Matt Hengel

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Adjunct Professor

208A Sprocket Building

Research:

Adjunct Professor in the Dept. of Environmental Toxicology (College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences) who conducts regulatory (USDA-NIFA, IR-4, US EPA) and basic research in developing analytical methodologies for the determination of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables, as well as, the environment (air, water and soil). Instrumentation includes, but is not limited to: gas chromatography, liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.

Education:

  • Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 2000 PhD
  • Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 1997 MS
  • Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, 1994 BS

Teaching:

  • ETX 102B - Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Toxicants
  • ETX 228 (Guest Lab Instructor) - Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry of Toxic Chemicals

Professional Activities:

  • IR-4 Western Region Director
  • Laboratory Coordinator for the Western Region IR-4/ Trace Analytical Laboratory
  • Member of the Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group

Recent Publications:

Hengel, Matt J., Wong Jon W., Redman, Zachary, Rering, Caitlin., and Williams, Katryn.  Analysis of Pesticides in Plant Foods by QuEChERS and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry:  An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment.  J. Chem. Education 97, 226-233, 2020.

Bolotaolo, M.; Kurobe, T.; Puschner, B.; Hammock, B.G.; Hengel, M.J.; Lesmeister, S.; Teh, S.J. Analysis of Covalently Bound Microcystins in Sediments and Clam Tissue in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California, USA. Toxins 12(3), 178, 2020; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12030178.

Choudhury, Robin Alan; Sutherland, Andrew; Hengel, Mathew J.; Parrella, Michael and Gubler, W. Douglas.  Imidacloprid Movement into Fungal Conidia is Lethal to Mycophagous Beetles.  Insects  11(8), 496; 2020.  https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11080496

Wang, Q., Hengel, M.J., and Shibamoto, T.  Investigation of Toxic α-Dicarbonyl Compounds Formed in the Headspace of Various Heated Cooking Oils.  Food Sci Nutr Res. 4(2), 1-7, 2021.

Bonnar, David J., Eichler, Jeff P., Parikh, Sanjai J., Blandino, Andrew, Lybrand, Rebecca A., Morris, Madison L., Hengel, Matt J. and Tjeerdema, Ronald S.  The Soil-Water Partitioning Behavior of Oxyfluorfen Under California Rice Field Conditions.  ACS Agric. Sci. Technol. 3, 12, 1169–1176. 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acsagscitech.3c0034

Martusevice,Paulina., Li, Xueqi., Hengel, Matt., Wang, Selina C., and Fox, Glen.  Analysis of Mousy Off-flavor Compound 2-Acetyl-tetrahydropyridine using Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry with Electrospray Ionization in Sour Beer.  MethodX. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.102643 March,2024.

Martusevice, Paulina., Li, Xueqi., Hengel, Matt., Wang, Selina C., and Fox, Glen.  A review of N-heterocycles: Mousy Off-Flavor in Beer.  J. Agric. Food Chem 2024

Zuno-Floriano, Fabiola G., Reyes-Punongbayan, Riza L., and Hengel, Matt J.  Improved Analytical Methods for Determination of Residues of Nitrapyrin and 6-Chloropicolinic Acid in Different Crop Matrices by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.  Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment. 13, 263-281.  2024.  https://doi.org/10.4236/jacen.2024.133018

McFall, Alexander S., Reyes-Punongbayan, Riza L. and Hengel, Matt J.  Analysis of Flutianil and OC56635 Residues in Hemp Cannabis Matrices by LC-MS/MS. J. Agric. Food Chem 2024 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c05103