MEASURING ISOTOPE RATIOS WITHOUT MASS SPECTROMETERS

Prof. Richard N. Zare
Chair, Department of Chemistry
Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

zare@stanford.edu

Richard N. Zare is the Marguerite Blake Wilbur Professor in Natural Science at Stanford University with an appointment in the Department of Chemistry and a courtesy appointment in the Department of Physics. He graduated from Harvard University [B.A. degree in chemistry and physics (1961); Ph.D. in chemical physics (1964)] before becoming an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1965). In 1966 he moved to JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder, remaining there until 1969, when he was appointed full professor in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University. In 1977 he moved to Stanford University, where he is presently Chair of the Chemistry Department. Professor Zare is renowned in the area of lasers applied to chemical reactions and to chemical analysis. He is the recipient of many awards including the U.S. National Medal of Science (1983), the Welch Award in Chemistry (1999), and the Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2005).

TOWARDS THE 'CHEMICAL KILOGRAM': DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF REFERENCES FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOANALYSIS

Prof. Dr. Hendrik Emons
Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM)
Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Geel, Belgium

hendrik.emons@ec.europa.eu
http://www.irmm.jrc.be

Professor Dr. Emons studied chemistry and gained a PhD in Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Martin-Luther University of Halle, Germany, in 1984 and a Habilitation in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Leipzig in 1988. He was Docent for Analytical Chemistry at the University of Leipzig and in 1991/92, Humboldt Fellow and Visiting Professor at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Afterwards he was in charge of the German Environmental Specimen Banking Project at the Research Centre Jülich (Germany), and 2001/2002 Deputy Head of the newly founded Institute for Phytosphere Research there.

Since 2003 he is the Head of the Reference Materials Unit of the European Commissions' Joint Research Centre, Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM), located in Geel, Belgium. There he is heading programmes on the development, production and certification of reference materials for a very broad range of application areas, from impact toughness of steel to proteins in human serum, from elemental to microbiological analysis and from nanoparticles to GMO quantification.

Moreover, he is enjoying teaching as Associate Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, organising conferences and symposia and serving as member of various scientific boards and advisory groups. This includes, for instance, duties as Chairman of ISO REMCO, Chair of the Permanent Steering Committee of BERM (International Conference series on Reference Materials), EC Representative in the Steering Committee of VAMAS (The Versailles project on Advanced Materials And Standards) and in EURACHEM, at CCQM of CIPM (International Committee for Weights and Measures), but also in the Research Council of the European Metrology Research Programme, the Panel of the ERM® (European Reference Materials) co-operation, the Advisory Group "Analysis of biological materials" of the German Research Community (DFG) and in the Scientific Advisory Council for Analytical Chemistry of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany. He gained interesting experiences as one of the founding editors of RSC's "Journal of Environmental Monitoring" and provide currently input at the boards of journals such as "Accreditation and Quality Assurance" and "Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry".
His research interests developed over the years are spanning a wide range of topics covering mainly Analytical Chemistry (from electroanalysis and trace element speciation to bioanalysis, quality assurance and reference materials), Environmental Chemistry (from biomonitoring concepts to specimen banking) and Electrochemistry (from molecular interfacial structures to sensors). Results were communicated in more than 180 scientific publications and more than 230 lectures at conferences and other scientific meetings. He received several awards and is an elected member of the Leibniz Society of Sciences, located in Berlin (Germany).

THE USE OF ROTATING COLUMNS AND DEVICES IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Prof. Boris Ya. Spivakov
Head of Laboratory for Separation Science,
Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

spivakov@geokhi.ru

B.Spivakov was born in Moscow in 1941. Graduated from Moscow University in 1963. He got his PhD degree in 1969, Doctor of Science degree in 1983 from Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. His main fields of interests are analytical chemistry and radiochemistry; environmental analysis; methods for separation of substances (solvent and solid-phase extraction, chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, membrane filtration techniques); hiphenated methods. His recent papers are devoted to fractionation, investigation and analysis of nano and micro partcles. He has about 250 publications, half of them in international scientific journals.

B.Spivakov has been a Titular Member of IUPAC Analytical Chemistry Division for 12 years. He is currently a Member of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences. As a Member of Editorial or Advisory Boards, he served for Pure and Applied Chemistry, Talanta, Fresenius Journal on Analytical Chemistry, Russian Chemical Reviews, Russian Journal on Analytical Chemistry. B.Spivakov has organized several important international and national conferences, in 2006 he was the Chairman of International Congress on Analytical Sciences in Moscow with about 1500 participants from 55 countries.

LESSONS FROM QuEChERS FOR SAMPLE PREPARATION APPLICATIONS: THE BABY HAS BECOME A TEENAGER

Dr. STEVEN J. LEHOTAY
Lead Scientist
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC)

steven.lehotay@ars.usda.gov

Education:
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry (minor in Environmental Sciences), Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1992, B.S. Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1987

Work Experience:
2000-present Lead Scientist, USDA ARS, ERRC, Wyndmoor, PA,;USA
1999-2000 Research Chemist USDA ARS, ERRC, Wyndmoor, PA; USA
1992-1999 Research Chemist, USDA ARS, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD; USA
1987-1988 Chemist, Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Gainesville, FL; USA

Research Interests:
Since 1992, scientific investigations and method development research have involved improvement in the analysis of pesticides, veterinary drugs, and other contaminants in food and environmental samples. Research has pertained to sample preparation, cleanup, analytical separations, detection, screening, quantitation, confirmation, and data processing using many types of analytical techniques applied in novel ways.

Selected Awards:
UCT Excellence in SPE Award, 2007
AOAC International Study Director and Collaborative Study of the Year, 2007
Fellow of AOAC International, 2006
Eastern Regional Research Center Distinguished Scientist of the Year, 2005
Bronze Medal - Federal Executive Board Excellence in Government, 2003
AOAC International Study Director and Collaborative Study of the Year, 2002
Most Interesting Poster Award (shared) at 4th European Pesticide Residue Workshop, 2002
North Atlantic Area Early Career Scientist of the Year, 2000
Beltsville Area Technology Transfer Award, 1997

Scientific Publications:
Author/co-author of >90 scientific publications and >130 abstracts; Invited to give >50 talks at scientific meetings