SamplePrep Study Group Objectives
In 2019, the European Chemical Society-Division of Analytical Chemistry (EuChemS-DAC) approved the formation of a new Task Force focusing on Sample Preparation. In 2020, following the annual evaluation of activities, the EuChemS-DAC Annual Meeting upgraded the Sample Preparation Task Force to a Study Group. This marked sample preparation as a major topic of particular importance to DAC.
The aims of the Study Group are the promotion of sample preparation through the organization of events, facilitation of communication, information exchange and networking, and the promotion of fundamental studies and cross-disciplinary collaboration. To further benefit the area, efforts are placed on promoting innovation and entrepreneurship as well as the involvement of early stage researchers.
The Sample Preparation Network was created in 2019, to allow members of the sample preparation community to work collectively towards promoting, improving and synchronizing activities in the area. The Sample Preparation Network is a major outcome of the EuChemS-DAC Sample Preparation Study Group and an ideal platform to increase the impact and visibility of sample preparation.
Study Group Committee Members
Elefteria (Elia) Psillakis (Head of the Study Group and Network) is Professor in Water Chemistry at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece. She received her Chemistry degree from Universitè Montpellier II, France, and her PhD from University of Bristol, U.K. In 2007, she was selected for a Fulbright Research Fellowship and used it at Caltech, USA. Her research activities focus on (i) understanding and developing new sample preparation methods and (ii) monitoring the environmental fate of organic contaminants.
Manuel Miró is Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of the Balearic Islands; Visiting Professor at Charles University; and member of the IUPAC Chemistry and Environment Division. He is currently the Reviews Editor of Analytica Chimica Acta and Associate Editor of the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, 3rd Edition. His publication record shows over 185 refereed articles and book chapters, with an h-index of 38. His research is focused on novel miniaturized and automatic fluidic platforms for sample processing.
Luigi Mondello is Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy. His research is focussed on the development of multidimensional chromatographic instrumentation and software (GC×GC, LC×LC, LC-GC×GC, LC-GC-GC-GC-prep.), coupled to state-of-the-art MS, for the study of complex matrices constituents and contaminants.
Sibel A. Ozkan is Professor at Ankara University, Turkey. She is an active member of European Chemical Society-DAC on behalf of Turkish Chemical Society, a member of the European Pharmacopoeia-EDQM- Chromatography Section and PortASAP, Cost Action CA 16215. She has published more than 285 original and review papers and Editor of 6 scientific books and more than 35 book chapters in different years. She is the Editor of Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis and Regional Editor (Europa) of Current Pharmaceutical Analysis. In recognition of her work she has received a number of awards.
Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard is Professor at School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo (Norway), and Professor (part time) at Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen (Denmark). He has specialized in analytical micro extraction technologies, on development and applications of artificial liquid membranes, and on electrokinetic separation methods. He has published more than 165 papers in international journals, is Contributing Editor of Trends in Analytical Chemistry (Elsevier), and Associate Editor of Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis (Elsevier).
Slavica Ražić is Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Belgrade - Faculty of Pharmacy. She is the chair of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of European Chemical Society (DAC-EuChemS) and also the chair of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of Serbian Chemical Society. Her research interests are mostly in the analytics of (i) environmental, (ii) biological and (iii) forensic samples, in method development combined with contemporary sample preparation techniques, as greener as possible.
Marcela Segundo holds a BSc in Microbiology and a PhD in Biotechnology (College of Biotechnology, Portuguese Catholic University). She is currently research leader at REQUIMTE, Portuguese Government Associate Laboratory for Green Chemistry, Clean technologies and also member of the Executive Board of Faculty of Pharmacy, U.Porto, where she teaches in the Department of Chemistry. Her current research focuses on automation of sample treatment prior to chromatographic analysis, and on development of high-throughput microchemical methods.
Charlotta Turner is a Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Lund University in Sweden. She has a PhD in analytical chemistry focused on supercritical fluid extraction. Charlotta has published over 100 scientific articles, review papers and book chapters, and received several awards for her research. She is the chair of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the Swedish Chemical Society and elected member of the Royal Engineering Science Academy (IVA) and the Royal Physiographic Society.
