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Conference Presentations
  • June 2008, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, "Computational Model of Droplet Ejection in Desorption Electrospray Ionization"
  • June 2008, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, "Automated Collection and Analysis of Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI) Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data"
  • June 2008, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, "Profiling Intact Untreated Bacteria in Vivo using Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI)"
  • September 2007, Turkey Run Analytical Chemistry Conference, "Accurate Calculations on the Basic Properties of a Simplified Spray Interface: Compressibility, Turbulence, Transport"
  • June 2007, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, "Simulation of Atmospheric Transport in Desorption Electrospray Ionization"
Research Interests
  • Simulation of ionization mechanisms and transport phenomena
  • Fluid transport and particle focusing in disperse pressure regions
  • Ion trajectory calculations in ion traps
  • Internal energy and unimolecular reactions
  • High-throughput statistics for large biological studies
Education
  • Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, Purdue University, 2005-Present
  • B.A. Chemistry (Honors, Math Minor), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (2005)
  • B.A. Music, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME (2005)
Honors and Awards
  • Surdna Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Bowdoin College, 2004
  • Hypercube Award, Bowdoin College, 2004
  • Coles Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Bowdoin College, 2003

Publications

  1. Anthony B. Costa, R. Graham Cooks, "Simulation of Atmospheric Transport and Droplet Thin-Film Collisions in Desorption Electrospray Ionization" , Chemical Communications , 2007 , 3915 -3917, doi: 10.1039/b710511h
  2. Anthony B Costa, R. Graham Cooks, "Simulated Splashes: Elucidating the Mechanism of Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry" , Chemical Physics Letters , 2008 , 464, 1 -8, doi: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.08.020
  3. Fico, M.; Maas, J.D.; Smith, S.A.; Costa, A.B.; Chappell, W.J.; Cooks, R.G., "Circular Arrays of Polymer-based Miniature Rectilinear Ion Traps" , Analyst , 2009 , 134, 1338 -1347, doi: 10.1039/b822140e
  4. Allison L. Dill, Demian R. Ifa, Nicholas E. Manicke, Anthony B. Costa, Jose A. Ramos Vara, Deborah W. Knapp, R. Graham Cooks, "Lipid Profiles of Canine Invasive Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder and Adjacent Normal Tissue by Desorption Electrospray Ionization Imaging Mass Spectrometry" , Analytical Chemistry , 2009 , 81, 8758 -8764, doi: 10.1021/ac901028b
  5. Allison L. Dill, Livia S. Eberlin, Anthony B. Costa, Demian R. Ifa, Liang Cheng, Timothy Masterson, Michael Koch, R. Graham Cooks, "Molecular Pathology from Lipid Profiles of Human Transitional Cell Carcinoma and Adenocarcinoma of the Urinary Bladder by Desorption Electrospray Ionization Imaging Mass Spectrometry" , Analytical Chemistry , 2009 , submitted, submitted