Dr. Mark Bruce

Technical Director, TestAmerica

Metals Speciation

Dr. Mark Bruce, with 27 years of analytical chemistry experience, has led method development and modification projects for both organic and inorganic analyses. Examples include arsenic speciation, low-level mercury, vapor space organics, leaching, solid phase extraction, pressurized fluid extraction, supercritical fluid extraction and azeotropic distillation. He also has experience developing custom cleanup methods to address sample specific interferences.

Dr. Bruce serves as a major resource in identifying hazards associated with operations and chemicals used in the laboratory and he solves technical problems in the laboratory and develops or modifies methods as needed to meet customer requirements.

Dr. Bruce earned his BS in Chemistry at Mount Union College, OH, and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati, OH.

Professional Affiliations

The American Chemical Society

Publications

Dr. Bruce has published articles in journals and presented at environmental conferences and symposia over the past 16 years, which include:

• Mercury Falling, Water Environment & Technology, Nov. 2001
• Automated determination of mercury by cold vapor atomic fluorescence with gold amalgamation, American Laboratory, p. 26, Sep. 2001
• Concentration of Water Soluble Volatile Organic Compounds from Aqueous Samples by Azeotropic Microdistillation, Environmental Science & Technology, p. 160, Jan. 1992.
• Methyl Mercury Analysis-Innovative Approaches, Aug. 2009