Authors
Kelly Elkins is a forensic scientist and professor of chemistry at Towson University. Before joining Towson University’s Forensic Science faculty, Elkins served as a Fulbright Scholar at the European Media Laboratory and the University of Heidelberg, completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at MIT’s Department of Biology as a Cancer Research Institute Fellow, and was a forensic faculty member and Director of the Forensic Science Program at Metropolitan State College of Denver. She is the author and editor of eight forensic science books. Her research focuses on applying next-generation sequencing and massively parallel sequencing to forensic samples, forensic DNA phenotyping, genetic genealogy, real-time PCR assay development, and novel bioinformatics tools.
Dongxin Zhao is with the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Henan University of Technology, in Zhengzhou, China.
Libo Yuan is with the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Henan University of Technology, in Zhengzhou, China
Ayush Agarwal is a postdoctoral researcher at Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung in Berlin, Germany. A Chemical Engineer with a PhD in Energy and a global career spanning India, Sweden, the USA, Switzerland and Germany, Agarwal’s expertise lies in chemical process technologies from laboratory to industrial scale, with specialization in advanced analytical techniques and environmental diagnostics.
Susan Haigney is the Lead Editor of Pharmaceutical Technology.
Pooja Sheevam is a Research Associate at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources in New Mexico. She was formerly a PhD Candidate at the University of Nevada Reno, specializing in infrared spectroscopy and its applications in understanding past aqueous environments for energy and mineral exploration.
John Margeson is the Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific responsible for Thermo Scientific™ Niton™ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) products. He works at the intersection of XRF instrument development, real-world applications, and customer needs, helping translate complex elemental analysis challenges into practical solutions. With deep hands-on experience in XRF analyzers and their use across industrial and scientific markets, John supports customers in applying Niton™ XRF for fast, reliable material identification and elemental analysis.
Sian Sloan-Dennison is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Strathclyde. Her research involves synthesis and functionalisation of nanoparticles with biomolecules and becoming proficient with many different analytical techniques such as Raman spectroscopy, SERRS, UV-Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, scanning electron microscopy and gel electrophoresis.
Lyufei Chen is an application scientist at HORIBA Scientific with expertise in A-TEEM fluorescence spectroscopy. She earned her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, where she studied nanomaterials. Combining her experience in method development and validation in the pharmaceutical industry, she collaborates with biopharma clients to address challenges and enhance workflows using A-TEEM technology.
Saikat Banerjee is an Analytical Lab Manager at DuPont.
José Miguel Hernández-Hierro is an Associate Professor at the Universidad de Sevilla, where he runs the Food & Color Laboratory. His research focuses on the spectroscopy of agricultural products (especially oeneological products) and grape and wine chemistry.
Jennifer Ferguson is an Applications Manager at Renishaw.