Jeff Dahl, recipient of the 2008 Harvey W. Wiley Scholarship, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2004 with a B.S. in Biochemistry. His senior project, with advisor Natalia Tretyakova, involved quantitation of biomarkers of DNA oxidiation by LC/MS/MS.

Dahl is continuing his education in the Ph.D. program in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. Under the direction of Richard B. van Breemen, winner of the 2008 Harvey W. Wiley Award, Dahl uses LC/MS/MS to measure levels of the lipid peroxidation biomarker 8-isoprostaglandin F2 alpha in healthy men taking lycopene, a natural antioxidant and red pigment responsible for the color of tomatoes. His next project will determine the bioavailability of lycopene using a plateau isotope enrichment method with LC/MS/MS measurement.

The Harvey W. Wiley Scholarship (US$1000) is awarded to an upper-level undergraduate or graduate student to encourage and assist study in the analytical sciences. A college chosen by the current year’s Harvey W. Wiley Award recipient makes the scholarship selection based on criteria established by the Association.

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