Joe Ford, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, High Field NMR FacilityCurrent Activities and Projects
-Accessing laboratory equipment via remote collaboration tools - EMSL's Virtual NMR Facility
-Provide computer and hardware support for the 12 NMR systems in the EMSL High Field Magnetic Resonance Laboratory
-Provide research support for outside users on several biomolecular NMR projects including:
Examination of catalytic reactions by NMR at high temperature
High field NMR of Strontium-87 in environmental samples
Research Interests
-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
-Surface catalysis chemistry studied by NMR
-Application of NMR solid state techniques to determine protein structure
Education
Dr. Ford received his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 1974. He then received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison working on the conformation of peptide hormoned using 2-D NMR methods. Dr. Ford proceeded to do post-doctoral work at Carnegie-Mellon University working on the structure of natural products and the University of Houston Chemistry Department implementing 2-D NMR methods and applying them to synthetic organic molecules.
