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Michael F. Arndt, Ph.D.

Title: Associate Scientist

Telephone Number : (608) 224-6227

FAX : (608) 224-6267

Email Address : arndtmf@mail.slh.wisc.edu

Education :

  • B.S. Chemistry/Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison , 1984
  • Ph.D. Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley , 1995

Positions Held :

Associate Scientist, State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison , WI , 2008 - present

Assistant Scientist, State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison , WI , 2002 - 2008

Chemist Senior - Project, State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison , WI , 2001 - 2002

Chemist Entry - Project, State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison , WI , 2000 - 2001.

Consultant, Micro-Optics Technologies, Inc, Middleton, WI, 1999-1999

Research Assistant, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley , CA , 1984 - 1995

Research Assistant-Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1983 -1984

Research Assistant-Genetics University of Wisconsin -Madison, Madison , WI , 1982-1983

Research Funded

Arndt, M.F., 2007.  Food Safety and Security Monitoring.  Food and Drug Administration

Arndt, M.F., 2004. Evaluation of Gross Alpha and Uranium Measurements for MCL Compliance. AWWARF and USEPA.

Arndt, M.F., 2002. A Study of the Factors Affecting the Gross Alpha Measurement, and a Radiochemical Analysis of some Groundwater Samples from the State of Wisconsin Exhibiting and Elevated Gross Alpha Activity. Final Report for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Groundwater Management Practice Monitoring Program, Project #176

Alivisatos, A.P., Arndt, M.F., Efrima, S., Waldeck, D.H., Harris, C.B., 1987. Electronic Energy Transfer at Semiconductor Interfaces. I. Energy Transfer from Two-Dimensional Molecular Films to Si(111). J.Chem. Phys. 86 6540-6549

Fenske, R.F., Milletti, M.C., and Arndt, M.F. 1985. A Theoretical Analysis of the Stepwise Reduction of [( n -C5H5)Re(NO)(CO)(PPH3)]+ to [( n -C5H5)Re(NO)(CH3)(PPH3)]+ Organometallics 5, 3216-3220.

Publications

Arndt, M. F., and West, L., An Experimental Analysis of Some of the Factors Affecting Gross Alpha-Particle Activity with an Emphasis on 226Ra and Its Progeny. Health Phys. 92:148-156; 2007.

Arndt, M. F., and West, L., An Experimental Analysis of the Contribution of  224Ra and Its Progeny to the Alpha-Particle Activity of Water Samples. Submitted to Health Phys. 2007.

Arndt, M. F., and West, L., An Experimental Analysis of the Contribution of  228Ra Progeny to the Gross Alpha-Particle Activity of Water Samples. Submitted to Health Phys. 2007.

Arndt, M. F., and West, L.,  An Experimental Analysis of the Contribution of  Supported and Unsupported 210Po to the Gross Alpha-Particle Activity of Water Samples. Submitted to Health Phys. 2007.

Arndt, M. F., A Method for Generating Uniform Point Distributions When the Volume Integral of a Sample has Constant Integration Limits in Some Curvilinear Coordinate System. Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 580: 1474-1477; 2007.

Arndt, M. F., A Method for Generating Uniform Point Distributions on a Sample Surface. Submitted to Nucl. Instr. Meth. A. Accepted October 2007.

Arndt, M. F., and West, L., A Study of the Factors Affecting the Gross Alpha Measurement, and a Radiochemical Analysis of some Groundwater Samples from the State of Wisconsin Exhibiting an Elevated Gross Alpha Activity, Final Report for Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Groundwater Management Practice Monitoring Program, Project #176, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, 101 South Webster St, Madison WI 53703 (2004)

Arndt, Michael and Carroll, Marnie, 1995 Calorimetry and Hess' Law, Experiment for Chemistry 1A and 1B Series (course), University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Alivisatos, A.P., Arndt, M.F., Efrima, S., Waldeck, D.H., Harris, C.B., 1987. Electronic Energy Transfer at Semiconductor Interfaces. I. Energy Transfer from Two-Dimensional Molecular Films to Si(111). J.Chem. Phys. 86 6540-6549

Fenske, R.F., Milletti, M.C., and Arndt, M.F. 1985. A Theoretical Analysis of the Stepwise Reduction of [( n -C5H5)Re(NO)(CO)(PPH3)]+ to [( n -C5H5)Re(NO)(CH3)(PPH3)]+ Organometallics 5, 3216-3220.

Selected Awards, Honors, and Societies:

2004 Researcher of the year - Wisconsin Section of the American Waterworks Association

 

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