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John Murimboh

Ph.D. (Carleton University)
B.Sc. (McMaster University)

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Acadia University
6 University Avenue
Elliott Hall, Rm. 217
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, B4P 2R6
CANADA

Tel: 902-585-1172
Fax: 902-585-1114
E-Mail: jmurimboh@acadiau.ca

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications

Articles in Refereed Publications

1.      P. Chakraborty, Y. Gopalapillai, I.I. Fasfous, J.D. Murimboh and C.L. Chakrabarti, Kinetic speciation of Ni(II) bound to Dissolved Organic Carbon in mining and municipal effluents using Competing Ligand Exchange Method. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., Accepted July 25, 2006. Manuscript No. ABC-00837-2006. 41 pages.

2.      I.I. Fasfous, C.L. Chakrabarti, J. Murimboh, and T. Yapici. Heterogeneity of humic acid in its complexation of trace metal lead in model solutions, and effects of competition of other trace metals, copper, nickel, and zinc, on lead-complexation studied by pseudopolarography. Environmental Chemistry. Accepted July 11, 2006. Manuscript No. EN06022. 37 pages.

3.      N.M. Hassan, J.D. Murimboh, A.L.R. Sekaly, R. Mandal, C.L. Chakrabarti, and D.C. Grégoire. Cascade ultrafiltration and competing ligand exchange for kinetic speciation of aluminium, iron, and nickel in fresh water. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2006, 384, 1558-1566, DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0361-1.

4.      P.E. Rasmussen, R. Dugandzic, N. Hassan, J. Murimboh, and D.C. Grégoire. Challenges in Quantifying Airborne Metal Concentrations in Residential Environments. Can. J. Anal. Sci. Spectrosc., 2006, 51, 1-8.

5.      C.A. Murimboh, J.F. Deng, J. Murimboh, J.W. Guthrie, C.L. Chakrabarti, and D.R.S. Lean, An electrochemical study of the interactions between trace metals and humic substances in freshwaters by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry with a Thin Mercury Film Rotating Disk Electrode. Electroanalysis, 2005, 17, 1977-1984, DOI: 10.1002/elan.200403329.

6.      J.W. Guthrie, N.M. Hassan, M.S.A. Salam, I.I. Fasfous, C.A. Murimboh, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti and D.C. Grégoire. Complexation of Ni, Cu, Zn, and Cd by DOC in some metal-impacted freshwater lakes: a comparison of approaches using electrochemical determination of free-metal-ion and labile complexes and a computer speciation model, WHAM V and VI. Anal. Chim. Acta., 2005, 528, 205-218.

7.      I.I. Fasfous, T. Yapici, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.R.S. Lean and D.C. Grégoire. Kinetics of trace metal competition in the freshwater environment: Some characteristic features. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2004, 38, 4979-4986.

8.      A.L.R. Sekaly, J. Murimboh, M.E. Ben Younes, N.M. Hassan, R. Mandal, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back and D.C. Grégoire. Kinetic speciation of Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) in model solutions and freshwaters: Lability and the d-electron configuration. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2003, 37, 68-74.

9.      J.W. Guthrie, R. Mandal, M.S.A. Salam, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back and D.C. Grégoire. Kinetic studies of nickel speciation in model solutions of a well-characterized humic acid using the competing ligand exchange method. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2003, 480, 157-169.

10.  R. Mandal, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, U. Rahayu, D.R.S. Lean and D.C. Grégoire. Chemical speciation and toxicity of nickel species in freshwaters waters from the Sudbury (Canada) area. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2002, 36, 1477-1484.

11.  M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan and C.L. Chakrabarti, Kinetic speciation of lead and cadmium in freshwaters using Square Wave Anodic Stripping Voltammetry with a Thin Mercury Film Rotating Disk Electrode. Electroanalysis, 2001, 13, 94-99.

12.  V. Celo, J. Murimboh, M.S.A. Salam and C.L. Chakrabarti. A kinetic study of nickel complexation in model systems studied by Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2001, 35, 1084-1089.

13.  J. Murimboh, M.T. Lam, N.M. Hassan and C.L. Chakrabarti. A study of Nafion-coated and uncoated thin mercury film-rotating disk electrodes for cadmium and lead speciation in model solutions of fulvic acid. Anal. Chim. Acta, 2000, 423, 115-126.

14.  R. Mandal, M.S.A. Salam, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan, C.L. Chakrabarti and M.H. Back, Competition of Ca(II) and Mg(II) with Ni(II) for binding by a well-characterized fulvic acid in model solutions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2000, 34, 2201-2208.

15.  M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh, N.M. Hassan and C.L. Chakrabarti. Competitive Ligand Exchange / Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry (CLE/AdCSV) for kinetic studies of nickel speciation in aqueous environmental samples containing heterogeneous, macromolecular, organic complexants. Anal. Chim. Acta, 1999, 402, 195-209.

16.  A.L.R. Sekaly, R. Mandal, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.C. Grégoire and W.H. Schroeder. Effect of metal/fulvic acid mole ratios on the binding of Ni(II), Pb(II), Cu(II), Cd(II), and Al(III) by two well-characterized fulvic acids in aqueous model solutions. Anal. Chim. Acta, 1999, 402, 211-221.

17.  R. Mandal, A.L.R. Sekaly, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.C. Grégoire and W.H. Schroeder. Effect of the competition of copper and cobalt on the lability of nickel(II)-organic ligand complexes. Part I. In model solutions containing Ni(II) and a well-characterized fulvic acid. Anal. Chim. Acta, 1999, 395, 309-322.

18.  R. Mandal, A.L.R. Sekaly, N.M. Hassan, J. Murimboh, C.L. Chakrabarti, M.H. Back, D.C. Grégoire and W.H. Schroeder. Effect of the competition of copper and cobalt on the lability of nickel(II)-organic ligand complexes, Part II: in freshwaters (Rideau River surface waters). Anal. Chim. Acta, 1999, 395, 323-334.

 

Non-refereed Contributions

19.  J.D. Murimboh. Speciation dynamics in the freshwater environment: Unifying concepts in metal speciation and bioavailability. Ph.D. thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, 2001.

20.  J. Murimboh and N.M. Hassan. ICASS 2000 in Winnipeg! L’Actualite chimique canadienne—Canadian Chemical News, 2000, 52, 37.

21.  J. Murimboh, M.T. Lam and C.L. Chakrabarti. Determination of Cd speciation in freshwaters using Rotating Disk Electrode / Square Wave Anodic Stripping Voltammetry and Nafion-Coated and Uncoated Thin Mercury Film Electrodes. In: Proceedings of EnviroAnalysis’98. The Biennial International Conference on Chemical Measurement and Monitoring of the Environment, Eds. R. Clement and R. Burk, May 11-14, 1998, Ottawa, ON, pp. 619-626.

22.  M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh and C.L. Chakrabarti. Kinetic speciation of nickel complexes in aqueous environmental samples by Competitive Ligand Equilibration / Adsorptive Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry (CLE/AdCSV). In: Proceedings of EnviroAnalysis’98. The Biennial International Conference on Chemical Measurement and Monitoring of the Environment, Eds. R. Clement and R. Burk, May 11-14, 1998, Ottawa, ON, pp. 589-594.

23.  C.L. Chakrabarti, M.T. Lam, J. Murimboh, A.L.R. Sekaly, R. Mandal, N. Hassan, D.C. Grégoire, J.Y. Lu and W.H. Schroeder. A novel scheme for chemical speciation of potentially toxic metals and metalloids in aqueous environmental samples. In: Proceedings of EnviroAnalysis’98. The Biennial International Conference on Chemical Measurement and Monitoring of the Environment, Eds. R. Clement and R. Burk, May 11-14, 1998, Ottawa, ON, pp. 569-580.

24.  J. Murimboh. Secret garden to bloom at Carleton. Peace and Environment News, 1996, 11, 4.

 

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