Biography

David Karpovich, an SVSU graduate, joined the SVSU faculty in the fall of 1998 after completing his Ph.D. at MSU and a post-doctoral position at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He teaches instrumental analysis, introductory chemistry and environmental chemistry. Dr. Karpovich is an analytical environmental chemist with interests in basic and applied research. His research includes developing novel applications of analytical techniques and using them to study environmentally important phenomena at the micro- and macroscale. His experience includes traditional and novel applications of atomic spectroscopy (flame and furnace absorption, flame and plasma emission), molecular spectroscopy (UV-Vis, Fluorescence, IR, Raman, and NMR), and mass spectrometry (GC/MS, ICP/MS, HPLC/MS). More specific information is included on his SVSU webpage.