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Dr Ali Salehi-Reyhani is a Lecturer in Convergence at Imperial College London. He received is BSc Physics, MSc Optics & Photonics and PhD in Single Cell Proteomics. He is a UKRI Innovation fellow, holds a lectureship from the Community of Analytical Measurement Science UK and a visiting research lectureship in Chemistry and Innovation at King’s College London. He leads the Analytical Systems Research group and is based in the Dept. Surgery & Cancer in the Faculty of Medicine where his research team applies miniaturization and microfluidic engineering to biosensors and their translation driven by clinical and societal need. Ali founded the anywhereHPLC project which seeks to develop miniaturised high-performance liquid chromatography. He has published >25 peer-reviewed journal articles to date and secured over £3M in research and development funding as Principal and Co-Investigator from a range of public and private sources. He uses his platform to help young scientists, helping establish new teaching programmes that have been featured in the Analytical Scientist (“Sowing the Seeds of Innovation”) and Chemistry World (“How to become a science entrepreneur”). He mentors ventures lead by students/postdocs/staff through catalysts (e.g. Imperial WE Innovate program) and sits on strategic advisory boards for tech startups. He is helping develop the national interface between academia and industry in the UK as a Chair for Complex Mixtures, Separation and Detection as part of the RSC backed Community of Analytical Measurement Scientists (CAMS-UK) and currently sits as the Deputy Chair of the of IUPAC Early to Mid-career sub-committee and a member of IUPAC Division V.
Trevor Ferris graduated with a degree in Forensic Science from the University of Kent and subsequently obtained an MSc in Chemistry, investigating gamma hydroxybutyric acid salts and derivatives, using microcrystal and X-ray techniques for forensic purposes. He went on to obtain a PhD through a collaboration between Kings College and the University of Kent, developing zirconium complexes for cell tracking with positron emission tomography (PET). In 2016, he joined the research group of Professor Eric Aboagye in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College, taking up a postdoctoral position working in radiochemistry. His work included the design, synthesis, characterisation and physiochemical testing of novel imaging, and therapy probes in PET for theranostic applications. Dr. Ferris currently works in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College as the departmental research facilities manager (DRFM) overseeing the Agilent Measurement Suite, a £5m collaboration between the college and Agilent. Alongside colleagues Professor Tony Cass and Dr. Lisa Haigh, Dr. Ferris undertakes a variety of research projects, including the identification of adulterants in herbal remedies, the analysis of therapeutic drugs in the skin, and of latent fingerprints for forensic applications.
My bachelor was pure chemistry in Yazd university and my master of science was analytical chemistry in Central Tehran and now, I am Ph.D student of analytical chemistry in Vali-e-Asr university of Rafsanjan but I have done my thesis in tarbiat modares university.
My bachelor was pure chemistry in Yazd university and my master of science was analytical chemistry in Central Tehran and now, I am Ph.D student of analytical chemistry in Vali-e-Asr university of Rafsanjan but I have done my thesis in tarbiat modares university.
Graduating in Chemistry at Cardiff, Jon spent the first years of his career as an analytical chemist for Severn Trent Water gaining knowledge and skills in sample preparation and analysis techniques in water analysis. Since 2017, Jon has worked as Applications chemist for Element, formerly known as Anatune where he specialises in automated sample preparation for gas and liquid chromatography. During this time, Jon has developed methods for a wide range of industries beyond water and environmental testing across multiple analytical platforms.
I started my phD in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology in the Research and Innovation in Analytical Chemistry research group (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain) in January 2020. My research line has been focused on the development of methods of target analysis and suspect and non-target screening in environmental and human samples by chromatographic separation techniques coupled with both low- and high-resolution mass spectrometry. To this date, I have contributed to the scientific community with 3 research papers as first author, as well as several posters and oral communications at national and international congresses. Moreover, I have been enrolled in different divulgation and teaching activities closely related to my research topics. ORCID: 0000-0002-8328-5181, Scopus Author ID: 57217154611, ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikel_Musatadi
I started my phD in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology in the Research and Innovation in Analytical Chemistry research group (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain) in January 2020. My research line has been focused on the development of methods of target analysis and suspect and non-target screening in environmental and human samples by chromatographic separation techniques coupled with both low- and high-resolution mass spectrometry. To this date, I have contributed to the scientific community with 3 research papers as first author, as well as several posters and oral communications at national and international congresses. Moreover, I have been enrolled in different divulgation and teaching activities closely related to my research topics. ORCID: 0000-0002-8328-5181, Scopus Author ID: 57217154611, ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mikel_Musatadi
I graduated in Analytical Chemistry (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) in 2019. I started my PhD in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology at the Analytical Research and Innovation research group (IBeA, UPV/EHU) in 2021. My line of research focuses on the development of accurate analytical methods for the simultaneous detection of a wide range of antimicrobials and their degradation products in various environmental samples, including plants, soils, manure, earthworms and water. I have one scientific publication as first author and three contributions to international conferences. In addition, I am actively involved in different teaching and outreach activities related to my research topic.
I graduated in Analytical Chemistry (University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU) in 2019. I started my PhD in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology at the Analytical Research and Innovation research group (IBeA, UPV/EHU) in 2021. My line of research focuses on the development of accurate analytical methods for the simultaneous detection of a wide range of antimicrobials and their degradation products in various environmental samples, including plants, soils, manure, earthworms and water. I have one scientific publication as first author and three contributions to international conferences. In addition, I am actively involved in different teaching and outreach activities related to my research topic.
Alex is a 2nd year MSc student in Analytical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His main interest lies in computational mass spectrometry, statistics, and modeling. He works on prediction of the ionization efficiency of chemicals using machine learning.
Fabien Hannauer is a PhD student at the University of Southampton with AstraZeneca as a sponsor. His thesis is focused on how oligonucleotides fragment by tandem mass spectrometry, which could help the characterisation of therapeutics oligonucleotides, as well as the impurities present in them, and unknown sequences.
I graduated in Chemistry in 2020 from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and took the Master's Degree in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (ECT/CTA) in the following year at the Plentzia Marine Station (PiE-UPV/EHU). In the latter, I joined my current research group, IBeA (Research and Innovation in Analytical Chemistry), and I worked the determination of antibiotics in vegetable samples by LC-QqQ as a Master's Thesis. Last year, I was granted with the pre-doctoral scholarship from the Basque Government and I started my thesis, which focuses on the analysis of xenobiotics and their degradation products in breast milk, developing analytical approaches based on liquid- and gas chromatography, coupled either to low- and high-resolution mass-spectrometry. Currently, I work on target analysis of xenobiotics through LC-MS/MS with the aim of expanding the analyte scope via non-target and suspect analysis. In this manner, and in collaboration with my PhD colleagues, we are making progress in the elucidation of the human exposome in terms of environmental health.
I graduated in Chemistry in 2020 from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and took the Master's Degree in Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (ECT/CTA) in the following year at the Plentzia Marine Station (PiE-UPV/EHU). In the latter, I joined my current research group, IBeA (Research and Innovation in Analytical Chemistry), and I worked the determination of antibiotics in vegetable samples by LC-QqQ as a Master's Thesis. Last year, I was granted with the pre-doctoral scholarship from the Basque Government and I started my thesis, which focuses on the analysis of xenobiotics and their degradation products in breast milk, developing analytical approaches based on liquid- and gas chromatography, coupled either to low- and high-resolution mass-spectrometry. Currently, I work on target analysis of xenobiotics through LC-MS/MS with the aim of expanding the analyte scope via non-target and suspect analysis. In this manner, and in collaboration with my PhD colleagues, we are making progress in the elucidation of the human exposome in terms of environmental health.
Master student in Chemistry focussed on Analytical Sciences and interested in computational mass spectrometry. Currently working on building a model which can automatically predict the retention indices of structural unknown compounds.
Camilla is the Principal Scientist at Element Cambridge, who is passionate about helping scientists implement automation, and its synergy with data analytics, within their laboratories. After a master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Genoa, Italy, she continued her academic education path with a PhD in Analytical Sciences followed by a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship which brought her to the UK. Once her postdoctoral experience was complete, she moved to industry spending three years as a Researcher in the Organic Analysis team at the National Measurement Institute (NMI), LGC, Teddington. In 2016 she started her journey with automation when she joined Element Cambridge (formerly Anatune) as an Application Chemist. In 2021 she accepted the Principal Scientist role and now looks after the operational and R&D side of the Applications team. When she is not in the lab testing new modules to be added to the automation portfolio, she can be found in the kitchen cooking, walking her Japanese Spitz Scintilla or crafting.
After developing an interest for programming during my BSc in Chemistry and MSc in Analytical chemistry, I continued this path and started my PhD in computational mass spectrometry. I perform conduct my research within the Environmental Modeling & Computational Mass Spectrometry group(EMCMS, https://emcms.info/), which is focused on the development of algorithms for the processing of high-resolution mass spectrometry data.
Fourth year PhD student specialising in chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Alex started her research life with an undergraduate in Biology and Marine Biology from the University of Sydney in 2013. Following an Honours research project investigating the morphology of grasshopper mandibles on dietary outcomes, she moved to the UK to complete a Master of Research in Forensic Science in 2014 at King's College London. Alex left academia at the end of her Masters's degree to explore the world of industry, working for companies including GSK, Agilent technologies and Aptuit. In 2018, she started a PhD at King's College London investigating the potential of using a miniaturised 3D-printed passive sampler as a surrogate for invertebrates during pollution studies. Finishing her PhD in 2023, Alex now holds a post-doc position at Imperial College London in the Environmental Research Group and is investigating the occurrence of PFAS compounds in drinking water and linking to health effects.
Dr. Mark Perkins is a senior applications chemist at Element Materials Testing Ltd., based in Cambridge, where he has worked for the last 8 years on developing SIFT-MS applications, with a particular focus on automation and high-throughput analysis. Prior to joining Element, Mark was employed by the Malaysian Rubber Board, based in Hertfordshire, as senior analyst in their Materials Characterisation Unit, eventually become the Unit head. Mark holds a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Southampton.
Olukemi Oloyede (they/them) is a second year PhD student within the Emerging Chemical Contaminants Team at the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at Imperial College London. Their work focussed on the occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical transformation products in river water.
a microbiologist, worked in pharma, life science and defence sectors for 20 + years. sorry this is late!
My name is Etienne Kant and I am a student at the University of Amsterdam and am following the masters in analytical chemistry. I am finishing my masters with the research group Environmental Modeling & Computational Mass Spectrometry (EMCMS) with Saer Samanipour as examinor and Denice van Herwerden as daily supervisor . Here I am focusing on the development of an open source and data analysis tool for non-targeted analysis. The goal is to have a standalone product that can run independent of the operating system plus on cloud computing (e.g., Amazon cloud service).
Andrei Stephen currently undertaking a PhD in materials chemistry at the university of central Lancashire. my research currently pertains to Molecularly imprinted polymers for use in bio-detection via electrochemical methods and viral neutralisation. With aims to expand my research within this field.
Master student in analytical chemistry at Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), University of Amsterdam. Currently working on my master thesis under supervision of Dr. Saer Samanipour and Dr. Bob Pirok. I will be presenting a poster of my literature thesis, also written under supervision of Dr. Saer Samanipour.
A current PhD student at Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), mainly interested in computational mass spectrometry.
As PhD student in the field of environmental contamination and toxicology I am working between IIS Biodonostia and the University of the Basque Country in order to develop my thesis about "Pre and postnatal exposure to per and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS). Developing an application in public health." I am learning to work at high resolution mass spectrometry in order to develop an analysis method that not only targets the analytes of interest in matrix like plasma or drinking water, where these compounds are commonly present, but also want to learn how to track another emerging contaminants.
Currently I am an MRes student and will be continuing this project for my PhD. Which is co funded by the The Institute of Chemical Biology (ICB) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) and Syngenta.
Dr Helena Rapp Wright earned her BSc in Chemistry at the University of La Laguna (ULL, Spain) in 2014 and an MRes in Forensic Science at King’s College London (KCL, UK) in 2016. During her BSc and MRes, she undertook an industrial placement and two research projects focused on analytical chemistry. Following her MRes study, she worked at LGC (Fordham, UK) for two years in the small molecules department for bioanalytical sciences. Her work focused on developing analytical techniques for the identification and quantification of drugs from clinical trials, as well as their sample analysis. In 2018, she successfully secured a PhD studentship sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland. Her PhD was held in the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University (DCU) and part-time at KCL, researching contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in environmental water samples. Her PhD was completed in 2021, and she is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Imperial College London within the Emerging Chemical Contaminant Group. Helena (or Dr Rapp Wright) is also a member of Royal Society of Chemistry. Her research interests lie in the broad areas of analytical and environmental chemistry, mainly wastewater analysis, and contaminants of emerging concern.
Keng Tiong completed his BSc in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2010) and MSc in Drug Discovery and Development (2011) at University of Sunderland (UK). During his BSc and MSc studies, he undertook a year-out industrial placement at a contracted manufacturing organisation, Onyx Scientific (UK) and a 3-months summer project at a multinational pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca (UK). At the end of his MSc, he successfully secured a PhD studentship, sponsored by bioMérieux (France) and supported by a supervisory team including, the late Prof. Rosaleen J. Anderson, Dr. Mark Gray and Prof. John D. Perry. His PhD project was looking into the synthesis of peptidomimetic compounds and their feasible incorporation to the bacteria media to enhance their selectivity in identification of pathogenic bacteria. Upon completion of his PhD in 2016, he started his postdoctoral position at University of Sunderland and two years later at King’s College London with research encompassing a range of disciplines, including peptide synthesis, analytical chemistry, and ecotoxicology. In 2019, he was awarded with a two-year UK Intelligence Community (IC) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship by Royal Academy of Engineering, on a research project aims at the identification of potential markers that are already present and/or can be added to explosive threat precursors to intercept Clandestine activity via wastewater analysis. He later moved to Imperial College London in 2020 to continue his UK IC fellowship programme within Dr. Leon Barron's Emerging Chemical Contaminant (ECC) Group, in collaboration with the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), Metropolitan Police Service and National Physical Laboratory (NPL). At the end of his UK IC fellowship in Jan 2022, he continues his stay within the ECC Group, undertaking different projects, focusing on emerging chemical contaminants and security threat substances. Aside from the postdoctoral role, he is also a member of Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards at Imperial College London. His research interests are wastewater analysis, illegal chemicals, explosives, and pharmaceutical analysis.
Matt James is a Senior Research Scientist at Avantor Sciences. Matt gained his PhD at University of Bristol and over the last 13 years, he has worked within the Technical Support, Applications and R&D teams within Hichrom, now part of Avantor. Recent focuses have been HPLC/UHPLC method transfer and translation, the use of solid core phases, development of next generation LC stationary phases and the development of LC methods for key applications, such as the analysis of nitrosamines by LC-MS/MS.
I am a master's student in analytical chemistry at HIMS, University of Amsterdam. My field of research is mainly focused on computational mass spectrometry and method optimisation in proteomics.
Jack is an application scientist at Verdel instruments, a small mass spec start-up company based in Surrey, where he's been working on developing methods for Verdel's total correlation MS instrument. Before joining Verdel, Jack completed his PhD at the University of Bath in 2020, where his research explored the combination of proteomics and wastewater based epidemiology for monitoring public health.
Stav Friedman is an environmental scientist, passionate about protecting nature, engaging the public and changing policy. She is a project manager for the Emerging Chemical Contaminants team at Imperial College London's Environmental Research Group. Stav manages research projects exploring chemical pollution in English waters at local and national levels. She is also the Chair of the Medical Research Council's Centre for Environment & Health's Sustainability Working Group, where she advocates for sustainable best-practice within labs, research projects and across the university.
Diane Turner is the Founder, Director and Senior Consultant of Anthias Consulting Ltd. A Warwick University Graduate, Diane completed her Masters in analytical chemistry and started her career in environmental chemistry, later gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist. Diane has developed methods for, given support and high-quality training for companies in most industries around the world for more than 20 years. Diane is a visiting Academic & Consultant at The Open University where she continues her disease diagnosis research from her PhD along with food, drug and space applications. Diane is President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Science Community and Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund. She is a Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO). Diane is on the Building Effective Analytical Measurement (BEAM) panel and the Industry Advisory Board of the Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS). She is a member of the Government Chemist Programme Expert Group (GCPEG). Diane is co-author of 'Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry: How Do I Get the Best Results?' published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Tony Edge is an R&D Leader & Scientific Advisor at Avantor, heading a team of specialist scientist in developing next generation stationary phases for HPLC. He has worked in both manufacturing and also industry, having periods of employment at LGC and also AstraZeneca as well as ThermoFisherScientific and latterly Agilent Technologies. In 2008, he was fortunate enough to be awarded the Desty memorial lecture for his contributions to innovating separation science, and in the same year also won a clinical excellence award from AstraZeneca.
Dr Diane Turner PhD FRSC Senior Consultant & Director, Anthias Consulting Limited Diane Turner is the Founder, Director and Senior Consultant of Anthias Consulting Ltd. A Warwick University Graduate, Diane completed her Masters in analytical chemistry and started her career in environmental chemistry, later gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist. Diane has developed methods for, given support and high-quality training for companies in most industries around the world for more than 20 years. Diane is a visiting Academic & Consultant at The Open University where she continues her disease diagnosis research from her PhD along with food, drug and space applications. Diane is President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Science Community and Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund. She is a Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO). Diane is on the Building Effective Analytical Measurement (BEAM) panel and the Industry Advisory Board of the Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS). She is a member of the Government Chemist Programme Expert Group (GCPEG). Diane is co-author of 'Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry: How Do I Get the Best Results?' published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr Diane Turner PhD FRSC Senior Consultant & Director, Anthias Consulting Limited Diane Turner is the Founder, Director and Senior Consultant of Anthias Consulting Ltd. A Warwick University Graduate, Diane completed her Masters in analytical chemistry and started her career in environmental chemistry, later gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist. Diane has developed methods for, given support and high-quality training for companies in most industries around the world for more than 20 years. Diane is a visiting Academic & Consultant at The Open University where she continues her disease diagnosis research from her PhD along with food, drug and space applications. Diane is President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Science Community and Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund. She is a Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO). Diane is on the Building Effective Analytical Measurement (BEAM) panel and the Industry Advisory Board of the Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS). She is a member of the Government Chemist Programme Expert Group (GCPEG). Diane is co-author of 'Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry: How Do I Get the Best Results?' published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Dr Giles Edwards MChem PhD MRSC Giles obtained his MChem master of chemistry degree from Liverpool John Moores University concentrating on analytical chemistry and his PhD from the University of Manchester. Giles has more than 20 years’ experience within the fields of mass spectrometry and the separation sciences working in industry, academia and the third sector. Past roles have included working as director of a multidisciplinary scientific research centre and also working around the world as a mass spectrometry escalation engineer troubleshooting issues with both instrumentation and application method development. Giles also works part-time in the nuclear physics group at the University of Manchester developing novel mass spectrometry instrumentation for ultra-trace analysis of radionuclides. Giles is Technical Director & Founder Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO).
Dr Giles Edwards MChem PhD MRSC Giles obtained his MChem master of chemistry degree from Liverpool John Moores University concentrating on analytical chemistry and his PhD from the University of Manchester. Giles has more than 20 years’ experience within the fields of mass spectrometry and the separation sciences working in industry, academia and the third sector. Past roles have included working as director of a multidisciplinary scientific research centre and also working around the world as a mass spectrometry escalation engineer troubleshooting issues with both instrumentation and application method development. Giles also works part-time in the nuclear physics group at the University of Manchester developing novel mass spectrometry instrumentation for ultra-trace analysis of radionuclides. Giles is Technical Director & Founder Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO).
Dr Giles Edwards MChem PhD MRSC Giles obtained his MChem master of chemistry degree from Liverpool John Moores University concentrating on analytical chemistry and his PhD from the University of Manchester. Giles has more than 20 years’ experience within the fields of mass spectrometry and the separation sciences working in industry, academia and the third sector. Past roles have included working as director of a multidisciplinary scientific research centre and also working around the world as a mass spectrometry escalation engineer troubleshooting issues with both instrumentation and application method development. Giles also works part-time in the nuclear physics group at the University of Manchester developing novel mass spectrometry instrumentation for ultra-trace analysis of radionuclides. Giles is Technical Director & Founder Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO).
Frédéric Lynen is full professor and head of the Separation Science Group in the Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry at Ghent University. His research comprises chromatographic column technology, temperature responsive liquid chromatography, stationary phase synthesis, green chromatography, multidimensional separations, chromatographic predictive modelling and high-end implementations of hyphenated techniques in chromatography in the fields of environmental, pharmaceutical or art-historical analysis. He is also active in the development of LC-MS and GC-MS based non-targeted approaches allowing e.g. biomarker discovery. He authored over 150 journal articles in the field of separation sciences and was awarded the Jubilee Medal by the Chromatographic Society in 2019 for his work.
Third year PhD student at the University of Southampton studying the analysis of pesticides using supercritical fluid chromatography.
Dr Catherine Frankis is a Senior Scientist at RSSL who works across the Functional Ingredients and Investigative Analysis teams, specializing in chromatograph and spectroscopy-based techniques. She works on projects covering a wide variety of issues, including contamination, adulteration, and the development and validation of new analytical methods.
Andrew has been involved with Ellutia for over 20 years. During his time at Ellutia, Andrew has been involved with many aspects of the business, from product development to strategic planning. This wide-ranging involvement has developed extensive knowledge and experience in the chromatography industry.
Andrew has been involved with Ellutia for over 20 years. During his time at Ellutia, Andrew has been involved with many aspects of the business, from product development to strategic planning. This wide-ranging involvement has developed extensive knowledge and experience in the chromatography industry.
Dr. Arianne Soliven is a Product Specialist at Avantor working in the field of separation science. She has more than 15 years chromatography experience, working across the world with leading academics, including Prof. Georges Guiochon (University of Tennessee), and Prof. Peter Carr (University of Minnesota) resulting in more than 50 peer reviewed articles. As well as working in the academic sector Arianne has had period of employment in both the manufacturing sector with AMT and also as an end user with Novartis. She is currently a honorary adjunct fellow at the University of Western Sydney and also an editorial board member for Chromatographia. She is also passionate about sustainability and women in science.
Dr. Arianne Soliven is a Product Specialist at Avantor working in the field of separation science. She has more than 15 years chromatography experience, working across the world with leading academics, including Prof. Georges Guiochon (University of Tennessee), and Prof. Peter Carr (University of Minnesota) resulting in more than 50 peer reviewed articles. As well as working in the academic sector Arianne has had period of employment in both the manufacturing sector with AMT and also as an end user with Novartis. She is currently a honorary adjunct fellow at the University of Western Sydney and also an editorial board member for Chromatographia. She is also passionate about sustainability and women in science.
Dr. Arianne Soliven is a Product Specialist at Avantor working in the field of separation science. She has more than 15 years chromatography experience, working across the world with leading academics, including Prof. Georges Guiochon (University of Tennessee), and Prof. Peter Carr (University of Minnesota) resulting in more than 50 peer reviewed articles. As well as working in the academic sector Arianne has had period of employment in both the manufacturing sector with AMT and also as an end user with Novartis. She is currently a honorary adjunct fellow at the University of Western Sydney and also an editorial board member for Chromatographia. She is also passionate about sustainability and women in science.
Kelly-Anne is a production shift supervisor at Avantor heading a team of 9 people who manufacture high quality HPLC columns. Prior to this Kelly-Anne completed a degree at Liverpool John Moores University in Zoology where he passions for wildlife first took hold. Her career starting initially as a laboratory technician when she first joined the organisation, rising to the ranks of a Production Shift Supervisor in 2021. Her talents have been recognised and in 2022 she won the Avantor UK Rising Star Award. Kelly-Anne utilises her keen interests in green activities by heading up the site’s sustainability team and recently started an MSc apprenticeship at Keele University in Technical Leadership. As part of this, she is investigating the impact of environmental conditions on the breeding of endangered species, combining her passions of wildlife and separation science.
Mature PhD student with over a decade of industrial experience of development of quantitative and qualitative methods for small molecules
After graduating from University of Leicester with a Masters degree in Natural Sciences and spending a year working in quality control in a pharmaceutical chemical plant, Derryn has started her second year carrying out a PhD at Imperial College London. Working with Dr Leon Barron as project lead, a year long-study of heroin consumption across England has been carried out for the first time and method development for quantification of fentanyl and its analogues in wastewater is being carried out.
Nick founded Emissions Analytics in 2011 to understand real-world emissions and fuel economy and emissions from vehicles. Its EQUA Index database of thousands of independently conducted tests is an international performance benchmark. The wider mission is to understand the holistic environmental impact of vehicles on air, soil and water, from tyre wear rates to volatile organic compound emissions. Nick is chairman of the European standardisation CEN Workshop 90 on collecting real driving emissions data, which has led to the publication of the AIR Index. He is also chairman of CEN Workshop 103 on standardising the collection of vehicle interior air quality data. He is a specialist in data analytics, particularly in the automotive market, through his prior work at Oxford Indices Ltd, a data specialist, United Business plc and Haymarket Media Group. Nick is a graduate of the University of Oxford, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College London.
Ruth is a Forensic Chemist, with a PhD in mass spectrometry (MS). Her interest in MS (particularly hyphenated techniques involving chromatography) started in the pharmaceutical industry, which provided the basis of her PhD (2008) and postdoctoral research on biomolecule elucidation and instrument development with Prof Brenton at the Institute of Mass Spectrometry at Swansea. In 2011 she was appointed as a Lecturer in Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS) specialising in analytical methods, pharmaceutical, environmental and forensic analysis, including quality management systems and professional laboratory practice and Director of Postgraduate programmes (MSc, MRes, PG Dip., PG Cert.) in Applied Analytical Science (LCMS) in 2016. Ruth trains staff and external parties in LC-MS working with multinational companies, government agencies and SMEs in supporting innovation-led education and research.
Ruth's research focuses on pharmaceutical analysis and analytical technologies for medical/chemical analysis, with collaborators in academia, government agencies and industry. Recent research is concerned with environmental medicine, waste management and developing MS and sample preparation technologies, translating equipment and methods between the application areas. She has received grant funding (RCUK/charities) and supervised postgraduate research students.
Ruth is a Chartered Chemist, Chartered Scientist, Fellow of The Higher Education Academy and an active member of the British Mass Spectrometry Society, American Society for Mass Spectrometry and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). She supports the Analytical Methods Committee of the RSC, generating teaching materials and good practice guides as a member and secretary of the Instrumental Analysis Sub-committee. She is also an RSC scheme accreditation assessor and an outreach Chemnet Ambassador.
Alex started his career as an analytical chemist in government research laboratories, before moving to instrument design and sales in small startups. Over the last 20 years Alex has lead teams in various science disciplines and commercial areas, from contract research in tissue culture to water safety monitoring installations. Alex is currently Commercial Director for Microsaic Systems PLC and is leading the expansion of Microsaic offerings into new areas.
Dr Kathy Ridgway has over 29 year’s laboratory experience as an analytical chemist – mainly working with GC-MS. She has worked on a wide range of food contaminants and whilst working for Unilever Research, completed a PhD at the University of Loughborough focussed on alternative extraction techniques. Following this, she worked as a technical specialist in Taints and off-flavours at Reading Scientific services limited (RSSL). She now works as a Senior Applications Chemist at Element (formally Anatune) on automation of sample preparation protocols and alternative extraction techniques. Her main focus is on food, flavour and fragrance applications.
Academic Lead, Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry, University of York
RSC SepSci Committee Member and SinS Scientific Committee Group member
Immediate Past Chair, British Mass Spectrometry Society
International Mass Spectrometry Foundation - focus group leader
Mass spectrometrist with particular interest in the analysis of complex mixtures
Nigel completed his first degree in Chemistry and subsequent PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Exeter University, UK. Interested by the analytical chemistry challenges within his research at Exeter, his first industrial appointment was with Dow AgroSciences as an Analytical Chemist. After nine years with Dow, he moved to GSK as an Analytical Team Leader within the Chemical Development Division based in Stevenage, UK. Whilst at GSK, Nigel led the analytical activities to commercialisation for Tykerb (breast cancer medicine) and led GSK’s oligonucleotide therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy into the final stages of development and regulatory submission. He has also worked as Chemistry Lead in a team focused on novel platforms for oligonucleotide delivery. More recently, he held the position of Senior Director within the CMC Analytical Division, leading a department of 55 scientists who focused on analytical modernization and new technology introduction. In 2019, Nigel established McLean Pharma Consultancy Ltd, which focuses on CMC, analytical and oligonucleotide consultancy.
Andrew is Senior Technical Specialist at JSB. He has a wealth of experience in application development across all market areas using a wide range of analytical instrumentation from JSB's extensive product portfolio. Andrew's recent areas of focus have been: - End-to-End Automation (both hardware and software, to encompass automated sample preparation, data acquisition, data evaluation, sample re-processing, data analysis and reporting) - GCxGC - Pyrolysis-GCMS
Janitha de Alwis (known as JD) is a Senior Applications Chemist in the European demo lab, based in Wilmslow, UK. His main role focuses on application development work for the food and environmental sector. JD takes great pride in speaking to, and advising, many food and environmental customers. His position requires him to be reactive and proactive to the changes in food industry regulations, environmental legislation and emerging contaminants.
Following her BSc Honours in Natural Science (Open University) and MRes in Environmental Science (University of Portsmouth), Ros embarked on a PhD in Environmental Science (University of Portsmouth). Her research focus is on organic chemical pollution in chalk rivers. Seeking a sustainable solution to the system of deploying passive samplers in shallow waters, she designed and developed the equipment used for her research. She has published a paper in Environmental Science and Pollution Research and in MethodsX.
Hello! I'm a 2nd year PhD student in the medical school of Swansea University and I work together with Ruth Godfrey, Lewis Francis, Rachel Townsend and Microsaic Systems PLC. We are working on developing a mobile LC-MS method for a range of PFAS, including PFCAs, PFSAs and fluorotelomers (FTOHs), in environmental matrices. In addition, we are working on the effects of PFAS on human and animal health to understand the behaviour and effect better.
Dr Theocharis Ispoglou is an expert in exercise nutrition and physiology, with a particular focus on the effects of protein on ageing. His innovative research and the development of nutritional prototypes have provided practical solutions for addressing the common protein and energy deficiencies found in older adults, leading to notable improvements in muscle strength, functional performance, and overall quality of life. This work has significantly advanced our understanding of the essential role of protein in maintaining skeletal muscle mass, strength, and function, particularly in older adults. As a Reader at the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, Dr Ispoglou is deeply committed to promoting the fields of sport and exercise science and nutrition, with a focus on advancing the management, treatment, and prevention of sarcopenia. Through his research and educational initiatives, Dr Ispoglou aims to enhance functional and clinical outcomes for both clinical and non-clinical populations.
Johanna Kollback has a M.Sc. in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Gothenburg and is currently working as a Senior Scientist in the Separation Science Laboratory at AstraZeneca Gothenburg. Her work is focused on the plate purification process in the laboratory, mainly, supporting the Early R&D Medicinal Chemistry departments. She has been essential for the plate purification process development, streamlining it and implementing automation solutions, and method development for small and midsized molecules. She is currently working on developing SFC methods for analysis and purification for PROTACs and to identify and utilise digital tools to provide smoother workflows for the lab based scientists.
Elena is a PhD researcher from Italy. She has always liked sciences and studies related to the environment, therefore, she decided to take the bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Technologies for the Environment at the University of Bologna. During this period, she carried out an internship at the research centre ENEA in Rome about ionic liquids as a green alternative to organic solvents in Li-ion batteries. Right after that, Elena started the Erasmus Mundus Master Advanced Spectroscopy in Chemistry, which gave her a deeper knowledge of physical and analytical chemistry and the opportunity to be part of an international environment, study in different countries and learn new cultures. She spent one semester University of Lille (France), one at the University of Leipzig (Germany) and the last year in Helsinki (Finland). At the University of Helsinki, she worked on her master’s thesis in the polymers and colloids research group, carrying out the synthesis and analysis of a novel series of thermo-responsive microgels. She graduated in 2019 and had her first working experience just before starting this PhD. She was researching the mechanical amorphization of ceramic materials at the Institute of Material Science of the research centre CSIC in Seville (Spain). She is an Early Stage Researcher, ESR 11, at the University of Ghent with Prof. Frederic Lynen (Ugent) as a supervisor and Dr Hamed Eghbali (Dow Chemicals) as co-supervisor, working on the development of new TRLC columns for enhance AOP analyses. She enjoys doing open-air activities, reading, and travelling in her free time.
Lewis Jones is a Senior Innovation Manager at Sensient Flavors & Extracts. Lewis is responsible for research and development of Natural Extract products globally, as well as, Analytical and Sensory for Sweet and Beverage Flavours in Europe. Lewis holds and Master in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield, and previously worked at Danisco, Firmenich and Mars, before joining Sensient in 2017. With a keen interest in separation science Lewis is a member of the RSC Separation Science Committee.
I am a Senior Field Service Engineer for Scientific Support Services, an after sales and service provider for cutting edge analytical equipment in the UK and Ireland. I have over 15 years of field service experience in multi-dimensional GC, HPLC, XRF and VUV in the oil & gas and medical devices industries. I have trained service engineers all over the world and now work with customers in almost every major oil and gas refinery int he UK and Ireland. I recently lead Scientific Support Services' digital transformation in AR and XR, making us among the first service providers in the space leveraging this new wave of technology to support customers.
James Grufferty is an Associate Analytical Chemist at Sensient Flavours Ltd. James graduated from the University of Reading with a BSc in Biochemistry (2016) and an MSc in Molecular Medicine (2017). James joined the flavouring industry in 2018 where he became a Trainee flavourist. In this role he gained knowledge of many of the aroma chemicals used in flavourings. In 2021, he joined Sensient to apply this knowledge to the role of an Analytical Chemist. James currently performs GC-MS and HPLC analysis on a range of flavourings and extracts and has an interest in looking at ways to improve the analysis of these.
Brenna Phillips is a Research and Development Innovation Technician in Swansea University's Medical School; this is her first research post after completing her MSc in November 2022. She is working with Dr A Ruth Godfrey et al to deliver a more sustainable measurement method for plastic analysis using Gas Chromatography-Vacuum Ultraviolet spectroscopy (GC-VUV). Side note: Can I just clarify, that I am NOT the PI on this, the order of authors goes... A Ruth Godfrey, Sarper Sarp, Nathan Burley, Jonathan Smuts, Derrell Sloan, Paul H. Roberts, Anthony Buchanan, Ryan Sutherill, Brenna Phillips. Thanks.
After a varied career from professional club and radio DJ to magnetic sector mass spec installation engineer, Alan is currently the Separation Science Product Specialist for LECO UK. Much of the work is technical, from giving talks on GC-MS and GCxGC-MS to training customers and assisting companies understand what the best solution is for their needs and requirements. The other side of Alan's role is business related, providing opportunities for the team to improve and helping them to perform well whilst broadcasting the power, innovation and precision of LECO separation science instruments and promoting the LECO brand.
After a varied career from professional club and radio DJ to magnetic sector mass spec installation engineer, Alan is currently the Separation Science Product Specialist for LECO UK. Much of the work is technical, from giving talks on GC-MS and GCxGC-MS to training customers and assisting companies understand what the best solution is for their needs and requirements. The other side of Alan's role is business related, providing opportunities for the team to improve and helping them to perform well whilst broadcasting the power, innovation and precision of LECO separation science instruments and promoting the LECO brand.
After a varied career from professional club and radio DJ to magnetic sector mass spec installation engineer, Alan is currently the Separation Science Product Specialist for LECO UK. Much of the work is technical, from giving talks on GC-MS and GCxGC-MS to training customers and assisting companies understand what the best solution is for their needs and requirements. The other side of Alan's role is business related, providing opportunities for the team to improve and helping them to perform well whilst broadcasting the power, innovation and precision of LECO separation science instruments and promoting the LECO brand.
2nd Year PHD student in Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
Global Applications & Development Director for LECO Separation Science. Passionate about chromatography & mass spectrometry, and solving problems! Enjoyed spending a number of years working with LC and GC and in particular GC-MS, across many applications. Much time spend in the method development/discovery area, particularly during time with Unilever R&D, in the fragrance industry and now, working across multiple sectors with LECO, developing workflow enhancing solutions using GCxGC and TOFMS technologies.
Current: PhD Student at Ghent University, Belgium
-MRes in Pharmaceutical Analysis at Nottingham Trent University, UK
-BSc in Environmental Engineering and Public Health, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Nathan is the CEO of Spectrometrics Limited, a boutique consultancy and analytical solutions partner specialising in bringing new and emerging analytical technologies to the UK & Ireland. Before forming Spectrometrics, Nathan managed a metabolomics mass spectrometry core facility for 14-years, before moving into a hybrid commercial role combining account management, product management and product specialist roles.
Adriaan Ampe is a 4th year PhD fellow at Separation Science group at Ghent University. His research mainly focusses on development of new stationary phases and improvement thereof in both LC and GC.
Giles is a mass spectrometrist and completed a PhD developing novel surface analysis methods for laser post-ionisation supttered neutral mass spectrometry (L-SNMS). He worked for the Waters Corporation in the Global Service Support group (GSS) from 2006 to 2010 and has more than 22 years experience within the fields of mass spectrometry and the separation sciences. Currently Giles works for Anthias Consulting as a consultant and trainer. He also works part-time in the nuclear physics group at the University of Manchester developing novel mass spectrometry instrumentation for elemental analysis through its hyphenation to collinear resonance ionisation spectroscopy (CRIS). In addition to this he is a director of Artemis Analytical Ltd which is a University of Manchester spin out company that aims to comercialise CRIS instrumentation as well as performing contract analytical services for external clients of the University of Manchester. In his spare time he founded the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities charity in 2009 to assist with capacity building and the provision of mass spectrometry products to academics in developing countries.
I am a passionate, motivated and enthusiastic Investigator at GSK. I completed my PhD (Solid State NMR to facilitate HPLC Method Development) at the University of Warwick and Pfizer and have since gained over four years industry experience at Mylan, Johnson Matthey and GSK. My research centres on analytical method development and optimisation for small molecules. I am currently part of GSK’s Method Innovation Team based in Stevenage UK with area of interest in in-silico modelling, quality by design (QbD) method development and the transfer of analytical methods and results between chromatography instruments.
I completed my MChem with a year in industry, from the University of East Anglia back in 2005, working at GSK for my Sandwich year in 2003. I then went on to study for my Ph.D. at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, graduating in 2010. I specialised in novel Pd and Pt cross-coupling reactions, for Building blocks for Pharmaceuticals. After this, I was a Post-doctoral Researcher, at Pfizer in Sandwich, from 2010-2011, working on Ni-based catalysts for optimisation routes for API's. I then moved onto Charnwood Molecular, at BioCity in Nottingham, as a synthetic Chemist from 2012-2013. In Dec. 2013, I started at ACD/Labs, and was promoted to a Senior Application Scientist in 2019. I now work on key accounts in the UK, Ireland, Central Europe and Scandinavia.
My name is Melanie Messih and I am a third year bachelor Chemistry student at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Free University of Amsterdam (VU). During my bachelor, I completed the Artificial Intelligence minor at the UvA.
Diane Turner is the Founder, Director and Senior Consultant of Anthias Consulting Ltd. A Warwick University Graduate, Diane completed her Masters in analytical chemistry and started her career in environmental chemistry, later gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist. Diane has developed methods for, given support and high-quality training for companies in most industries around the world for more than 20 years. Diane is a visiting Academic & Consultant at The Open University where she continues her disease diagnosis research from her PhD along with food, drug and space applications. Diane is President of the Royal Society of Chemistry Analytical Sciences Community and Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund. She is a Trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO). Diane is on the Building Effective Analytical Measurement (BEAM) panel and the Industry Advisory Board of the Community for Analytical Measurement Science (CAMS). She is a member of the Government Chemist Programme Expert Group (GCPEG). Diane is co-author of 'Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry: How Do I Get the Best Results?' published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Pernilla Sörme was born in Sweden but now lives in the UK. At My Green Lab, she serves as the project lead to continually update and improve the My Green Lab Certification Program. She also develops the technical resources and research to support green lab best practices as well as program support in the implementation of the My Green Lab program across the industry. Previous to this she was with AstraZeneca for 19 years. After completing her PhD in Medicinal chemistry at Lund’s University, she worked for more than 10 years in the chemistry labs at AstraZeneca with designing and developing new medicine. She then took up a position at AstraZeneca's global sustainability function where she, among other things, worked with environmental risk for new medicines and safe discharge for the operations sites but then moved on to work with her true passion for environmental sustainability in the labs. She started up the global green labs project at AstraZeneca and during a four-year period, expanded the project to include all labs in the R&D and PTD sites.
Chiara Cordero (orcid.org/0000-0003-3201-0775) is Full Professor of Food Chemistry at the Department of Drug Science and Technology of the Università degli Studi di Torino (Turin, Italy). Prof. Cordero was Research Fellow at the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelchemie - DFA (German Research Center for Food Chemistry) at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) in the group held by Prof. Peter Schieberle; in 2019 Visiting Professor at Poznan University of Life Sciences (Poznan, Poland) and in 2020 Visiting Professor at Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, South Africa). Her research focus on: (a) design of instrumental configurations for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) platforms for food-omics investigations (profiling and fingerprinting); (b) discovery of food quality markers (food metabolomics, and volatilomics) and food intake markers in bio-fluids (nutrimetabolomics and volatilomics); (c) design and application of miniaturized, fully automated, solvent-free sample preparation approaches for sensomic characterization of food. In 2008, Chiara received the "Leslie S. Ettre” Award for “original research in capillary gas chromatography with an emphasis on environmental and food safety" and in 2014 received the “John B. Phillips Award” for her research activity in the field of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography. In 2016 Chiara was included by The Analytical Scientist in the “Women Power List” as one of the 50 most influencing women in the analytical sciences. In 2022 she received the Scientific Achievement Award for her research in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (https://www.gcxgc-symposium.com/saa-2022).
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Dr Lewis Francis (LF) (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7803-7714) . Associate Professor, Swansea Medical School. LF research focuses on building an understanding of the biophysical and biochemical cues that underpin tissue architecture and cellular differentiation. He has received funding (>10M Pi funding) from Innovate UK, ERDF and Welsh Government A4B and SMART Expertise programmes to advance biotechnology and biosciences, interfacing understanding with academic and industrial partners. Delineating the complex and heterogenous tissue microenvironment is a major focus, with large government funding (CEAT2018/COL/04), informing disease targets for new diagnostic and drug development strategies, alongside precision delivery processes, using synthetic and lipid-based nanoparticles. Lewis has a strong track record in interdisciplinary research, building a catalogue of industrial (including GSK, AZ, Bruker-nano, Cytiva and Acis Bio) and academic partners, harnessing sequence based (epi)genomic, high resolution biophysical (bio-AFM) and image-based phenotype mapping approaches as enabling technologies in his discovery and translational research objectives in this space.
Paul has over 20 years’ experience as an Analytical Scientist, having graduated in 1994 from the University of Birmingham with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. An experienced chromatographer, Paul has worked at RSSL for more than ten years, specialising in flavour and taints analysis using multi-dimensional chromatography and mass spectrometry. Paul is a qualified NVQ assessor, a member of the Industry Advisory Board for CAMS and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Dr Sarah Hill is Principal Scientist for Inorganic Analysis within the National Measurement Laboratory (NML), which primarily supports LGC’s status as the UK’s designated institute for chemical and biological analysis. This involves the application of high accuracy calibration techniques to a wide variety of sample types to develop reference methods and to support production of certified reference materials. She joined LGC in 2007 and has over 19 years direct and hands-on experience of atomic spectroscopy techniques. Her favourite element is iodine.
Marco Albertini completed his PhD in Molecular Sciences at the University of Padova (Italy) acquiring a deep expertise in CW- and Pulsed- Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR). After a thesis on the physical chemistry of the energy pathways in biological and biomimetic systems, Marco Albertini developed interest in mass spectrometry, with attention to the physical chemistry details of the technique. Marco spent four years as (Senior) Analytical Chemist at Merieux Nutrisciences in Italy, developing, among the others, GC-FID, GC-MS, and LC-MS methods for the detection of food adulteration. After that, three years ago he joined Domino Printing Sciences in Cambridge, where is now Senior Analytical Chemist in the Mass Spectrometry laboratory. At Domino, Marco joined the Royal Society of Chemistry as member and, more recently, was appointed Chartered Chemist. His research is now focussed on the characterisation of raw materials for ink formulations and on the trace analysis of contaminants in inks for food contact application using mostly GC-MS and uHPLC-HRMS techniques.
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Giles founded the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities charity in 2009 to assist with capacity building and the provision of analytical instrumentation to academics in developing countries, this is run in his spare time as pro bono voluntary work. He worked for the Waters Corporation in the Global Service Support group (GSS) from 2006 to 2010 and has more than 20 years experience within the fields of mass spectrometry and the separation sciences. Currently Giles works for Anthias Consulting as a consultant and trainer. He also works part-time in the nuclear physics group at the University of Manchester developing novel mass spectrometry instrumentation for elemental analysis through its hyphenation to collinear resonance ionisation spectroscopy (CRIS). In addition to this he is a director of Artemis Analytical Ltd which is a University of Manchester spin out company that aims to comercialise CRIS instrumentation as well as performing contract analytical services for external clients of the University of Manchester.
Melissa is CAMS Executive Board Chair and co-founder (with ACTF and NML) and is past-president of the RSC Analytical Division and past Chair of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund. Melissa is the Global External Strategic Innovation Lead and Global Analytical Technology Lead for Pfizer Pharmaceutical Sciences in Worldwide Research and Development. Her role integrates science & technology strategy development, horizon scanning, and shaping of a global and complex external partnership ecosystem. She is passionate about science & technology, learning and developing inclusive workplace cultures that values every colleague and voice. She is also a full visiting Professor at the University of Warwick (Chemistry) where she teaches and examines MSc Separation Science. Melissa joined Pfizer in 2006 as Lead Separation Science, taking a lead role in the Pfizer Analytical Research Centre with Universities of Ghent and Tasmania which sought to focus on accelerating research and innovation in Separation Sciences. Prior to joining Pfizer, Melissa held an academic Lectureship at Kings College London in Separation Science and supervised a team of Separation Science researchers following a PhD (Andrew Hutt, Vern de Biasi and Patrick Camilleri) and Postdoc (Colin Simpson) in Separation Science.
Paul Ferguson works in the New Modalities & Parenteral Development department at AstraZeneca, Macclesfield as a specialist in separation science. He joined AstraZeneca in 2011 but has worked in the pharmaceutical industry since 1999 following a post-doc at Imperial College London and a PhD with Professor David Goodall at the University of York before that.
Paul has interests in UHPLC, SFC, CE, chiral separations, formulated drug sample preparation, green analytical chemistry and method development. He has worked in the field of green analytical chemistry for 15 years having been introduced to the area by Dr Pete Dunn at Pfizer, and has co-authored several publications on the topic.
Alongside this, he is currently Honorary Secretary of The Chromatographic Society having previously served as President and Vice President. Since joining the Society in 2007, he has organised and co-organised several national meetings and training courses including the Grass Roots educational events.
