Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Rodger Foltz

Research Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Emeritus

Rodger L. FoltzTitle: Research Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Email address: RodgerF@aol.com

Education and Training:

  • B.S. 1956, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D. 1961, University of Wisconsin, Organic Chemistry


Research Interests:

The development and application of chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques for the quantitative measurement of drugs and related compounds in biological specimens.

Selected Publications:

  • Quantitative analysis of naltrexone and 6ß-naltrexol in human, rat and rabbit plasma by liquid chromatograph-electrospray ionization with application to pharmacokinetics of Depotrexr® in rabbits. M.G. Slawson, M. Chen, D.E. Moody, S.D. Comer, E.S. Nuwayser, W. Fang and R.L. Foltz, J. Anal. Toxicol., 2007, 31, 1-9.
  • Mass spectrometric methods for determination of cannabinoids in physiological specimens. R.L. Foltz in Marijuana and the Cannabinoids, edited by M.A. ElSohly, The Humana Press, Inc., Totowa, NJ, 2007.
  • Determination of urine riboflavin by high-performance liquid-chromatography with riboflavin-depleted urine as calibration and control matrix. M. Chen, D. Andrenyak, R.L. Foltz and D.E. Moody, J. Chromatogr. B, 2005, 820, 147-50.
  • Method development and validation for quantitative determination of methadone enantiomers in human plasma by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. H.R. Liang, R.L. Foltz, M. Meng and P. Bennett, J. Chromatogr. B, 2004, 806, 191-8.
  • A liquid chromatographic-electrospray-tandem mass spectrometric method for quantitation of quetiapine in human plasma and liver microsomes: Application to a study of in vitro metabolism. S.N. Lin, Y.C. Chang, D.E. Moody and R.L. Foltz, J. Anal. Toxicol., 2004, 28, 443-8.
  • A high-performance liquid chromatographic-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-tandem mass spectrometric method for determination of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone in human plasma. D.E. Moody, J.D. Laycock, W. Huang and R.L. Foltz, J. Anal. Toxicol., 2004, 28, 494-7.
  • Ionization enhancement in atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and suppression in electrospray ionization between target drugs and stable-isotope labeled internal standards in quantitative liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. H.R. Liang, R.L. Foltz, M. Meng and P. Bennett, Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., 2003, 17, 2815-21.