6/94-5/05 University of South Florida, St. Petersburg FL, Ph. D. Marine Science May 2005
8/93-6/94 University of South Florida, Tampa FL, graduate studies in chemistry.
8/89-5/93 University of Tampa, Tampa FL. B.S. in Marine Science and Chemistry May 1993.

5/05-present Post Doctorate Fellow at the University of South Florida. Main responsibilities include high sensitivity nutrient method development, instrument design and manufacture (both sea-going laboratory and in situ instruments), laboratory management, as well as data analysis, QC and QA.

6/94-5/05 Research assistant at the University of South Florida. Main responsibilities include high sensitivity nutrient method development, instrument design and manufacture (both sea-going laboratory and in situ instruments), laboratory management, as well as data analysis, QC and QA.

8/93-6/94 Teaching assistant at the University of South Florida. Main duties involved teaching General Chemistry I and II laboratory courses. Completed the core graduate courses in analytical, physical, and inorganic chemistry.

1/93-5/93 Laboratory technician for Dr. George R. Newkome at the Center for Molecular Design and Recognition, Department of Chemistry University of South Florida, Tampa FL. Main duties: mass production of the building blocks for dendritic macromolecules, research, and experimentation in methods for these molecules.

1/92-5/93 Inorganic chemical waste reduction research for waste generated in general chemistry and analytical chemistry laboratories at the University of Tampa, Tampa FL. Main focus: metal ion isolation and precipitation.

1/92-5/92 Laboratory technician internship for Petroleum Packaging Inc., Tampa, FL. Work involved quality control for oil production and milling using a variety of analytical techniques including: FTIR, IR, X-ray crystallography, cold crank, and flashpoint.

Summer of 92 and 93 Operator for Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Mercer NJ. Main duties included operation of electrostatic precipitator and general help.

Summer of 91 and 92 Painter and general help for Ganes Chemical Inc. Pennsville NJ, pharmaceutical drug plant.

9/04 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment VII.
Aboard R/V. Walton Smith duration = 17 days
Chief Scientist

11/02 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment VI.
Aboard R/V. Walton Smith duration = 14 days
Chief Scientist

4/02-5/02 Southern Ocean Global Ecosystems Dynamics Program III
Aboard R/V. Nathaniel B. Palmer, duration = 40 days
Oversaw and preformed shipboard nutrient analysis

7/01-8/01 Southern Ocean Global Ecosystems Dynamics Program II
Aboard R/V. Nathaniel B. Palmer, duration = 39 days
Oversaw and preformed shipboard nutrient analysis

4/01 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment V.
Aboard R/V. Walton Smith duration = 14 days
Chief Scientist

11/00 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment IV.
Aboard R/V. Pelican, duration = 10 days
Coordinate cruise activities and provide shipboard nutrient and data analysis.

7/00 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment III.
Aboard R/V. Pelican, duration = 10 days
Coordinate cruise activities and oversee in situ nutrient sensor deployment.

11/99 North East Gulf of Mexico (NEGOM) Cruise
Aboard R/V. Gyre, duration = 10 days
Independent Contract to provide shipboard nutrient and data analysis.

8/99 ONR funded AUV-Nutrient Sensor Field Test
Aboard R/V. Suncoaster, duration = 3 days
Field test of nutrient-sensor-equipped automated underwater vehicle, the sensor was conceived and designed primarily by myself.

11/98 North East Gulf of Mexico (NEGOM) Cruise
Aboard R/V. Gyre, duration = 13 days
Independent Contract to provide shipboard nutrient and data analysis.

9/98 ONR Collaboration Cruise for ECOHAB
Aboard R/V. Suncoaster. duration = 3 days
Provided shipboard high sensitivity nitrogen nutrient and data analysis.

2/98-3/98 JGOFS Southern Ocean
Aboard R/V. Roger Revelle, duration = 35 days
Hydrographic work including rosette maintenance, oxygen, salinity, and nutrient sample collection, as well as oxygen sample analysis.

12/97-1/98 Research on Ocean-Atmosphere Variability and Ecosystem Response in the Ross Sea study (ROAVERRS)
Aboard R/V. Nathaniel B. Palmer, duration = 21 days
Independent Contract to provide shipboard nutrient and data analysis.

8/96 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment II.
Aboard R/V. Suncoaster. duration = 5 days
Organized cruise, including cruise plan and personnel.
Provided shipboard nutrient analysis and data analysis.

3/96 Florida Shelf Lagrangian Experiment.
Aboard R/V. Malcolm Baldrige, duration = 21 days
Provided shipboard nutrient analysis and data analysis.

11/95-01/96 Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Arabian Sea Process Cruise VII
Aboard R/V. Thomas G. Thompson, duration = 30 days
Hydrographic work including rosette maintenance, oxygen, salinity, and nutrient sample collection, as well as salinity sample analysis.

I am thoroughly versed in all aspects of ALPKEM RFA and TECHNICON maintenance and operations. I have also built automated high sensitivity nitrogen nutrient (nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia) analyzers that utilize Flow Injection Analysis (FIA) and reverse Flow Injection Analysis (rFIA)-techniques which use the same principles as the segmented flow techniques. I also have extensive experience utilizing the chemiluminescence techniques for nitrate and nitrite analysis in seawater. My experience with the design, testing and manufacture of sea-going instruments (both laboratory and in situ) has enabled me to develop a thorough understanding of the electronics for data acquisition, control, and communication.

My computer skills include PC, Mac, and UNIX operating systems. I am very proficient with Excel, Quattro Pro, and StatView spreadsheets, as well as a myriad of data collection software. For visual analysis of hydrographic fields I have become adept with Transform software and the statistical processes for interpolating data matrices from a limited number of data points. Using the output of the Transform software manipulations I have also generated time course animations of nutrient distributions from nutrient monitoring within the ECOHAB control volume to help illuminate the processes occurring within this region. Also, I have extensive experience with the installation and trouble-shooting of computer hardware. I can also program in Fortran type languages. Bottom line, if it has to do with the collection or analysis of hydrographic data I have done it.

Received Gulf Oceanographic Charitable Trust Fellowship in 2002.

Received Jack Lake Fellowship in 2001.

Received Jack Lake Fellowship in 2000.

Received Gulf Oceanographic Charitable Trust Fellowship in 1999.

Received Von Rosenstiel Award for first year graduate student research excellence for high sensitivity nutrient chemistry method development in 1994.

Four year recipient of a Presidential Academic Scholarship at the Univ. of Tampa. Graduated Cum Laude from the Univ. of Tampa

Darrow, B., Walsh, J., Vargo, G., Masserini, R., Fanning, K., Zhang, J., 2002. A simultation study of the growth of benthic microalgae following the decline of a surface phytoplankton bloom. Continental Shelf Research

Masserini, R.T. Jr. and Fanning K. A., 2000. A sensor package for the simultaneous determination of nanomolar concentrations of nitrite, nitrate, and ammonia in seawater by fluorescence detection. Marine Chemistry 68: 323-333.

Wanninkhof, R., Hitchcock, G., Wiseman, W. Vargo, G. Ortner, P. B., Asher, W. Ho, D. T. Schosser, P., Dickson, M.L., Masserini, R., Fanning, K. and Zhang, J. Z. 1997. Gas Exchanger, dispersion, and biological productivity on the west Florida shelf: Results from a Lagrangian tracer study. Geophysical Research Letters 24(14): 1767-1770.

Subject: Method for Measuring Nitrite and Nitrate in Aqueous Medium
     Serial No. 08/915,704
     Filed March 21, 1997
Inventors: Robert T. Masserini Jr. and Kent A. Fanning