Young Analytical Scientists – Ying Gao

Young Analytical Scientists

JAAS is excited to introduce Ying Gao as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Ying Gao is a professor of analytical chemistry at Chengdu University of Technology (China). She received her Ph. D. degree from Sichuan University (China) in 2011. After graduation, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in National Research Council Canada in 2014-2015. She joined the faculty of College of Earth Sciences in Chengdu University of Technology in 2011. Her current research interests are elements analysis and its application in geochemistry research.

Read Dr Gao’s paper Integration of cobalt ion assisted Fenton digestion and photochemical vapor generation: a green method for rapid determination of trace cadmium in rice.

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 1422-1430, DOI: 10.1039/D1JA00037C

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Young Analytical Scientists – Fanny Thibon

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JAAS is excited to introduce Fanny Thibon as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Fanny Thibon is a researcher in isotope geochemistry. She defended her Ph.D. on the Paleoproterozoic Ocean using iron and copper stable isotopes in marine sediments. Then, she studied marine ecotoxicology using lithium isotope during a postdoc funded by the ANR ISO2MET project. Her main research interests relate to the use of stable isotope proxies relevant for the study of (i) the biogeochemical evolution of Earth’s surface through time, (ii) the reconstruction of paleoenvironments, (iii) the isotopic fingerprints of marine ecotoxicology, and (iv) the isotopic physiopathology of mammal diseases.

After obtaining a BSc in Geology, Fanny Thibon completed her teaching MSc in Biology and Geology, and her research MSc in Geology at the ENS de Lyon / Université Claude Bernard – Lyon 1 (France). After completing research projects and exchange semesters in various research institutes (ISTerre (France), University of Iceland (Iceland), ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and A&MS unit, Ghent University (Belgium)) she defended her PhD thesis in 2019. She is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer (France) and works on the ANR ISO2MET project.

Read Dr Thibon’s paper Lithium isotopic composition of reference materials of biological origin TORT-2, DORM-2, TORT-3, DORM-4, SRM-1400 and ERM-CE278k.

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 1381-1388, DOI: 10.1039/D1JA00045D

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Young Analytical Scientists – Isabel Abad Alvaro

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JAAS is excited to introduce Isabel Abad Alvaro as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Isabel Abad Alvaro is a researcher in the Inorganic Analysis Group lead by Heidi Goenaga-Infante at the National Measurement Laboratory (NML) in LGC (UK).
She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza (Spain) and obtained her PhD in Analytical Science on Chemistry at the University of Zaragoza in September 2017 with Cum Laude and “European Doctorate” Mentions, under the supervision of Prof Francisco Laborda and Dr Eduardo Bolea Morales. Her PhD Thesis focused on the development of a platform of analytical methods for the analysis of nanomaterials in environmental and biological systems based on the use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), both in single particle mode (spICP-MS) and coupled to asymmetrical field flow fractionation (AF4).

In July 2018, Dr Abad Alvaro joined LGC where her work has mainly focused in nano-metrology. During the past 2.5 years she has been strongly involved in the development of multi-modal approaches for the characterisation of nanomaterials in complex samples and their application to solve problems in advanced manufacturing and healthcare. Some of this work has been performed in collaboration with scientists across multiple disciplines and from key academic groups and national measurement institutes worldwide. She has also played a major role in the characterisation of new reference nano-materials. Dr Abad Alvaro is co-author of nine peer-reviewed publications in high calibre journals including the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (JAAS), Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Metallomics and Analyst and, has contributed with several works to different national and international conferences, both as poster and oral participations, having been awarded with a poster prize at the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry in 2019 (EWCPS 2019). She is also co-author of a book chapter dedicated to the Characterisation of nanomaterials in complex samples using field-flow-fractionation (FFF) and has contributed to the drafting of an ISO Technical report on the use of spICP-MS for the determination of nanoparticle number concentration.

Read Dr Abad Alvaro’s paper An insight into the determination of size and number concentration of silver nanoparticles in blood using single particle ICP-MS (spICP-MS): feasibility of application to samples relevant to in vivo toxicology studies.

J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 1180-1192, DOI: 10.1039/D1JA00068C
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Young Analytical Scientists – Thibaut Van Acker

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JAAS is excited to introduce Thibaut Van Acker as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Thibaut Van Acker obtained his Master of Science degree in Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Technology at Ghent University (Belgium) in 2015. During the last year of his Master of Science degree, he carried out his Master thesis in the Atomic & Mass Spectrometry (A&MS) research unit under the supervision of Dr. Eduardo Bolea-Fernandez and Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke; it was during this time that he developed his interest in Analytical Chemistry. As a result, he started his PhD in the A&MS research unit on the topic “Method development for high-resolution elemental bio-imaging via laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)”. After obtaining his PhD degree in Chemistry in 2019, he continued his journey as postdoctoral researcher further exploring the capabilities of LA-ICP-MS for elemental bio-imaging applications in interdisciplinary contexts. Dr Thibaut is (co-)author of 16 journal papers.

Read Dr Thibaut’s paper Analytical figures of merit of a low-dispersion aerosol transport system for high-throughput LA-ICP-MS analysis.


J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 1201-1209, DOI: 10.1039/D1JA00110H

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Young Analytical Scientists – Xiaoming Jiang

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JAAS is excited to introduce Xioming Jiang as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Xiaoming Jiang is an associate professor of analytical chemistry at Sichuan University, China. He received his BS degree in communication engineering in 2006, MS degree in signal and information processing in 2009 (Advisor Prof. Hua Huang) and PhD degree in analytical chemistry in 2012 (Advisor Prof. Xiandeng Hou), all from Sichuan University. In 2012, he joined the faculty of Chemistry at Sichuan University. He has authored and co-authored over 50 publications in peer reviewed journals. His research interest mainly lies in analytical atomic spectrometry-related method and instrumentation development.

Read Professor Jiang’s paper Cross double point discharge as enhanced excitation source for highly sensitive determination of arsenic, mercury and lead by optical emission spectrometry.


J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 1193-1200, DOI: 10.1039/D1JA00039J

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Young Analytical Scientists – M Carmen García-Poyo

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M. Carmen García-PoyoJAAS is excited to announce Miss M Carmen García-Poyo as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

M. Carmen García-Poyo was born in Spain in 1988. She obtained her MSc degree on Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry at the University of Alicante (Spain) in 2012. Throughout that time, she conducted research into matrix effects in atomic spectrometry (FAAS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS) under the supervision of Dr Guillermo Grindlay. She later worked on the laboratory of a reproduction clinic for 4 years.

Since 2018, Miss García-Poyo has been carrying out her PhD under cotutelle between the Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour (France) and the Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), supervised by Dr. Christophe Pecheyran and Dr. Martin Resano, in the framework of a European project (POCTEFA EFA176/16/DBS). The aim of her PhD is to further investigate the evolution of Wilson disease (a genetic disorder affecting copper metabolism) using microsamples. To achieve this, she is working in the determination of elemental and isotopic Cu using ICP-MS, MC-ICP-MS and HR-CS-GFAAS and various sampling strategies, including laser ablation, electrothermal vaporization (ETV) and direct microinjection.

Read Miss García-Poyo’s paper, Laser ablation of microdroplets for copper isotopic analysis via MC-ICP-MS. Analysis of serum microsamples for the diagnosis and follow-up treatment of Wilson’s disease


J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 968-980, DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00494D

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Young Analytical Scientists – Simone Braeuer

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Simone Braeuer

JAAS is excited to announce Simone Braeuer as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Simone Braeuer obtained her PhD in 2018 from the University of Graz (Austria) in the research group of Professor Walter Goessler. The following year, she started a PostDoc fellowship at Ghent University (Belgium) in the Atomic & Mass Spectrometry research group of Professor Frank Vanhaecke.

Her work at the University of Graz focused on the development and application of ICPMS and HPLC-ICPMS methods for the determination of trace element species in environmental context. During her PhD, her researched focussed mainly on arsenic in mushrooms. Since mushrooms also contain other elements, sometimes in surprising concentrations and species, she soon became interested in these as well. Her fascination with ICPMS and mushrooms grew so big that she is still investigating mushrooms in her current PostDoc project, now via multi-collector ICPMS and laser ablation ICPMS.

Dr Braeuer considers multidisciplinary and international collaborations both fascinating and essential for environmental research. She also believes that high-quality, state-of-the-art analytical chemistry is of key importance – for environmental studies as well as in the rest of life.

Read Dr Braeuer’s paper, Determination of the naturally occurring vanadium-complex amavadin in Amanita muscaria with HPLC-ICPMS.


J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021,36, 954-967, DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00518E

 

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Young Analytical Scientists – Jefferson Santos de Gois

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Jefferson Santos de GoisJAAS is excited to introduce Jefferson Santos de Gois as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Jefferson Santos de Gois currently lives in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and works at Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), where he holds a permanent position as a professor. He obtained his doctorate in Chemistry (2016) from the Ghent University (Belgium) and Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC (Brazil) performing research in atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), high-resolution continuum source atomic absorption spectrometry (HR-CS AAS), inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and isotopic analysis via multi-collector ICP-MS. His thesis focused on the development of methods for halogen determination and isotopic analysis, as well as the application of the methods in environmental studies.

After receiving his PhD, he accepted a position at UERJ, where he expanded his research interests to the determination of organic compounds (by chromatographic techniques) and chemometrics (design of experiments, pattern recognition, and multivariate calibration). He currently coordinates the research group “Espectrometria atômica, Molecular e Métodos de Separação”, advising doctorate and master and undergraduate students from the Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering at UERJ.

His current research projects involve the application of nanomaterials for method development and removal of pollutants from the environment, the development of analytical methods for trace-element and organic compounds determination, sample preparation methods, the development of chemometric methods for multivariate calibration and classification, as well as the design of experiments.

Read Professor Santos de Gois’ paper, Optimized preconcentration method using magnetic dispersive solid-phase microextraction with GO–γFe2O3 nanoparticles for the determination of Se in fish samples by FIA-HG-AAS


J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021, 36, 900-908, DOI: 10.1039/D1JA00091H

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Young Analytical Scientists – Magdalena Matczuk

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Magdalena MatczukJAAS is excited to announce Magdalena Matczuk as one of our Young Analytical Scientists.

Magdalena Matczuk was born in Wlodawa (Poland) in 1986 and received her MSc in Chemical Technology from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland (2010). Her current occupation is an Assistant Professor at Chair of Analytical Chemistry (Warsaw University of Technology). She holds a PhD of Chemical Sciences in Biotechnology (2015). In 2016 she was awarded for the best PhD. thesis in the field of mass spectrometry by Committee of Analytical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2019 she was granted the European Rising Star Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry.
She has co-authored about 30 scientific papers in the field of separation techniques, mass spectrometry and their hyphenations. Her primary research interests concern the application of the abovementioned analytical techniques to investigate the anticancer drugs’ and tumor-targeted nanomaterials’ transportation under physiological conditions.

Read Dr Matczuk’s paper, New solvents for metal extraction – NADES. Prediction and optimization of efficient extraction of selected metals by ICP-MS/MS.


J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2021, Advance Article, DOI:10.1039/D0JA00492H

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JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2021 Recipient

We are delighted to announce Jacob T. Shelley as the recipient of the JAAS Emerging Investigator Lectureship 2021. This Lectureship aims to recognise and support an emerging scientist working in the area of atomic spectrometry in the early stages of their independent career.

 

Introducing Jacob T. Shelley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA:

Jacob (Jake) Shelley, Alan Paul Schulz Career Development Professor of Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Northern Arizona University. He completed his Ph.D. at Indiana University under Gary Hieftje where he studied novel plasma ionization sources for molecular mass spectrometry.  Jake did postdoctoral research with Graham Cooks at Purdue University developing portable mass spectrometers capable of in situ analyses.  After another post-doc at the University of Münster, he became Assistant Professor at Kent State University and later moved to RPI in 2016.

His research interests lie in the development of new hardware and software tools for mass spectrometry, which enable rapid, sensitive detection and identification of analytes in complex matrices.  In addition, his research group uses high-energy plasma-generated species to perform unique gas-phase synthesis.  These research areas converge in studying chemical origins-of-life through the Rensselaer Astrobiology Research and Education (RARE) Center, where he is the Associate Director.

Jake’s recognitions include a Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Bunsen-Kirchoff Award (2017), The Analytical Scientist’s Top 40 Under 40 Power List, Spectroscopy’s 2020 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award, and 2021 EAS Young Investigator Award.  He’s authored 45 journal articles, 4 issued US patents, and given 50+ invited presentations worldwide.

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