About Us
Meet the team
A collaborative and customer-oriented team of expert scientists across diverse analytical fields, working together to advance research at CSU. We collaborate to provide tailored analytical solutions, offering expert advice, consulting, and education. Whether you’re a researcher or student, our team is here to support your needs with cutting-edge expertise and a collaborative approach to solving research challenges.
Who we are
The Analytical Resources Core (ARC) is a shared-use analytical instrumentation facility that provides advanced technologies and expert support beyond the capabilities of individual research programs. We specialize in the chemical and structural analysis of molecules, materials and materials surfaces, including elemental and molecular analysis, materials characterization, metabolomics, proteomics, and high resolution imaging. ARC operates in both full-service and self-use modes, and provides expert guidance in experimental design, sample preparation, data acquisition, processing, and interpretation to meet the diverse needs of our users.
Our Mission
To enable research, education, and innovation across the biological, chemical, environmental, and materials sciences. Through our state-of-the-art equipment and expert guidance, we support the academic and scientific community in exploring new frontiers of knowledge and discovery.
Who We Serve
ARC serves a diverse clientele including CSU researchers, external academic institutions, government, non-profit organizations, and industry. With 512 users in FY24, our clientele ranges across 30 CSU departments and 54 external organizations, The ARC has impacted over $220M in sponsored research programs in the last 4 years.
Our services are structured in three collaborative Centers: MMA, ISS and BIO
Analysis of chemical structure, composition, kinetics, and magnetic, thermal, and physical properties of materials using spectroscopy, spectrometry, X-ray, and other advanced techniques
Analysis of biological and inorganic samples using electron microscopy, X-ray spectroscopy, and surface characterization techniques, including atomic-level imaging, nanoscale elemental mapping, electron diffraction, tomography, and surface profiling.
Analysis of complex biological samples using metabolomics and proteomics approaches, including profiling of metabolites, protein identification, peptide sequencing, modifications, microbiome proteomics, DNA adductomics, and ionomics.
| ARC Advisory Board | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Neilson | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry | |
| Jeff Bandar | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry | |
| Karen Dobos | Professor, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology | |
| Travis Bailey | Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | |
| Pankaj Trivedi | Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Biology | |
| Lauren Harrison | Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences | |