Zeki Altun

Zeki

Email: zekal@ifm.liu.se
Telephone: +46 (0)13-28 23 58
Office: Fysikhuset N320

Background

I graduated from Karlstad University with a MSc. in chemistry in 2002. In 2003 I started my Ph.D. at the same University, focusing in the area of New Techniques for Sample Preparation in Analytical Chemistry. After five years, in 2008, I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry (Thesis).

Research

During my Ph.D. I worked on techniques such as

* Liquid chromatography
* Gas chromatography
* Electrophoresis
* Mass spectrometry
* UV-detection
* Surface modification
* Monoliths
* Sample preparation

Recent Publications

Review article in press:
Altun, Z; Skoglund, C; Abdel-Rehim, M;
Monolithic methacrylate packed 96-tips for high throughput bioanalysis. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A , In press.

Publications 2008
Abdel-Rehim, M; Persson, C; Altun, Z; Blomberg, L;
Evaluation of monolithic packed 96-tips and liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for extraction and quantification of pindolol and metoprolol in human plasma samples. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A 1196 p 23-27.

Altun, Z; Hjelmstrom, A; Blomberg, LG;
Evaluation of monolithic packed 96-tips for solid-phase extraction of local anesthetics from human plasma for quantitation by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY & RELATED TECHNOLOGIES 31 p 743-751.

Altun, Z; Abdel-Rehim, M;
Study of the factors affecting the performance of microextraction by packed sorbent (MEPS) using liquid scintillation counter and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry . ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA 630 p 116-123.

Earlier publications
Altun, Z; Hjelmstrom, A; Abdel-Rehim, M; Blomberg, LG;
Surface modified polypropylene pipette tips packed with a monolithic plug of adsorbent for high-throughput sample preparation.
JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE 30 (2007) p 1964-1972.

Abdel-Rehim, M; Andersson, LI; Altun, Z; Blomberg, LG;
Microextraction in packed syringe online with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: Molecularly imprinted polymer as packing material for MEPS in selective extraction of ropivacaine from plasma. JOURNAL OF LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY & RELATED TECHNOLOGIES 29(12) (2006) p 1725-1736.

Altun, Z; Blomberg, LG; Abdel-Rehim, M;
Increasing sample preparation throughput using monolithic methacrylate polymer as packing material for 96-tip robotic device.
JOURNAL OF LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY & RELATED TECHNOLOGIES 29(10) (2006) p 1477-1489.

Altun, Z; Blomberg, LG; Jagerdeo, E; Blomberg, LG;
Drug screening using microextraction in a packed syringe (MEPS)/mass spectrometry utilizing monolithic-, polymer-, and silica-based sorbentse. JOURNAL OF LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY & RELATED TECHNOLOGIES 29(6) (2006) p 829-840.

Abdel-Rehim, M; Altun, Z; Blomberg, L;
Microextraction in packed syringe (MEPS) for liquid and gas chromatographic applications. Part II - Determination of ropivacaine and its metabolites in human plasma samples using MEPS with liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 39 (2004) p 1488-1493.

Altun, Z; Abdel-Rehim, M; Blomberg, LG;
New trends in sample preparation: on-line microextraction in packed syringe (MEPS) for LC and GC applications: Part III: Determination and validation of local anaesthetics in human plasma samples using a cation-exchange sorbent, and MEPS–LC–MS–MS. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B 813 (2004) p 129-135.

Altun, Z; Abdel-Rheim, M;
Use of carbon dioxide and ammonia as nebuliser gases in electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY 16 (2002) p 738-739.

Conference contributions

Altun, Z., Hassan, M., Blomberg, L.G., Abdel-Rehim, M., Microextraction in Packed Syringe, (MEPS)/ LC-MS: An Application for Metabolites Screening. Oral presentation Conference: PittCon 2005 February 27 – March 4, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Altun, Z., Blomberg, L.G., Abdel-Rehim, M., Polymethacrylate Based Porous Polymer Monoliths as Packing Material for: Microextraction in Packed Syringe (MEPS) and 96-tips. Oral presentation Conference: Com-Chrom 2005 April 21-24, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Altun, Z., Blomberg, L.G., Abdel-Rehim, M., Increasing Sample Preparation Throughput Using Monolithic Methacrylate Polymer as Packing Material for 96-Tips: 2-Minutes per 96-Well Plate. Oral presentation Conference: HPLC 2005 June 26-30, Stockholm, Sweden.
Altun, Z., Blomberg, L.G., Abdel-Rehim, M., Increasing Sample Preparation Throughput Using Monolithic Methacrylate Polymer as Packing Material For 96-Tips. Oral presentation Conference: ISSS 2005 September 12-14, Pardubice, Czech Republic.
Altun, Z., Anette Hjelmström, Blomberg, L.G., Abdel-Rehim, M., Pipette Tips Packed With a Plug of Methacrylate Monolith for High Throughput Sample Preparation. Oral presentation Conference: ISCE 2006 August 21-25, Copenhagen, Denmark.