Updated October 2015.

1. Nelson Green
ngreen@gatech.edu | 913.731.4491 | linkedin.com/in/nelsongreen
Objective
To joinan analytical researchteamwithbroadinterestinwater,energyandenvironmentaltopics
including,butnotlimitedto,innovative solutionsinseparationsandmolecularcharacterization.
Summary
 Studieddissolvedorganicmatterfromvariousenvironments,frequentlymarineDOM,foritsrole in
carbon cycle and aquaticchemistry.
- DesignedcoupledreverseosmosisandelectrodialysissystemforDOMrecoveryinfieldstudies.
- Programmedefficientalgorithmforassigningmolecularformulae tomassspectraof DOM.
- Ph.D.dissertation: Coupled reverseosmosisand electrodialysisfortheinvestigation of dissolved
organicmatterin seawater (advisors:AmynTejaandE.Michael Perdue,expectedFall2015)
 Supervisedthe start-upof analytical laboratory,researchof undergraduates,andcollectionof
international reference samplesof DOM.
Education
2015**
Ph.D. in Chemical andBiomolecularEngineering,GeorgiaInstituteof Technology,Atlanta,GA
Minor inGeochemisty
GPA: 3.46 / 4.0; **
plannedgraduation
2007 B. S. inChemical Engineering,KansasState University,Manhattan,KS
Honors certificate
GPA: 3.72 / 4.0
Work
2013/07 – ResearchAssistant,Ball State University,Muncie,IN
2012/01 * Designedresearchlab;set-uplabequipment;trainedthree studentresearchers.
* Developedefficientalgorithmforassigningformulatomassspectra(CHOFIT).
* Twice ledcollectionof international reference samples(Suwannee &Mississippi River).
2012/12 – Graduate ResearchAssistant,GeorgiaInstituteof Technology,Atlanta,GA
2007/08 * DesignedcoupledRO/EDsystem;deployed RO/EDtofive fieldstudies.
* Collaboratedinanalyzingsamplesbyadvancedchemical methods(FT-ICR-MS,NMR).
* Mentoredthree studentindevelopingMSandPARAFAC(MATLAB) analysisprograms.
2006/08 – SummerUndergraduate ResearchFellow,NIST,Gaithersburg,MD
2006/05 * Developedandtestedsootcollectiondevice.
Field
2013 Minneapolis,MN Collectionof international reference samplefromthe Mississippi River
2013 Savannah,GA RO/ED of estaurine transectsamplesalongthe SatillaRiver
2012 Fargo, GA Collectionof international reference samplefromthe SuwanneeRiver
2011 Lewes,DE RO/ED of Delaware Baysamples;supportingNSFcollaborators
2010 Grand Isle,LA RO/ED of Barataria Bay samples;NSFRAPIDforDeepwaterHorizon
2010 Beaufort,NC RO/ED of Cape Hatterassamples aboardR/V Savannah
2009 Kailua-Kona,HI RO/ED of oceanicsamples;Intercomparisonof isolationmethods
2008 Cape Verde RO/ED of oceanicsamplesaboardR/V Oceanus

2. Papers
2015 GreenNW; Perdue EM. Fastgraphically-inspiredalgorithmforassignmentof molecular
formulae inultrahighresolutionmassspectrometry.Analytical Chemistry.87(10),5086-5094.
2015 Perdue EM; GreenNW. Isobaricmolecularformulae of C,H, andO: A view fromthe negative
quadrantsof vanKrevelenspace. Analytical Chemistry.87(10),5079-5085.
2015 HelmsJR;Mao J; ChenH; Perdue EM; GreenNW; Hatcher PG; MopperK; StubbinsA.
Spectroscopiccharacterizationof oceanicdissolvedorganicmatterisolatedbyreverse osmosis
coupledwithelectrodialysis.Marine Chemistry.InPress.
2015 GreenNW; McInnisD; HertkornN; Maurice PA;Perdue EM. Suwannee Rivernatural organic
matter:isolationof the 2R101N reference samplebyreverse osmosis.Environmental
EngineeringScience.32(1),38-44.
2014 ChenH; StubbinsA;Perdue EM; GreenNW; MopperK; Hatcher PG. Ultrahighresolutionmass
spectrometricdifferentiationof dissolvedorganicmatterisolatedby coupledreverseosmosis-
electrodialysisfromvariousmajoroceanicwatermasses.Marine Chemistry.164,48-59.
2014 GreenNW; Perdue EM; AikenGR;ButlerK; ChenH; DittmarT; NiggemannJ;StubbinsA. An
intercomparisonof three methodsforthe large-scaleisolationof oceanicdissolvedorganic
matter.Marine Chemistry.161, 14-19.
2013 HelmsJR;StubbinsA;Perdue EM; GreenNW; ChenH; Mopper K. Photochemical bleachingof
oceanicdissolvedorganicmatteranditseffectsonabsorption spectral slope andfluorescence.
Marine Chemistry.155, 81-91.
2013 Zhang Y; GreenNW; Perdue EM. Acid-base propertiesof dissolvedorganicmatterfrompristine
and oil-impactedmarshesof BaratariaBay,Louisiana.Marine Chemistry.155, 42-49.
2011 Bianchi TS; CookRL; Perdue EM; KolicPE; GreenNW; ZhangY; SmithRW; KolkerAS;AmeenA;
KingG; OjwangL; SchneiderC;NormandA;HetlandR. Impactsof divertedfreshwateron
dissolvedorganicmatterandmicrobial communitiesin BaratariaBay,Louisiana,U.S.A.Marine
Environmental Research.72(5),248-257.
Talks
2013 GreenNW; ZhangY; SleighterRL;Hatcher PG; CookRL; Bianchi TS;Perdue EM. FTICR mass
spectroscopicanalysisof dissolvedorganicmatterthatwasisolatedbycoupledreverse
osmosis/electrodialysisfrompristine andoil-impactedsitesinBaratariaBay,Lousiana.
AmericanChemical SocietyAnnual Meeting.NewOrleans,LA.
2011 GreenN; ChenH; Niggemann;ButlerK;StubbinsA;DittmarT;AikenGR; Perdue EM. Inter-
comparisionof methodsforisolationof marine dissolvedorganicmatterfromthe NorthPacific
at Kailua-Kona,Hawaii,USA. School of Earth andAtmosphericScience Graduate Student
Symposium.GeorgiaInstitute of Technology.Atlanta,GA.
2011 GreenN; ChenH; Niggemann J;ButlerK;Stubbins A;DittmarT; AikenGR; Perdue EM.
Intercomparisonof methodsforisolationof marine dissolvedorganicmatterfromthe North
Pacificat Kailua-Kona,Hawaii,USA.HumicScience &TechnologyXIV Conference. Boston,MA.
2010 GreenN.RO/ED Method forIsolatingDissolvedOrganicMatterfromSeawater. School of
Chemical andBiomolecularEngineering4th
YearColloquium. GeorgiaInstitute of Technology.
Atlanta,GA.
2009 GreenN; Perdue EM; TejaAS. Recoveryof DissolvedOrganicCarbon(DOC) FromSeawaterUsing
Reverse OsmosisandElectrodialysis(RO/ED).AmericanInstitute of Chemical EngineersAnnual
Meeting.Nashville,TN.
2009 GreenNW; ShantzA; ChenH; TejaAS; Mao JD; Mopper K; HatcherPG; StubbinsAP;Perdue EM.
Poster-- Isolationof marine DOMusingcoupledreverse osmosisandelectrodialysis.
UnknownKnowns&KnownUnknowns:Chemical OceanographyinaChangingWorld.
Savannah, GA.

3. Teaching
2011 Lab Instructor IntroductiontoEnvironmental Science
2010 Lab Instructor Geochemistry
2009 Assistant ThermodynamicII
2008 Assistant ThermodynamicII
2007 Lab Instructor Computational TechniquesinChemical Engineering
Skills
Lab Pilot Reverse Osmosis;Electrodialysis;Cationexchange;Filtration;Centrifugation;
Environmental sampling (CTD,rivers);Processmeasurement
Bench Highperformance liquidchromatography(HPLC);Ionchromatography(IC);
UV-visspectroscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy;Total organiccarbon(TOC);
Total dissolvednitrogen (TDN);Conductivity;Acidity(pH);vaporpressure
osmometry(vpo);Atomicabsorptionspectroscopy(AAS);Inductivelycoupled
plasmaoptical emission spectroscopy(ICP-OES);Colorimetry;Gravimetry;
Potentiometry
Collaboration Fouriertransformioncyclotronresonance (FT-ICR-MS);13
CNMR
Comp. Analysis Chromeleon(HPLC);CHOFIT(developedforft-icr-msformulaassignment);
PARAFAC(Fluorescence);Principalcomponentanalysis(PCA);Clustering(HCA)
Programming Visual BASIC;Pascal;MATLAB;R; C++
Simulation MINTEQ; STELLA; HYSYS/Aspen
General MS Office;HTML; CSS
Honors
Presidential Fellowship GeorgiaInstitute of Technology 2007-2011
PutnamScholar KansasState University 2003-2007
OmegaChi Epsilon KansasState University 2007
Steel Ring KansasState Unveristy 2007
Courses
Global Biogeochemical Cycles;OrganicGeochemistry;AqueousGeochemistry
AdvancedProcessSystemsEngineering;Biochemical Engineering(undergrad)
Memberships
IHSS International HumicSubstancesSociety 2010-Present
AXE AlphaChi Sigma 2006-Present
AICHE AmericanInstitute of Chemical Engineers 2006-2014
ACS AmericanChemical Society 2008-2014
SIAM Societyof Industrial andAppliedMathematics 2011-2012