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Lu Wei, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, has won the 2022 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award, which is presented by Spectroscopy magazine. 

Spectroscopy Magazine Announces the 2022 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy

Our annual review of new products for atomic and molecular spectroscopy, including details by category and highlights of overarching trends.

2022 Review of Spectroscopic Instrumentation

The “fingerprint in the fingerprint” region is key for active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) identity testing. We explain why.

A Fingerprint in a Fingerprint: A Raman Spectral Analysis of Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Fran Adar is the Worldwide Raman Applications manager for Horiba Jobin Yvon.

Raman spectra can help determine protein structure. Here’s how.

Interpretation of Raman Spectrum of Proteins

David Tuschel is a Raman applications manager at Horiba Scientific in Edison, New Jersey, where he works with Fran Adar. David is sharing authorship of the "Molecular Spectroscopy Workbench" column with Fran.

We explain how to characterize barium fluorohalides with Raman spectroscopy.

Raman Spectroscopy and Chemical Bonding of BaFCl, BaFBr, and BaFl

Innovative database search technology can help Raman spectroscopists identify molecular vibrations; here, we show how to use these tools more effectively.

A Simple Introduction to Raman Spectral Identification of Organic Materials

In this study, the nitrophenol isomers, in solid and liquid phases, were analyzed using Raman spectroscopy, laying the groundwork for determining nitrophenol isomers in environmental monitoring with this technique.

Determining Nitrophenol Isomers Using Raman Spectroscopy

Zac Schultz of The Ohio State University and his team used tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with gold nanostars to investigate chemical reactions involved in protein–ligand binding. He recently spoke with Spectroscopy about his findings.

Investigating Protein Receptors and Other Biomolecules Using SERS and TERS

Jerome Workman Jr. serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Spectroscopy and is currently with Unity Scientific LLC. He is also an adjunct professor at Liberty University and U.S. National University. He can be reached at jworkman04@gsb.columbia.edu.

Bhavya Sharma is the winner of the 2021 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award. We recently interviewed her about her work conducting research to detect active and important biomolecules related to hormone regulation, neurological health, and disease diagnosis.

Exploring Neurochemistry Using Raman Spectroscopy

Roy Goodacre, a professor of biological chemistry at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom, first used SERS to achieve whole-organism fingerprinting of bacteria and then explored SERS in a variety of other applications, including within biotechnology, disease diagnostics, quantitative detection, imaging, food security, and more. Goodacre is the 2021 winner of the Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy. This interview is part of an ongoing series of interviews with the winners of awards that are presented at the annual SciX conference.

Quantitative Analysis Using Surface-enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS): Roy Goodacre, the 2021 winner of the Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy