Richard A. Durst Food Research Laboratory
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva, New York 14456-0462
(315) 787-2297 (Campus: 49-297) Fax (315) 787-2284
E-mail: rad2@cornell.edu
Durst joined the Cornell faculty in 1990 as Professor of Chemistry. He became Chairman of the Dept of FS&T in 1999. He became Director of CIFS in 2000. He previously taught at Pomona College, Boston College and the University of Maryland. Before coming to Cornell, he served as Research Chemist, Group Leader, Section Chief, and Deputy Director in the Center for Analytical Chemistry at the National Institute of Standards & Technology (formerly the National Bureau of Standards).
Research Interests
Durst's interests cover a broad range of analytical techniques including electrochemistry, spectroscopy, and separation science. His current research interests include the application of biological recognition (antibodies and nucleic acid probes) and liposome amplification strategies to the development of biosensing devices for extra-laboratory screening. Flow-injection analysis techniques, using regenerable immunoreactor columns and marker-loaded liposomes, are also being used to develop automated immunoanalytical systems for laboratory-based analyses of clinical analytes, environmental pollutants and food contaminants. These approaches will combine the features of high specificity and ultra-sensitivity available with bioanalytical formats in conjunction with selective detection methods based on both optical and electrochemical transduction mechanisms.
As Director of the Analytical Chemistry Laboratories, he is responsible
for the operations of the Northeast Regional Pesticide
Laboratory, the Toxic Chemicals Analytical Laboratory and the Bioanalytical
Research Laboratory.
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