Chemical Analysis Laboratory
Staff Information
Rebecca Auxier is
the lab manager and senior analytical chemist. Originally from
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Ms Auxier spent six years at Oak Ridge
Associated Universities as a senior radiation physics technical
instructor. While at ORAU, she instructed health physicists and
nuclear power plant personnel, assisted in environmental impact
surveys for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and was part of
a research team in association with the University of Georgia.
In 1982 she left Oak Ridge and moved to Athens to participate
as a research technician in the Ogeechee River project at the
University of Georgia's Institute of Ecology. In 1987, Ms. Auxier
took the manager's position at the Chemical Analysis Laboratory.
In 1993, the lab was accepted into Research Services as a core
analytical facility. In 2007, the laboratory became part of the
Center for Applied Isotope Studies, where it participates in
several Isotope research studies and grants.
Ms. Auxier brings a diverse list of experences to the lab with expertise in inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, plasma emission spectroscopy, graphite furnace, atomic absorption, cold vapor mercury analysis, automated wet chemistry, Geiger-Muller and liquid scintillation counters, X-ray fluorescence, neutron activation analysis, GeLi, SiLi and NaI detectors. She also has a special interest and extensive experience in animal husbandry, animal behavior, and equine exercise physiology.
Laboratory Staff Junior Analyst
Stacey McElroy was born in Athens and grew
up in Madison County, Georgia. She attended Madison County
High School and graduated in 2004 with honors. She began
attending Athens Technical College in the fall of 2004 under
the biotechnology program, and has been on the Dean's List for
one year. She was also a GOAL nominee for 2006 and is the
President of the Biotechnology Club at Athens Tech. After
graduation she plans to attend UGA to study environmental health.
For further information contact Becky Auxier (706) 542-6031 auxier@uga.edu
