Tsippy Tamiri

Tsippy Tamiri
Born1952
Rishon LeZion, Israel
Died2017
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
AwardsYehuda Yinon Award (2011)
Scientific career
InstitutionsIsrael Police
ThesisSpecific hydrogen transitions in difunctional systems under conditions of electron and chemical ionization
Doctoral advisorAsher Mandelbaum, Shmuel Zitrin

Tsippy Tamiri (1952 – 2017) was an Israeli mass spectrometrist, specialized in the analysis of explosives, drugs, and poisons.

Early life and education

Tsippy Tamiri grew up in Rishon LeZion. She enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces at eighteen. After discharge, she obtained a bachelor's degree in pharmacy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She received a master's degree in chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD in chemistry from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.[1][2][3]

Career

Tamiri worked at the forensic laboratory of the Israel Police, where she was the head of the mass spectrometry department.[1] She conducted research in the analysis of explosives,[4][5][6][7][8] drugs[9][10] and poisons.[11][12] She published on the preparation,[13] characterization,[14][15] and analysis of urea nitrate.[16][17][18]

Tamiri served as the president of the Israeli Society of Mass Spectrometry.[19] She served on the organizing committee of the second Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Sea Region Countries Mass Spectrometry – MASSA 2013 Workshop in 2013.[20]

Selected publications

Book chapter

  • Analysis of Explosives by Mass Spectrometry, Tsippy Tamiri and Shmuel Zitrin, in Forensic Investigation of Explosions, A. Beveridge (Ed), 2011.[3]
  • GC/MS Analysis of PETN and NG in Post-Explosion Residues, T. Tamiri, S. Zitrin, S. Abramovich-Bar, Y. Bamberger and J. Sterling, in Advances in Analysis and Detection of Explosives, J. Yinon (Ed), 1993.[21]

Awards

Tamiri received the Yehuda Yinon Award in 2011.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b "אתר ההנצחה לחללי מערכות ישראל". אתר ההנצחה לחללי מערכות ישראל (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  2. ^ "Specific hydrogen transitions in difunctional systems under conditions of electronic and chemical ionization by Tzipora Tamiri". Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2023-06-16.
  3. ^ a b Gaskell, David R. (2011-11-02). Beveridge, Alexander (ed.). Forensic Investigation of Explosions (0 ed.). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/b11938. ISBN 978-0-429-25015-6.
  4. ^ Zeichner, Arie; Abramovich-Bar, Sara; Tamiri, Tsippy; Almog, Joseph (2009). "A feasibility study on the use of double-sided adhesive coated stubs for sampling of explosive traces from hands". Forensic Science International. 184 (1–3): 42–46. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.11.012. PMID 19128906.
  5. ^ González-Méndez, Ramón; Mayhew, Chris A. (2019-04-01). "Applications of Direct Injection Soft Chemical Ionisation-Mass Spectrometry for the Detection of Pre-blast Smokeless Powder Organic Additives". Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 30 (4): 615–624. Bibcode:2019JASMS..30..615G. doi:10.1007/s13361-018-02130-1. ISSN 1044-0305. PMID 30761477. S2CID 73420507.
  6. ^ Altstein, Miriam; Bronshtein, Alisa; Glattstein, Baruch; Zeichner, Arie; Tamiri, Tsippy; Almog, Josef (2001-06-01). "Immunochemical Approaches for Purification and Detection of TNT Traces by Antibodies Entrapped in a Sol−Gel Matrix". Analytical Chemistry. 73 (11): 2461–2467. doi:10.1021/ac001376y. ISSN 0003-2700. PMID 11403286.
  7. ^ Basch, Avraham; Margalit, Yair; Abramovich-Bar, Sara; Bamberger, Yair; Daphna, Dalia; Tamiri, Tsippy; Zitrin, Shmuel (1986). "Decomposition products of petn in post explosion analysis". Journal of Energetic Materials. 4 (1–4): 77–91. Bibcode:1986JEnM....4...77B. doi:10.1080/07370658608011334. ISSN 0737-0652.
  8. ^ Yinon, Jehuda; Zitrin, Shmuel; Tamiri, Tsippy (1993). "Reactions in the mass spectrometry of 2,4,6-N-tetranitro-N-methylaniline (tetryl)". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 7 (11): 1051–1054. Bibcode:1993RCMS....7.1051Y. doi:10.1002/rcm.1290071117. ISSN 0951-4198.
  9. ^ Ben-Shabat, Shimon; Fride, Ester; Sheskin, Tzviel; Tamiri, Tsippy; Rhee, Man-Hee; Vogel, Zvi; Bisogno, Tiziana; De Petrocellis, Luciano; Di Marzo, Vincenzo; Mechoulam, Raphael (1998). "An entourage effect: inactive endogenous fatty acid glycerol esters enhance 2-arachidonoyl-glycerol cannabinoid activity". European Journal of Pharmacology. 353 (1): 23–31. doi:10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00392-6. PMID 9721036.
  10. ^ Linder, Nehama; Amarilla, Mandola; Hernandez, Adriana; Tamiri, Tsippy; Sirota, Lea; Klinger, Gil; Levy, Itzhak; Merlob, Paul (2009). "Association of high-dose bifonazole administration during early pregnancy and severe limb reduction defects in the newborn". Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology. 88 (3): 201–204. doi:10.1002/bdra.20644. PMID 20014436.
  11. ^ Lifshitz, Matitiahu; Sofer, Shaul; Shahak, Eliezer; Rotenberg, Michal; Almog, Shlomo; Tamiri, Tsippy (1994-04-01). "Carbamate Poisoning and Oxime Treatment in Children: A Clinical and Laboratory Study". Pediatrics. 93 (4): 652–655. doi:10.1542/peds.93.4.652. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 8134223. S2CID 834796.
  12. ^ Tamiri, Tsippy; Zitrin, Shmuel (1987). "Gas chromatography mass spectrometry of some thermally labile urea pesticides". Biological Mass Spectrometry. 14 (1): 39–42. doi:10.1002/bms.1200140109. ISSN 0887-6134. PMID 2952193.
  13. ^ Almog, Joseph; Klein, Asne; Sokol, Anat; Sasson, Yoel; Sonenfeld, Dana; Tamiri, Tsippy (2006). "Urea nitrate and nitrourea: powerful and regioselective aromatic nitration agents". Tetrahedron Letters. 47 (49): 8651–8652. doi:10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.10.027. S2CID 97239375.
  14. ^ Tamiri, Tsippy (2005-07-30). "Characterization of the improvised explosive urea nitrate using electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 19 (14): 2094–2098. Bibcode:2005RCMS...19.2094T. doi:10.1002/rcm.2024. ISSN 0951-4198. PMID 15988713.
  15. ^ Tamiri, Tsippy; Rozin, Rinat; Lemberger, Nitay; Almog, Joseph (2009). "Urea nitrate, an exceptionally easy-to-make improvised explosive: studies towards trace characterization". Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 395 (2): 421–428. doi:10.1007/s00216-009-2882-x. ISSN 1618-2642. PMID 19575193. S2CID 31491425.
  16. ^ Almog, Joseph; Burda, Gila; Shloosh, Yael; Abramovich-Bar, Sara; Wolf, Ehud; Tamiri, Tsippy (2007-09-15). "Recovery and Detection of Urea Nitrate in Traces". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 52 (6): 1284–1290. doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00551.x. ISSN 0022-1198. PMID 17868267. S2CID 10228717.
  17. ^ Almog, Joseph; Klein, Asne; Tamiri, Tsippy; Shloosh, Yael; Abramovich-Bar, Sara (2005). "A Field Diagnostic Test for the Improvised Explosive Urea Nitrate". Journal of Forensic Sciences. 50 (3): 582–586. doi:10.1520/JFS2004278. ISSN 0022-1198. PMID 15932090.
  18. ^ Almog, Joseph; Espino, Dario; Tamiri, Tsippy; Sonenfeld, Dana (2013). "Trace analysis of urea nitrate in post-blast debris by GC/MS". Forensic Science International. 224 (1–3): 80–83. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.10.041. PMID 23182869.
  19. ^ "About Us | The Israeli Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMS)". www.weizmann.ac.il. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  20. ^ "2nd Middle Eastern and Mediterranean Sea Region Countries Mass Spectrometry – MASSA 2013 Workshop" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  21. ^ Yinon, Jehuda, ed. (1993). Advances in analysis and detection of explosives: proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Analysis and Detection of Explosives, September 7-10, 1992, Jerusalem, Israel. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic. ISBN 978-0-7923-2138-5.
  22. ^ "Isranalytica 2011 Scientific Program". isranalytica.org.il. Retrieved 2021-10-25.