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JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship winners announced

07 May 2015

JAAS, 2014, Issue 1 We are delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship. Launched to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the journal, the lectureship will be awarded annually from 2015 to recognise and support an emerging scientist working in the area of atomic spectrometry in the early stages of their independent career.

With so many exceptional and highly deserving nominations, it was decided to award the JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship to two winners this year.

Congralutaions to Gerardo Gamez (Texas Tech University) and Lara Lobo Revilla (University of Oviedo)!

Lectureship award details

As a winner of the lectureship, both Gerardo and Lara will be able to present their research at a relevant high-profile international meeting and receive a contribution of up to £1000 each to cover associated travel and accommodation costs. They will be awarded a certificate and invited to contribute a paper to JAAS.

You can read more about eligibility and the selection process in the call for nominations post.

We will be posting more information about our winners soon!

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Anakon 2015 and Awards to JAAS Board Members

09 Apr 2015

The ANAKON, a joint conference of German-speaking analytical chemists, organized by the German Chemical Society (GDCh) took place in Graz, Austria, from March 23 to March 26, 2015.

JAAS Editorial Board Member and Online Community Editor Professor Martín Resano (University of Zaragoza), was awarded the prestigious Bunsen-Kirchhoff Preiss for Analytical Spectroscopy for his work on the development of atomic spectrometric techniques.

In addition, during the opening session, JAAS Advisory Board member Professor Detlef Günther (ETH Zürich) was awarded with the Emich Badge (Emich-Plakette) of the ASAC, for merits in micro-and analytical chemistry and his research on LA-ICP-MS.

Well done Martín and Detlef, congratulations on your awards!


Professor Martín Resano being awarded the Bunsen-Kirchhoff Preiss	Professor Detlef Günther being awarded with the Emich Badge

You can read some of the award winner’s papers below, which are free to access for the next few weeks.

Direct analysis of dried blood spots by femtosecond-laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry. Feasibility of split-flow laser ablation for simultaneous trace element and isotopic analysis
M. Aramendía, L. Rello, S. Bérail, A. Donnard, C. Pécheyran and M. Resano
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 296-309

Variable aperture extraction lens for ion beam investigation in inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
Niko Kivel, Heiko-Dirk Potthast, Ines Günther-Leopold, Frank Vanhaecke and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, Advance Article

High-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry for direct analysis of solid samples and complex materials: a tutorial review
Martín Resano, Maite Aramendía and Miguel A. Belarra
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 2229-2250

An internal standardisation strategy for quantitative immunoassay tissue imaging using laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Daniel A. Frick, Charlotte Giesen, Teresa Hemmerle, Bernd Bodenmiller and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2015, 30, 254-259

Simultaneous determination of Co, Fe, Ni and Pb in carbon nanotubes by means of solid sampling high-resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry
Martín Resano, Eduardo Bolea-Fernández, Engracia Mozas, María R. Flórez, Patricia Grinberg and Ralph E. Sturgeon
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 657-665

Comparison of 795 nm and 265 nm femtosecond and 193 nm nanosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the quantitative multi-element analysis of glass materials
Masaki Ohata, Daniel Tabersky, Reto Glaus, Joachim Koch, Bodo Hattendorf and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 1345-1353

Direct determination of Cu isotope ratios in dried urine spots by means of fs-LA-MC-ICPMS. Potential to diagnose Wilson’s disease
Martín Resano, Maite Aramendía, Luis Rello, Mª Luisa Calvo, Sylvain Bérail and Christophe Pécheyran
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 98-106

Development and characterization of custom-engineered and compacted nanoparticles as calibration materials for quantification using LA-ICP-MS
Daniel Tabersky, Norman A. Luechinger, Michael Rossier, Eric Reusser, Kathrin Hametner, Beat Aeschlimann, Daniel A. Frick, Samuel C. Halim, Jay Thompson, Leonid Danyushevsky and Detlef Günther
J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2014, 29, 955-962

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2015 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry – Poster Prize Winners

26 Mar 2015

Graphical Abstract

Poster Prize Winners

1. Monika Winkler, TU Graz, Münzgrabenstraße, Graz, 8010, Austria
“Listen to your RF generator – On the seeming carbon-induced enhancement of elements like arsenic and selenium in inductively coupled plasmas”

2. Andreas Zitek, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, BOKU Vienna, Department of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry, VIRIS Lab, Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 24, Vienna, 3430, Austria
“Improving the spatial analysis and interpretation of LA-ICP-MS data by the application of GIS methods – considerations on achievable spatial resolution, uncertainties and multilayer interpretation”

3. Karen Murphy, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Chemical Sciences Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, 100 Bureau Drive Stop 8391, Gaithersburg, 20899, United States
“Validation of Single Particle (sp)ICP-MS for Measurements of Nanoparticle Size and Evaluation of its Potential to Assess the Influence of the Coating on the Stability of Gold Nanoparticles in Suspension”

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European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2015 Plasma Award

01 Mar 2015

JAAS Advisory Board member Jörg Feldmann, from the University of Aberdeen, received last week in Münster the 2015 European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry. The laureate presented his excellent work on identification and quantification of organoarsenic species. Congratulations, Jörg!

Prof. Feldmann in Münster after his Award presentation

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Nominations are open for the JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship

01 Dec 2014

We are delighted to announce we are welcoming nominations for the inaugural JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship. Launching to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the journal, the lectureship will be awarded annually from 2015 to recognise and support an emerging scientist working in the area of atomic spectrometry in the early stages of their independent career.

Lectureship details

The recipient of the lectureship will present their research at a relevant high-profile international meeting and receive a contribution of up to £2000 to cover associated travel and accommodation costs. They will be awarded a certificate and asked to contribute a Perspective or research article to JAAS.

Eligibility

The lectureship is open worldwide to researchers working in atomic spectrometry within scope of JAAS who are at an early stage of their independent career. Typically this will be within 10 years of completing their PhD, but appropriate consideration will be given to those who have taken a career break or followed a different study path.

Nominations

Nominations must be received by the Editorial Office by March 1st 2015; researchers cannot nominate themselves and members of the Editorial Board judging panel are not eligible to receive the lectureship.

Nominations must include:

• A letter of recommendation, including achievements and evidence of research independence of the nominee

• A brief biography of the nominee, including a summary of education and career

• A list of relevant publications, highlighting those of particular significance as judged by the nominator

Selection

The lectureship winner will be selected by the JAAS Editorial Board based on the originality, quality, impact and significance of the candidate’s research, as highlighted in their nomination. The winner will be selected at the spring Editorial Board meeting and the recipient announced shortly afterwards.

Submit a nomination

To make a nomination please send the Editorial Office a letter of recommendation, nominee biography and publication list no later than March 1st 2015.

JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship Nomination

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2015 Bunsen-Kirchoff Award for Analytical Spectroscopy

12 Sep 2014

2015 Bunsen-Kirchoff Award for Analytical Spectroscopy

The DAAS – German Working group for Analytical Spectroscopy – regularly awards the “Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Preis für analytische Spektroskopie” to honour preferably the work of young scientists from universities, research institutes or industry who made excellent contributions to analytical spectroscopy. Especially preferred is an oeuvre in new areas like spectroscopy in nano compartments, spectroscopy of biomolecules a.s.o. The Award consists of an award-document and an amount of € 2.500,00 sponsored by Perkin Elmer and the DAAS seeks nominations for the 2015 Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award for Analytical Spectroscopy. The Award will be presented at the ANAKON in March 2015 in Graz (Austria).

A nomination (in electronic form) should include:
1. letter with the candidate´s accomplishments
2. list of publications or recent work,
3. scientific curriculum vitae stating the age of the candidate; the candidate´s
address, phone fax and e-mail.

Nominations can be made by members of DAAS but eligibility is open for any scientist meeting the requirements. Self-nomination is excluded. The decision as to whom the prize is to be awarded shall be made by a jury consisting of the current members of the board of DAAS.
Further information is available at:
https://www.gdch.de/netzwerk-strukturen/fachstrukturen/analytische-chemie/arbeitskreise/ak-dasp.html

All documents should be sent not later than 20 December 2014 to: Prof. Dr. Detlef Günther, President of the Jury for the Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award 2015, ETH Zürich, Laboratorium für Anorganische Chemie, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, HCI G113, CH-8093 Zürich (Schweiz)
E-Mail: Secretary, Ms Nicole Bachmann (nbachmann@inorg.chem.ethz.ch)

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European Workshop on Laser Ablation – Oral Prize Winner!

28 Jul 2014

Frank Vanhaecke presents Amy Managh with the JAAS Best Oral Prize at EWLA 2014.

The 12th European Workshop on Laser Ablation was recently held at the Royal Holloway University of London, 8-11 July. The wide range of applications and fundamental developments presented at the meeting was impressive, as were the large number of posters and oral presentations.

Frank Vanhaecke, Chair of the Editorial Board for JAAS, was on hand to award the JAAS sponsored Best Oral Prize to Amy Managh, Loughborough Univeristy, for her talk titled ‘Single Cell Analysis Using a Fast-Washout LA-ICP-MS Interface’.

She was presented with a certificate and iPod nano. Congratulations Amy!

Thank you also to RHUL for being such wonderful hosts. We look forward to the 13th EWLA in 2016.

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2nd International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium (IGDSS)

29 Apr 2014

The 2^nd international GD symposium was held recently at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 7-9 April. The Organizing Committee (lead by Chairman Peter Robinson) did an excellent job of putting together a program examining various aspects of all glow discharge spectroscopies across a wide range of applications. Highlights included the use of GDs for exotic bulk materials analysis, in thin film depth profiling, their use in ultra-high resolution electron spectroscopies, for the direct analysis of liquids, as a competitive technique to Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, and even used in electron-beam welding applications. Approximately 100 attended the conference from 20 different countries, leading to a lively and vibrant discussion.

The IGDSS host the Payling Prize in Glow Discharge Spectroscopy. This prestigious prize is awarded to the young scientist who gives the best presentation during a meeting of the European Working Group for Glow Discharge. On this occasion, the Awardee was Dr. Sohail Mushtaq, a postdoctoral research fellow at LondonMet, for his work “Effect of small quantities of oxygen in a Neon GD”.

Congratulations, Sohail!

You can submit to the upcoming themed issue following this conference and dedicated to Glow Discharge Spectroscopy by contacting us.

Reception during IGDSS in Prague

Dr. Sohail Mushtaq receives his Award from Dr Volker Hoffmann

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Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2014 and Plasma Award

20 Jan 2014

As you already know if you are following us on twitter, the 2014 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry was held on January 6 – 11 in Amelia Island, Florida, USA. The conference, chaired by JAAS Advisory Board member Ramon Barnes, was very successful, as approximately 500 participants presented 5 Plenary lectures, 37 invited lectures, 75 oral contributions and 180 posters, while more than 25 companies participated in the exhibition. 6 Heritages lectures were also imparted by Barry L. Sharp, Nicoló Omenetto, Les Ebdon, Michael J. Collins, Andrew T. Zander and Freddy Adams. In addition, more than 80 short courses were organized.

Among the highlights of the conference, the Plasma Spectroscopy Symposium, in which JAAS Editorial Board member Gary Hieftje received the Winter Conference Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry, has to be featured. The laureate discussed on Advances in instrumentation and methods for plasma spectrochemistry. Congratulations, Gary!

JAAS sponsored a poster Award consisting in one personal electronic subscription to JAAS, an iPod Nano and a certificate, and the winner was Allen White, from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, for his work on an Application of a High-Frequency Spark Discharge as an Ion Source for Ambient Mass Spectrometry, coauthored by Steve Ray, Kevin Pfeuffer and Gary Hieftje. Congratulations!

We would like to remind you that there is a JAAS Themed Issue devoted to this conference. If you want to submit a work that was presented in Amelia Island, please remember that the deadline for submission is 17^th February 2014.

Finally, the next European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry will be hosted in Munster, Germany, chaired by Uwe Karst and Michael Sperling.

Prof. Dr. Gary Hieftje, Plasma Award laureate (picture obtained from http://www.indiana.edu/~gmhlab)

JAAS Chair Frank Vanhaecke, during his presentation in Amelia Island

Sunset in Amelia Island

Have a look at the latest articles published by Gary Hieftje in JAAS

Visualization of mass transport and heat transfer in the FAPA ambient ionization source

Kevin P. Pfeuffer, Jacob T. Shelley, Steven J. Ray and Gary M. Hieftje

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 379-387, DOI: 10.1039/C3JA30353E, Paper

First inductively coupled plasma-distance-of-flight mass spectrometer: instrument performance with a microchannel plate/phosphor imaging detector

Alexander Gundlach-Graham, Elise A. Dennis, Steven J. Ray, Christie G. Enke, Charles J. Barinaga, David W. Koppenaal and Gary M. Hieftje

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2013, 28, 1385-1395, DOI: 10.1039/C3JA50122A, Paper

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XXXVIII Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale and CSI Award for Ramon Barnes

02 Jul 2013

As you already know if you are following us on twitter, the XXXVIII Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale was held on June 17 – 21, 2012 in Tromso, Norway. The conference was chaired by Yngvar Thomassen, and counted with more than 200 participants who travel to the Far North to enjoy the land of the midnight sun. Several members of the JAAS Boards attended the conference and presented their latest works, including Martín Resano, Steven Ray, María Montes-Bayón, José Broekaert and Detlef Günther.

In addition, during the conference, the CSI Award for life achievement in Spectrochemistry was presented and the winner was JAAS Advisory Board Member Ramon Barnes. The Award was presented by Gary Hieftje. Congratulations, Ramon!

If you attended the conference and want to submit a paper, keep in mind that several RSC Journals (Analytical Methods/Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts/RSC Advances) will draw together a Themed Issue in electronic form. For more information see: http://site.uit.no/csi2013/official-publisher/

Prof. Dr. Ramon Barnes after receiving the CSI Award in Tromso. We’ll have an excellent opportunity

to congratulate him in person in Florida, in the upcoming 2014 Winter Conference

CSI Awardee Ramon Barnes together with the winners of the poster Awards, sponsored by the Norwegian Chemical Society,

Laura Trapiella (left, University of Oviedo) and Esperanza García-Ruiz (right, University of Zaragoza)

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