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Projects

As a scientific user facility, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) provides expertise, instrumentation, and resources to 250 projects each year. 

Projects displayed below reflect information and abstracts that were published before April 30, 2024. To review current EMSL user projects, visit Science Central™.

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Solid State NMR Characterization of Hydrogenase

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Wendy Shaw
Project type
Exploratory Research
Hydrogenase is a naturally occurring enzyme that efficiently converts H2->2H+ + 2e- and is reversible. Producing synthetic catalysts with these properties is highly desirable, but current analogs…

Isolation of Isotopically-Labeled Nucleic Acids

Lead Institution
Washington State University Tri-Cities
Principal Investigator
Kathleen McAteer
Project type
Exploratory Research
The primary goal of this project is to develop and implement new approaches for using isotopic labels in NMR-based DNA structure determination. 13C and 15N-labeled RNA and DNA will be isolated from…

Metal Ion Binding and Substrate Specificity in Hydroquinone Dioxygenases

Lead Institution
Whitman College
Principal Investigator
Timothy Machonkin
Project type
Exploratory Research
Bacterial pathways for the catabolism of aromatic hydrocarbons are of interest for use in bioremediation of pollutants such as chlorinated arenes. The oxidative ring cleavage step is often the major…

Advanced IMPROVE Studies

Lead Institution
Desert Research Institute
Principal Investigator
Douglas Lowenthal
Project type
Exploratory Research
The proposed collaboration with Dr. Lizabeth Alexander of PNNL will enable continuous measurement of size-resolved aerosol chemical composition using the EMSL high resolution time-of-flight Aerosol…

Fluorescence Microscopy of Cells and Particles.

Lead Institution
Harvard University
Principal Investigator
Gary Holtom
Project type
Exploratory Research
Response of live cells to particles will be studied by analyzing images taken with the fluorescence microscope.

Gold - Acounting and Allocation Management

Lead Institution
Cluster Resources, Inc.
Principal Investigator
Scott Jackson
Project type
Exploratory Research
Gold is an accounting and allocation manager being developed as part of the Scalable Systems Software SciDAC project. Gold is a next generation application which is slated as a replacement to the…

Photovoltaics Projects

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Glen Fryxell
Project type
Exploratory Research
The project is working to develop novel synthetic methodologies to synthesize and characterize nanostructured organic-inorganic semiconductor (NOIS) hybrid thin films, creating a new laboratory…

Development of data analysis and visualization software - SpectraMiner

Lead Institution
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Principal Investigator
Peter Imrich
Project type
Exploratory Research
Single Mass Spectrometers (SPMS) are capable of producing huge amounts of data in a short time, making data mining a daunting task. Analysis of SPMS data is particularly difficult because of their…

XPS characterization of diesel soot materials

Lead Institution
Seoul National University
Principal Investigator
Do Heui Kim
Project type
Exploratory Research
The soot material from diesel engine is the primary concern environmentally. The researchers are trying to reduce the soot emission by using the "Diesel particulate filter" or soot…

Holographic Imaging Radar Measurement System

Lead Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Michael Perkins
Project type
Exploratory Research
Engineers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a state-of-the art portable stealth tester that would provide unprecedented characterization of radar…

Identification of Mercury-Reactive Species in Natural Organic Matter

Lead Institution
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Baohua Gu
Project type
Exploratory Research
This study aims to utilize the state-of-the-art Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometers (FTICR-MS) to identify the specific molecules in naturally dissolved organic matter (DOM)…

Chemical Characteristics of Sediment Associated Organic Matter

Lead Institution
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Principal Investigator
Peter Nico
Project type
Exploratory Research
The goals of our proposed EMSL research are to develop methods for characterizing natural organic matter (NOM) that is associated with subsurface sediment using unique EMSL capabilities in FTICR MS,…