Dr. Dev, The Chemist

Dr. Swiner is a mass spectrometrist by training and she loves talking about her work. During graduate school, she has been developing a new ionization source for mass spectrometry using cellulose materials for various applications. Check out her first authored publications by clicking on each picture or DOI link below and watch her Open Science presentation on ricin detection, embedded below and linked here.

​In her professional career, she is gaining an expertise in dissolution technologies, predictive stability tools, and solid oral dosage form development. Click here to read more about her work using surface dissolution imaging. 

Dr. Swiner's Google Scholar 

​Females in Mass Spectrometry (FeMS) Talk 

Drug Screening

Functionalized cotton thread is proposed for blood sampling, storage and analysis of illicit and pharmaceutical drugs.
Swiner, D. J.; Jackson, S.; Durisek, G. R.; Walsh, B. K.; Kouatli, Y.; Badu-Tawiah, A. K. Analytica Chimica Acta 2019, 1082, 98–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2019.07.015.​

Ricin Detection 

An alternative, two-tiered approach to identify the presence of ricin by detecting ricinoleic acid and ricinine.
Swiner, D. J.; Durisek, G. R.; Osae, H.; Badu-Tawiah, A. K. RSC Adv. 2020, 10 (29), 17045–17049. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA03317K.

Localization of C=C in Fatty Acids 

Reactive Thread Spray Mass Spectrometry for Localization of C═C Bonds in Free Fatty Acids: Applications for Obesity Diagnosis
Swiner, D.J., Kulyk, D.S., Osae, H., Durisek III, G.R., and Badu-Tawiah, A.K.Analytical Chemistry 2022, 94 (5), 2358-2365.
doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03270

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Next Generation Innovator of the Year Award Ceremony 

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Open Science Research Presentation