory, Quantico, VA, 16 October
2006.
Stephen L. Morgan, Suzanna H. Hall,
Anthony R. Trimboli, Jennifer J. Yiu, and
Heather M. Taylor, "UV/visible and
Fluorescence Microspectrophotometry for
Discrimination of Dyed Textile Fibers,"
FBI Laboratory, Quantico, VA, 16 October
2006.
Heather M. Taylor (with assistance
from Stephen L. Morgan), “Undergraduate
Research in the Department of Chemistry
& Biochemistry at the University of
South Carolina“, invited talk to
the College of Arts and Sciences Advisory
Council, 2 November 2006, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
2005
Stephen L. Morgan, Alexander A.
Nieuwland, James E. Hendrix, and Edward
G. Bartick, "Multivariate Statistical Approaches
for the Discrimination of Textile Fibers
using UV-visible and Fluorescence Microspectrophotometry,"
paper at Sixth International Conference
on Forensic Statistics, Arizona State University,
College of Law, AZ, 17 March 2005.
The Morgan group presented five papers
at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy
of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, 25 February
2005:
Amy R. Stefan, BS; Christopher R.
Dockery, BS; Alexander A. Nieuwland, PhD;
Samantha N. Roberson*; James E. Hendrix,
PhD; Stephen L. Morgan, PhD; Mark L. Miller,
PhD, "Combinatorial Optimization of
the Extraction of Dyes From Textile Fibers,
paper B149.
Brandi L. Clelland, BS; Alexander
A. Nieuwland, PhD; James E. Hendrix, PhD;
Stephen L. Morgan, PhD; Mark L. Miller,
PhD, "Capillary Electrophoresis/Diode
Array Detection/Mass Spectrometry for the
Forensic Analysis of Fiber Dyes," paper
B150.
Stephen L. Morgan, PhD; Alexander
A. Nieuwland, PhD; Elizabeth M. Enlow*,
BS; James E. Hendrix, PhD; Edward G. Bartick,
PhDUV-Visible and Fluorescence Microspectrophotometry
for the Forensic
Analysis of Fluorescent Brighteners on Textile
Fibers, paper B151.
Stephen L. Morgan, PhD; Alexander A. Nieuwland,
PhD; Christopher R. Mubarak, PhD; James
E. Hendrix, PhD; Elizabeth M. Enlow*, BS;
Bryan J. Vasser*; Edward G. Bartick,
PhD, "Forensic Discrimination of Dyed
Textile Fibers Using UV-Vis and Fluorescence
Microspectrophotometry," paper B152.
Brandi L. Clelland; Bryan J. Vasser*;
Michael Angel, PhD; Stephen L. Morgan, PhD;
Edward G. Bartick, PhD., "Discrimination
of Dyed Fibers Using Raman Microspectroscopy
for Forensic Analysis," paper D70.
The Morgan group presented three papers
at Pittcon 2005, Orlando, FL, February-March
2005.
Brandi L. Clelland; Bryan J. Vasser*;
Michael Angel, PhD; Stephen L. Morgan, PhD;
Edward G. Bartick, PhD., Discrimination
of Dyed Fibers Using Raman Microspectroscopy
for Forensic Analysis, paper 730-2, paper
at Pittcon 2005, Orlando, FL, 1
March 2005.
Stephen L. Morgan, William E. Brewer,
Stephen J. Lambert, and Scott R. Goode,
"Using Forensic Science to teach undergraduate
analytical chemistry: Problem solving inthe
real world," invited paper 880-2, at Pittcon
2005, Orlando, FL, 1 March 2005.
Amy R. Stefan, Alexander A. Nieuwland,
Brandi L. Clelland, James E. Hendrix, Stephen
L. Morgan, Mark L. Miller, PhD, "Capillary
Electrophoresis/Diode Array Detection/Mass
Spectrometry for the Forensic Analysis of
Dyes Extracted from Textile Fibers,"
paper 1520-6, at Pittcon 2005, Orlando,
FL, 2 March 2005.
* undergraduate students
2004
S. L. Morgan, “Forensic Analytical Chemistry
at the University of South Carolina,” invited
presentation at the Southeastern Regional
Counterterrorism meeting, 15 January 2004,
Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, SC.
E.
G. Bartick, B. L. Clelland, W. F. Pearman,
K. Chen, S. M. Angel, J. E. Hendrix, and
S. L. Morgan, "Analysis of dyed fibers by
Raman microspectroscopy," invited paper
at PittCon 2004, Chicago, IL, 11 March 2004.
B. L. Clelland, B. J. Vasser*, E.G. Bartick,
S. L. Morgan and S. M. Angel, "An Investigation
Into the Use of anti-Stokes micro-Raman
Spectroscopy to Reduce Fluorescence in the
Forensic Analysis of Dyed Fibers," PittCon
2004, Chicago, IL, March 2004.
B.J. Vasser*, E.M. Enlow*, D. I. Strauch*,
A.A. Nieuwland, C. R. Mubarak, S. L. Morgan,
and J. E. Hendrix, "UV-Vis and Fluorescence
Microspectrophotometry for the Forensic
Analysis of Fluorescent Brighteners on Textile
Fibers", poster 22000-100 presented at PittCon
2004, Chicago, IL, March 2004.
S. L. Morgan, C. R. Mubarak, J. E. Hendrix,
B. J. Vasser*, and E. M. Enlow*, "Forensic
discrimination of dyed textile fibers using
UV-vis and fluorescence microspectrophotometry:
Selection of mountants," paper 11600-300
presented at PittCon 2004, Chicago, IL,
11 March 2004.
M. A. Baron*, C. R. Dockery, S. L. Morgan,
and C. J. Murphy, "Characterization of Organic
Ligand Coated Nanorods by Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy and Analytical Pyrolysis-Gas
Chromatography/Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry,"
paper presented at PittCon 2004, Chicago,
IL, 11 March 2004.
B.
L. Clelland, A. R. Stefan, C. R. Mubarak,
and S. L. Morgan, "Analytical Pyrolysis
GC/MS and FTIR Spectroscopy for the Forensic
Discrimination of Synthetic and Natural
Polymers," paper 11600-100, Pittcon 2004,
9 March 2004.
S. L. Morgan, A. A. Nieuwland, C. R. Mubarak,
J. E. Hendrix, E. M. Enlow*, B. J. Vasser*,
and E. G. Bartick, "Forensic Discrimination
of Dyed Textile Fibers using UV-VIS and
Fluorescence Microspectrophotometry," invited
paper at Proceedings of the European Fibres
Group (Annual Meeting, Prague, Czechoslovakia,
25 May 2004).
S. L. Morgan, "Relative Discriminating
Power of Visible, UV/Visible, UV/Fluorescence,
and Raman Spectrometry of Dyed Textile Fibers,"
invited oral presentation (only academic
speakers invited), 2004 Federal Bureau of
Investigation Research Partners Symposium,
32st Annual Symposium on Crime Laboratory
Development, Minneapolis, MN, 2 September
2004.
S. L. Morgan, "Relative Discriminating
Power of Visible, UV/Visible, UV/Fluorescence,
and Raman Spectrometry of Dyed Textile Fibers,"
invited poster presentation (only
academic speakers invited), 2004 Federal
Bureau of Investigation Research Partners
Symposium, 32st Annual Symposium on Crime
Laboratory Development, Minneapolis, MN,
2 September 2004.
S. L. Morgan, "Capillary Electrophoresis
of Textile Fiber Dyes," invited oral
presentation, 2004 Federal Bureau of Investigation
Research Partners Symposium, 32st Annual
Symposium on Crime Laboratory Development,
Minneapolis, MN, 2 September 2004; poster
presentation.
S. L. Morgan, "Capillary Electrophoresis
of Textile Fiber Dyes," invited poster
presentation, 2004 Federal Bureau of Investigation
Research Partners Symposium, 32nd Annual
Symposium on Crime Laboratory Development,
Minneapolis, MN, 2 September 2004.
B. L. Clelland, S. M. Angel, B. J. Vasser*,
W. E. Pearman, and S. L. Morgan, "Forensic
Analysis of Dyed Fibers by Micro-Raman Spectroscopy,"
Annual Meeting of the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS),
6 October 2004, Portland, OR.
S. L. Morgan, "Forensic analytical chemistry
for trace evidence," invited seminar
for the ACS Undergraduate Affiliates, Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Columbia, SC,
8 October 2004.
S. L. Morgan, "Fast gas chromatography/mass
spectrometry: Applications in forensics
and polymer analysis," invited paper
in the Advances in Chromatography Symposium,
South East Regional Meeting of the American
Chemical Society (SERMACS), Raleigh, NC,
11 November 2004. Click here
for a copy of this presentation.
* undergraduate students
2003
Christopher R. Mubarak, Lori A.
Metz, Scott R. Goode, Stephen L. Morgan
"Analysis of natural and synthetic fibers
by two microscopic techniques: laser pyrolysis
fast gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass
spectrometry and fourier transform infrared
microscopy," paper 90-19p, PittCon 2003,
Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
Richard M. Hoskins, Scott R. Goode,
and Stephen L. Morgan, "Quantitative elemental
analysis of steel composition using laser
Induced breakdown spectroscopy and multivariate
calibration," paper 90-29p, PittCon 2003,
Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
Christopher R. Dockery, Michael
F. Bachmeyer*, Scott R. Goode, Stephen L.
Morgan, and Alexander A. Nieuwland, "Determination
of gunshot residue by laser induced breakdown
spectroscopy," paper 90-18P, PittCon
2003, Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
Stephen L. Morgan, Vanessa R. Kinton,
and Narendra K. Meruva, "Multivariate data
analysis for differentiation of mass spectra
from Isomeric compounds," paper 730-8, PittCon
2003, Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
Christopher R. Mubarak and Stephen
L. Morgan, "High performance liquid chromatography/mass
spectrometry for the Forensic identification
of ink components from inkjet printers,"
paper 1800-5p, PittCon 2003, Orlando, FL,
10 March 2003.
Andrea A. Thomas, Scott R. Goode,
Stephen L. Morgan, Alexander A. Nieuwland,
"Discrimination of ammunition fragments
using laser induced breakdown Spectroscopy
and linear discriminant analysis," paper
1800-11p, PittCon 2003, Orlando, FL, 10
March 2003.
Brandi L. Clelland, William E.
Brewer, and Stephen L. Morgan, "On-line
derivatization for gc/ms with electronic
pressure control," paper 2000-2, PittCon
2003, Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
Lori A. Metz, Christopher R. Mubarak,
Scott R. Goode, and Stephen L. Morgan, "Spatially
resolved examination of polymeric surfaces
by uv laser Pyrolysis-fast gas chromatography/time-of-flight
mass spectrometry," paper 2000-8, PittCon
2003, Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
Steven M. DuBose, David H. Eagerton,
Alejandra G. Lewis, and Stephen L. Morgan,
"Forensic analysis of benzodiazepines in
body fluids by multigradient High performance
liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry,"
paper 2520-3, PittCon 2003, Orlando, FL,
10 March 2003.
Alexander A. Nieuwland, Steven M.
DuBose, David H. Eagerton, Alejandra G.
Lewis, and Stephen L. Morgan, " Forensic
analysis of benzodiazepines in blood and
urine samples by fastgas Chromatography/mass
spectrometry," paper 2520-4, PittCon 2003,
Orlando, FL, 10 March 2003.
S. R. Goode, C. Dockery, M. Bachmeyer*,
A. Nieuwland, A. Thomas, and S. L. Morgan,
"Forensic applications of laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy," National Meeting
of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans,
LA, 24 March 2003.
S. R. Goode, R. Hoskins, and S.
L. Morgan, "Multivariate calibration for
the analysis of alloys by laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy," National Meeting
of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans,
LA, 24 March 2003.
Stephen L. Morgan, "Forensic Analytical
Chemistry: From Sherlock to Fast Gas Chromatography
and Microspectrometry," USC Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar Program,
Columbia, SC, Friday, 25 April 2003.
Stephen L. Morgan, Christopher R.
Mubarak, James, E. Hendrix, and Edward G.
Bartick, "Relative Discriminating Power
of Visible, UV/Visible, and UV/Fluorescence
Microspectrophotometry for Forensic Analysis
of Dyed Textile Fibers," invited paper,
FACSS Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
20 October 2003.
Stephen L. Morgan, William E. Brewer,
Stephen J. Lambert, and Scott R. Goode,
"Forensic Analytical Chemistry: Exposing
Students to Explosive Problems," invited
paper, FACSS Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, 20 October 2003.
Stephen L. Morgan, "Feature selection
and discrimination for chromatographic and
spectroscopic applications of pattern recognition,"
invited paper, FACSS Annual Meeting, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL, 20 October 2003.
Alexander A. Nieuwland, Stephen
L. Morgan, Alexandra Lewis, David H. Eagerton,
and Steven M. Dubose, "Forensic Analysis
of Benzodiazepines in Blood and Urine Samples
by Fast Gas-Chromatography/Mass SpectroscopySpectrometry,"
FACSS Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
20 October 2003.
Elizabeth M. Enlow, Jennifer L.
Kennedy, Shana B. Burnett, Alexander A.
Nieuwland, Christopher M. Mubarak, Stephen
L. Morgan, "Discrimination of Nylon Subclasses
using FTIR Microscopy and Multivariate Statistical
Techniques," FACSS Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, 20 October 2003. * undergraduate students
2002
A. Thomas, A. Nieuwland, S. L. Morgan and
S. R. Goode, “Using Laser Induced
Breakdown Spectroscopy to Identify Materials:
Classification Of Ammunition Samples,”
Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry,
Scottsdale, AZ, Jan 2002.
S. L. Morgan, "Pathological Science",
7 February 2002, seminar presented to the
ACS Student Affiliates group, Department
of Chemistry, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC.
N. K. Meruva, V. R. Kinton, S. R.
Goode, and S. L. Morgan, Rapid Characterization
of Chiral Compounds Using Ion Abundance
Ratio and Multivariate Analysis By Fast
Gas Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry,
presented at the Pittsburgh Conference on
Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy,
New Orleans, March 2002.
N. K. Meruva, L. A. Grabill, S.
R. Goode, and S. L. Morgan, Development
of Pyrolysis Fast Gas Chromatography/Time-Of-Flight
Mass Spectrometry: Applications to Synthetic
Polymers, submitted to Pittsburgh Conference
on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy,
New Orleans, March 2002.
C. R. Mubarak, R. W. Zeigler, and
S. L. Morgan, Fast automated Characterization
of polymers using Py-GC/MS, submitted to
Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, March
2002.
L.A. Grabill, N. K. Meruva, S. R.
Goode, and S. L. Morgan, Comparing Laser
and Heated Filament Pyrolysis as Sample
Introduction Techniques for Rapid Characterization
of Polymers by Gas Chromatography/Time-of-Flight
Mass Spectrometry, submitted to Pittsburgh
Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied
Spectroscopy, New Orleans, March 2002.
A. A. Nieuwland, S. L. Morgan, W.
E. Brewer, Improving Gas Chromatography
Sensitivity with Multiple Injections, submitted
to Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, March
2002.
A. Thomas, A. A. Nieuwland, S. L.
Morgan and S. R. Goode, Discrimination of
ammunition samples using Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy and pattern recognition, submitted
to Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, March
2002.
Sara E. McFadden*, Martha E.
Miller*, Christopher R. Mubarak, and
Stephen L. Morgan, “Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy for the Forensic Identification
of Fibers”, Oral paper presented at
the SC Academy of Science, Undergraduate
research session, USC Aiken, Aiken, SC,
12 April 2002.
Angela C. Powell*, Christopher
R. Mubarak, Stephen L. Morgan, and Demi
Garvin “Profiling of Contaminants
in Illicit Drug Samples for Source Identification”,
Oral paper presented at the SC Academy of
Science, Undergraduate research session,
USC Aiken, Aiken, SC, 12 April 2002.
Scott R. Goode, A. Thomas, A. Nieuwland,
and S. L. Morgan, “Identification
of ammunition by laser induced breakdown
spectroscopy,” Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy 2002, Orlando, FL, Sept 2002.
Scott R. Goode, Christopher R.
Dockery, Michael Bachmeyer*, Alex Nieuwland,
and Stephen L. Morgan, “Identifying
gunshot residue by laser induced breakdown
spectroscopy,” Laser Induced Breakdown
Spectroscopy 2002, Orlando, FL Sept 2002.
Scott R. Goode, Richard Hoskins,
Stephen L. Morgan, “Multivariate calibration
of selected elements in steel sample spectra
obtained from laser induced breakdown spectroscopy,”
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy 2002,
Orlando, FL, Sept 2002.
Scott R. Goode, A. Thomas, A. Nieuwland,
S. L. Morgan, “Discrimination of ammunition
fragments by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy,”
FACSS, Providence RI, November 2002.
S. L. Morgan, "Forensic analytical chemistry
at USC", 7 November 2002, seminar presented
to the ACS Student Affiliates group, Department
of Chemistry, University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC. * undergraduate students
2001
S. L. Morgan, Validation of Pattern
Recognition Methods Applied to Forensic
Chemical Data, National Institute of Justice
Workshop at the 2001 American Academy of
Forensic Sciences Meeting, Seattle, WA,
21 February 2001.
N. K. Meruva, L. A. Grabill, S.
R. Goode, S. L. Morgan, and E. L. Nimz,
Rapid characterization of biopolymeric samples
using pyrolysis fast gas chromatography/time-of-flight
mass spectrometry, paper 787 presented at
PittCon 2001, New Orleans, LA, March 2001.
C. R. Mubarak, B. Twenter*, K. W.
Sellers, U. H. F. Bunz, and S. L. Morgan,
"Comparisons of polymer stability by
analysis of thermal degradation rates using
pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry,"
paper 943 presented at PittCon 2001, New
Orleans, LA, March 2001.
S. L. Morgan, "Forensic problem
solving using multivariate statistics",
invited seminar, FBI Laboratory, Washington,
DC, 8 May 2001.
S. L. Morgan, "Forensic Analytical
Chemistry: From Sherlock to Fast Gas Chromatography,"
invited talk to the SC ACS Affiliates, University
of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; 20 September
2001.
S. L. Morgan and V. R. Kinton, "Chemometrics
and spectrophotometry in the instrumental
analysis laboratory: multicomponent mixtures
and principal component analysis,"
Paper 194, invited paper at the Chemical
Education Symposium at the South East Regional
Meeting of the American Chemical Society
(SERMACS), Savannah, GA, 24 September 2001.
S. L. Morgan and T. H. Richardson,
"Significant Figures and Acid-base
Equilibria as Prototypes for Interactive
Web-base Learning," Paper 214, invited
paper at the Chemometrics Symposium at the
South East Regional Meeting of the American
Chemical Society (SERMACS), Savannah, GA,
25 September 2001.
N. K. Meruva, L. A. Grabill, S.
R. Goode, and S. L. Morgan, Performance
Comparison of Heated Filament and Laser
Pyrolysis Techniques for Fast Polymer Analysis
by Gas Chromatography/Time-of-flight Mass
Spectrometry, paper presented at the Federation
of Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy
Societies Meeting, Detroit, MI, October
2001
N. K. Meruva, V. R. Kinton, S. R.
Goode and S. L. Morgan, Rapid Characterization
Of Isomeric Compounds Using Ion Abundance
Ratios And Multivariate Data Analysis By
Fast Gas Chromatography/Time-Of-Flight Mass
Spectrometry, Paper 508, Eastern Analytical
Symposium, Atlantic City, NJ, 1 October
2001. * undergraduate students
2000
V. R. Kinton and S. L. Morgan, "Classification
and regression trees for Analytical Decision
Making," paper presented at PittCon
2000, New Orleans, LA, 13 March 2000.
S. M. DuBose, W. J. Hames*, and
S. L. Morgan, Chemometric Comparison of
two separation methods, paper presented
at PittCon 2000, New Orleans, LA, 13 March
2000.
K. W. Sellers and S. L. Morgan,
E. G. Bartick, R. A. Merrill, and M. L.
Miller, Forensic characterization and discrimination
of electrical and ducts tapes by pyrolysis
GC/MS, paper presented at PittCon 2000,
New Orleans, LA, 14 March 2000.
K. W. Sellers, S. L. Morgan, Catrecia
M. Towns*, Uwe H. F. Bunz, and Lioba Kloppenburg,
Characterization of high molecular weight
poly(p-phenylenethynylene)s by pyrolysis
gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, paper
presented at PittCon 2000, New Orleans,
LA, 14 March 2000.
N. K. Meruva, S. R. Goode, and S.
L. Morgan, Fast polymer analysis by gas
chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry,
paper presented at PittCon 2000, New Orleans,
LA, 14 March 2000.
N. K. Meruva, K. W. Sellers, and
S. L. Morgan, Department of Chemistry &
Biochemistry, The University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208 and William E. Brewer,
Comparisons of chromatographic performance
and data quality using fast gas chromatography,
paper presented at PittCon 2000, New Orleans,
LA, 17 March 2000.
S. L. Morgan, ""Forensic
Analytical Chemistry: From Sherlock to Fast
Gas Chromatography," invited
talk to a joint meeting of the Western Carolina
local section of the American Chemical Society
and the Western Carolinas Chroamtography
Discussion Group, Furman Unversity, Greenville,
SC, 21 March 2000.
S. L. Morgan, "Analytical problem
solving using multivariate statistics",
invited seminar, Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Greensboro, NC, 22 April 2000.
S. L. Morgan, "Forensic Analytical
Chemistry: From Sherlock to Fast Gas Chromatography,"
invited seminar, Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Greensboro, NC, 22 April 2000.
N. K. Meruva, L. A. Grabill, S.
R. Goode, S. L. Morgan, "Performance
comparison of heated filament and laser
pyrolysis techniques for fast polymer analysis
by gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass
spectrometry," paper presented at the
Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Societies Meeting, Nashville, TN, September
2000.
S. L. Morgan, K. W. Sellers, and
J. Powell, "Discrimination of natural
fibers and other polymers of forensic relevance
by pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry,"
paper presented at the Federation of Analytical
Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies Meeting,
Nashville, TN, September 2000. * undergraduate students
1999
S. L. Morgan, "Separating signals
from noise; chemometrics at USC," invited
seminar presented to the Department of Statistics,
The University of South Carolina, Columbia,
11 February 1999
S. L. Morgan, "Validation of
pattern recognition methods applied to forensic
analytical chemical data," invited
talk, NIJ Workshop, held at the Annual Meeting
of the National Academy of Forensic Sciences,
Orlando, Fl, 15 February 1999.
B. K. Kochanowski and S. L. Morgan,
"Forensic Discrimination of Automotive
Paint Samples Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass
Spectrometry with Multivariate Statistics,"
paper 595, PittCon '99, Orlando, FL, March
1999.
T. A. Williams, M. B. Riddle*, S.
L. Morgan, and W. E. Brewer, "High
speed gas chromatographic forensic screening
for drugs of abuse," paper 104, PittCon
'99, Orlando, FL, March 1999.
K. W. Sellers, R. C. Galipo, S.
L. Morgan, and W. E. Brewer, "Supercritical
fluid extraction and GC/MS analysis of cocaine
and benzoylecognine from hair," PittCon
'99, Orlando, FL, March 1999.
K. W. Sellers, T. A. Williams, S.
L. Morgan, G. A. Layton, and W. E. Brewer,
"Solid phase microextraction and Flash
GC for rapid profiling of volatile signatures
from arson debris," PittCon '99, Orlando,
FL, March 1999.
W. E. Brewer, K. W. Sellers, T.
A. Williams, and S. L. Morgan, "A new
technique for rapid solventless extraction
using disposable capillary columns,"
PittCon '99, Orlando, FL, March 1999.
W. J. Egan, S. L. Morgan, and S.
M. Angel, "Rapid optimization and minimal
complexity in neural network multivariate
calibration of chlorinated hydrocarbons
using Raman Spectroscopy," paper 242,
PittCon '99, Orlando, FL, March 1999.
S. L. Morgan, "Forensic Analytical
Chemistry: From Sherlock to Fast Drug Analysis",
invited luncheon speaker, South Association
of Chemistry Teachers Annual Meeting, Heathwood
Hall Academy, Columbia, SC, April 1999.
S. L. Morgan, T. H. Richardson,
and B. K. Kochanowski, "Using multivariate
calibration to assist analytical problem
solving: An overview," invited paper,
Chemometrics Symposium, Eastern Analytical
Symposium, NJ, 16 November 1999.
S. L. Morgan, "Weird Science",
invited speaker, 1999-2000 Junior Science
& Humanities Symposium, The University
of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 6 December
1999. * undergraduate students
1998
S. L. Morgan, "Validation of
Pattern Recognition Methods Applied to Forensic
Analytical Chemical Data", National
Institute of Justice Workshop at the 1998
American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, 9 February 1998.
K. W. Sellers, S. L. Morgan, A.
G. Simmons*, G. A. Layton, and W. E. Brewer,
"Systematic comparison of activated
charcoal strip and solid-phase microextraction
sampling for chromatographic analysis of
arson debris", 1998 American Academy
of Forensic Sciences Meeting, San Francisco,
CA, 13 February 1998.
S. L. Morgan, E. G. Bartick, R.
A. Merrill, W. J. Egan, and B. K. Kochanowski,
"Forensic discrimination of photocopy
toners by FT-infrared reflectance spectroscopy",
1998 American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 12 February
1998.
K. W. Sellers, S. L. Morgan, A.
G. Simmons*, G. A. Layton, and W. E. Brewer,
"Solid-phase microextraction sampling
for chromatographic analysis of arson debris,"
Paper 886, PittCon '98, New Orleans, LA,
12 March 1998.
B. K. Kochanowski, S. L. Morgan,
and W. E. Brewer, "Breath analysis
using solid phase microextraction,"
PittCon '98, New Orleans, LA, 9 March 1998.
S. L. Morgan, E. G. Bartick, R.
A. Merrill, W. J. Egan, R. C. Galipo, and
B. K. Kochanowski, "Forensic discrimination
of photocopy toners by FT-infrared reflectance
spectroscopy, pyrolysis GC/MS, and SEM",
invited seminar, Forensic Science Research
and Training Center, FBI Laboratory, Quantico,
VA, 8 April 1998.
K. W. Sellers, S. L. Morgan, A.
G. Simmons*, G. A. Layton, and W. E. Brewer,
"Systematic comparison of activated
charcoal strip and solid-phase microextraction
sampling for chromatographic analysis of
arson debris", SC Academy of Science
Meeting, Clemson, SC, 17 April 1998.
B. K. Kochanowski, S. L. Morgan,
and W. E. Brewer, "Alcohol breath analysis
by solid-phase microextraction compared
to DataMaster results", SC Academy
of Science Meeting, Clemson, SC, 17 April
1998.
S. L. Morgan, "Separating chemical
signals from noise", invited seminar,
Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC, 1 May 1998.
S. L. Morgan, "Science and
math at the fringe: the good, the bad, and
the silly", invited luncheon speaker,
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics
and Science Teaching, South Carolina Department
of Education, SC State Museum, Columbia,
SC, 7 July 1998.
S. L. Morgan and B. K. Kochanowski,
"Forensic discrimination of automobile
paints by pyrolysis GC/MS and pattern recognition
methods", invited speaker, FBI Workshop
on Forensic Analysis of Paint, Forensic
Science Research and Training Center, FBI
Laboratory, Quantico, VA, 15 October 1998.
* undergraduate students
1997
S. L. Morgan, "Science at the
fringe: Pseudoscience and real science",
invited lecture, Department of Natural Sciences,
Newberry College, Newberry, SC, 27 February
1997.
S. L. Morgan and Y. Xiang, "Algorithms
for enhancing signal-to-noise ratio and
information content in gas chromatography/mass
spectrometry", invited paper, Annual
Meeting of the American Society for Mass
Spectrometry, Palm Springs, 12 June 1997.
W. J. Egan, S. L. Morgan, W. E.
Brewer, and K. H. Habben, "Analysis
of carboxyhemoglobin levels in blood using
multivariate statistics", PittCon ’97,
March 18, 1997, Atlanta, GA.
R. C. Galipo, S. L. Morgan, W. E.
Brewer, and K. H. Habben, "Supercritical
fluid extraction of hair samples for the
analysis of drugs of abuse", PittCon
’97, Atlanta, GA, 18 March 1997.
B. K. Kochanowski, R. J. Galipo,
W. J. Egan, S. L. Morgan, E. G. Bartick,
R. A. Merrill, R. Mothershead, "Discrimination
of photocopy toners using multivariate statistics",
paper 377, PittCon ’97, Atlanta, GA,
18 March 1997.
S. L. Morgan, W. J. Egan, S. M.
Angel, T. H. Skinner, "Multivariate
data analysis in optical imaging",
Pittcon ’97, Atlanta, GA, 18 March
1997.
E. G. Bartick, R. A. Merrill, W. J.
Egan, B. K. Kochanowski, and S. L. Morgan,
"Forensic discrimination of photocopy
toners by FT-infrared reflectance spectroscopy",
International Conference on Fourier Transform
Spectroscopy, Athens, GA, 13 August 1997.
S. L. Morgan, W. J. Egan, E. G.
Bartick, R. A. Merrill, "Statistical
pattern recognition applied to forensic
analytical methods", Federation of
Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy
Societies meeting, Providence, RI, 31 November
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