Analyst Blog

We are delighted to announce that Takehiko Kitamori from the University of Tokyo is the latest leading scientist to join the Analyst team, as Associate Editor for Asia.

He joins Xinrong Zhang (Associate Editor for Asia), Boris Mizaikoff (Associate Editor for Europe), Steve Soper (Associate Editor for the Americas) and Duncan Graham (Associate Editor for Reviews) as members of the Editorial Board who handle the peer-review of articles submitted to Analyst. Professor Kitamori welcomes submissions from Japan and South-East Asia.

Takehiko Kitamori is a full professor at the Department of Applied Chemistry, the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, and also he is Dean of both Faculty and Graduate School of Engineering. His research activity covers laser spectro-analytical chemistry, and micro and extended-nano chemistry. Read his latest review article in Analyst!

Critical Review: Extended nanospace chemical systems on a chip for new analytical technology
Kazuma Mawatari, Takehiko Tsukahara and Takehiko Kitamori
Analyst, 2011, 136, 3051-3059
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00840K

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Prof. Christy Haynes, University of Minnesota

We’d like to congratulate our Advisory Board member Professor Christy Haynes who is the 2011 winner of the Joseph Black Award.  This award, sponsored by the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund, and is presented to a young scientist in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical science.

Christy, who is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, was awarded for her work on leveraging the core principles of analytical chemistry to gain insight into pressing toxicological, immunological, and ecological questions.

Prof. Haynes is Guest Editor or our upcoming themed issue on Emerging Investigators, alongside Dr Perdita Barran from the University of Edinburgh.  Dr Barran was herself winner of the Joseph Black Award in 2009.  The themed issue will be published later this year, and you can read Christy’s paper for the issue using the link below.

Investigation of noble metal nanoparticle ζ-potential effects on single-cell exocytosis function in vitro with carbon-fiber microelectrode amperometry
Bryce J. Marquis, Zhen Liu, Kathy L. Braun and Christy L. Haynes
Analyst, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00785D

Take a look at this article in Science News, which takes a look at scientific tools and analytical approaches to identify counterfeit medication.  A number of Analyst Board members and their work are featured, including Graham Cooks, Pavel Matousek, and Facundo Fernández.

For further reading, use the links below to access some recent papers from our Board members:

Ion/molecule reactions for detecting ammonia using miniature cylindrical ion trap mass spectrometers
Jonell N. Smith, Adam D. Keil, Robert J. Noll and R. Graham Cooks
Analyst, 2011, 136, 120-127
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00630K

Minireview: Non-invasive analysis of turbid samples using deep Raman spectroscopy
Kevin Buckley and Pavel Matousek
Analyst, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00723D

Poor quality drugs: grand challenges in high throughput detection, countrywide sampling, and forensics in developing countries
Facundo M. Fernandez, Dana Hostetler, Kristen Powell, Harparkash Kaur, Michael D. Green, Dallas C. Mildenhall and Paul N. Newton
Analyst, 2011, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C0AN00627K

We are delighted to congratulate Paul Bohn, Chair of the Analyst Editorial Board on being awarded the 2010 Theophilus Redwood Award. This award given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator. Paul was chosen as the award winner for the breadth and impact of his contribution to analytical science in the areas of microfluidics and nanoscale chemical sensing.

Paul gave his award lecture at the University of Strathclyde last Wednesday (30th March) and those present can confirm not only the excellence of his science, but also his ability to communicate this to his audience. He was presented with his medal by the President Elect of the Analytical Division, Alan Handley.

For more information about Paul’s work on nanoscale chemical sensing, please visit his website at the University of Notre Dame, USA.

The Awards Symposium also included the winner of the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science given to Gary Hieftje of Indiana University, and the Harrison Meldola Memorial Prize which was awarded to Nathan Lawrence from Schlumberger Cambridge Research (shown below).

Congratulations to all three winners!