James Cizdziel

Interim Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Coordinator of Forensic Chemistry

• Faculty
• Instructor

• Email:

  cizdziel@olemiss.edu

• Office Location:

  380 Coulter Hall

• Phone:

  662-915-1814

• Website:

  Personal Website

• Research Lab:

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As Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in analytical, environmental, and forensic chemistry, as well as in instrumental analysis. My research group develops analytical methods to help understand and solve real-world problems in environmental and forensic science.

Research Interests

My research interests include analytical, environmental, and forensic chemistry. I particularly enjoy working with students to develop and apply novel analytical methods to, among other things, detect, characterize, and source pollution in a variety environmental and biological samples.

Publications

Occurrence of Microplastic Pollution at Oyster Reefs and Other Coastal Sites in the Mississippi Sound USA: Impacts of Freshwater Inflows from Flooding

On airborne tire wear particles along roads with different traffic characteristics using passive sampling with optical microscopy and single particle SEM/EDX analyses

Toxic Tire Wear Compounds (6PPD-Q and 4-ADPA) Detected in Airborne Particulate Matter Along a Highway in Mississippi USA

Spatiotemporal characteristics of microplastics in a university wastewater treatment plant: Influence of sudden on-campus population swings

Single-Pot Method for Collection and Preparation of Natural Water for Microplastic Analyses: Microplastics in the Mississippi River System During and After Historic Flooding in 2019

Courses Taught

• CHEM 469 Instrumental Analysis
• CHEM 512 Advanced Instrumental Analysis
• CHEM 563 Applied Spectroscopy
• CHEM 715 Selected Topics in Analytical Chemistry

• Office, Department or Center

  Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

• School

  College of Liberal Arts

• Associated Program/s

  Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry

  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

• Campuses

  Oxford