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Spectroscopy Announces the First Winner of the Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award
March 22nd 2016Matthew Baker, a senior lecturer in chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, has won the inaugural Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award, which is sponsored by Spectroscopy magazine. This new annual award recognizes the achievements and aspirations of a talented young molecular spectroscopist, selected by an independent scientific committee. The award will be presented to Baker at the SciX 2016 conference in September, where he will give a plenary lecture and be honored in an award symposium.
Edinburgh Instruments’ Spectrometers Used to Characterize Egyptian Blue Pigment
March 18th 2016The Edinburgh Instruments applications team and Gianluca Accorsi, a research fellow at CNR Nanotec in Lecce, Italy, worked on the photo-physical properties of Egyptian blue pigment using Edinburgh’s fluorescence spectrometers.
University of Tokyo Uses Renishaw Confocal Raman Microscope to Develop Energy-Related Devices
March 2nd 2016The mechanical engineering department of the University of Tokyo is using a Renishaw inVia confocal Raman microscope to study graphene and other nano materials in the development of energy-related devices such as solar cells.
Hellma Group to Acquire Business of Axiom Analytical
March 2nd 2016The Hellma Group (Müllheim, Germany), a manufacturer of optical solutions and components for the process industries and research analytical laboratories, will acquire Axiom Analytical Inc. (Tustin, California), a provider of laboratory and process sampling equipment.
VUV Analytics in Collaborative Project with Caltech Environmental Analysis Center
February 19th 2016VUV Analytics (Cedar Park, Texas) is collaborating with Caltech Environmental Analysis Center (EAC) in Pasadena, California, in a closed-ended project that explores new application capabilities using VUV’s VGA-100 Vacuum Ultraviolet (VUV) detector.
Steve Ray Wins Young Plasma Scientist Award
January 13th 2016Steven J. Ray, an assistant professor of chemistry at the State University of New York at Buffalo, received the inaugural Young Plasma Scientist Award today at the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry in Tucson, Arizona. The award, judged by an international selection committee and sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, recognizes the work of a scientist no older than 45 years old working in the field of plasma spectrochemistry.
Timothy Cross Awarded EAS Honor for Achievements in NMR
November 23rd 2015Timothy A. Cross has received the 2015 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The award was presented to him at the Eastern Analytical Symposium conference in Somerset, New Jersey, on November 16.
Benoît Igne Receives 2015 EAS Award for Outstanding Achievements in NIR Spectroscopy
November 23rd 2015Benoît Igne has won the Eastern Analytical Symposium’s 2015 Award for Outstanding Achievements in Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy. He was honored at an award symposium at the 2015 EAS award held in Somerset, New Jersey, on November 18.
Peter Wentzell Receives 2015 EAS Award for Chemometrics
November 23rd 2015Peter D. Wentzell has received the 2015 Award for Outstanding Achievements in Chemometrics from the Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS). The award was presented to Wentzell at an oral symposium at the 2015 EAS conference in Somerset, New Jersey, on November 17.