Christopher Mulligan
Professor, Analytical Chemistry
Office
SLB Science Lab Building 327A
Office Hours
Tues. 10:30-11:30/ or by appt.
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Selected Research
Current Courses
CHE 215.001 Analytical Chemistry
CHE 141.008 General Chemistry II
CHE 299.015 Independent Honor Study In Chemistry
CHE 499.015 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
CHE 290.015 Research in Chemistry
CHE 490.015 Research In Chemistry
Teaching Interests & Areas
- Analytical Chemistry and Associated Laboratories
- Mass Spectrometry: Instrumentation and Applications
- Forensic Chemistry
Research Interests & Areas
Design/construction of portable mass spectrometric (MS) systems and ionization sources
-Ambient ionization methods
- Applications for on-site analysis with portable MS instrumentation: forensic analysis, homeland security, environmental monitoring, etc.
Ph D Analytical Chemistry
Purdue University
BS Chemistry
Northern Illinois University
Grants and Contracts
Coupling Raman Spectroscopy with Ambient Sampling, Portable Mass Spectrometry for On-site, High-Throughput Evidence Confirmation on a Single Instrument Platform
Jeremy Daniel Driskell, Christopher Mulligan, Jun-Hyun Kim, Jamie Wieland.
NIJ. January 1 2018 - December 31 2019
Assessing the Probative Value of Physical Evidence at Crime Scenes with Ambient Mass Spectrometry and Portable Instrumentation
Christopher Mulligan.
National Institute of Justice. January 2012
On-site Monitoring of Emerging Environmental Contaminants with Ambient Mass Spectrometry
Christopher Mulligan.
Research Corporation-Cottrell College Science Award. January 2010
Optimized Detection of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Environmental Samples with Mass Spectrometry
Christopher Mulligan.
Illinois State University Pre-Tenure Faculty Initiative Grant. 2010 - 2011
Intellectual Property
Direct Detection of Contaminants From Aqueous Samples with Thermally-Assisted Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
United States 61/485,445
Christopher Mulligan.
Journal Article
Application of a Modified 3D-PCSI-MS Ion Source to On-Site, Trace Evidence Processing via Integrated Vacuum Collection
Ebenezer Bondzie, Adewale Adehinmoye, Christopher C. Mulligan.
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 35, 82-89, (2024)
Enhanced Sensitivity and Homogeneity of SERS Signals on Plasmonic Substrate When Coupled to Paper Spray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry
Adewale Adehinmoye, Ebenezer Bondzie, Jeremy Daniel Driskell, Christopher Mulligan, Jun-Hyun Kim.
Chemosensors, 12 (9), 175, (2024)
Rapid screening of high‐priority <i>N</i>‐nitrosamines in pharmaceutical, forensic, and environmental samples with paper spray ionization and filter cone spray ionization‐mass spectrometry
Trevor J McDaniel, Jessica M. Holtz, Ebenezer Bondzie, Makoy Overfelt, Patrick W. Fedick, Christopher Mulligan.
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 37 (S1), (2023), 10.1002/rcm.9493
Characterization and optimization of a rapid, automated 3D-printed cone spray ionization-mass spectrometry (3D-PCSI-MS) methodology
Hillary A. Brown, Trevor J McDaniel, Christopher P. West, Ebenezer Bondzie, Matt Ryan Aldeman, Brian T. Molnar, Christopher Mulligan, Patrick W. Fedick.
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 474, (2022)
Integrating SERS and PSI-MS with Dual Purpose Plasmonic Paper Substrates for On-Site Illicit Drug Confirmation
Daniel S. Burr, William L. Fatigante, Jemima Lartey, Wongi Jang, Ashley R Stelmack, Noah W. McClurg, Jean Standard, Jamie Wieland, Jun-Hyun Kim, Christopher Mulligan, Jeremy Daniel Driskell.
ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 92 (9), 6676-6683, (2020), 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c00562
Sandwiching analytes with structurally diverse plasmonic nanoparticles on paper substrates for surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Jemima Lartey, John Harms, Richard Frimpong, Christopher Mulligan, Jeremy Daniel Driskell, Jun-Hyun Kim.
RSC ADVANCES, 9 (56), 32535-32543, (2019), 10.1039/c9ra05399a
Direct Detection of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products from Aqueous Samples with ThermallyAssisted Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
I. S. Campbell, A. T. Ton, Christopher Mulligan.
J. Am. Soc. Mass. Spectrom., 22, 1285-1293, (2011)
QuEChERS Multiresidue Method Validation and Mass Spectrometric Assessment for the Novel Anthranilic Diamide Insecticides Chlorantraniliprole and Cyantraniliprole
T. Schwarz, T. A. Snow, C. J. Santee, Christopher Mulligan, T. Class, M. P. Wadsley, S. C. Nanita.
J. Agric. Food Chem, 59 (DOI: 10.1021/jf103468d), 814-821, (2011)
Textbook, New
Chapter 2: Ion Traps for Miniature, Multiplexed and Soft Landing Technologies
S. A. Smith, Christopher Mulligan, Q. Song, R. J. Noll, R. G. Cooks, Z. Ouyang.
(2010), 169-250, Practical Aspects of Trapped Ion Mass Spectrometry, Vol. VI: Theory and Instrumentation, CRC Press
Presentations
Rapid, Direct Screening of Priority Metal Contaminants in Environmental Systems with a Reactive 3D-Printed Cone Spray Ionization Methodology
Jonathan Chilaka, Christopher Mulligan.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), Anaheim, CA, June, 2024
A Modified 3D-Printed Cone Spray Ionization (3D-PCSI) Source for On-Site, Trace Forensic Evidence Processing via Integrated Vacuum Collection.
Christopher Mulligan, Ebenezer Bondzie, Rosemary Addo, Adewale Adehinmoye.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), Houston, TX, June, 2023
Ambient Ionization-Based Screening Protocols for High Priority N-Nitrosamines in Pharmaceutical, Forensic, and Environmental Samples
Ebenezer Bondzie, Christopher Mulligan, Trevor J McDaniel.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), Houston, TX, June, 2023
Trace and Bulk Detection of Post-Burn and Post-Blast of Energetics by 3D-Printed Cone Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.
Christopher Mulligan.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), Houston, TX, June, 2023
Developing a Fieldable SERS-PSI-MS Platform for On-Site, High Throughput Drug Evidence Confirmation
Christopher Mulligan, W Fatigante, D S Burr, Jamie Wieland, J D Driskell, J H Kim.
71th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry, Chicago, IL, March, 2020