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Jyrki Viidanoja

Chemist

Duties

Organic environmental analysis, especially per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds (PFAS), hormones, and oil analysis. Water, soil, biological, and air samples.

Subject area

Water
Sea
Climate

Research and expertise

SUMMARY

  • 20+ years of basic/applied research and R&D experience from industry, national and international research institutes and universities. 15 years of experience in chemical & biotech (medical device) industry.
  • International work experience from multiple EU member states (Finland, Germany, Italy and Spain) and the USA.

ANALYTICAL and SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE

  • Analytical Chemistry expert (25+ years) with emphasis on organic analytical chemistry (LC, MS, SEC, GC, UV, RI, IMS, ELSD), Sample preparation (LLE, SPE), method development, validation and QC procedure development.
  • LC-MS and LC-MSMS specialist (especially triple quadrupole and Orbitrap) with strong hands-on emphasis. Mostly small molecule, with some large molecule experience.
  • Experience in applying mass spectrometric techniques in environmental sector, biomedical/medical device and oil industry, especially in quantitative analytics, impurity and extractables & leachables analysis, instrument and ion source development, ion-molecule reaction research and atmospheric trace gas measurements.
  • Expertise in science and technology related to ion sources, ionization at atmospheric and low pressure, gas phase ion-molecule reactions, In-situ, on-line gas-phase analysis.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE and SKILLS

  • Significant experience working with mass spectrometry based medical devices (9 years).
  • Design transfer, Verification & Validation, R&D and project co-ordination of FDA/EU approved small and large molecule MSMS and LC-MSMS IVD medical devices, MSMS reagent kit products for screening and clinical diagnostics.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (from the newest to the oldest)

  1. Romanczyk, M., Zhang, Y., Easton, M., Li, W., Viidanoja, J., Kenttämaa, H., Distinguishing Isomeric Aromatic Radical Cations by Using Energy-Resolved Ion Trap and Medium Energy Collision-Activated Dissociation Mass Spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 31 (2020), 1, 58–65.
  2. Manheim, J., Zhang, Y., Viidanoja, J., Kenttämaa H., An Automated Method for Chemical Composition Analysis of Lubricant Base Oils by Using Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 30 (2019) 10, 2014–2021.
  3. Viidanoja, J., Quantification of short chain amines in aqueous matrices using liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. A 1480 (2017) 106–111.
  4. Chunfen, J., Viidanoja, J., Determination of glycerol in oils and fats using liquid chromatography chloride attachment electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. B 1041 (2017) 94–97.
  5. Chunfen, J., Viidanoja, J., Li, M., Zhang, Y., Ikonen, E., Root, A., Romanczyk, M., Manheim, J., Dziekonski, E., Kenttämaa, H.I., Comparison of Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization and Field Ionization Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Large Saturated Hydrocarbons, Anal Chem 88 (2016) 10592–10598.
  6. Viidanoja J., Analysis of phospholipids in bio-oils and fats by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. B 1001 (2015) 140–149
  7. Viidanoja J., Determination of short chain carboxylic acids in vegetable oils and fats using ion exclusion chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, J. Chromatogr. A 1383 (2015) 96–103.
  8. Laakia, J., Pedersen, CS., Adamov, A., Viidanoja, J., Sysoev, A., Kotiaho, T., Sterically hindered phenols in negative ion mobility spectrometry–mass spectrometry, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 23 (2009) 3069-3076
  9. Gomez Alvarez, E., Borras, E., Viidanoja, J., Hjorth, J., Unsaturated dicarbonyl products from the OH-initiated photo-oxidation of furan, 2-methylfuran and 3-methylfuran, Atmospheric Environment 43 (2009) 1603–1612
  10. Gomez Alvarez, E., Viidanoja, J., Munoz, A., Wirtz, K., Hjorth, J., Experimental confirmation of the dicarbonyl route in the photo-oxidation of toluene and benzene, Environ. Sci. Technol. 41 (2007) 8362-8369
  11. Adamov, A., Viidanoja, J., Kärpänoja, E., Paakkanen, H., Ketola R.A., Kostiainen, R., Sysoev, A., Kotiaho, T., Interfacing an aspiration ion mobility spectrometer to a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer, Review of Scientific Instruments. 78 (2007) 044101
  12. Virkkula, A., Teinilä, K., Hillamo, R., Kerminen, V.-M., Saarikoski, S., Aurela, M., Viidanoja, J., Paatero, J., Koponen, I. K., and Kulmala, M.: Chemical composition of boundary layer aerosol over the Atlantic Ocean and at an Antarctic site, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 3407–3421, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-6-3407-2006, 2006
  13. Viidanoja, J., Sysoev, A., Adamov, A., Kotiaho, T., Tetraalkylammonium Halides, Chemical standards for Positive Electrospray Ionization Ion Mobility Spectrometry / Mass SpectrometryRapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 19 (2005) 3051-3055
  14. Castro, P. M., Lahtinen, P., Axenov, K., Viidanoja, J., Kotiaho, T., Leskela, M., Repo, T., Activation of 2,6-Bis(imino)pyridine Iron(II) Chloride Complexes by Methylaluminoxane: An Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry Investigation, Organometallics 24 (2005) 3664-3670
  15. D'Anna, B., Wisthaler, A., Andreasen, O., Hansel, A., Hjorth, J., Jensen, N. R., Nielsen, C. J., Stenstrom, Y., Viidanoja, J., Atmospheric Chemistry of C3-C6 Cycloalkanecarbaldehydes, J. Phys. Chem. A.109 (2005), 5104-5118
  16. Sysoev, A., Adamov, A., Viidanoja, J., Ketola, R.A., Kostiainen, R., Kotiaho, T., Development of Atmospheric Pressure Ionization – Ion Mobility Spectrometer / Mass Spectrometer for fast screening analysis, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 18 (2004) 3131-3139
  17. Viidanoja, J., Sillanpää, M., Laakia, J., Kerminen, V-M., Hillamo, R., Aarnio, P., Koskentalo, T. Organic and black carbon in PM2.5 and PM10: 1 year of data from an urban site in Helsinki, Finland, Atmos. Environ. 36 (2002) 3183-3193
  18. Viidanoja, J., Kerminen, V-M., Hillamo, R. Measuring the size distribution of atmospheric organic and black carbon using impactor sampling coupled with thermal carbon analysis: Method development and uncertainties, Aerosol. Sci. Technol. 36 (2002) 607-616
  19. Viidanoja, J., Reiner, T., Grimm, F., Kiendler, A., Arnold, F., Laboratory investigations of negative ion molecule reactions of propionic, butyric, glyoxylic, pyruvic and pinonic acids, Int. J. Mass. Spectrom. 194 (2000) 53-68
  20. Viidanoja, J., Reiner, T., Arnold, F. Laboratory investigations of negative ion molecule reactions of formic and acetic acids: Implications for atmospheric measurements by ion molecule reaction mass spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 181 (1998) 31-41