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Dr Joselito Quirino

Research Fellow/Senior Lecturer

Contact Details
Telephone: +61 3 6226 2529
Fax: +61 3 6226 2858
Location: Hobart Campus, Chemistry Building, 2001
Email: joselito.quirino@utas.edu.au

BSc, Industrial Pharmacy, 1992 University of the Philippines Manila MSc, Material Science (Analytical Chemistry), 1998 PhD, Material Science (Analytical Chemistry), 1999 Himeji Institute of Technology (now Hyogo University), Hyogo, Japan


Career Summary

Dr. Quirino joined ACROSS in December 2007, following work in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry in the United States from 2001 to 2007. He did PhD and postdoc with Shigeru Terabe, and another postdoc with Richard Zare at Stanford University (California, USA). He was instructor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of the Philippines from 1992 to 1996.


Research Interests

Capillary electrophoresis and electrochromatography Electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry Analytical chemistry in drug development Pesticides in food Micelles and liposomes

Selected Publications:

  • J.P. Quirino, M.T. Dulay and R.N. Zare, 2001, 'On-line Preconcentration in Capillary Electrochromatography Using a Porous Monolith, Solvent Gradient, and Sample Stacking.', Anal. Chem., 73, pgs. 5557 - 5563
  • J.P. Quirino and S. Terabe, 1998, 'On-Line Concentration of Neutral Analytes for Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography. 3. Stacking with Reverse Migrating Micelles. ', Anal. Chem., 70, pgs. 149-157
  • J.P. Quirino and S. Terabe, 2000, 'Approaching a Million-Fold Sensitivity Increase in Capillary Electrophoresis with Direct Ultraviolet Detection: Cation-Selective Exhaustive Injection and Sweeping.', Anal. Chem., 72, pgs. 1023-1030
  • J.P. Quirino and S. Terabe, 1999, 'Sweeping of Analyte Zone in Electrokinetic Chromatography. ', Anal. Chem., 71, pgs. 1638-1644
  • J.P. Quirino and S. Terabe, 1998, 'Exceeding 5000-fold Concentration of Dilute Analytes in Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography.', Science, 282, pgs. 465-468
Dr Joselito Quirino