Authors
Dmitry Kurouski is an associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics, and biomedical engineering at Texas A&M University. Kurouski’s work has focused on pioneering the development of innovative Raman spectroscopy–based sensing approaches that can be used for non-invasive, non-destructive analysis, including confirmatory diagnostics of biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. His findings demonstrate that Raman spectroscopy can be used for identification of viral, fungal, and bacterial diseases in a large number of plant species. He has also developed Raman methods for diagnostics of plant deficiencies in micro and macro element composition; his work has also demonstrated the potential for Raman spectroscopy–based phenotyping of plants.
Jerome Workman, Jr. is former Senior Technical Editor of LCGC. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Spectroscopy and is the current Assoc. Editorial Director. He is the co-host of the Analytically Speaking podcast and has published multiple reference text volumes, including the three-volume Academic Press Handbook of Organic Compounds, the five-volume The Concise Handbook of Analytical Spectroscopy, the 2nd edition of Practical Guide and Spectral Atlas for Interpretive Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, the 2nd edition of Chemometrics in Spectroscopy, and the 4th edition of The Handbook of Near-Infrared Analysis. He is the recipient of the 2020 NYSAS Gold Medal Award (with Howard L. Mark). Mark and Workman have written their 250th Statistics and Chemometrics column for Spectroscopy. Direct correspondence to [email protected]
Eve Kroukamp, Ph.D. is a Strategic Value Pool Manager at Agilent with >16 years’ experience across market segment, program, product, and laboratory management. She brings multidisciplinary scientific expertise and has driven growth in Battery, Environmental, Food, and Semiconductor markets while contributing to standards bodies and leading cross‑functional strategic initiatives.
Igor Lednev is a Distinguished Professor and Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Lednev’s research concentrates on applying spectroscopic techniques and technologies for medical diagnostics and forensic analysis. Some of his other research interests include analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, and laser spectroscopy. Besides his role at the University at Albany, Lednev is the founder and CTO of SupreMEtric LLC, as well as the founding director of the Center for Biophotonic Technology and Artificial Intelligence (CeBAI).
Ken Marcus is a Robert Adger Bowen Professor of Chemistry at Clemson University. He is an internationally recognized analytical chemist with a distinguished career spanning education, research, and mentorship. Over nearly four decades on the Clemson University faculty, he has supervised the graduation of 44 PhD and 17 MS students and has served on the editorial advisory boards of three international journals. His scientific achievements have been widely honored, including the South Carolina Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science Research (2001), Fellowships in the Royal Society of Chemistry (2010), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012), the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (2016), and the National Academy of Inventors (2018). Marcus’ research centers on the development of advanced plasma-based techniques for atomic spectroscopic analysis.
Brian R. Strohmeier is currently serving as the President of Pittcon for the 2027 conference. He has had an extensive career in analytical spectroscopy, working with techniques such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), auger electron spectroscopy (AES), secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GD-OES), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). His research experience has spanned numerous application areas, including the study of adhesion, corrosion, oxidation, and wetting phenomena; chemical and plasma modification of material surfaces; and the surface characterization of aluminum and steel alloys, transition element metals and oxides, asbestos and related minerals, glass and fiberglass, ceramics, chemicals, polymers, vacuum-deposited thin films, organic coatings, and heterogeneous catalysts.