CORNELIUS F. IVORY
Dept. Chemical Engineering
B43 EE/ME Building
Washington State University
P.O. Box 642710
Pullman, WA 99l64-27l0

Office: (509) 335-7716
FAX: (509) 335-4806
e-mail: cfivory at wsu.edu
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EDUCATION.
1980 Princeton University, Ph.D. Chemical Engng
1976 Princeton University, Master of Arts in Chemical Engng
1974 University of Notre Dame, B.S. Chemical Engng

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE.
Councilor, American Electrophoresis Society, 10/05 - present
Senior Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Center, U. New Mexico, 05/05 - present
Associate Director, NIH Predoctoral Program in Biotechnology 9/01 - present
Sabbatical Leave at University of Delaware, 9-12/03
Washington State University 1989-present
University of Notre Dame, 1980-1987
FMC Corporation, COGAS Division, design engineer, 1980
USRA Visiting Scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, 1979-1980
Cities Service Research Center, Cranbury, New Jersey, Research Engr., 1975-1976

CURRENT COURSES.
ChE 334: Chemical Engineering Separations
ChE 433: Undergraduate Unit Operations Lab
ChE 435: Modern Separation Processes
ChE 475: Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
ChE 541: Chemical Engineering Analysis.
ChE 574: Protein Biotechnology
ChE 561: Downstream Processing
ChE 596: Research Methods I.
ChE 597: Research Methods II
ChE 598: Research Seminar

RESEARCH AREAS.
Biological Separations: Electrophoresis and Electrochromatography
Fractionation of Organelles from S. cerevisiae
Protein Transport in Ion Exchange Resins: Ann-Marie Hardin
Electrophoretic Enantiomer Fractionation: Brian Thome
Dynamic Field Gradient Focusing: Jeff Burke
Fast Preparative Isoelectric Focusing: Danny Bottenus
Preparative Field-Gradient Focusing: Noah Tracy
Micropreparative Purification of Protein Isoforms: Huanchun Cui
Mass Balancing of Low-Abundance Proteins: Schurie Moreau
Isotachophoresis (ITP)
Membrane Separations: Electro-Ultrafiltration
Process Stability: Hydrodynamic and electrical instabilities
Spatial patterning in conductive films and membranes

The NIH Biotech Program is open to ChEs for graduate training.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION.
Program Co-Chair, American Electrophoresis Society, CEPharm Meeting, Jersey City, 10/06
Outstanding Researcher, School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Program Co-Chair, American Electrophoresis Society, 11/03 National Meeting in San Francisco
Associate Director, NIH Predoctoral Program in Biotechnology 9/01 - present
Editorial Board, Separation Science and Technology, 1997-present
Outstanding Teacher Award, WSU Department of Chemical Engineering, 1990
Editorial Advisory Board, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 1990
Special Issue Editor, Separation Science and Technology, 1988
National Program Committee Chair, Industrial & Engng. Chem. Div., ACS, 1987-1990.

BOOK CHAPTERS (Since 1999).
Alternative Focusing Techniques, Ivory, C. F., in the Handbook of Isoelectric Focusing and Proteomics, S. Ahuja and D. Garfin, eds., CRC Press 2005

Chapter 9: "Electrophoresis of Proteins: Batch and Continuous Methods, in
The Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology: Fermentation, Biocatalysis and Bioseparations,
M. Flickinger and S. Drew, eds., John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1999


RECENT PUBLICATIONS. (Full Curriculum Vitae PDF)
Leatzow, D. and C. F. Ivory, ÒPreparative-scale Isoelectric Focusing of Protein Isoforms in a Vortex-Stabilized Electrophoresis Device,Ó Final draft

Horiuchi K., P. Dutta and C. F. Ivory, ÒElectroosmosis with Step Changes in Zeta Potential in Microchannel Electrophoresis,Ó Final draft

Cui, H., Al Mamun, N. H., Z. Huang, P. Dutta and C. F. Ivory, ÒDynamic Electric Valving for Electrokinetic Separation in a Networked Microfluidic Chip,Ó Final draft

Thome, B. and C. F. Ivory, ÒIncreasing the Scale of True Moving Bed electrophoretic separations using filtration to reduce solvent volumetric flows between sections II and III,Ó Submitted

Shim J-S., P. Dutta and C. F. Ivory, ÒModeling and Simulation of Isoelectric Focusing in Two-Dimensional Geometries,Ó Submitted

Harrison, S. and C. F. Ivory, ÒAn Analytical Expression which Predicts the Location of Stationary, Steady-State Zone Positions in Isotachophoresis,Ó Submitted

Cui, H., Al Mamun, N. H., P. Dutta and C. F. Ivory, ÒIsotachophoresis of Proteins in a Microfluidic chip with T-Junctions: Experiment and 2D Simulation,Ó Submitted

Hardin, A. M. and C. F. Ivory, ÒBuffer salt effect on pH in the interior of an anion exchange resin,Ó J. Colloid Interface Sci., Accepted

Thome, B. and C. F. Ivory, ÒContinuous Voltage Gradients and Their Application to True Moving Bed Electrophoresis,Ó J. Chromatogr. Accepted

Bottenus D., Leatzow, D., and C. F. Ivory, ÒEffects of Increased Voltage on Resolution in Isoelectric Focusing of Myoglobin Variants,Ó Electrophoresis Accepted

Bottenus, D. and C. F. Ivory, ÒOn-Line Optical Fiber Detection in a Preparative Vortex-Stabilized Free-Flow Electrofocusing Apparatus,Ó Biotechnology Progress 22(3): 842-846 (2006).

Cui, H., K. Horiuchi, P. Dutta and C. F. Ivory, ÒMultistage isoelectric focusing in a Poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic chip,Ó Analytical Chemistry 77(24):7878-86 (2005).

Petsev, D. N., G. P. Lopez, C. F. Ivory, S. S. Sibbett, ÒMicrochip Protein Separation by Electric Field Gradient Focusing," Lab-on-a-Chip, 5(6) 587-597 (2005).

Cui, H., K. Horiuchi, P. Dutta and C. F. Ivory, “Isoelectric focusing in a Poly(dimethylsiloxane) microfluidic chip," Analytical Chemistry, (2005).

Ivory, C. F., “Preparative Free-Flow Electrofocusing in a Vortex-Stabilized Annulus,” Electrophoresis, 25 360-374 (2004).

Ross, D., C. F. Ivory, L. E. Locascio, and K. E. Van Cott, “Peak Compression and Resolution for Electrophoretic Separations in Diverging Microchannels,” Electrophoresis, 25(21-22) 3694-3704 (2004).

Tracy, N. and C. F. Ivory, “Modeling Two-Component Isoelectric Focusing Buffers in a Vortex-Stabilized Electrophoresis Apparatus,” Biotechnol. Progress 20(1) 193-199 (2004)

Preparative Focusing of Proteins Using Binary Buffers in a Vortex-Stabilized, Free-Flow Apparatus,” Electrophoresis 25(12) 1748-1757 (2004).

Ista, L. K., G. P. Lopez, C. F. Ivory, M. J. Ortiz, T. A. Schifani, C. D. Schwappach, and S. S. Sibbett, Microchip Countercurrent Electroseparation, Lab-on-a-Chip, 3 266-272 (2003)

Ross, D., C. F. Ivory, L. E. Locascio, and K. E. Van Cott, Peak Compression and Resolution for Electrophoretic Separations in Diverging Microchannels, Anal. Chem., (2003) Submitted

Thome, B. and C. F. Ivory, Development of a Segmented Model for a Continuous Electrophoretic Moving Bed Enantiomer Separation, Biotechnol. Progr., 19(6) 1703-12 (2003)

Thome, B. and C. F. Ivory, "Continuous Fractionation Of Enantiomer Pairs In Free Solution Using An Electrophoretic Analog Of Simulated Moving Bed Chromatography, " J. Chromatography A 953 263-277 (2002).

Ivory, C. F., "Temperature Profiles in the Thermal Entrance Region of Electrically-Heated, Laminar Flow in a Slit, Chemical Engineering Science 55 601-613 (2000).

C. F. Ivory, A Brief Review of Alternative Electrofocusing Techniques, Separation Science and Technology 35(11) 1777-1793 (2000).