Steven J. Ray

Assosciate Scientist

Department of Chemistry

Indiana University

Bloomington IN 47405

Phone: (812) 855-7905

Fax: (812) 855-0958

Born and raised in Kalamazoo, MI, USA, Steven attended university at Hope College in Holland, MI from 1989-1993 before receiving his B.S. degree in Chemistry.  From Michigan, he moved to Indiana, where he joined the research group of Gary Hieftje.  Under Professor Hieftje¹s supervision Steven has studied time and polarization dependent fluorescence spectroscopy, novel sources for atomic emission and atomic mass spectrometry, various sample introduction systems, and most recently, time-of-flight mass spectrometers for plasma-source mass spectrometry.   Steven also served as the interim Senior Mass Spectroscopist for the Indiana University Department of Chemistry from 2001-2003.   Having received his degree in 2003, Steven stayed on as the research scientist within the group and is currently involved in the design and construction of a dual-source ICP/ESI time-of-flight mass spectrometer.