CHERYL A. KRONE
Ph.D. chemist with experience in research management, human nutrition and health care studies, and biomonitoring of the marine environment. Strong analytical chemistry and quality assurance background for solving complex technical problems. Over twenty-five years of experience in:
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EMPLOYMENT
CK Consulting Services, Owner, 1998 - present
Providing research services for food science, human nutrition, neutraceuticals, and clinical and health care studies; most recently with Colormetric Laboratories, Des Plaines, IL; NeuroImmuno Therapeutics Research Foundation, Spartenberg, SC; Applied Research Institute, and Crop and Food Research, Palmerston North, NZ.
- Sensory evaluation of dairy, bakery, seafood, plant products.
- Research project design and management (studies of coenzyme Q10 in stroke and aging; safety of mineral supplements; pathology of Candida albicans; isocyanates/polyurethane and asthma/allergy, etc.).
- Publication of research results.
- Data and information management.
Group Manager/Research Chemist (1994 -1998)
Manage and supervise 10 chemists (Ph.D., M.S. and B.S.) on three research teams (Method Development, Toxic Metals, and Marine Mammal Research).
- Collaborated with National Institute of Standards and Technology on design and implementation of laboratory intercomparison exercises and development of Standard Reference Materials for elements in marine mammal tissues.
- Coordinated analyses for elements and butyltins in sediments, and metabolites of aromatic hydrocarbons in bile, for Natural Resources Damage Assessment Project; included stringent chain-of-custody and quality assurance protocols.
- Supervised development of an HPLC screening method for aromatic hydrocarbons in invertebrate tissues; method was applied in the rapid response to North Cape Oil Spill in Rhode Island and data used to determine timing of reopening of lobster fishery.
- Led research team investigating the linkages of contaminant exposure/ bioavailability and biological effects in marine mammals; results suggest elevated levels of organochlorine compounds in tumor-bearing pinnipeds compared to controls.
- Improved methods for analyses of protein in bile, and total lipid and lipid compound profile in tissues of living marine resources.
- Collaborated on research into the ontogeny of acoustical tissues of young cetaceans; lipid composition of melon tissue of harbor porpoise fetuses differed from adults.
- Led training and implementation of self-directed work teams in Environmental Chemistry Branch.
Research Chemist/Group Leader, Bioanalytical Group (1991-1994)
Supervised four chemists (Ph.D., M.S. and B.S) in chemical and biological analysis of a variety of environmental contaminants and metabolites.
- Developed and published a semi-quantitative HPLC screening method for analysis of metabolites of aromatic hydrocarbons in fish tissues.
- Designed and implemented laboratory exposure studies to investigate differential metabolism of tributyltin in two benthic fish species, and the influence of methylmercury on porphyrin profiles in English sole.
- Supervised analyses of metabolites of aromatic hydrocarbons in fish bile. Several thousand samples were analyzed for studies associated with the EXXON Valdez oil spill and a multi-year, nation-wide biomonitoring program.
Developed analytical methods for contaminants in the marine environment.
- Developed and validated a method for analysis of tributyltin and its degradation products in marine sediments and organisms. Incorporated a high level of quality control. Several publications on the method and its application in a nation-wide contaminant monitoring program.
- Developed methods to isolate, concentrate and analyze nitrogen-containing aromatic compounds in marine sediments using GC with nitrogen-specific detection. Method used to study these compounds at a creosote-contaminated Superfund site.
EDUCATION
Thesis area: Characterization of heterocyclic amine mutagens in heated seafoods.
M.S. - Food Chemistry, University of Washington, 1981
B.S. - Human Nutrition and Foods, University of Washington, 1978
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member New Zealand Association of Scientists
Member Sigma Xi
Member Phi Beta Kappa
Member Institute of Food Technologists
Member Kappa Omicron Nu
Past Chair and Secretary, Puget Sound Section, Institute of Food Technologists
Past Publications Committee, Society for Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology
Past Publicity Chair, Seattle Section, Association for Women in Science
Peer Reviewer for: J Agricultural and Food Chemistry; International J Food Sciences and Nutrition;
Human and Experimental Toxicology; Pediatric Pulmonology;
J Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA 2001-2009
WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD 2004-2009
WHO'S WHO IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2005-09
International Biographical Center
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century.
Updated November 2011.