Calendar of Events
18–22
36th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Louisville, KY;
Contact: FACSS, P.O. Box 24379, Santa Fe, NM 87502; Tel. (505) 820-1648, E-mail: facss@facss.org,
Web site: www.facss.org
18–23
ECASIA'09, 13th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis, Antalya, Turkey;
Contact: Sefik Suzer, Chair of the Conference, Bilkent University, Chemistry Department, 06800 Ankara, Turkey; Tel. 90 312 2901476, E-mail: ecasia09@bilkent.edu.tr
19–22
25th Annual International Conference on Contaminated Soils, Sediments, and Water, Amherst, MA;
Contact: Denise Leonard, Environmental Health Sciences, N344 Morrill, University of Massachusetts, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9298; E-mail: dleonard@schoolph.umass.edu
Web site: www.umass-soils.com
27–29
L.A.B. Exhibition and Conference, Birmingham, UK;
Contact: Tel. 011 49 341 678 8195; E-mail: info@lab-uk.co.uk
Web site: http://www.lab-ik.co.uk
30–November 1
International Conference on Optics and Photonics, Chandigarh, India;
Contact: E-mail: icop2009@gmail.com
2–5
ICALEO — 28th International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics 2009, Orlando, FL;
Contact: Amanda Criner, Laser Institute of America, 13501 Ingenuity Drive, Suite 128, Orlando, FL 32826; Tel. (407) 380-1553;
Web site: http://www.laserinstitute.org/store/course/ICAL09
5–6
ASMS 2009 Fall Workshop: Bioinformatics for Protein Discovery, Baltimore, MD;
Contact: American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2019 Galisteo Street, Building I-1, Santa Fe, NM 87505; Tel. (505) 989-4517, Fax: (505) 989-1073; E-mail: office@asms.org,
Web site: http://www.asms.org
7–16
14th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS 2009), Bangkok, Thailand;
Contact: Sirinnapa Saranwong, General Secretariat (Asian NIR Consortium), National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai Tsukuba JAPAN 305-8642; Tel. 81 29 838 8088, Fax: 81 29 838 7996; E-mail: nir2009@naro.affrc.go.jp,
Web site: www.nir2009.com
9–13
The Eleventh Kyoto Conference on New Aspects of Organic Chemistry (IKCOC-11), Kyoto, Japan;
Contact: Dr. Toshiki Nokami, Kyotodaigakukatsuta, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan; E-mail: tnokami@sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp,
Web site: www.sbchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp/yoshida-lab/
15–17
2nd International Congress on Biodiesel: The Science and the Technologies, Munich, Germany;
Contact: AOCS, 2710 S. Boulder Dr., Urbana, IL 61802-6996; E-mail: meetings@aocs.org
Web site: www.aocs.org/meetings.biodiesel09
16–19
Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Somerset, NJ;
Contact: E-mail: askEAS@eas.org,
Web site: www.eas.org
18–22
16th Annual Meeting SFRBM — The Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, San Francisco, CA;
Contact: Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 8365 Keystone Crossing, Suite 107, Indianapolis, IN 46240; Tel. (317) 205-9482; E-mail: info@sfrbm.org,
Web site: www.sfrbm.org/annualMeetings.cfm
19–23
30th SETAC Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA;
Contact: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1010 N. 12th Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32501-3367; E-mail: setac@setac.org,
Web site: www.setac.org
24–27
LILS — Light in Life Sciences Conference, Melbourne, Australia;
Contact: Web site: http://www.physics.mq.edu.au/research/fluoronet/LILS09/
4–9
2010 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Fort Myers, FL;
Contact: Ramon Barnes, University Research Institute for Analytical Chemistry, P.O. Box 666, Hadley, MA 01035-0666; E-mail: wc2010@chem.umass.edu,
Web site: http://icpinformation.org
23–28
SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA;
Contact: Tel. (888) 504-8171; E-mail: customerservice@spie.org,
Web site: http://spie.org/x2584.xml
31–February 3
Applications of Lasers for Sensing and Free Space Communications, San Diego, CA;
Contact: Kristin Mirabal, E-mail: kmirab@osa.org
28–March 5
Pittcon 2010, Orlando, FL;
Contact: Web site: http://www.pittcon.org
AI and Satellite Spectroscopy Team Up to Monitor Urban River Pollution in China
April 30th 2025A study from Chinese researchers demonstrates how combining satellite imagery, land use data, and machine learning can improve pollution monitoring in fast-changing urban rivers. The study focuses on non-optically active pollutants in the Weihe River Basin and showcases promising results for remote, data-driven water quality assessments.
New Optical Modeling Method Advances Thin Film Analysis Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
April 30th 2025Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed an advanced optical modeling approach using spectroscopic ellipsometry, significantly enhancing the non-destructive analysis of amorphous silicon oxide thin films.