CURRICULUM VITAE TAMMY H. BOLES, Ph.D. Address Office: Tennessee Technological University School of Environmental Studies 200 W. 10 th St. PO Box 5152 Cookeville, TN 38505 (931) 372-6123 Home: 1801 Harding Rd. Cookeville, TN 38506 (931) 432-0171 (931) 260-2571 (cell) E-Mail: tboles@tntech.edu Education Ph.D. Environmental Sciences Chemistry Concentration, Tennessee Technological University, 2009 Dissertation: Detection and Analysis of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants in Wastewater M.S. Chemistry. The University of South Carolina, 1992 Thesis: Quantitation of Maillard Reaction Products in Tissue Protein B.S. Chemistry. The University of South Carolina, 1989 Professional Experience 2013- present Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 2004-2012 Coordinator of Programs, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 1994-2004 Research Assistant II, Center for the Management, Utilization, and Protection of Water Resources, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN 1993-1994 Laboratory Manager, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 1992-1993 Research Assistant, Stillmeadow & Associates, Sugarland, TX
Teaching Experience UNIV 1020 First-Year Connections Fall 2010, 2011 UBUS 1020 - Success Skills for Business Studies Fall 2010 ESS 1020 Connections to Environmental and Sustainability Studies Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ESS 1100 (formerly ESS 1000) Introduction to Environmental Studies Spring 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 UNIV 4995 PRST/LIST Culminating Project Fall 2010, 2012, Spring 2011 ESS 3710 (formerly CHEM 3710) - Chemistry and the Environment Spring 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 ESS 4001 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part 1 Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 ESS 4002 Society and the Environment: Capstone Experience Part 2 Spring 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Fall 2015 ESS 4092 Special Topics: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment Spring 2017 ESS 4093 Special Topics: Environmental Chemistry Research Summer 2016 ESS 4900 Internship Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017 ESS 6970 Special Topics: Environmental Chemistry Spring 2017 CHEM 4991 Introduction to Research Fall 2014, Spring 2016 CHEM 4992 Introduction to Research Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017 CHEM 4993 Introduction to Research Summer 2016. Fall 2016 CHEM 6900 Directed Studies Chemistry Fall 2015 CHEM 6970 Advanced Special Topics Spring 2016 CHEM 6990 Research and Thesis Summer 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016 HON 4023 Directed Studies Fall 2014 LIST 4092 Special Topics Fall 2015 Research Interests My research involves investigation of pharmaceutical and personal care products, specifically illegal drugs, in wastewater and surface waters. Grants Tammy Boles and Jeffrey Boles Targeted/Nontargeted screening for designer drugs in seized and legally purchased materials in response to NIJ-2017-11080:Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes, Intent to Submit filed Tammy Boles, Jacob Donegan, Amy Loftis, and Waverly Parker Comparison of Sorbents in Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Samples for Detection of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants and Opioids in Wastewater. URECA! Team Grant, Proposed amount: $5000. Marian Butner and Tammy Boles Passive Sampling in the Sanitary Sewer System for Methamphetamine URECA! Summer Grant, Proposed amount: $3994.
Catherine Craine and Tammy Boles Detection of Precursors to Methamphetamine in Wastewater, Funding from TTU Center for the Management, Utilization, and Protection of Water Resources, $3469. Start-up Funding Acquired January 2013 in the amount of $1500 to initiate research. Professional Society Memberships American Chemical Society, Environmental Chemistry Divisions Sigma Xi International Society of Environmental Forensics Society of Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry Tennessee Academy of Science Women in Higher Education in Tennessee American Association of University Women Publications Boles, T.H. & Wells, M.J.M. Analysis of amphetamine and methamphetamine in municipal wastewater influent and effluent using weak cation-exchange solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Electrophoresis, 37 (23-24), 2016, 3101-3108. Boles, T.H. and M.J.M. Wells. Detection of Methamphetamine in Sewers Using Passive Sampling. Science of the Total Environment, 2014, 472, 9-12. Boles, T.H. and M.J.M. Wells. Analysis of Amphetamine and Methamphetamine as Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater and Wastewater-impacted Streams. J. Chromatogr. A, (2010), 1217 (16), 2561-2568. Trachtman H; Futterweit S; Maesaka J; Ma C; Valderrama E; Fuchs A; Tarectecan A A; Rao P S; Sturman J A; Boles T H; et al. Taurine Ameliorates Chronic Streptozocin-Induced Diabetic Nephropathy in Rats. Am. J. Physiol. (1995), 269(3 Pt 2), F429-38. Presentations (presenter underlined) Newberry, L.M. Possible Demethylation of Methamphetamine by Ultraviolet Treatment at a Wastewater treatment Plant 68 th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, SC. October, 2016. Mahmoudi, F. Identification and Measurement of Some Opioids in Wastewater by SPE and LC- MS/MS and Determination of Their Structure in Solution by NMR and RDC 68 th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, SC. October, 2016. Reynolds, S.B. and T.H. Boles. Detection and Quantification of Various Opioid Compounds in Urban Wastewater by Utilization of Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry. 251 st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA. March 2016.
Newberry, L.M., and T.H. Boles. Demethylation of Methamphetamine by Ultra-Violet Tertiary Treatment at Wastewater Treatment Plants. 251 st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA. March 2016. Parker, W.D. and T.H. Boles. The Effects of Time Delay between Sample Collection and Extraction of Wastewater Samples for Amphetamine and Opioid Analysis. 251 st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA. March 2016. Butner, M.P., C. C. Craine, and T.H. Boles. Passive Sampling in the Sanitary Sewer System for Methamphetamine. 249 th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO. March, 2015. Craine, C.C., M.P. Butner, and T.H. Boles. Detection of Precursors to Methamphetamine in Wastewater. 249 th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO. March 2015. Butner, M.P., C.C. Craine, and T.H. Boles. Detection of Methamphetamine Using Polar Organic Chemical Integrative Samplers Posters at the Capitol. February, 2015. Boles, T.H. and S.B. Frye (co-presenters). Providing for Adult Learners Through Creativity and Partnerships: TTU s Fast Track B. S. in Interdisciplinary Studies. 61st AAACE Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. November 2012 Boles, T.H. and M.J.M. Wells. Use of Passive Samplers in Sewer Lines to Qualitatively Monitor Amphetamine-Type Stimulants Analyzed by LC-MS/MS. 241 st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA. March 2011 Wells, M.J.M., M. Sunkara, T.H. Boles, and J.M. Sanez. Monitoring Ultraviolet Treatment of Emerging Pollutants in Municipal Wastewater. Water Professionals Conference, Kentucky- Tennessee AWWA and WEA, Memphis, TN. Wells, M.J.M., M.Y.Z. Aboul Eish, M.A. Easterly, R.K. Doddi, J.V. Smith, T.H. Boles, G.T. Cunningham, and D.B. George. Total Luminescence and Synchronous Excitation Spectroscopies for Characterization and Differentiation of Natural Organic Matter. 230 th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. Technical Documents Boles, T.H.. Ph.D. 2009. Detection and Analysis of Amphetamine-type Stimulants in Wastewater. Diss. Tennessee Technological University, 2009. Boles, T.H.. 1992. The Quantitation of Maillard Reaction Products in Tissue Protein. Thesis. University of South Carolina, 1992.
University Committee Service Academic Council Faculty Senate Graduate Faculty Military Affairs Advisory Committee Sustainable Campus Committee Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Steering Committee Quality Enhancement Plan Committee College of Interdisciplinary Studies Curriculum Committee, Chair College of Interdisciplinary Studies Experiential Credit Committee Dean of the College of Interdisciplinary Studies Search Committee Community Organization Service Rotary International, Rotary Cookeville-Sunset, Foundation Chair, 2016-present Rotary International, Rotary Cookeville-Sunset, Past - President 2015-2016