Seton Hall University eRepository @ Seton Hall Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs) Spring 5-16-2015 QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) Extraction – Gas Chromatography for the Analysis of Drugs Michelle L. Schmidt
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations Part of the Analytical Chemistry Commons, and the Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Schmidt, Michelle L., "QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) Extraction – Gas Chromatography for the Analysis of Drugs" (2015). Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs). 2060. https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/2060 QuEChERS (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe) Extraction – Gas Chromatography for the Analysis of Drugs BY Michelle L. Schmidt DISSERTATION Submitted to the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Seton Hall University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. May, 2015 1 © Michelle L. Schmidt 2015 2 We certify that we have read this dissertation and that in our opinion it is adequate to scientific scope and quality as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. APPROVED _________________________________________________________ Nicholas H. Snow, Ph.D Research Mentor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry _________________________________________________________ Yuri V. Kazakevich, Ph.D Member of the Dissertation Committee _________________________________________________________ Sergiu M. Gorun, Ph.D Member of the Dissertation Committee 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Nicholas H. Snow for his continued guidance, input, and advice throughout my time at Seton Hall University and whose help was invaluable and deeply appreciated.