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J. Jackson Ellington
Biographical Information
Name: J. Jackson Ellington
Title: Research Chemist
Contact Info:
Phone: 706 355 8204
FAX: 706 355 8202
Email: ellington.jackson@epa.gov
Education:
A.B.: 1966, Chemistry and Mathematics, Berry
College, Mount
Berry, GA, Cum Laude
Ph.D.: 1974, Medicinal Chemistry, University
of Georgia, Athens , GA.
Expertise/Research Interests:
My research intersests include methods development for the extraction, detection, and quantitation of neutral and ionic compounds in environmental matrices. This involves gas and high pressure liquid with detection and quantification by conventional as well as mass spectrometer detectors. Current work is focused on method development for the identification and quantification of perfluorinated chemicals in environmental samples.My work is described on eight posters and in four publications listed above.
Professional Activities:
American Chemical Society
Recent Publications:
- Washington, J.W., J.J. Ellington, T.M. Jenkins, J.J. Evans. 2007. Analysis of Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acids in Soils: Detection & Quantitation Issues at Low Concentrations. Journal of Chromatography A. accepted.
- Sundberg, S. E., J. J. Ellington, and J. J. Evans. 2006. A simple and fast extraction method for organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in small volumes of avian serum. Journal of Chromatography: B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York , NY, 831(1-2):99-104.
- Sundberg, S. E., J. J. Ellington, J. J. Evans, D. Keys, and J. W. Fisher. 2003. Accumulation of perchlorate in tobacco plants: Development of a plant kinetic model. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 5(3):505-512.
- Ellington, J.J., Wolfe, N.L., Garrison, A.W., Evans, J.J., Avants, J., and Teng, Q. 2001. Determination of perchlorate in tobacco plants and tobacco products. Environmental Science & Technology 35 (15):3213-3218.
- Ellington, J.J., and Evans, J.J. 2000. Determination of perchlorate at parts-per-billion levels in plants by ion chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A 898 (2):193-199.
- Ellington, J.J., Evans, J.J., Prickett, K.B., and Champion Jr., W.L., 2001. High-performance liquid chromatographic separation of the enantiomers oforganophosphorus pesticides on polysaccharide chiral stationary phases, J. Chromatogr. A, 928, 145-154.
- Ellington, J.J., Wolfe, N.L., Garrison, A.G., Evans, J.J., Avants, J.K., andTeng, Q., 2001. Accumulation of Perchlorate in Tobacco Plants and Tobacco Products. Environ. Sci.Technol., 35, 3213-3218.
- Ellington, J.J. and Evans, J.J., 2000. Determination of Perchlorate at Parts-per-billion Levels in Plants by Ion Chromatography. J. Chromatogr. A, 898, 193-199.
- Ellington, J.J. 1999.Octanol/Water Partition Coefficients and WaterSolubilities of Phthalate Esters. J. Chem. Eng. Data. 44(6)1414-1418.
- Garrison, A.W.,Nzengung, V.A., Avants, J.K., Ellington, J.J., Jones, W.J., Rennels, D., and Wolfe, N.L. 2000. The Phytodegradation of p,p'-DDT and the Enantiomers of o,p'-DDT. Environ.Sci.Technol. 34, 1663-1670.
- Richardson, S.D., Collette, T.W., Price, P.C., Genicola, F., Jenks, J.W.,Thruston Jr., A.D., and Ellington, J.J. 1999.Identification of Drinking Water Contaminants in the Course of a Childhood Cancer Investigation in Toms River, NJ. J. of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 9(3) 200-216.
- Sabaliunas, D., Ellington, J.J., andSabaliuniene, I. 1999. ScreeningBioavailable Hydrophobic Toxicants in Surface Waters with Semipermeable Membrane Devices: Role of Inherent Oleic Acid in Microtox Evaluations. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 44 160-167.
- Garrison, A.W., Nzengung, V.A., Avants, J.K., Ellington, J.J., and N.L. Wolfe. 1997. Determining the Environmental Enantioselectivity of o,p'-DDT and o,p'-DDD. Organohalogen compounds, 31, 256-261.Ellington, J.J. and Thurston, R.V. 1998. Results of Studies of Xenobiotic Chemicals in the Nemunas River Basin. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry. 28(2) 3-7.
- Ellington, J.J.,Sabaliunas D., and Lekevicius, R. 1996. Alkaline and Neutral Hydrolysis of Four Phenylurea Herbicides. Intern.J. Environ. Anal. Chem. 64:123-134.
- Ellington, J.J., R.V. Thurston, J. S ukyte, and K. Kvietkus. 1996. Hazardous Chemicals in Waters of Lithuania. Trends in Anal.Chem. (TRAC). 15(6) 215-224.
- Trusty, C.D. and J.J. Ellington. 1991. Techniques Affecting Precision and Accuracy in Hydrolysis Rate ConstantDeterminations of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Jeffers' Zero Headspace Reaction Bulbs. Anal. Letters. 24(2) 327-344.
- Ellington, J.J., T.W. Collette and W.D. Payne. 1989. GC/FT-IR Analysis of the Thermally Labile Compound Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate. J. of High Res.Chromatog. 12, 337-340.
- Ellington, J.J. and C.D. Trusty. 1989. Quantitative Analysis of Alkyl Phosphates Using Automated Cool On-Column Aqueous Injection. J. of High Res. Chromatog. 7, 470-473.
Current Projects:
I am currently a member of a team of ERD scientists with the goal of determining whether, under what conditions, and how fast, fluorotelomer-based polymers degrade in the environment. This work entails analysis for several perfluorinated compounds in complex matrices using liquid-chromatography, tandem-mass spectroscopy and gas-chromatography, mass spectrometry, among several other analytical procedures. My primary focus is the development of methods for the extraction and quantification of the perfluorinated telomer alcohols.