Ronald Grigsby
Ronald Grigsby, founder of PetroMass, received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry under the direction of Prof. Sherril D. Christian at the University of Oklahoma at Norman. He has over 45 years of professional experience in mass spectrometry gained through employment in industry, academics, and government. His initial training was acquired while he was a research chemist at Conoco, Inc., Ponca City, Oklahoma (now ConocoPhillips). From there, he moved to Texas A&M University at College Station where he held faculty positions in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. At Texas A&M, Dr. Grigsby established the university’s first high resolution mass spectrometry laboratory. These collective endeavors led to a sabbatical at the National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dr. Grigsby has been a visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma at Norman, and he has held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Oklahoma at Norman and at Oklahoma State University at Stillwater.
Dr. Grigsby has been the recipient of a Faculty Research Participantship from Associated Western Universities (AWU), sponsored by the National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research (NIPER) at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the University of Oklahoma at Norman. While an AWU awardee and later as a principal chemist at NIPER, he gained his proficiency in hydrocarbon types analysis by mass spectrometry.
Dr. Grigsby reads Russian and German—faculties acquired while he was a student at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Grigsby’s society memberships include American Society for Mass spectrometry (charter member), American Chemical Society, and American Society for Testing and Materials. He is former chairman of ASTM Committee E-14 on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics.
Selected Publications
Budzikiewicz, H.; Grigsby, R. D. Mass Spectrometry and Isotopes: a Century of Research and Discussion. Mass Spec. Rev. 2006, 25, 146-157.
Budzikiewicz, H.; Grigsby, R. D. Half Protons or Doubly Charged Protons? The History of Metastable Ions. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2004, 15, 1261-1265.
Grigsby, R. D.; Green, J. B. High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Analysis of a Vanadyl Porphyrin Fraction Isolated from the >700 °C Resid of a Cerro Negro Heavy Petroleum. Energy & Fuels 1997, 11, 602-609.
Grigsby, R. D. Processing of High Resolution Mass Spectral Data by Use of Kendrick Masses in a Rectangular Array. In Novel Techniques in Fossil Fuel Mass Spectrometry, ASTM STP 1019, T. R. Ashe; Wood, K.V., Eds.; American Society for Testing and Materials: Philadelphia, 1989; pp. 172-193.
Schronk, L. R.; Grigsby, R. D.; Scheppele, S. E. Probe Microdistillation/Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of High-Boiling Petroleum Distillates. Anal. Chem. 1982, 54, 748-755.
Grigsby, R. D.; Christian, S. D.; Affsprung, H. E. Hydration of N-Methylacetamide in Carbon Tetrachloride. J. Phys. Chem. 1968, 72, 2465-2468.