James’ research focuses on designing and characterising new materials which can be applied to biological and chemical systems. He integrates chemometrics and analytical chemistry with artificial intelligence to pioneer rapid measurement, diagnostics, and predictive analytics to understand chemical and biological systems, for example how materials interact with bacteria.
Read James’ Review in Analytical Methods: Chemometrics for environmental monitoring: a review
Analytical Methods is very pleased to announce the appointment of our newest Associate Editor, Wendell Coltro.
Wendell K. T. Coltro obtained his BSc in Chemistry from the State University 
of Maringá (2002). He received his MSc (2004) and Ph.D. (2008) in Analytical Chemistry from the University of São Paulo (in the Institute of Chemistry at São Carlos under the supervision of Professor Emanuel Carrilho. In 2006, he was a visiting scholar at The University of Kansas (USA) under the supervision of Professor Sue Lunte. He is currently Associate Professor and Director of Chemistry at the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil. In the beginning of 2018, he was nominated as affiliate member of the Brazilian Academy of Science as a young researcher. His research interests involve the development of electrophoresis chips, electrochemical sensors, toner- and paper-based devices as well as 3D printed microfluidic chips for applications in bioanalytical and forensic chemistry.
Read some of Wendell’s recent Analytical Methods publications below. Free to read* until August 17th 2020.
DOI: 10.1039/C8AY00795K
Anal. Methods, 2018,10, 2875-2880
Recent advances in toner-based microfluidic devices for bioanalytical applications
DOI: 10.1039/C8AY01095A
Anal. Methods, 2018,10, 2952-2962
DOI: 10.1039/C9AY01301F
Anal. Methods, 2019,11, 4875-4881
Submit your best articles to Wendell now!
*Free to read with an RSC Publishing account
2020 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Winner
Analytical Methods would like to congratulate our Associate Editor, Professor Zhen Liu (Nanjing University, China), on being selected as one of the 2020 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship winners. The prize will be presented to him at Pittcon conference in Chicago, March 1st – 5th, 2020.
Zhen is Distinguished Professor at Nanjing University, China. He obtained his PhD from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of China in 1998. After post-doctoral training at Hyogo University (former Himeji Institute of Technology) in Japan as a JPSP scholar (2000-2002) and at the University of Waterloo in Canada (2002-2005), he joined Nanjing University as a Full Professor in 2005. He was appointed as Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo (2011-2014). He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2014). His research interests include separation science, affinity materials, molecular imprinting, bioassays, single cell analysis, hyphenated analytical approaches, and nanomaterials for cancer therapy. He is particularly interested in integrating multidisciplinary knowledge, expertise and skills to overcome challenges in life science, such as disease diagnosis and cancer therapy.
Please join us in congratulating Zhen on this achievement!
We are delighted to announce two new appointments to the Analytical Methods Editorial Board. Professor Chao Lu and Professor Zhen Liu have both recently started as Associate Editors.
Chao Lu is currently a Full Professor of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2004. He has been a visiting scholar in Kanazawa University from 2004 to 2005, Hong Kong University from 2005 to 2007, and University of Texas at Arlington from 2007 to 2009. He holds 15 patents, and has published more than 100 peer reviewed articles. His current research interests include the synthesis and characterization of advanced functional nanomaterials for chemiluminescence, electrochemiluminescence, fluoresecence, biosensors, and bioimaging.
Read Chao Lu’s most recent Analytical Methods articles below:
DOI: 10.1039/C7AY00903H
Anal. Methods, 2017, 9, 3114-3120
Silver nanoclusters as fluorescent nanosensors for selective and sensitive nitrite detection
DOI: 10.1039/C6AY00214E
Anal. Methods, 2016, 8, 2628-2633
Zhen Liu is Distinguished Professor at Nanjing University, China. He obtained his PhD from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Academy of Sciences of China in 1998. After post-doctoral training at Hyogo University (former Himeji Institute of Technology) in Japan as a JPSP scholar (2000-2002) and at the University of Waterloo in Canada (2002-2005), he joined Nanjing University as a Full Professor in 2005. He was appointed as Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo (2011-2014). He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2014). His research interests include separation science, affinity materials, molecular imprinting, bioassays, single cell analysis, hyphenated analytical approaches, and nanomaterials for cancer therapy. He is particularly interested in integrating multidisciplinary knowledge, expertise and skills to overcome challenges in life science, such as disease diagnosis and cancer therapy. He holds 12 patents, and has authored and co-authored more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, 2 books and 7 book chapters. He serves as an executive council member of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society and a board member of the Society for Molecular Imprinting.
Read one of Zhen Liu’s Analytical Methods articles below:
DOI: 10.1039/C3AY41045E
Anal. Methods, 2013, 5, 5444-5449
Submit your best articles to Professor Chao Lu and Professor Zhen Liu now!
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of 3 new members to the Analytical Methods Advisory Board.
Wendell Coltro, Instituto de Química, Brazil
Wendell Coltro is an Associate Professor at the Instituto de Química from Federal University of Goias in Brazil. His research focusses on the development of electrophoresis microchips, 3D printed microfluidic chips and disposable devices for bioanalytical and forensic applications, including rapid tests and clinical diagnostics. Wendell has published numerous papers in Analytical Methods and our sister journal Analyst. Read his most recent Analytical Methods article on “A fully disposable paper-based electrophoresis microchip with integrated pencil-drawn electrodes for contactless conductivity detection” here.
Lisa Holland, West Virginia University, USA
Lisa Holland is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University. Her research group uses capillary electrophoresis and capillary chromatography to investigate physiological processes. There are numerous advantages to employing these miniaturised separation techniques, including high resolution of individual components, reduced solvent use, and the opportunity to develop them into portable and affordable devices. These techniques serve as enabling tools and methods to study disease, improve biological therapeutics, evaluate nanomaterials, and screen toxicity.
Zachary Schultz, Ohio State University, USA
Zachary Schultz is an Associate Professor at Ohio State University. His lab uses vibrational spectroscopy for label-free detection in biophysical and interfacial systems. Combining a range of technologies, such as nanostructures and laser spectroscopy, Zac’s research aims to detect chemical properties and image systems at the molecular level to solve problems in metabolomics, protein receptor signalling and active plasmonics. Zac was named as an Outstanding Reviewer for our sister journal Analyst for 2016. Read his most recent Analytical Methods article on “Multiscale X-ray Fluorescence Mapping Complemented by Raman Spectroscopy for Pigment Analysis of a 15th Century Breton Manuscript” here.
Analytical Methods is guided by an international Editorial Board and Advisory Board – more information on all our board members can be found on our website. We welcome the knowledge and expertise our three new Advisory Board members will bring to the journal and we very much look forward to working with them. Welcome to the Analytical Methods team!
We are delighted to announce our new Advisory Board member – Andy Wain!
Andy Wain is a principal research scientist for the National Physical Laboratory, allowing him to explore his research interests which include heterogeneous catalysis, electrocatalysis, electrochemical imaging and molecular spectroscopy. Whilst at NPL, Andy has been a part of the Electrochemistry Group and is also the lead scientist of a catalysis initiative focusing on supporting industry with state of the art catalysis methods. Andy received an undergraduate Master’s degree in Chemistry from Oxford University in 2003. Continuing his studies at Oxford University, in 2006, he obtained his PhD in electrochemical electron spin resonance spectroscopy. After finishing his studies in Oxford, he spent two years as a postdoctoral research associate at California State University Los Angeles. During this time, his research focused on novel electrochemical approaches to studying bio-molecule modified interfaces. In 2013, Andy became a chartered chemist (CChem) and in 2015 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He has published three book chapters and over 40 papers.
Read Andy’s critical review in Analytical Methods:
Combined Electrochemical-Topographical Imaging: A Critical Review
M. A. O’Connell, A. J. Wain
Anal. Methods, 2015, 7, 6983-6999
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Tony Killard as our Reviews Editor. Tony has been a member of the Analytical Methods Editorial Board since 2015.
Tony Killard received his BA(Mod) Natural Sciences in Microbiology at Trinity College, Dublin in 1993 and his PhD in Biotechnology at Dublin City University (DCU) in 1998. He became Principal Investigator at the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute, DCU in 2005. In 2011, he was appointed to the Chair in Biomedical Sciences at the University of the West of England and was made Adjunct Professor at the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute in October 2011. His areas of interest are the development of chemical sensors, biosensors and biomedical diagnostic devices; application of novel electroactive materials (nanostructured conducting polymers and electrocatalysts) to electrochemical sensors and biosensors, while also making these amenable to low cost mass production using technologies such as screen printing, inkjet printing and polymer MEMS fabrication; Integration of these sensors into functional diagnostic devices and systems e.g. point of care diagnostics using novel techniques such as breath monitoring and printed electronics technology and development of novel approaches to blood coagulation monitoring.
We welcome Tony and his expertise to the position of Reviews Editor, alongside our 11 existing Associate Editors.
Get in touch if you are interested in submitting a review to Professor Killard!
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jill Venton as our newest Associate Editor on the Editorial Board.
Jill Venton is a Professor of Chemistry and Neuroscience at the University of Virginia. She got her PhD from University of North Carolina and was a postdoc at University of Michigan, before starting at University of Virginia in 2005. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011 and full Professor in 2016. Professor Venton has been a member on the advisory board for Analytical Methods’ sister journal Analyst since 2012.
Her research is in electrochemical sensors for making real-time measurements of neurotransmitters. Her lab develops novel electrochemical sensors using carbon nanomaterials and is known for making real-time measurements of adenosine in rats and dopamine in the fruit fly brain. She has won many awards including the Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry Young Investigator Award, Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, and Eli Lilly Young Analytical Investigator award. She is also active in many outreach education programs to elementary teachers and students.
“I look forward to working with authors to publish high quality work in Analytical Methods, in order to strengthen the reputation of the journal.”
We welcome Jill Venton and her expertise to the Analytical Methods Editorial Board as Associate Editor alongside our 10 existing Associate Editors. This appointment strengthens the Editorial Board, with all papers handled by an expert in the field. Submit your paper to Professor Venton today!
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Scott Martin is Professor and Department Chair of Chemistry at Saint Louis University. He received his BS and MS degrees from Missouri State University and a PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research interests involve the use of microchip devices for monitoring biological systems. This includes development of methods for analyzing cells on-chip through integration of multiple techniques such as cell culture, electrophoresis and electrochemistry.
Up until now, Scott has been making a valuable contribution to the journal through his work as an Associate Editor. He first joined the editorial board in 2013.
We have complete confidence that the future of Analytical Methods is in extremely safe hands.
He will have the unenviable task of following up the fantastic work of former chair, Susan Lunte. The entire Analytical Methods team would like to thank Sue for her continued support and commitment. Thankfully, we are not losing Sue, as she is becoming a member of our advisory board.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Chris Easley as our newest Associate Editor on the Editorial Board.
Chris Easley is Knowles Associate Professor at Auburn University, USA. The Easley Laboratory focuses on the development of novel microanalytical techniques for performing unique experiments on biological systems. His laboratory’s research spans across multiple scientific disciplines, from analytical chemistry to molecular and cellular biology, using techniques which include ‘microfluidics, fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy, passive flow control, molecular biology, aptamer selection, and electrophoresis’.
We welcome Chris Easley and his expertise to the Analytical Methods Editorial Board as Associate Editor alongside our nine existing Associate Editors. This appointment strengthens the Editorial Board, with all papers handled by an expert in the field. Submit your paper to Professor Easley today!
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