Ingo Strenge, M. Sc.

Contact Information:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
USA

Phone: +1 (0)301 975-8550
E-Mail: ingo.strenge at nist dot gov

06/2006

Abitur

10/2007 - 06/2011

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (University of Münster)
Thesis: "Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zur Trennung poly-cyclischer aromatischer Stickstoff-Heterocyclen unter Verwendung Metallorganischer Gerüstverbindungen als stationäre Phase in der HPLC"

10/2011 - 07/2012

Master of Science in Chemistry (University of Münster)
Thesis: "Development of a method for characterization of nanoparticles by means of ICP-MS using single-particle mode"

01/2013  - 09/2013

Doctoral student at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Münster

Development of new tools for the analysis of engineered nanoparticles (ENP) by means of inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS): optimization of single-particle ICP-MS (spICP-MS) methods for size characterization of individual nanoparticles; instrumental and software development with respect to the acquisition, processing, and evaluation of data resulting from short transient signals in ICP-MS.

Peer-reviewed Publications:

I. Strenge, C. Engelhard:
Capabilities of fast data acquisition with microsecond time resolution in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and identification of signal artifacts from millisecond dwell times during detection of single gold nanoparticles,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2016, 31(1), 135-144 (DOI: 10.1039/C5JA00177C).

B. Franze, I. Strenge, C. Engelhard:
Single Particle Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Evaluation of Three Different Pneumatic and Piezo-based Sample Introduction Systems for the Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles,
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2012, 27(7), 1074-1083 (DOI: 10.1039/C2JA00003B). 

Oral Presentations:

NIST (Gaithersburg, MD, USA), 2016:
Seminar on spICP-MS fundamentals and recent instrumentational and methodological developments

European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2015 (Muenster, Germany):
"Microsecond Time-resolved Acquisition of Short Signals inc ICP-Q-MS and its Advantages for Nanomaterials Characterization"

SciX 2014 (Reno, NV, USA):
"Recent Developments in Nanoparticle Characterization Utilizing Single-particle ICP-MS"

Poster Presentations:

Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2016 (Tucson (AZ), USA):
a) "Fast Data Acquisition with Microsecond Time Resolution in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and its Advantages for the Characterization of Nanoparticles"
b) "New Possibilities for the Separation and Characterization of Nanoparticles Using CE-spICP-MS"

European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2015 (Muenster, Germany):
"Development of a Prototype Data-Acquisition Unit adding Microsecond Time-Resolution Capabilities to Conventional ICP-Q-MS Instruments"

National ICP-MS User Meeting 2014 (Geesthacht, Germany):
"Increasing the Sensitivity of an ICP-Q-MS with 90° Ion Optics by Reducing the Interface Pressure: Evaluation of Mass Dependency and Effect of Aerosol Characteristics"

Conference of the DGMS 2013 (Berlin, Germany):
"Single-Particle ICP-MS: Capabilities and Challenges for the Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles using Pneumatic Sample Introduction Systems" 

Awards:

Outstanding Poster Prize and Winner of the Elena Dodova Memorial Award
Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2016 (Tucson (AZ), USA):
"New Possibilities for the Separation and Characterization of Nanoparticles Using CE-spICP-MS"

2nd Poster Prize Award
National ICP-MS User Meeting 2014 (Geesthacht, Germany):
"Increasing the Sensitivity of an ICP-Q-MS with 90° Ion Optics by Reducing the Interface Pressure: Evaluation of Mass Dependency and Effect of Aerosol Characteristics"