Authors
David Clases is an associate professor at the University of Graz in Vienna, Austria. Clases’ research spans fundamental and applied aspects of inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), from laser ablation-ICP-MS to ICP-time of flight MS (ICP-TOFMS) and single-particle analysis.
Dr. Ting Yan received her PhD in Chemistry in 2021. She is an application scientist specializing in advanced microscopy, with experience in super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, O-PTIR. As an application scientist for O-PTIR which provides IR and simultaneous Raman spectra, she has worked with academic and industrial researchers to implement O-PTIR in diverse applications.
Don Osborne is the CEO of EarthDaily, a global Earth observation company focused on delivering science-grade data and analytics designed for broad-area change detection and decision-centric intelligence.
Michael Metzger, Ph.D. is the Herzberg–Dahn Chair and Associate Professor at Dalhousie University. His group develops safe, long-life, sustainable battery materials, investigates degradation mechanisms, and explores lithium and sodium battery technologies. He is the Former Senior Research Engineer at Bosch and holds a PhD, from the Technical University of Munich.
Stephan Baumann joined Agilent Technologies’ global marketing team in 2018, with a focus on technical applied markets. Prior to that he has been an application chemist covering the environmental, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries for over 27 years. In the battery space, his interest covers applications needing organic and inorganic analysis including spectrometry and spectroscopy.
Seth Kenkel is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Santiago Marin is a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Fiona Xi Xu received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Washington under the advisement of Dan Fu. Her graduate research focused on quantitative analysis of protein and lipid metabolism in cells and tissues using advanced vibrational spectroscopy techniques, particularly stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) microscopy. She is currently a life science applications scientist at HORIBA, where she specializes in Raman spectroscopy for life science and biopharmaceutical applications, utilizing platforms ranging from confocal Raman microscopes to process and high-throughput Raman instruments.●
Kelsey Williams is a postdoctoral researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) working on planetary instrumentation using spectroscopic techniques such as laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser ablation molecular isotopic spectrometry (LAMIS).
Janam Pandya is an Applications Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific at their Tewkesbury headquarters. Since joining Thermo Fisher Scientific in 2022, he has focused on advancing Raman spectroscopy applications for real-time process measurements, working with customers across biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, polymer, food, and clean-energy industries to implement Process Raman Analyzer technology as a Process Analytical Technology (PAT) solution. Throughout his career, Pandya has held roles at several large organizations including Abbott, Nestlé, and Ocean Spray Cranberries, where he worked on several projects that involved applying analytical technologies to solve complex industrial challenges.
Spiros Pergantis is a Full Professor at the University of Crete. His research interests include the development of advanced analytical chemistry techniques for determining metal species (As, Hg, Se, Sb, Sn, Cr), including metal-containing biomolecules, as well as nanoparticles in environmental and biological matrices, and also for investigating their interaction(s) with biomolecules.
Michael Coppola serves as a product manager at Milestone Inc, directing product strategy, development, and market growth initiatives. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and physics from Central Connecticut State University. Before joining Milestone, Coppola worked in the polymer chemistry sector as a product manager, where he led efforts to commercialize nanotechnology-based additives for the paint and plastics industries. He is a named inventor on more than 60 patents and publications related to materials science, chemical formulation, and applied analytical technologies.
Annemieke Milks is a British Academy postdoctoral researcher in the department of archaeology at the University of Reading, UK.