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Our Faculty and Staff
Doug Latch attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, majoring in both chemistry and psychology. After receiving his B. A. degree in 1998, he worked for a year as an analytical chemist in a pharmaceutical lab before undertaking his doctoral work in chemistry at the University of Minnesota under the guidance of Kristopher McNeill. Following graduate school, Dr. Latch spent two years as a postdoctoral associate working with George R. Aiken and the US Geological Survey in Boulder, CO. He began his career at Seattle University in the spring of 2007.
Dr. Latch's teaching interests are in the areas of general, analytical, and environmental chemistry, as well as in forensic science. His research interests are broadly focused in the area of environmental chemistry. Of particular interest to Dr. Latch are mechanisms by which naturally occurring and anthropogenic organic compounds are transformed in the environment.
EDUCATION
Ph. D. 2005, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
B. A. 1998, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, spring 2007 – present
College of Science and Engineering, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate, George R. Aiken Lab, 2005 – 2007
US Geological Survey, Boulder, CO
Analytical Chemist, Part Three Corporation, 1998 – 1999
White Bear Lake, MN
PUBLICATIONS
D. E. Latch and K. McNeill. Microheterogeneity of Singlet Oxygen Distributions in Irradiated Humic Acid Solutions. Science. 2006, 311, 1743-1747.
L. A. MacManus-Spencer, D. E. Latch, K. M. Kroncke, K. McNeill. Stable Dioxetane Precursors as Selective Trap-and-Trigger Chemiluminescent Probes for Singlet Oxygen. Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 1200-1205.
D. E. Latch, J. L. Packer, B. L. Stender, J. VanOverbeke, W. A. Arnold, K. McNeill. Aqueous Photochemistry of Triclosan: Formation of 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,8-Dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and Oligomerization Products. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2005, 24, 517-525.
J. L. Packer, J. J. Werner, D. E. Latch, K. McNeill, W. A. Arnold. Photochemical Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Naproxen, Diclofenac, Clofibric Acid, and Ibuprofen. Aquatic Sci. 2003, 65, 1-10.
D. E. Latch, B. L. Stender, J. L. Packer, W. A. Arnold, K. McNeill. Photochemical Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Cimetidine and Ranitidine. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2003, 37, 3342-3350.
D. E. Latch, J. L. Packer, W. A. Arnold, K. McNeill. Photochemical Conversion of Triclosan to 2,8-Dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in Aqueous Solution. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A. 2003, 158, 63-66.
PRESENTATIONS:
D. E. Latch, W. A. Arnold, and K. McNeill. Photochemical Cycling of Triclosan: Degradation and Formation of Toxic Products. Invited speaker. Northland Society of Toxicology Meeting, Duluth, MN, May 2007.
D. E. Latch and G. R. Aiken. The Influence of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Photochemical Cycling of Mercury. Poster Presentation. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2006.
D. E. Latch and K. McNeill. Aquatic Photochemistry: Degradation of Pollutants and Distribution of Reactive Species. Invited speaker. Colorado School of Mines Seminar Series, October, 20 2006.
D. E. Latch, G. R. Aiken, J. N. Ryan, D. P. Krabbenhoft. The Influence of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Photoreduction of Mercury(II). Invited Poster Presentation. 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August, 2006.
D. E. Latch, L. A. MacManus-Spencer, K. McNeill. Probing Singlet Oxygen Distribution from the Photolysis of Dissolved Organic Matter. Poster Presentation. Gordon Research Conference, Environmental Sciences: Water, Holderness School, Holderness, NH, June 27 – July 2, 2004.
D. E. Latch, J. L. Packer, L. A. MacManus-Spencer, W. A. Arnold, K. McNeill. The Photochemical Fate of Pharmaceuticals and the Detection of Singlet Oxygen in Natural Waters. Invited speaker. Gustavus Adolphus College Seminar Series, March 2004.
D. E. Latch, J. L. Packer, W. A. Arnold, K. McNeill. The Photochemical Fate of Triclosan. Oral Presentation. 26th Annual Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Iowa City, IA, October 2003.
D. E. Latch, J. L. Packer, W. A. Arnold, K. McNeill. The Photochemical Fate of Cimetidine and Ranitidine. Oral Presentation. Abstract ENVR 6, 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2003.
D. E. Latch, K. McNeill. The Photochemical Fate of Triclosan. Poster Presentation. Abstract 153, 34th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Minneapolis, MN, June 2002.
D. E. Latch, K. McNeill. Photodegradation of Pollutants: The Role of Singlet Oxygen in the Fate of Ranitidine and Cimetidine. Poster Presentation. 24th Annual Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Minneapolis, MN, October 2001.
D. E. Latch, B. L. Stender, K. McNeill. Singlet Oxygen and the Photochemical Fate of Pharmaceuticals. Poster Presentation. Abstract ENVR 135, 222nd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2001.
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