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Resume for John Nocerino
John Nocerino
Education
Ph.D. Candidate - The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 1976-1982; major: organic chemistry; minor: biochemistry; leave of absence: May 1982.
Master of Arts - The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; October 1978; major: organic chemistry; minor: biochemistry.
Bachelor of Science - Loyola College, Baltimore, MD; May 1976; major: chemistry; minor: physics.
Professional Experience
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Sciences Division - Las Vegas
944 E. Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89119
Employment: July 1988 to present.
Title: Research Chemist and Chemometrician
Current Research Interests: Application of robust statistics and outlier identification to environmental analytical and quality assurance data; statistical experimental design and optimization strategies; multivariate data analysis of environmental analytical and quality assurance data; application of Pierre Gy sampling theory to laboratory subsampling; and the improvement of performance measurements used in quality assurance practices.
Duties: Chemometrician and statistical quality assurance specialist. Apply existing chemometric and statistical techniques to, or develop novel chemometric and statistical methods and software for, quality assurance research and analytical measurements. Present and participate in workshops and symposia on chemometrics, statistics, sampling theory and quality assurance. Assign and direct research, as well as manage resources and contracts, in chemometric applications to quality assurance, sampling, and performance measurements. Supervisory experience.
Project Officer for EPA-GSA IAG Number DW-47-93816601, "Performance Measurement Research."
Delivery Order Project Officer for Delivery Order 15 under EPA Contract 68-W5-0011 to ALM Joint Venture, "Performance Measurement Research."
Work Assignment Manager for Job Order 70.38 under EPA Contract 68-CO-0049 to Lockheed Environmental Systems & Technologies Company, "Chemometric Support to Superfund Quality Assurance" and "Performance Measurement Research."
Project Officer for the University of Houston Cooperative Agreement (EPA Project Control No. CR817552), "Chemometric Approaches to Analytical Methods Development and Application."
Project Officer for the Louisiana State University Cooperative Agreement (EPA Project Control No. CR816008), "Co-ordinate Application of Rapid Toxicity Assay Systems and Field Deployable Analytical Systems for On-Site Monitoring and Prioritization of Hazardous Waste Sites."
Project Officer for the University of Illinois at Chicago Cooperative Agreement (EPA Project Control No. CR815379), "Multivariate Methods for the Analysis of Complex Quality Assurance and Environmental Samples."
Participated in the Quality Assurance Materials Bank and the Sample Container Repository Contract.
Served as a Property Officer for the Quality Assurance and Methods Development Division.
Pacific Engineering and Production Company
Henderson, NV
Employment: February 1984 to May 1988.
Title: Research Chemist.
Duties: Development of analytical methods, both in organic and inorganic chemistries, as applied to company products; general research and development relating to the electrochemical production of ammonium perchlorate and its intermediates and in their uses, including the odor-control industry; plant environmental and hygienic monitoring of lead, chlorine, and sulfur compounds; plant and manufactured product problem solving and chemical trouble shooting; specified material and equipment purchases; maintained chemical instrumentation and equipment; supervisory experience over several chemical technicians.
Valley Hospital
Las Vegas, NV
Employment: August 1982 to January 1984.
Title: Pharmacy Technician
Duties: computer entry; in charge of hard-copy data; prescriptions and formulations; intravenous admixtures.
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Employment: June 1976 to May 1982.
Title: Research Assistant; Teaching Assistant
Duties: Twelve semesters teaching experience in general, organic, physical-organic, and advanced organic chemistries; private tutoring. Independent research in the synthesis, donor-complexing and electromagnetic study of novel acceptors for organic conductors and semi-conductors; suicide inhibitor affinity-labeling, using radioisotope, 14C, by carbonium ions generated within the active sites of enzymes; synthesis and deamination studies of N-nitroso-N-1-norbonylcarbamate.
Loyola College
Baltimore, MD
Employment: January 1973 to May 1976.
Title: Research Assistant
Duties: Independent research: colorimetric determination of alpha-diketones present in blood; medicinal chemistry research in the synthesis of antihistamines, anesthetics and antileukemics (in cooperation with Burroughs-Wellcome and the National Cancer Institute); design of a semester-long experiment for the organic laboratory course.
Analytical Experience
Spectroscopic: Infrared (Perkin-Elmer, Models 427 and 659); ultra-violet/visible (Beckman; Bausch & Lomb Spectronic 2000); NMR (Varian, Models T-60 and A-60; Jeol-100); mass spectroscopy (Hitachi 6E-RMU; also, very limited experience with FAB); optical rotation; refractive index; scintillation counting (14C); atomic absorption/flame emission (Jarrell-Ash Atomsorb 82-270).
Separation Techniques: gas chromatography (Varian Models 900, 1860 and 3300) with computer data system (Appligration); GC/mass spectroscopy; HPLC (Waters; limited experience); TLC; column chromatographies, including flash chromatography; amino-acid analyzer (limited experience); vacuum distillation.
Other: autoradiography; ion-selective electrode analyses; trace metal analyses; basic wet chemical methods of separation and identification in organic and inorganic chemistries; some glass blowing (mini-course) and instrumental maintenance experience.
Honors and Awards
Alpha Sigma Nu (National Jesuit Honor Society), May 1976.
McNeil Chemistry Medal, May 1976.
Phi Lambda Upsilon (National Honorary Chemical Society), September 1976.
Outstanding American Hero Award, May 30, 1988.
EPA Special Achievement Award, 1989.
Licenses and Certifications
State of Nevada Certificate for Educational Personnel, 1983.
EPA Project Officer Certification, August 1988.
EPA Contract Manager Certification, September 1988.
Professional Associations
The American Chemical Society.
International Chemometrics Society (Founding Member of the North American Chapter).
The American Statistical Association.
(1) B. S. Shane, K. C. Donnelly, E. B. Overton, T. R. Irvin, L. C. Butler, J. M. Nocerino and J. D. Petty. "Application of Microbial Toxicity and Mutagenicity Assays for the Identification and Evaluation of Toxic Constituents in Fractionated Hazardous Wastes," Proceedings: Fifth Annual Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium, Washington, D.C., Vol. 1, p. 94, July 24-28 (1989).
(2) T. R. Irvin, J. E. Martin, B. S. Shane, L. C. Butler, J. M. Nocerino, J. D. Petty and E. B. Overton, "Application of Mammalian Cell Culture Systems to Evaluate and Monitor Hazardous Wastes and Waste Sites," Proceedings: Fifth Annual Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium, Washington, D.C., Vol. 1, p. 95, July 24-28 (1989).
(3) E. B. Overton, C. B. Henry, B. S. Shane, T. R. Irvin, J. M. Nocerino, L. C. Butler, J. D. Petty and T. R. Pritchett, "Application of Thermal Extraction GC/MS Technologies for Rapid Chemical Analysis of Contaminated Environmental Samples," Proceedings: Fifth Annual Waste Testing and Quality Assurance Symposium, Washington, D.C., Vol. 2, p. 480, July 24-28 (1989).
(4) J. M. Nocerino, R. A. Olivero, F. C. Garner and R. W. Gerlach, Experimental Design for the Optimization of Gas Chromatography/Atomic Emission Spectrometry Methodology, EMSL-LV Report, January 11, 1990.
(5) J. M. Nocerino, FY89 CADRE Regional Support, CARD/CADRE User's Group Meeting, January 29 - February 1, 1990, Las Vegas, NV.
(6) J. M. Nocerino and R. A. Olivero, CADRE News, April 1990.
(7) J. M. Nocerino and R.A. Olivero, "Expert Systems Environment - Smart Method Index." HMCRI Seventh National RCRA/Superfund Conference and Exhibition, May 2-4, 1990, St. Louis, MO.
(8) L. C. Butler, J. Nocerino, Automated Laboratory and Field Systems (ALFS) - Center of Excellence, EMSL-LV Report, December 17, 1990.
(9) F. C. Garner, J. M. Nocerino, and J. Warren, "Are We Getting All That We Can From Our Quality Assurance?" EPA Statistician, 7, 1-2, 4 (November, 1991).
(10) J. M. Nocerino and F. C. Garner, "The Need for Chemometric Tools in Data Quality Improvement," Proceedings of the 1991 EPA Statistics Conference, Richmond, VA.
(11) J. M. Nocerino, Comparison of Potentiometric Stripping Analysis to Other Methods for the Analysis of Lead Based on the Bartlesville Data Set, EMSL-LV Report, July 13, 1992.
(12) M. A. Stapanian, F. C. Garner, K. E. Fitzgerald, G. T. Flatman and J. Nocerino, "Finding Suspected Causes of Measurement Error in Multivariate Environmental Data," Journal of Chemometrics, 7 (3), 165-176 (1993).
(13) L. C. Butler, J. Nocerino, P. Nowinski and D. C. Hillman, "Microwave Calibration Discontinuities," American Environmental Laboratory, 28-30, (April 1993).
(14) A. Singh, F. C. Garner, K. E. Fitzgerald and J. M. Nocerino, Simultaneous Acceptance Regions and an Alternative Statistical Scoring Algorithm to Assess the Performance of the Laboratories Participating in the Contract Laboratory Program of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, June 24, 1993.
(15) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, "Robust QA/QC for Environmental Applications," Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Systems Engineering, July 1993.
16) S. N. Deming, J. A. Palasota and J. Nocerino, "The Geometry of Multivariate Object Preprocessing," Journal of Chemometrics, 7 (5), 393-426 (1993).
(17) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, Robust Estimation of Mean and Variance Using Environmental Data Sets with Below Detection Limit Observations, Final Report, June 17, 1994.
(18) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, Multiple Outliers and Robust Regression, Final Report, September 28, 1994.
(19) S.A. Pergantis, E.M. Heithmar, T.A. Hinners, and J.M. Nocerino, "Characterization and Optimization of Arsenic Signal-to-Noise Ratios in ICP-MS Coupled with Liquid Chromatography," PittCon, 1995.
(20) A. Singh, J. M. Nocerino, and Larry Butler, Statistical Intervals for Performance Evaluation Studies of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, May 31, 1995.
(21) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, Proceedings Manuscript, "Robust Estimation of Mean and Variance Using Environmental Data Sets with Below Detection Limit Observations," for the Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing, June 23-25, 1994. Proceedings edited by H. Niederreiter and P.J.-S. Shiue, Lecture Notes in Statistics, Vol. 106, Springer, New York, 1995.
(22) "Experimental Design and Optimization in Environmental Analytical Chemistry," R. A. Olivero, J. M. Nocerino and S. N. Deming. A chapter in Chemometrics in Environmental Chemistry, J. Einay, ed., a volume in The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, O. Hutzinger, ed. (Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag), 1995.
(23) "Robust Procedures for the Identification of Multiple Outliers," A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino. A chapter in Chemometrics in Environmental Chemistry, J. Einay, ed., a volume in The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, O. Hutzinger, ed. (Heidelberg, Springer-Verlag), 1995.
(24) S. M. Pyle, J. M. Nocerino, S. N. Deming, J. A. Palasota, J. M. Palasota, E. L. Miller, D. C. Hillman, M. Watson, K. Nichols, "Comparison of AAS, ICP-AES, PSA, and XRF in Determining Lead and Cadmium in Soil," Environmental Science & Technology, 1996, 30, 204-213.
(25) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, "Robust Intervals for Some Environmental Applications"; Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmetrics and Chemometrics held in Las Vegas, NV, on September 11-13, 1995; published in a special conference edition of Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Vol. 37, No. 1, 55-69, May 1997.
(26) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, "Robust Principal Component and Discriminant Classification Analyses," Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, in press.
(27) A. Singh and J. M. Nocerino, "Outliers, Leverage Points, and Robust Regression," Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, in press.
(28) R.W. Gerlach and J.M. Nocerino, "Guidance for Obtaining Representative Laboratory Analytical Subsamples from Particulate Laboratory Samples ," November, 2003.
Sponsored Symposia
"Contract Laboratory Program Analytical Results Database (CARD)/Computer-Aided Data Review and Evaluation (CADRE) User's Group Meeting," January 29 - February 1, 1990, Las Vegas, NV. I served as coordinator and master-of-ceremonies.
"The Second International Conference on Environmetrics and Chemometrics," Las Vegas, NV, October 30 - November 1, 1990. Papers published in a special dedicated issue of the Journal of Chemometrics, Vol. 5, No. 3 (1991). Co-chaired panel discussion on "Quality Assurance."
"The Third International Conference on Environmetrics and Chemometrics," Las Vegas, NV, September 11-13, 1995. Papers published in a special dedicated issue of the journal, Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Vol. 37, No. 1, May 1997. Chaired session on "Regulation"; guest editor for the special conference edition.
"The Fourth International Conference on Environmetrics and Chemometrics," Las Vegas, NV, September 16-24, 2000. Papers will be published in special dedicated issues of the journals, Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems and Environmetrics. Guest editor for the special conference editions.
Outliers, Leverage Points, and Robust Regression; NERL-LV 00-063
Phone: (702) 798-2110
Fax: (702) 798-2107
email: John
Nocerino nocerino.john@epa.gov