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Christopher A. Toles, PH.D.
38 Pinewood Drive
Anycity, MA 01701
(508) 112-1234-4399

Education

Ph.D., Geology, University of Ohio, Cleveland, OH, 1995
MS, Geology, University of Nebraska, Smalltown, NB, 1990
BS, Geology, Illinois University, Urban, IL, 1986

Post-Doctoral Instruction

Research Chemistry, Northeastern University, Department of Chemistry, Catalytic and Nanostructured Materials Group, Boston, MA, 1999-2000 - Production and Analysis of Graphite Nanofibers for Adsorptive Capabilities.
Research Chemistry, USDA Southern Regional Research Center, Grits, LA, 1996-1999 - Activated Carbons from Agricultural Waste Products for Environmental Remediation.

Academic/Teaching Experience

Part-time Instructor, Community College, Lowell, MA, 2002-present – Chemistry.
Instructor, University of Detroit, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New York, LA, 1997-1998 – Developed curriculum and taught Physical Geology Section.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Texas, Department of Geological Sciences, Oil Wells, Texas 1993-1995 – Taught a full environmental geology course and physical geology labs.
Research Assistant, University of Big state Center for Energy Research (Activated Charcoal Group), Big State, 1992 – Production and assessment of activated carbons from coal.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa, Department of Geological Sciences, Corn, Iowa, 1987-1990 – Taught laboratories in Minerology and Physical Geology.

Work/Industrial Experience

• Research and development on the utility of aluminum oxide and silica particles in a variety of applications with concentration on inkjet media coatings.

• Supported research utilizing a GC-based system for the measurement of CFCs in seawater. Collected data on a North Atlantic transit from Rhode Island to Iceland.

• Responsible for the input of geographic and geologic data into an in-house LMS computer database plus resource evaluation and stratigraphy.

Visual Art/Design

Website Design

• Northeastern University Chemistry Website Redesign
• Northeastern University Adsorbents group Web page
• USDA Adsorbents Group Web page
• University of New Orleans Geology 1001 course Web page

Graphic Arts

• Editorial cartoonist for the Columbia, Missouri newspaper
• Editor Cartoonist and Art Director, Daily Eastern News, Eastern Illinois University
• Graphic Designer for Touchdown Sportswear, Decatur, IL

Patent and Grants

• First author on patent 6,033,573 (3/7/00)- “Activated nutshell carbons from agricultural waste”, Toles, C.A., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M.
• Wrote and successfully secured a research grant from the Almond Hullers and Processors Assoc. of California (AHPA) with Dr. Wayne Marshall for research into activated carbons from almond hulls for environmental remediation. (1997) $10,000.
• Secured six-month renewal of the AHPA grant (1998) $5,000
• Provided necessary research and help as a scientific consultant for Rio Grande Environmental Products for research into activated carbons from pecan shells for environmental remediation (1997).

Publications

• Toles, C.A., Marshall, W.E., Wartelle, L.H., McAloon, A., 2000, Steam- or carbon dioxide-activated carbons from almond shells: Physical, chemical, and adsorptive properties and estimated cost of production. Bioresource Technology, v75, pp 197-203.
• Wartelle, L.H., Marshall, , Toles C.A., Johns, M.M., 2000, Comparison of nutshell granular activated carbons to commercial adsorbents for the purge-and-trap gas chromatographic analysis of volatile organic compounds. J. Chromatography. A 879, pp 169-175.
• Marshall, W.E., Wartelle, L.H., Boler, D.E., Toles, C.A., 2000, Metal ion adsorption by soybean hulls modified with citric acid: a comparative study. Environ Technol v.21 pp601-607
• Toles, C.A., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., Wartelle, H., McAloon, A., 1999, Acid-Activated carbons from almond shells: physical, chemical and adsorptive properties and estimated cost of production, Bioresource Technology, v71, pp 87-92.
• Toles, C.A., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., 1999, Surface functional groups on acid-activated nutshell carbons, Carbon, v 37, pp 1207-1214.
• Marshall, W.E., Wartelle, L.H., Boler, D.E., Johns, M.M., Toles, C.A., 1999, Enhanced metals adsorption by soybean hulls modified with citric acid, Bioresource Technology, v69, pp 263-268.
• Toles, C.A., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., 1998, Phosphoric acid activation of nutshells for metals and organic remediation: process optimization, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, v 72, pp 255-263.
• Johns, M.M., Marshall, W.E., Toles, C.A., 1998, Agricultural by-products as granular activated carbons for adsorbing dissolved metals and organics, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, v 71, pp 131-140.
• Toles, C., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., 1997, Granular activated carbons from nutshells, Carbon, v 35, pp 1407-1414.
• Toles, C., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., 1997, Mining the potential of pecans, Water Technology, February, pp 94-98.
• Toles, C., Rimmer, S. M., Hower, J., 1996, Production of activated carbons from a Washington lignite using phosphoric acid, Carbon,v 34, pp. 1419?1426
• Clark, J.F., Simpson, H.J., Smethie, W.M., and Toles, C., 1992, Gas Exchange in a contaminated estuary inferred from chlorofluorocarbons, Geophysical Research Letters, v 19, pp 1133-1136.

Presentations/Abstracts

• Toles, C., Marshall, W.E., 2000, Removal of copper ion from columns containing almond shell, granular-activated carbons, or commercial carbons, American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA
• Wartelle, L.H., Toles, C.A. Marshall, W.E. 2000, Nutshells as granular-activated carbons: Physical, chemical, and adsorptive properties, American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA
• Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M. Toles, C.A. Wartelle,L.H., 2000, Agricultural by-product-based carbons: Do they have a future as commercial products? American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA.
• Toles, C., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., Wartelle, L.H., 1999, Activated carbons for metals remediation from various nutshells, AOCS National Meeting, Orlando, FL
• Toles, C., Marshall, W.E., Johns, M.M., 1996, Production of dual use activated carbons from pecan, almond and walnut shell, American Carbon Society, Activated Carbons and the Environment Workshop, June 1996, Charleston, SC.
• Marshall, W.E., Toles, C.A., Johns, M.M., 1996, Cottonseed hulls as adsorbent material-an update, 45th Oilseed Conference, New Orleans, LA.
• Toles, C., and Rimmer, S., 1995, Production of activated carbon from hvA vitrinites, hvA inertinites, and a gymnospermous lignite, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Abstracts and Program, pp A139.
• Toles, C., Rimmer, S., Derbyshire, F., Jagtoyen, M., 1994, Production of activated carbons from a vitrain concentrate from the Stockton Coal (an hvA bituminous coal), American Chemical Society, Fuel Division Preprints, American Chemical Society 39, pp 596-597.
• Toles, C., Rimmer S., Derbyshire, F., Jagtoyen, M., 1994, Production of activated carbons from a liptinite-rich sample of Breckinridge cannel coal, International Conference on Carbon, Granada, Spain, Extended Abstracts and Program, pp 292-293.
• Toles, C., Rimmer, S., 1994, Comparison of activated carbons produced from eastern Kentucky liptinite rich coals, Abstracts from the 11th annual meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Jackson, WY, pp 107-110.
• Jagtoyen, M., Toles, C., and Derbyshire, F.J., 1993, Activated carbons from bituminous coals; a comparison of H3PO4 and KOH activants, American Chemical Society, Fuel Division Preprints, American Chemical Society (38), p 400.

Honors, Awards and Memberships

• Recipient Outstanding Paper Presentation, American Oil Chemists’ Society National Meeting, Orlando FL, 1999.
• Member Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society (New Orleans Chapter)
• Treasurer, New Orleans Chapter of Sigma Xi 1997
• Recipient, Outstanding Student Presentation, 11th annual national meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Jackson, WY, 1994.
• Recipient UK/DOE EPSCoR Traineeship, University of Kentucky, 1992
• Recipient Chevron Fellowship, University of Missouri, 1989
• Member Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry honorary)
• Member Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Geology honorary)
• President Gamma Chi Chapter (EIU) 1985