Anna G. Cavinato

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

• Ph.D. 1981. Dottore in Chimica (Doctor of Chemistry) with highest honors, Department of Chemistry, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy
  

POSITIONS HELD:

• 2004-present: Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Division of Science, Mathematics & Technology, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR.

• 2001-2004: Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Division of Science, Mathematics & Technology, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR.

• 1992 - 2001: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande OR. Duties: Teach introductory chemistry, advanced inorganic chemistry, quantum chemistry, quantitative analysis laboratory, and instrumental analysis laboratory. Supervision of undergraduate students in research.

• 1988 - 1992: Research Assistant Professor, Center for Process Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle. Duties: Coordinate a multi-disciplinary project involving the development of sensors for process monitoring and control of a bioprocess. Work involved supervision of 5 - 7 graduate students, writing grant proposals, etc.

• 1986 - 1988: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memphis State University, Memphis. Duties: Teach freshman chemistry for non-chemistry majors. Teach electrochemistry at graduate level. Supervision of undergraduate and graduate students in research.

• 1984 - 1986: Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee at Memphis, postdoctoral training preceptor M.S. Ahmed. Duties: Research and training of medical students in biochemistry and bioanalytical techniques.

• 1983 - 1984: Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, postdoctoral training preceptor G. Mamantov.

• 1983 - 1984: Research Faculty in the Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy.

• 1982 - 1983: Assistant in Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy.

• 1982 - 1983: Chemistry teacher in Technical High Schools, Taranto, Italy.

RECENT GRANT AWARDS:

• Oregon Sea Grant "Early Assessment of Maturity and Sex in Salmonids by Non-Invasive Short Wavelength Near Infrared Spectroscopy", 2002, $94,096.
  
• National Science Foundation "Integration of GC-MS and FT-IR in the Undergraduate Curriculum", 2002, $ 182,640.
  
• EOU Summer Stipend "Early Assessment of Maturity and Sex in Salmonids by Non-Invasive Short Wavelength Near Infrared Spectroscopy", 2002, full salary.
  USDA "Development of Non-Destructive Methods of Analysis by SW-NIR", 2000, $ 16,019.
  
• USDA "Non-Invasive Method for Predicting Safety and Quality of Foods", 2000, $54,912.
  
• Oregon Sea Grant "Path length Determination of Short Wavelength Near Infrared Light in Fish Tissue", 2000, $9,996.
  
• Workshop Project Associates "Adaptation of the ChemExcel Model to the PLTL Workshop Model at Eastern Oregon University", 2000, $4,600.
  
• OCEPT "ChemExcel at Eastern: A Program to Support Success in Introductory Chemistry", 2000, $3000.
  

1. Mengshi Lin, M. Al-Holy, M. Mousavi-Hesary, H. Al-Qadiri, A.G. Cavinato, B. A. Rasco. 2004. Rapid and Quantitative Detection of the Microbial Spoilage of Chicken Breasts by Diffused Reflectance Spectroscopy (600-1100 nm). Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 39, 148-155.
2. Lin, M., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.M., Smiley, S., Huang, Y., Al-Holy, M., 2003. Detecting Bruises in Pacific Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) by Short-Wavelength Near-Infrared (SW-NIR) Spectroscopy and Image Analysis. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 51, 6404-6408.
3. Lin, M., Cavinato, A.G., Huang, Y. and Rasco, B.A. 2003. Predicting sodium chloride content in commercially produced king (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and chum (O. keta) smoked salmon fillet portions by short-wavelength near-infrared (SW-NIR) spectroscopy. Food Research International, 36, 761-766.
4. Huang, Y., Tang, J., Swanson, B.G., Cavinato, A.G., Lin, M., Rasco, B.A. 2003. Near Infrared Spectroscopy: a new tool for studying physical and chemical properties of polysaccharide gels. Carbohydrate Polymers, 53, 281-288.
5. Huang, Y., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.D. Bledsoe, G.E. and Rasco, B.A. 2003. Non-destructive Determination of Moisture and Sodium Chloride in Cured Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) (Teijin) Using Short-wavelength Near-infrared Spectroscopy (SW-NIR). J. Food Science, 68, 2, 1-5.
   
6. Huang, Y., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.D. Bledsoe, G.E. and Rasco, B.A. 2002. Non-destructive prediction of moisture and sodium chloride in cold smoked Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). J. Food Science, 67, 7, 2543-2547.
7. Huang, Y., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.D. Bledsoe, G.E. and Rasco, B.A. 2002. Non-destructive prediction of moisture and sodium chloride in cured Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) (teijin) by short wavelength near infrared spectroscopy (SW-NIR). J. Food Science, .
8. Hampton, K.A., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.M., Boe, S.J., Hoffnagle, T.L. 2002. Near Infrared Spectroscopic Classification of Gender and Maturity in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Eastern Oregon Science J., Volume XVII, 31-36.
9. Nord, S.P., DuBreuil, R., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.M., Lin, M. and Rasco, B.A. 2002. Penetration depth studies in cod tissue using short-wave near infrared spectroscopy. Eastern Oregon Science J., Volume XVII, 37-41.
10. Yiqun Huang, Todd M. Roger, Melissa A. Wenz, Anna G. Cavinato, David M. Mayes, Glyen E. Bledsoe, Barbara A. Rasco. 2001. Detection of Sodium Chloride and Moisture in Cured Salmon Roe by SW-NIR Spectroscopy. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry, 49, 9, 4161-4167.
11. Fahlstrom, C.A., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.M. 2001. Penetration Depth of Short-Wavelength Near Infrared Light in Fish Tissue. Eastern Oregon Science Journal, Volume XVI, 9-12.
12. Flintoff, N., Cavinato, A.G., King, C.M. 2001. Spectral Elucidation of Inorganic Species Commonly Found in Hanford Radioactive Waste. Eastern Oregon Science Journal, Volume XVI, 13-16.
13. Wenz, M.A., Cavinato, A.G., Mayes, D.M., Lofy, P.T., Boe, S.J. 2001. Near Infrared Spectrophotometric Determination of Maturity Status in Salmonids. Eastern Oregon Science Journal, Volume XVI, 28-31.
14. T.M. Roger, M.A. Wenz, A.G. Cavinato, D.M. Mayes, G.E. Bledsoe, Barbara A. Rasco, Yiqun Huang. 1999. Non-Destructive Measurement of Chloride and Moisture in Cured Salmon Roe by SW-NIR. Eastern Oregon Science Journal,
15. M.M. Clark, A.G. Cavinato, D.M. Mayes, B.A. Rasco, Y. Sun, "Non-Invasive SW-NIR Spectroscopic Method for Determination of Lipid Content in Muscle of Rainbow Trout". Eastern Science Journal, Vol. XIII, 9-14, 1997.
16. Z. Ge, A.G. Cavinato, J.B. Callis, "Non-Invasive Spectroscopy for Monitoring Cell Density in a Fermentation Process", Anal. Chem., 66, 1994.
17. D.M. Mayes, A.G. Cavinato, D. S. Koza "A Compact Solid State Spectrophotometer System for Control Applications", Process Control and Quality, 5, pp. 1-8, 1993.
18. E.A. McGrath, L.W. Burgess, A.G. Cavinato, "New Developments in Process Monitoring and Process Control", in Monitoring and Measurement Technologies for Hazardous Substances, Proceeding of the Pre conference Seminar, Oct 5 1991, 64th Annual Water Environment Federation Conference and Exposition, Toronto, Canada, pp. 61-75, 1993.
19. A.G. Cavinato, Z.Ge, J.B. Callis and R.E. Finger, "Real-Time Measurement of Microbial Metabolism in Activated Sludge Samples", in Pollution Prevention in Industrial Processes (The Role of Process Analytical Chemistry), J.J. Breen and M.J. Dellarco Eds., ACS Symposium Series 508, Washington, DC pp. 222-228, 1992.
20. M. H. Lee, A.G. Cavinato, D. M. Mayes, B. A. Rasco "Noninvasive Short-Wavelength Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Method to Estimate the Crude Lipid Content in the Muscle of Intact Rainbow Trout", J. Agric. Food Chem. 40, pp. 2176-2181, 1992.
21. A.G. Cavinato, D.M. Mayes, Z. Ge, J.B. Callis, "Non-Invasive Spectroscopic Monitoring of a Bioprocess", Frontiers in Bioprocessing II, P. Todd, S.K. Sikdar, M. Bier, Editors, ACS Press, Washington DC, pp. 90-98, 1992.
22. A.G. Cavinato, "New Developments in non-invasive monitoring of biological systems", Anatech '92, Atlanta, April 1992.
23. A.G. Cavinato, "On-line Monitoring of Cell Metabolism in Bioreactors", Biotech USA, Washington, D.C., November 1990.
24. A.G. Cavinato, Z. Ge., D.M. Mayes, J.B. Callis, "A Biosensor Based on Visible and Short Wavelength Near Infrared Spectroscopy", Anabiotech '90, San Francisco, CA, October 1990.
25. A.G. Cavinato, D.M. Mayes, Z. Ge, J.B. Callis, "A Non-Invasive Method for Monitoring Ethanol in Fermentation Processes Using Fiber-Optic Near-Infrared Spectroscopy", Anal. Chem. 62, pp. 1977-1982, 1990.