I am an early-career R&D scientist at Johnson Matthey, also studying for a PhD at the University of York. . I earned a first-class honors BSc in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences from Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (now Atlantic Technological University, Galway). During my undergraduate studies, I undertook a six-month placement at the State Laboratory in Kildare, working in the Animal Feedingstuffs department. There, I developed and analysed methods for detecting antibiotic levels in animal feed, sparking my passion for analytical method development and applied research. After graduating, I transitioned directly into industry, beginning my career as an active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) Stability Testing Analyst at Almac. This was followed by a role at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as a Consumer Health Product Quality Control Specialist and Stability Coordinator. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I sought to diversify my experience, taking a secondment in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS), where I trained as an occupational hygienist. This broadened my perspective but also reaffirmed my desire to return to laboratory-based research. In 2021, I joined Johnson Matthey and simultaneously pursued higher education by undertaking a part-time master’s degree, which I completed in January 2024. My journey in academia and industry has now evolved further, as I am currently pursuing a PhD as an industry student in collaboration with the University of York. My background reflects a blend of hands-on laboratory expertise, analytical problem-solving, and continuous professional growth, driven by a passion for research and development in the chemical sciences.
Karen Harper ICP-OES Field Application Specialist | PerkinElmer Karen is an ICP-OES Field Application Specialist at PerkinElmer, supporting laboratories in environmental and industrial analysis for over 10 years. With a background in the water industry, she brings valuable insight into the challenges of elemental analysis in effluents, wastewater, and regulatory compliance. Karen specialises in method development, troubleshooting, and workflow optimisation, helping laboratories maximise efficiency and data quality. At SinS, she looks forward to sharing expertise and discussing innovative approaches to ICP-OES and ICP-MS in environmental monitoring.
Will is the senior applications scientist for Verdel Instruments. His work mainly involves development of extractions and applications for the novel technique, Total Correlation Mass Spectrometry (TOC-MS). Achieving his PhD from the University of York, he has since worked across the globe in analytical and bioanalytical application spaces for mass spectrometry.
Senior Scientist at Resolian in the Analytical Sciences team with 7 years experience performing trace organic impurity analysis on API and drug formulations to GMP. Experienced in LC-MS, LC-UV and SFC-UV with a particular focus on method development and sustainability in the laboratory.
I am a PhD student at the University of York whose research revolves around developing mass spectrometry methods for analysing archaeological proteins. The research presented here was conducted during a DTP funded placement where I was performing small molecule mass spectrometry on controlled substances.
Federica Calabrò graduated in Chemical-Toxicological and Environmental Safety Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Milano. Enrolled in the Analytical Sciences master program at the University of Amsterdam, she is currently involved in developing suspect screening strategies for the retrospective analysis of archived HRMS data under the supervision of Dr. S. Samanipour and Dr. L. Renai. Federica is also part of the Master+ ATLAS programme, thanks to which she has expanded her knowledge in Ion Spectroscopy, Protein Analysis, but also in Green and Circular analytical chemistry
Sean O’Connor serves as an Analytical Sales Specialist at Verulam Scientific, where he focuses on automation, liquid chromatography, electrochemistry, and other laboratory techniques for small-scale production. He is passionate about helping customers find effective solutions. His clients often face challenges such as delayed results, the need to repeatedly train staff for mundane tasks, and an inability to undertake projects or testing due to time and capacity constraints. On a more sustainable note, the solutions he can provide aim to reduce or completely eliminate solvent usage through innovative sample introduction methods, sensitive detectors, and advanced separation techniques.
David Dunthorne is a Senior Research and Development Associate Chemist at Avantor and an avid member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chromatographic Society. David attained his Bachelor of Chemistry (Hons) at University of Durham, studying across a broad range of chemical disciplines, including analytical chemistry techniques. Since 2017, he has worked within the Production, Applications and R&D teams within VWR, now part of Avantor. Recent focuses have been in developing novel HPLC/UHPLC manufacturing methods, the use of solid-core phases, novel chromatographic technologies, next generation LC stationary phases, and the development of high throughput sample preparation technologies. David’s work has featured in several peer-reviewed articles, and he has recently presented at both the International Symposium on Separation Sciences in 2024 and the Reid Bioanalytical Forum in 2023.
Margarita is an early career researcher currently working at the Emerging Chemical Contaminants (ECC) laboratory within the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at Imperial College London, having completed a Master’s in Analytical Toxicology at King’s College London. She has spent the last two years mainly focusing on wastewater-based epidemiology, preparing and testing samples by solid phase extraction, direct injection LC-MS and QTOF-MS for a national wastewater monitoring project. She has also spent time working on other projects testing river water, surface water and seawater for chemicals of concern including illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals and pesticides.
Rebecca is a second year PhD student at the University of York studying iridium speciation by a range of analytical techniques including mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry and UV-Vis.
Matt James is a Senior Research Scientist at Avantor Sciences. Matt gained his PhD at University of Bristol and over the last 15 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 and PFAS by LC-MS/MS.
Rebecca Nash completed her BSc in Chemistry from the University of Surrey in 2022. As part of her studies, she completed a placement year within the Organic Mass Spectrometry team at the National Measurement Laboratory hosted by LGC, during which time she worked on the development of LC-MS/MS methods for the analysis of food products. After completing her degree, she has since rejoined the OMS team as a Research Analyst, where she now works on a wide range of projects, currently focused on clinical analysis.
A PhD researcher at the University of Portsmouth specialising in the identification and quantification of emerging polar organic contaminants in freshwater. Their research utilises the Chemcatcher passive sampler alongside a combination of target and non-target analysis approaches.
My interest in extractable and leachables (E&L) started out whist in my final year of my BSc forensic Science degree when I was completing my dissertation on Irganox antioxidants with Resolian and Anglian Ruskin University. Once I finished my degree I was interested in carrying on in E&L so I applied for a vacancy at Resolian for a scientist position and have now been working there for nearly three years now. From my dissertation I had a keen interest in GCMS analysis, This was further developed whilst working at Resolian where my focus is on GCMS maintenance, sample preparation,/development and data review. I am also passionate about sustainability and green chemistry which led to investigating into alternative greener solvents for extractables and leachables studies.
Extractables and Leachables Senior Programme Manager at Resolian, with a demonstrated history of method development and application of chromatography and mass spectrometry in a wide range of industries. Currently leading the Extractables and Leachables sector at Resolian. Previous experience in environmental, occupational health and doping control testing by. Strong interest in establishing collaboration between industry and academia. Holding Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused in Environmental Science from Anglia Ruskin University.
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Juditha is a Research Assistant in the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College London’s School of Public Health. As part of the Emerging Chemical Contaminants team, Judi specializes in the analysis of wastewater samples to detect contaminants of emerging concern, including illicit drugs, lifestyle compounds, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals. Her work supports high-throughput environmental monitoring and public health research.
Ria has a masters in forensic science from King's College London and currently works as an analytical chemist at the research and development department at Domino Printing sciences. Her job involves conducting migration studies on food packaging ink, characterising raw materials and their impurities as well as providing support to the ink formulation chemists throughout the product development lifecycle.
Jasmin Schwarte is a Master of Science student following the Analytical Chemistry study programme which is a joint degree at the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She completed her Bachelor's in Forensic Chemistry at the Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Currently, she is doing a research internship at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) at the University of Amsterdam and is working on her master thesis. Her project is about a new computational approach to assist liquid chromatography method development.
Dr Konstantinia Karametsi is a Senior Researcher at LGC, who is an experienced analytical chemist with over 15 years of industrial experience in different sections of analytical and food chemistry.
Christine Townsend is highly experienced Technical Support Specialist at Verulam Scientific with a background in Analytical Chemistry.
Alex is a research assistant in the EMCMS group of Dr. Saer Samanipour. He is mainly interested in computational mass spectrometry, statistics, and modeling. He works on prediction of the ionization efficiency of chemicals using machine learning.
Nikoleta is currently a PhD student in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London. She holds an MPhys Physics from the University of Bath, with a particular focus in Photonics. At Bath she received a grant from Rank Prize Fund in Optoelectronics to fund her research in optical fibre-based endoscopic flow cytometry. Applying her physical science background to her current medical field, she is currently focussing on designing novel microfluidic devices for high-throughput and low-volume analysis of patient derived biofluids.
I am a Research Technical Professional focusing on developing LC-MS and GC-MS analyses of metabolomics and small molecules according to the client's project. I also train new users on GC-MS and LC-MS, perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of analytical equipment. I previously carried out research in organic geochemistry reconstructing past environments as a result of sea-level changes with sedimentary molecular fossils, and developed an amino acid racemisation relative dating method with bivalve shells.
Jacob Russell is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on lithium isotope enrichment via solvent extraction. He holds a Master's degree in chemistry from Manchester Metropolitan University. Jacob is passionate about nuclear power, specifically nuclear fusion and promoting it as a viable option for low-carbon power
Lotte holds an MSci in Chemistry and Biology within Natural Sciences from Durham University. Lotte was recently a Research Assistant at King's College London with Prof. Michael Antoniou, sponsored by Breast Cancer UK. This project looked to develop a GC-MS method for the targeted analysis of common chemical pollutants in archived breast cancer tissue to identify cocktails of endocrine disrupting chemicals that may influence breast cancer progression She has recently started a PhD in the Environmental Research Group at Imperial College, supervised by Dr Leon Barron, Dr Fred Piel and funded by the ESPRC in collaboration with Puraffinity. This project will focus on non-targeted analysis of PFAS in drinking water and drinking water sources, and evaluating advanced sorbents for the removal of PFAS.
A PhD student from Brunel University, working on Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationship Models, in collaboration with GSK and Imperial College London.
Graduate of the university of East Anglia, holding a BSc in Biomedicine with 1st class honours. Scientist with over a decade of experience in analytical science, starting my career in the food industry performing industry standard wet analysis and organoleptic evaluation before moving on to drug surveillance screening at LGC, Fordham. Currently pursuing a career within the pharmaceutical industry, working for the contract research organisation, Resolian, supporting the Analytical Sciences department.
Dr Santanu Majumder is a Lecturer in Environmental Analytical Chemistry at Bournemouth University. His research focuses on developing innovative analytical methods to address environmental challenges. He completed his PhD at the University of Girona, Spain, in 2013, supported by the Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Scholarship from the European Commission. He was also awarded the DAAD Doctoral Scholarship. Dr Majumder was a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham (2021-2023) and a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow at Texas A&M University, USA (2017-2019). He currently supervises the Analytical Science Research Group (ASRG), where he is developing novel analytical techniques with his team for the chemical characterisation of toxic pollutants, including heavy metals and emerging contaminants such as engineered nanomaterials, PFAS and micro/nano-plastics, across various environmental matrices. His group also conducts novel analytical research with applications in forensic science and advanced health sciences, with funding from organizations including the UK Home Office, NERC, UKRI, Research England, the European Commission, and numerous charitable funding bodies. He is also acting as a referee and editor for several reputed international journals.
Dr Santanu Majumder is a Lecturer in Environmental Analytical Chemistry at Bournemouth University. His research focuses on developing innovative analytical methods to address environmental challenges. He completed his PhD at the University of Girona, Spain, in 2013, supported by the Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Scholarship from the European Commission. He was also awarded the DAAD Doctoral Scholarship. Dr Majumder was a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham (2021-2023) and a Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow at Texas A&M University, USA (2017-2019). He currently supervises the Analytical Science Research Group (ASRG), where he is developing novel analytical techniques with his team for the chemical characterization of toxic pollutants, including heavy metals and emerging contaminants such as engineered nanomaterials and micro/nano-plastics, across various environmental matrices. His group also conducts analytical research with applications in forensic science and advanced health sciences, with funding from organizations including the UK Home Office, NERC, UKRI, Research England, the European Commission, and numerous charitable funding bodies. He is also acting as a referee and editor for several reputed international journals.
Hayrunisa Cengiz is a second-year Pharmacy student at Istanbul University with a strong passion for science and research. She is an active member of a student research group under the mentorship of Professors Sena Çağlar Andaç and Pelin Köseoğlu Yılmaz. The group focuses on chromatographic analysis of pharmaceutical drugs, emphasizing green analytical chemistry methods and experimental design. Hayrunisa is particularly interested in scientific innovation and enjoys participating in exhibitions as a way to share knowledge, connect with others in the field, and explore emerging developments in pharmaceutical sciences.
John holds a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield with a thesis on the topic of energetic materials (typically high nitrogen content chemical compounds – traditionally explosives or solid fuels). He previously worked in the QC lab of Ecolab (manufacturer of Licensed Medicinal Products, and Medical Devices) before becoming a Field Engineer at JayTee Biosciences where he mainly covered HPLC and GC maintenance for instruments from Agilent, Waters, Thermo and Shimadzu, covering a large area in the UK. Later, he joined Agilent as a Remote Support Engineer, where he helped customers to solve their problems with instrumentation. Since 2022 he has worked for Restek as the UK and Ireland LC Specialist, supporting customers with method development, and troubleshooting chromatographic problems
John holds a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield with a thesis on the topic of energetic materials (typically high nitrogen content chemical compounds – traditionally explosives or solid fuels). He previously worked in the QC lab of Ecolab (manufacturer of Licensed Medicinal Products, and Medical Devices) before becoming a Field Engineer at JayTee Biosciences where he mainly covered HPLC and GC maintenance for instruments from Agilent, Waters, Thermo and Shimadzu, covering a large area in the UK. Later, he joined Agilent as a Remote Support Engineer, where he helped customers to solve their problems with instrumentation. Since 2022 he has worked for Restek as the UK and Ireland LC Specialist, supporting customers with method development, and troubleshooting chromatographic problems
Chloe Miller is a 3rd year PhD student working on 3D-printed Electrochemical sensors for the detection of biological molecules in various biological systems, under the supervision of Professor Bhavik Patel. Her introduction into Electrochemical sensors occurred during a project in the final year of her bachelor's degree, studying falsified vitamin C tablets using voltammetry. Chloe graduated with a 1st class Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences degree from the University of Brighton in 2021. She then went onto achieve a commendation in her Pharmacology Masters in 2022 from Nottingham Trent University.
Dr. Leon Barron leads the Emerging Chemical Contaminants team within the Environmental Research Group at Imperial. His research aims to further our understanding of the sources, risks and impacts existing, emerging and new chemical contaminants on environmental and public health. His projects have mainly focussed on pharmaceuticals, personal care products, illicit drugs, pesticides, 'forever chemicals' (PFAS), disinfectant by-products, security-related substances and industrial chemicals. His work spans across all environmental spheres (soil, water, air and biological materials).
A Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Imperial College’s Centre for Environmental Policy (CEP). My work is interdisciplinary and has a theme of enhancing opportunity for increased ecological, social and economic sustainability in land-use transitions. This work currently across three domains, exploring consequences of the expansion of tree crops (e.g. viticulture & palm-crop in West Africa), of greenspace in cities and within the PREPP group considering environmental pesticide pollution.
Steven Wright studied at Southampton University and was awarded a PhD for studies of fundamental reactions occurring on single crystal surfaces in ultra-high vacuum. He subsequently undertook postdoctoral research in Berlin, Odense, Essen, and Liverpool where he continued to investigate fundamental reactions using mass spectrometry and laser-based techniques. Embarking on an industrial career path in 1999, he joined Applied Materials as a product development engineer and later, Microsaic Systems, where he developed the first commercial micro-engineered mass spectrometer, ultimately in the role of Chief Scientist. Steven has been Principal Scientist at Verdel Instruments since 2021and is currently developing a novel 2D mass spectrometry technique. He also holds a Visiting Researcher position at Imperial College, London.
Nathanael Page is an Associate Scientific Director at Resolian, specializing in chromatography and mass spectrometry for the quantitation and characterization of trace impurities in pharmaceuticals and medical devices. With an MSc in Analytical Chemistry from Loughborough University, Nathanael has provided technical guidance for the quantitation and characterization of nitrosamines and other impurities in numerous pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Nathanael's research interests revolve around enhancing the sustainability of impurity quantitation and characterization methods.
Jelle Verdonck has degrees in Master of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Master of Safety Engineering. He is a PhD student at KU Leuven, Belgium. His PhD focuses on development of chromium speciation method and is part of the European project ‘Human Biomonitoring for Europe’ (HBM4EU). HBM4EU is a project that forms a bridge between science and policy by exploring current questions in chemical risk assessment. Therefore, new scientific data is generated which will support policy makers to protect human health. Additionally, the project aims to bridge the gap between science and society by informing general population.
Margarita is an early career researcher currently working at the Emerging Chemical Contaminants (ECC) laboratory within the Environmental Research Group (ERG) at Imperial College London, having completed a Master’s in Analytical Toxicology at King’s College London. She has spent the last two years mainly focusing on wastewater-based epidemiology, preparing and testing samples by solid phase extraction, direct injection LC-MS and QTOF-MS for a national wastewater monitoring project. She has also spent time working on other projects testing river water, surface water and seawater for chemicals of concern including illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals and pesticides.
Zheqi is a third-year PhD student in Chemistry at the University of Bristol, supervised by Prof. Craig Butts. His research focuses on developing machine learning frameworks for molecular structure elucidation using NMR data. He is responsible for developing the Butts group's in-house IMPRESSION model and exploring its versatile applications on molecules.
Calan obtained his BSc in Chemistry at Heriot Watt University in 2020, after which he moved to the university of Warwick to pursue a PhD in Analytical Science under Peter O'Connor. In 2025 he obtained his PhD with a thesis on Two-Dimensional Mass Spectrometry (2DMS). Currently working as a postdoctoral researcher but very interested in any potential roles in academia or industry.
Nathan is the CEO of Spectrometrics Limited, a company founded to bring new and emerging Analytical technologies to the UK & Ireland. Before forming Spectrometrics, Nathan worked as an account manager and market specialist at Anatune having transitioned to a commercial role after spending 15-years managing a metabolomics Mass Spectrometry core facility at Rothamsted Research
Nathan is the CEO of Spectrometrics Limited, a company founded to bring new and emerging Analytical technologies to the UK & Ireland. Before forming Spectrometrics, Nathan worked as an account manager and market specialist at Anatune having transitioned to a commercial role after spending 15-years managing a metabolomics Mass Spectrometry core facility at Rothamsted Research
Giles has a PhD in physical chemistry and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has worked in various roles within the field of analytical chemistry for more than 20 years specialising in mass spectrometry and the separation sciences. These roles have included management of a scientific research centre in tertiary education, consultancy as well as founding the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO) charity in 2009. The RORO charity donates mass spectrometry products to universities in developing countries, Giles has installed numerous instruments across Africa and Asia. Dr Edwards has written and delivered numerous training courses on topics including thermal analysis, pXRD, ICP-MS and LC-MS/MS that are accredited by the Royal Society of Chemistry. In addition to practical based application support Giles worked as an escalation engineer for the Waters Corporation supporting field service engineers globally on their mass spectrometry products.
MSc in Analytical Chemistry: Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (Uni Tartu (Estonia) and UCBL, France), Currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Amsterdam. The PhD project is about computational LC-HRMS with the focus on Non-targeted analysis for environmental studies.
