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Igor K. Lednev Receives NYSAS for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award
November 9th 2018The New York and New Jersey section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS) will present the Gold Medal Award to Igor K. Lednev at the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS), in Princeton, New Jersey, on November 12.
William F. Meggers Award Presented to S. Michael Angel of the University of South Carolina
November 7th 2018The William F. Meggers award is presented to the author or authors of an outstanding paper appearing in Applied Spectroscopy. This year’s recipient is S. Michael Angel, a professor of chemistry at the University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina).
Ian R. Lewis to Receive FACSS Distinguished Service Award at SciX 2018
October 5th 2018Ian R. Lewis of Kaiser Optical Systems will receive the FACSS Distinguished Service Award from the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) at the SciX 2018 conference, which will be held October 21–26 in Atlanta, Georgia.
FT-IR and Chemometric Strategies for Forensic Analysis
July 13th 2018In a recent paper titled “Soft and Robust Identification of Body Fluid Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometric Strategies for Forensic Analysis,” a team of researchers described the use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) for the forensic analysis and identification of body fluids.
New York–New Jersey SAS to Honor Students at Awards Banquet
June 21st 2018The New York–New Jersey Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) is inviting students, spectroscopists, and their colleagues to attend the NY–NJ SAS Annual Student Award Celebration Banquet on July 21, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Doubletree Hotel & Banquet Center, located at 180 Route 17, South Mahwah, NJ.
European Short Course on Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy Offered
June 21st 2018PicoQuant, a research and development company specializing in optoelectronics and based in Berlin, Germany, is collaborating with Joseph R. Lakowicz from the Center of Fluorescence Spectroscopy (CFS) in Baltimore, Maryland, to offer a short course on the “Principles and Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence.”
Spectroscopy Announces the Winner of the 2019 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award
June 15th 2018Dominic Hare, a senior research fellow and the head of the Atomic Pathology Laboratory at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Victoria, Australia, has won the 2019 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award, which is presented by Spectroscopy magazine.
Investigation of the Use of LIBS to Quantitate Lead in Atmosphere
June 8th 2018In a recent study (1), researchers investigated the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for the quantitative measurement of lead in aerosols, as an alternative to using inductively coupled plasma with optical emission spectroscopy or mass spectrometry (ICP-OES or ICP-MS).
Functional Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
May 9th 2018Functional neuroimaging was the topic of the May 3 meeting of the New York–New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS), which was held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The invited speaker was Professor Laleh Najafizadeh, who is an assistant professor and the director of the Integrated Systems and Neuroimaging Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rutgers.
Bruker Acquires Anasys Instruments
April 23rd 2018Bruker Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) has acquired Anasys Instruments Corporation, a privately held company that develops and manufactures nanoscale infrared (nano IR) spectroscopy and thermal measurement instruments such as atomic force microscopy and white-light interferometric 3D microscopy.
Unique Challenges of Forensic Science Highlighted at Local SAS Meeting
April 20th 2018The March meeting of the New York–New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS) was held on March 28 in the Ceramics Research building at Rutgers University. The invited speaker was Professor John A. Reffner of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, New York.
Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria: The Effect on Science Students
March 19th 2018Nearly six months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, residents there are still coping with the aftermath. Among those affected are university professors and students, particularly in the sciences, because the long period without electricity and mold growth severely damaged and in some cases destroyed sensitive equipment and laboratories. To gain a fuller picture of the situation, we talked to Fabiola Pagán Meléndez, an undergraduate chemistry student from the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, about her experience and how the storm has affected her studies and future plans. Pagán is also a journalist for the student-run media outlet Pulso Estudiantil, and right after the hurricane, she recorded a video that was distributed by NBC News. She was also quoted in a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education.