Brandi Langsdorf
Director, Hamilton Analytical Laboratory and Lecturer in Chemistry
Brandi Langsdorf, Director of the Hamilton Analytical Lab (HAL), earned her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Oregon. Leveraging her extensive analytical chemistry expertise, she guides students at HAL in preparing rock, sediment, and soil samples for analyses using XRF spectroscopy and LA-ICP-MS. Langsdorf’s contributions support teaching and research across multiple departments and serve as a valuable resource for the wider geoscience community.
Recent Courses Taught
Quantitative Environmental Chemistry
Selected Publications
- Nicholas G. Kesinger, Brandi L. Langsdorf, Alexandre F. Yokochi, Cristobal L. Miranda and Jan F. Stevens, “Formation of a Vitamin C Conjugate of Acrolein and Its Paraoxonase-Mediated Conversion into 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydroxy-4-oxooctanal,” Chem. Res. in Toxicol., 2010 23 (4), 836-844.
- Kuiper, Heather C., Langsdorf, Brandi L., Miranda, Christobal L., Joss, Jacqueline, Jubert, Carole, Mata, John E., and Jan F. Stevens, “Quantitation of Mercapturic Acid Conjugates of 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal and 4-Oxo-2-nonenal Metabolites in a Smoking Cessation Study,” Free Radic Biol Med., 2010; 48(1): 65.
- Langsdorf, B. L.; Sultan, J.; Pickup, P. G.; “Partitioning and Polymerization of Pyrrole into Perfluorosulfonate (Nafion) Membranes under Neutral Conditions,” J. Phys. Chem. B.; 2003; 107(33); 8412-8415.
- Langsdorf, B. L.; MacLean, B J.; *Halfyard, J. E.; *Hughes, J. A.; Pickup, P.G.; “Partitioning and Polymerization of Pyrrole into Perfluorosulfonic Acid (Nafion) Membranes,” J. Phys. Chem. B.; 2003; 107(11); 2480-2484.
- E. Bradley Easton, Brandi L. Langsdorf, Jeremy A. Hughes, Jassim Sultan, Zhigang Qi, Arthur Kaufman and Peter G. Pickup, 2003, “Characteristics of Polypyrrole/Nafion Composite Membranes in a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 150, C735-739.
- Lonergan, Mark C.; Cheng, Calvin H.; Langsdorf, Brandi L.; Zhou, X.; “Electrochemical Characterization of Polyacetylene Ionomers and Polyelectrolyte-Mediated Electrochemistry toward Interfaces between Dissimilarly Doped Conjugated Polymers,” J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 2002; 124(4); 690-701.
- Langsdorf, Brandi L.; Zhou, Xin; Lonergan, Mark C.; “Kinetic Study of the Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerization of Ionically Functionalized Cyclooctatetraenes,” Macromolecules; 2001; 34(8); 2450-2458.
- Langsdorf, Brandi L.; Zhou, Xin; Adler, David H.; Lonergan, Mark C.; “Synthesis and Characterization of Soluble, Ionically Functionalized Polyacetylenes,” Macromolecules; 1999; 32(8); 2796-2798.
- Zhou, X.; Langsdorf, B. L.; Jones, F. E.; Lonergan, M. C.; “Electrochemical Tuning of Indium Phosphide Poly(Acetylene) Interfaces,” Inorg. Chim. Acta; 1999; 294(2); 207-213.
- Haley, Michael M.; Langsdorf, Brandi L.; “Cyclophyne Chemistry: Synthesis and Study of an Octacobalt Complex of [8.8] paracyclophaneoctayne,” Chem. Commun.; 1997; 12; 1121-1122.
- Xu, Wenying; McDonough, Robert Clayton, III; Langsdorf, Brandi; Demas, J. N.; DeGraff, B. A.; ?Oxygen Sensors Based on Luminescence Quenching: Interactions of Metal Complexes with Polymer Supports,” Anal. Chem.; 1994; 66(23); 4133-4141.
Appointed to the Faculty
2025Educational Background
Ph.D., University of Oregon
M.S., University of Oregon
B.A., Cornell College
