Professor Joe Caruso
Professor Joe Caruso of the University of Cincinnati was recently named a Fellow of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy in recognition of his significant contributions to the field of atomic spectroscopy and his tireless efforts on behalf of the SAS. Prof. Caruso served as chairman of the editorial board of JAAS, and is currently the chairman of the editorial board of the sister-publication Metallomics.
Congratulations Joe!
JAAS Presenters: (L-R), Dr George Chan, Dr Norbert Jakubowski (Presider), Dr Charlotte Giesen, Mr. Jake Shelley, Dr May Copsey (Ed.), Dr Jorge Pisonero, Prof. Carsten Engelhard, Dr Daniel Proefrock
The 25th anniversary of the journal was marked at the FACSS conference with a celebratory session dedicated to young investigators in atomic spectrometry. It turned out to be one of the highlights of the atomic program at FACSS.
Many thanks to the FACSS conference for hosting the event, and to all the participants for presenting their latest research results-the future is indeed bright!
Professor Houk from Iowa State University presented the plenary lecture on Tuesday, October 19 at the 2010 FACSS conference.
Professor Sam Houk
The title of Sam’s presentation was “Celebrating 30 years of ICP-MS”, Sam provided much of the early history of ICP-MS and many wonderful anecdotes about the early years of ICP-MS.
Check out Sam’s Editorial in the Journal: “Thirty Years ago this month…”
The FACSS conference was host to an anniversary symposium marking the first paper published on ICP-MS. The paper by Houk and coworkers (R.S. Houk, H.J. Svek, V. A.Fassell,C. Taylor, and A. Gray, Anal Chem,(1980), 52,2282.) was a watershed moment in modern atomic spectrometry, and was cited as the one of the 60 most influential papers published in Analytical Chemistry. The occasion was marked by a full day
of presentations, Speakers included:
Happy Birthday ICP-MS!
RSC and JAAS are proud to announce a symposium celebrating the 25th anniversary of the journal that will take place on Tuesday 23rd November at Tsinghua University, Beijing, hosted by Professor Xinrong Zhang. Speakers include:
More information can be found at: http://www.rsc.org/jaas-symposium.
The abstract submission deadline for the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry has been extended to October 22.
The conference will be held Jan. 30-Feb. 4 in Zaragoza, Spain. More information can be found at: www.winterplasmazaragoza2011.es.
JAAS and the RSC are proud to support a very special symposium celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry: “The JAAS Silver Anniversary Celebration: Highlighting Young Investigators in Atomic Spectroscopy“. In celebrating the heritage of JAAS, the board is choosing to focus on the bright future of the journal, which is exemplified in the excellence of young investigators in atomic spectroscopy. The symposium will be held on October 12,2010 at the 2010 FACSS conference in Raleigh, NC. We are proud to have an exciting lineup of invited speakers:
If you happen to be at FACSS this year- check it out on Tuesday morning!
The RSC was a principle sponsor of the recent 2010 US-China Workshop on Analytical Chemistry held at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, USA.
The 2-day conference sought to forge better ties between analytical chemists working in the two countries, and to promote the well-being of the discipline of Analytical Chemistry in the future. Over 30 prominent analytical chemists from both countries in several working groups to address the following issues:
The groups made suggestions to both the National Science Foundation(US) and the Chinese National Science Foundation. Thanks to the RSC and JAAS for supporting the future of Analytical Chemistry.
The RSC was a major sponsor of the 2010 Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference held October 7-9, 2010 at Purdue University.
2010 MUACC
The conference brings together professors and post-doctoral students from chemistry departments around the midwest for 2 days of presentations and discussion. One unique aspect of MUACC is that all talks are 15 minutes in length and are given as chalk-talks (i.e. without slides). This encourages presenters to talk about ‘big issues’ and the philosophy behind their scientific research. The 2011 MUACC will be held at St. Louis University…All are welcome-if you happen to be in the area, please think of attending this very interesting conference!
Mr. Jake Shelley, winner of the 2010 FACSS Student Award.
Mr. Jake Shelley was recently named the recipient of the 2010 FACSS Student Award, which recognizes the top paper submitted to the FACSS conference by a graduate student in that year. The title of Jake’s award-winning presentation will be: ” Investigations of Fundamental Processes and Ion Chemistry of the Flowing Atmospheric-Pressure Afterglow and Low-Temperature Plasma Probe Ambient Ionization Sources“, and the paper is to be presented as part of the invited session in honour of the silver anniversary celebration of JAAS. Jake is currently a graduate student in the group of Prof. Gary M Hieftje at Indiana University where he and his colleagues employ spectroscopic techniques to investigate ionization and excitation mechanisms within several plasma-based molecular ionization sources for mass spectrometry. Congratulations Jake!
