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I am delighted to say that Professor Paul Bohn, Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Notre Dame University, US and Chair of the Analyst Editorial Board has been awarded the 2010 Theophilus Redwood Award. This is in recognition of the breadth and impact of his contribution to analytical science in the areas of microfludic and nanoscale chemical sensing.

Paul joined the Analyst Editorial team in 2007, and served as the Editor for the Americas for three years, before being appointed Chair at the beginning of 2010.

The Theophilus Redwood Award is given to a leading analytical scientist who is also an outstanding communicator, and is awarded by the RSC Analytical Divison. It is sponsored by the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund.

Read a selection of Paul’s work published in Analyst:

High sensitivity hydrogen sensing with Pt-decorated porous gallium nitride prepared by metal-assisted electroless etching
Barrett K. Duan and Paul W. Bohn
Analyst, 2010, 135, 902-907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B926182F

Enzymatic activity of surface-immobilized horseradish peroxidase confined to micrometer- to nanometer-scale structures in nanocapillary array membranes  Zhen Wang, Travis L. King, Sean P. Branagan and Paul W. Bohn
Analyst, 2009, 134, 851-859, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B815590A

Analytical sciences – an endless horizon 
Analyst, 2010, 135, 439-440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C002392M

Analyst Editorial Board Member Justin Gooding talks to Bibiana Campos-Seijo about dinosaurs, science funding in Australia and his desire to be a professional sportsman.

Read the interview in full on the Highlights in Chemical Technology website.

Justin Gooding is a chemistry professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His current research interests focus on surface modification of nanoparticles and nanoporous photonic crystals with self-assembled monolayers for the development of biointerfaces, biosensors and molecular electronics of application in sensing and cell biology.

Read some of Justin’s recent research published in RSC Journals:

Wet chemical routes to the assembly of organic monolayers on silicon surfaces via the formation of Si–C bonds: surface preparation, passivation and functionalization
Simone Ciampi, Jason B. Harper and J. Justin Gooding
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2010, 39, 2158 – 2183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b923890p

The importance of surface chemistry in mesoporous materials: lessons from porous silicon biosensors
Kristopher A. Kilian, Till Böcking and J. Justin Gooding
Chem. Commun., 2009, 630 – 640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/b815449j

Multi-analyte sensing: a chemometrics approach to understanding the merits of electrode arrays versus single electrodes
Diako Ebrahimi, Edith Chow, Justin J. Gooding and David B. Hibbert
Analyst, 2008, 133, 1090 – 1096, http://dx.doi.org/b804811h