Rate My Professor Annette Moser

Dr. Annette Moser serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She earned a B.A. in Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 2000 and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2006. Moser joined the faculty at UNK in 2007 as a Visiting Assistant Professor, progressed to Assistant Professor from 2007 to 2012, Associate Professor from 2012 to 2017, and has held the rank of Full Professor since 2017. As an analytical chemist, she develops methods to detect substances in various samples and teaches courses including general chemistry, analytical chemistry, and instrumental analysis. She is recognized as Graduate Faculty in chemistry.

Moser's research focuses on bioanalytical chemistry, with expertise in immunoaffinity chromatography, capillary electrophoresis-based immunoassays, and antibody-antigen interactions. Her publications include “Immunoaffinity Chromatography: An Introduction to Applications and Recent Developments” co-authored with David S. Hage (Bioanalysis, 2010), “Capillary Electrophoresis-Based Immunoassays: A Review” (Electrophoresis, 2008), “Measuring Binding Constants of His-Tagged Proteins Using Affinity Chromatography and Ni-NTA Immobilized Enzymes” with Benjamin White and Frank A. Kovacs (Methods in Molecular Biology, 2021), and “Studies of Antibody-Antigen Interactions by Capillary Electrophoresis: A Review” with Sidney Trenhaile and Kati Frankenberg (Methods, 2018). Earlier works from her doctoral research encompass “Analysis of Free Hormone Fractions by an Ultrafast Immunoextraction/Displacement Immunoassay” (Analytical Chemistry, 2005) and book chapters on chromatographic immunoassays and environmental applications of immunoaffinity chromatography. Current projects involve measuring glyphosate and its metabolite in soybean tissues and soil samples using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry in collaboration with University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers. Moser prioritizes undergraduate training in her lab, where students gain experience in analytical techniques, data analysis, experiment design, and presentations. In 2024, she received the Pratt-Heins Award for Teaching, honoring her impact in teaching, service, scholarship, and research after 17 years at UNK.