EDITORIAL

Meet the contributors

Nicola Oberbeckmann-Winter

Published online: 14 December 2011
# Springer-Verlag 2011

This opening issue of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chem-
istry for 2012 celebrates the 10th anniversary of Analytical
and Bioanalytical Chemistry and highlights current re-
search by the Editors and members of the International
Advisory Board. The strong commitment and dedication of
the Editors and Advisory Board have been of enormous
value in establishing ABC as an international journal of
high rank and standing, publishing innovative research
papers from all areas of analytical and bioanalytical science.
In preparing this special issue, we are grateful for the
overwhelming support we have received and thank the
contributors for generously providing thirty-four research
papers, nine critical reviews, and seven trend articles from
the forefront of their research. Below, we invite you to
meet the contributors to this exceptional 10th anniversary
issue.

Edgar A. Arriaga
was Fesler–Lampert Chair in Aging
Studies from 2007 to 2008 and is
currently Professor of Chemistry at
the College of Science and Engineer-
ing, University of Minnesota, Minne-
apolis, MN (USA). He is also a
graduate of the Faculty of Biomedical
Engineering, Gerontology, Molecular
Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics.
He is a chartered member of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Review Study Section Emerging Bio-
technologies. His research program
focuses on the development of bioana-

lytical methods to investigate tissue complexity, single cells, and subcellular
compartments. Applications of these methods include determination of the
subcellular fate and metabolism of xenobiotics, and investigating subcellular
processes associated with the causes of aging.

Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda
is Full Professor at the University of
Campinas—Unicamp, Department of
Analytical Chemistry, also belonging to
the National Institute of Science and
Technology—INCT—for Bioanalysis.
The main lines of research of his group
includes mass (ICP–MS, LA–ICP–MS,
MALDI-QTOF-MS, ESI-MS, TWIMS)
and atomic spectrometry (FAAS, TS-
FF–AAS, ETAAS, ICP–OES), sample
preparation, mechanization, and bioanal-
ysis with emphasis on proteomics and
metallomics. He is the author or co-
author over 130 research articles and five

books, and is on the Editorial Staff or Advisory Board of four journals. His current
research interests include trans-disciplinary work involving the comparative omics
of plants (i.e. soybean, sunflower) and human body fluids (i.e. blood serum) to
identify possible biomarkers for transgenic species and human diseases, and to
evaluate reactive oxygen species production, and (metallo)proteins responses under
stress in a given system.

N. Oberbeckmann-Winter (*)
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Springer,
Tiergartenstrasse 17,
69121 Heidelberg, Germany
e-mail: abc@springer.com

Anal Bioanal Chem (2012) 402:15–23
DOI 10.1007/s00216-011-5537-7



Antje J. Baeumner
is Professor of Biological Engineering
and Director of Graduate Studies in the
Department of Biological and Environ-
mental Engineering at Cornell Univer-
sity in Ithaca, NY, USA. She is on the
Board of Directors of the Society of
Electroanalytical Chemistry, a member
of the Extended Executive Committee
of the International Association of
Environmental Analytical Chemistry,
was the 2010 Chair of the Gordon
Research Conference on Bioanalytical
Sensors, and has received numerous
honors in recent years including being

Finalist for the Blavatnik Award of the NY Academy of Sciences, and recipient
of a Humboldt Research Fellowship and a German National Science
Foundation Mercator Guest Professorship. Her research is focused on the
development of micro-total analysis systems and smart lateral flow assays for
detection of pathogens and toxins in food and the environment, and for medical
diagnostics.

Francesco Baldini
graduated in physics from the Uni-
versity of Florence in 1986. He is
Senior Scientist at the Institute of
Applied Physics of the National
Research Council and his main re-
search activity is devoted to the
development of optical sensors/sys-
tems for chemical and biochemical
analysis. He is author of more than
one hundred publications on the
subject in international journals, in
scientific books, and in international
conference proceedings. In 2009 he
was appointed as a fellow of SPIEC

society for his “achievements in biological and chemical sensing in
biomedicine”.

Damià Barceló Cullerés
is Full Research Professor and
Deputy Director at IDAEA-CSIC
and, since 2008, Director of the
Catalan Institute for Water Research
(ICRA). From 2009 he has been
Visiting Professor at King Saud
University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In
2007 he received the King Jaime I
Award from the Generalitat of Valen-
cia (Spain) on the Protection of
Nature. His research interests are in
environmental analysis, and the fate
and behavior of organic pollutants in
water, sediment, and biota, using

mass spectrometric techniques, immunoassay, toxic assays and biosensors.
During recent years his interests have also included bridging environment
and health risks in the field of emerging contaminants.

Boguslaw Buszewski
is Head of the Chair of Environ-
mental Chemistry and Bioanalysis at
the Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus
Copernicus University. He serves as
President of the Polish Chemical
Society, Vice Chair of the Commit-
tee of Analytical Chemistry of the
Polish Academy of Sciences, and is
a member of the Advisory Board of
the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Dr Buszewski is president of the
European Society for Separation Sci-
ence (EuSSS). His main scientific
interests cover environmental analy-

sis, chromatography, and related techniques (HPLC, SPE, GC, CZE,
adsorption, sample preparation), spectroscopy, utilization of waste and
sludge, and chemometrics. He is also the chairman of the Central
European Group for Separation Sciences (CEGSS), the chairman of the
Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum, and member of the Steering Committee
of the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the European Association
for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS).

Rafael Cela Torrijos
is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at
the University of Santiago de Compos-
tela, Spain, and the Head of the Labora-
tory for Analytical Chemistry in the
Research Institute of Food Analysis at
the same university. Previously, he was at
the Universities of Madrid (Complu-
tense) and Cadiz, belonging to the group
of analytical chemists that started the
development of chemometrics in the
1980s in Spain. His research has focused
on the analytical applications of separa-
tion science, and, particularly, the devel-

opment and optimization of sample preparation techniques in chromatographic
analysis, including experimental designs and the development of computer-assisted
chromatographic methods. He is the author or coauthor of more than 200 scientific
papers and several textbooks.

Craig A. Aspinwall
is an Associate Professor in the Depart-
ment of Chemistry and Biochemistry at
the University of Arizona, where he has
been since 2002. His research focuses on
the development and application of opti-
cal and electrophysiological sensors and
microscale separations for the analysis of
biological systems. He is a recipient of
the ACS Division of Analytical Chemis-
try Award for Young Investigators in
Separation Science (2009) and was an
inaugural ACS GREET (Global Re-
search Experiences, Exchanges, and
Training) Scholar (2011).

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Sapna Deo
is Associate Professor in the Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
at the University of Miami, Miller School
of Medicine. Dr Deo’s research interest is
in the development of novel nanobioana-
lytical techniques based on luminescence
and quantum dots for detection of micro-
RNAs and RNA molecules for applica-
tion in biomedicine, diagnosis, and
pathogen detection. Other areas of re-
search include development of molecular
probes for biosensing and bioimaging
applications. Her research also focuses
on creating luminescent nanocarriers for

targeted imaging and sensing applications in biomedicine. She is a author and co-
author of over 70 scientific publications and several patents and a recipient of the
NSF-CAREER Award.

Erkang Wang
was Director of the Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry. During his active
career he acted as visiting professor in the
US, France, Japan, and Hong Kong, and
has presented over 150 seminars and
keynote lectures in 26 countries. He has
published more than 900 papers and
monographs in international journals. He
is member of various prestigious chemi-
cal societies, among others the Japan
Society for Analytical Chemistry, the
Academy of Sciences for the Developing
World, and the Chinese Academy of
Sciences. Erkang Wang holds more than

ten awards from Chinese national and provincial governments and two international
awards. His research interest is focused on analytical chemistry, electrochemistry,
electroanalytical chemistry, bioelectrochemistry, and environmental chemistry.

Jörg Feldmann
has held the Chair in Environmental
Analytical Chemistry and been Director
of TESLA (Trace Element Speciation
Laboratory) at the University of
Aberdeen (Scotland, UK) for 14 years.
He received his PhD from the University
of Essen (Germany) and was Feodor
Lynen Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt
Foundation) for two years at the Univer-
sity of British Columbia (Canada). He
has pioneered the simultaneous hyphen-
ation of ICPMS and ESI-MS to HPLC
for determination of labile metal biomol-
ecule interactions which are crucial to

explaining environmental and biological processes. In addition he uses laser
ablation ICPMS extensively for bioimaging of elements. He is author or coauthor of
more than 150 peer-reviewed publications.

John Fetzer
is author or coauthor of over 130
research articles, reviews, and book
chapters. He worked for over 20 years
as an analytical chemist for the Chev-
ron Corporation and now runs his own
consulting company, Fetzpahs Consult-
ing, in Hercules, CA, USA. He is
author of the book Career management
for chemists-a guide to success in a
chemistry career.

Philippe Garrigues
is a CNRS Research Director and Head
of the Department of Molecular Scien-
ces (CRCM, FR 1981 CNRS) at the
University of Bordeaux 1, France, with
around 200 researchers involved in a
variety of chemistry disciplines (theo-
ry, analysis, environment, spectrosco-
py, synthesis). Dr Garrigues’s personal
research interests are analytical aspects
(chromatography and spectroscopy) of
the detection of organic pollutants and
their environmental fate and toxicolog-
ical effects. Recently, he has been
involved in the development of bio-

chemical markers as early warning systems for the toxicological evaluation of
ecosystems by coordination of large research projects (i.e. BIOMAR, BEEP)
supported by DG Research (European Commission, Brussels).

Sylvia Daunert
holds the Lucille P. Markey Chair of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
at the Miller School of Medicine of the
University of Miami. Previously, she
was the Gill Eminent Professor of
Chemistry at the University of Ken-
tucky where she had a secondary
appointment in the pharmaceutical
sciences. She is a Fulbright Scholar
and recipient of numerous awards, for
example the A.F. Findeis Award of the
American Chemical Society and the
special Creativity Award from the
National Science Foundation. Dr

Daunert’s research interests are in bionanotechnology at the interface between
analytical biochemistry, molecular biology, and bioengineering. Her group uses
recombinant DNA technology to design new molecular diagnostic tools and
biosensors, with biomedical, environmental, and pharmaceutical applications,
based on genetically engineered proteins and cells. The research also focuses on
the design of sensing arrays for detection of molecules in small volumes, by use
of microfluidics, and in the development of biomaterials for responsive drug-
delivery systems.

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Walter Giger
is Scientist Emeritus at Eawag, the
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic
Science and Technology, and Professor
Emeritus at ETH, the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology. He is active as
an Independent Consultant for Giger
Research Consulting in Zurich and as
Adjunct Professor at the Curtin Water
Quality Research Centre, Curtin Uni-
versity of Technology, Perth, Australia.
He is an expert on organic contami-
nants in the aquatic environment and in
the evaluation of chemical, physical
and biological processes determining

the environmental fate of chemicals. Since 2009, Dr Giger has chaired the
Division of Chemistry and the Environment of the European Association of
Chemistry and the Environment of the European Association of Chemical and
Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS).

Heidi Goenaga-Infante
is Principal Scientist at LGC, UK. Her
research interests lie in trace element
speciation analysis, metallomics research,
combined use of elemental and molecular
mass spectrometry, size-based element
fractionation and the development of
reference methods for characterization of
“speciated” reference materials and stand-
ards. Dr Goenaga-Infante is the UK
representative at the Inorganic Analysis
Working Group of the CCQM, the inter-
national Consultative Committee for Me-
trology in Chemistry.

Klaus Gustav Heumann
is Emeritus Professor of Analytical
Chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg
University Mainz. His research inter-
ests lie in the development and appli-
cation of analytical methods for the
determination of trace elements and
trace amounts of elemental species,
using inductively coupled plasma
mass spectrometry, thermal ionization
mass spectrometry, different types of
optical atomic spectrometry, and elec-
troanalysis as detection methods, and
high-performance liquid chromatogra-
phy, capillary electrophoresis, and

capillary gas chromatography as separation methods. He has received several
awards, including the Clemens Winkler Medal of the German Society for
Analytical Chemistry in 2004 for his scientific lifework and for continuous
support of analytical chemistry in Germany. In 2007 he received the European
Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry. He is a member of several national and
international scientific societies and he was a member of the IUPAC
Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances for 12 years and
chairman from 1991 to 1995.

Jiří Homola
is Head of the Photonics Division and
Chairman of the Department of Optical
Sensors at the Institute of Photonics and
Electronics, Prague (Czech Republic).
He also is Affiliate Professor at the
University of Washington, Seattle
(USA) and Associate Professor at
Charles University in Prague (Czech
Republic). His research interests are in
photonics and biophotonics, in particular
in optical sensors and biosensors. J.
Homola is a recipient of the Roche
Diagnostics Prize for Sensor Technology
and Premium Academiae.

Maciej Jarosz
is Chair of Analytical Chemistry at the
Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw Universi-
ty of Technology, Poland, Vice-President
and treasurer of the Board of the Polish
Chemical Society, member of the Board
of the Committee on Analytical Chemis-
try, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nation-
al Representative in the Division of
Analytical Chemistry of IUPAC, and
member of the Steering Committee of
the Division of Analytical Chemistry of
EuCheMS. He is author or co-author of
83 original papers and chapters in mono-
graphs. His scientific interests focus on

cultural heritage preservation (identification of natural products in art works); food
and pharmaceutical analysis, and environmental speciation analysis. He was
awarded (among others) the Honored Award of the Polish Chemical Society and the
Professor Andrzej Waksmundzki Medal—Committee on Analytical Chemistry,
Polish Academy of Sciences Award.

Günter Gauglitz
is Professor at the Eberhard-Karls-
University of Tübingen working in
analytical and physical chemistry. He
was chairman of the GDCh Division
of Analytical Chemistry and chaired
the Europt(r)ode VIII meeting. He is
also member of the DAC in
EuCheMS. For the last 10 years his
main scientific interests have centered
on research on and development of
chemical and biochemical sensors
with special focus on characterization
of the interfaces of polymers and
biomembrane surfaces, spectroscopic

techniques, use of spectral interferometry to monitor changes in optical
thickness of thin layers, and the effects of Fresnel reflectivity at interfaces.

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Uwe Karst
has been Full Professor of Analytical
Chemistry at the University of Münster
since 2005, and was previously Full
Professor of Chemical Analysis at the
University of Twente, The Nether-
lands, from 2001–2005. His current
research interests cover hyphenated
techniques, speciation analysis, minia-
turization, and derivatization. In 2009,
he received the Fresenius Prize of the
German Chemical Society (GDCh).

Takehiko Kitamori
is Full Professor at the Department of
Applied Chemistry, Graduate School
of Engineering, University of Tokyo,
and also Dean of the Faculty of
Engineering and the Graduate School
of Engineering. His research activity
covers analytical chemistry, applied
laser spectroscopy, and micro and
extended nanochemistry. He has re-
ceived several prestigious awards, in-
cluding the Chemical Society of Japan
Award for Creative Work (2006) and the
IBM Faculty Award (2008).

Rudolf Krska
is Full Professor of (Bio)Analysis and
Organic Trace Analysis at the University
of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,
Vienna (BOKU) and Head of the De-
partment of Agrobiotechnology (IFA-
Tulln) at BOKU. Rudolf Krska, who is
also Head of the Center for Analytical
Chemistry at the IFA-Tulln, is an expert
in food and feed analysis by chromato-
graphic, mass spectrometric, and immu-
noanalytical techniques. He has
established intensive interdisciplinary
cooperation with universities and com-
panies and has been coordinator and

work package leader of several European Commission-funded projects dealing
with the determination of mycotoxins and allergens in food. As member of JECFA
(Joint Expert Committee for Food Additives) of the FAO/WHO he has evaluated
the affect of trichothecenes on humans. Dr Krska is also involved in other
international activity, for example two working groups of the European Committee
for Standardization.

Bernhard Kuster
is a chemist by training and obtained
his PhD in Biochemistry at the Univer-
sity of Oxford, UK. After post-doctoral
terms at the EMBL in Heidelberg and
Odense University, Denmark, he
worked in the biotechnology firm
Cellzome for seven years where he
held a number of senior research
positions. Professor Kuster currently
holds the Chair for Proteomics and
Bioanalysis at the Technische Univer-
sität München and is also head of the
department for Biosciences at the
TUM. His research interests include

chemical biology, cancer drug discovery, and development of technology for
proteomics and mass spectrometry. Professor Kuster has published more than
60 papers which have collected over 8,000 citations and he has won awards
from the German Society for Mass Spectrometry, the German Academic
Exchange Service, and the European Molecular Biology Organisation.

Olivier Laprévote
is currently Professor of Toxicology
at the University Paris Descartes
(Faculty of Pharmacy) and at Lar-
iboisière Hospital in Paris. He was
Group Leader of the Mass Spec-
trometry Laboratory of the Institute
for Natural Compounds Chemistry
at Gif-sur-Yvette (France) until
2008. His scientific interests are in
the development of original mass
spectrometric methods for character-
ization of natural molecules in com-
plex biological matrices. Among his
past research activity, mass spec-

trometry imaging was prominent, with a particular interest in biomedical
applications.

Kiyokatsu Jinno
is currently trustee and Vice-President
of Toyohashi University of Technolo-
gy, Toyohashi, Japan. His major re-
search interests are in molecular
recognition in chromatography, reten-
tion mechanisms in liquid chromatog-
raphy, design of novel stationary
phases, miniaturized sample prepara-
tion processes with newly designed
materials, and their combination for
liquid phase separations, development
of capillary separation techniques, hy-
phenated techniques in chromatogra-

phy, and spectroscopy and computer networking in the separation sciences. He
has received several awards for his contributions to chromatography and related
analytical techniques: the Tokai Chemical Industry Award in 1986, the Russian
Tswett Medal in 1996, the University of Helsinki Medal in 1998, the Golay
Award in 1999, the Society Award from the Japanese Society for Chromato-
graphic Sciences in 2000, and the Society Award from the Japan Society for
Analytical Chemistry in 2003.

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Frances S. Ligler
is the Navy’s Senior Scientist for
biosensors and biomaterials and a
member and past chair of the Bioengi-
neering Section of the US National
Academy of Engineering. She has over
350 full-length publications and patents
(>7,000 citations), which have led to
eleven commercial biosensor products
and won her the Homeland Security
Award (Biological, Radiological, Nu-
clear Field) of the Christopher Colum-
bus Foundation and the Presidential
Rank of Distinguished Senior Profes-
sional awarded by President Bush.

Wolfgang Lindner
is expert in separation sciences with focus
on life-science analysis and material sci-
ence, developing diverse stationary phases
with dedicated selectivity properties.
Among these the chiral stationary phases
became the most widely known. Since
1996 Wolfgang Lindner has held the Chair
of Analytical Chemistry at the University
of Vienna, Austria. He is author and co-
author of more than 400 publications.
Among other prizes, he has received the
Chirality Medal, the A.J.P. Martin Gold
Medal, the Halasz Medal, and, very recent-
ly, the ACS Award for Chromatography.

R. Kenneth (Ken) Marcus
is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at
Clemson University. Professor Marcus’
research program covers three distinct
lines of study: the use of capillary-
channeled polymer (C-CP) fibers and
films for protein separations; the use of
particle beam LC–MS for profiling
botanical products (nutraceuticals);
and the development of liquid sam-
pling-atmospheric pressure glow dis-
charge (LS-APGD) microplasmas for
spectrochemical analysis. In 2010 he
was honored by election to Fellowship
of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Hans H. Maurer
is Head of the Department of Experi-
mental and Clinical Toxicology of
the Saarland University in Homburg
(Saar). He has published over 200
original papers and 30 invited
reviews on his main two areas of
research, analytical toxicology (GC–
MS, LC–MS) and metabolism of
xenobiotics. He has received several
international scientific awards, and in
2007 he was awarded the title of
Doctor Honoris Causa by the Uni-
versity of Ghent, Belgium.

Juris Meija
is a Research Officer at the Institute
for National Measurement Standards,
National Research Council, Canada.
His research interests encompass the-
oretical analytical chemistry, isotope -
ratio measurements, and the history of
chemistry. He serves as Column Editor
for the Analytical Challenge series in
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemis-
try and is the Secretary of the IUPAC
Commission on Isotopic Abundances
and Atomic Weights.

Cynthia Larive
is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at
the University of California, Riverside.
Dr Larive’s research in bioanalytical
chemistry focuses on the structural char-
acterization of carbohydrates and plant-
based metabolomics. She has an active
research program involving bioanalytical
and environmental analytical applica-
tions of NMR spectroscopy. Professor
Larive is also active in curricular reform
and promotion of undergraduate re-
search. She is editor-in-chief and princi-
pal investigator of the Analytical
Sciences Digital Library (http://www.

asdlib.org), an Internet-based resource for instructors, students, and practitioners
of analytical chemistry. This digital library is a collection of peer-reviewed web
sites on topics including pedagogical approaches, analytical techniques, applica-
tions, and classroom resources.

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David S. Moore
is Research Scientist and Team Leader
in the Shock and Detonation Physics
Group at Los Alamos National Labo-
ratory. Moore received the 2009 Los
Alamos Fellows Prize for Leadership
in Science and Engineering, and was
an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
and a Los Alamos National Laboratory
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow. His
research team exploits ultrafast lasers
to measure, in real time, chemistry and
phase transitions in shock compressed
materials, as well as for development
of optimum coherent control methods

for condensed phase chemistry (initiation of explosives) and the dynamic
detection of explosives, especially at standoff distances.

David C. Muddiman
is currently Professor of Chemistry and
Founder and Director of the W.M. Keck
FT–ICR Mass Spectrometry Laboratory
at North Carolina State University in
Raleigh, NC, USA. His research interests
include the development and application
of advanced separations and mass spec-
trometry. His group has presented over
350 invited lectures and presentations at
national and international meetings, has
published over 175 peer-reviewed papers
and reviews, and has been awarded three
US patents. He is the recipient of the
2010 Biemann Medal, American Society

for Mass Spectrometry, 2009 NCSU Alumni Outstanding Research Award, the
2004 ACS Arthur F. Findeis Award, the 1999 American Society for Mass
Spectrometry Research Award, and the Safford Award, University of Pittsburgh, for
Excellence in Teaching.

Reinhard Nießner
is Full Professor of Analytical Chem-
istry at the Technical University of
Munich. His research interests are in
environmental analytical chemistry, es-
pecially devoted to applications of
laser spectroscopy, nanoparticle char-
acterization, and microarray technolo-
gy. His main areas of interest are
aerosols, hydrocolloids, and biofilms,
in the water and atmosphere. He has
received several international awards,
e.g. the Emanuel–Merck Prize for
Analytical Chemistry (1990), the Smo-
luchowski Award for Aerosol Research

of the Association for Aerosol Research (1991), the Fritz–Pregl Medal of the
Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry (1996), and the Fresenius Award for
Analytical Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (2000). Professor
Nießner has served in many national and international scientific organizations,
e.g. within IUPAC as a Titular Member and the European Science Foundation.

Giuseppe Palleschi
is Full Professor of Analytical Chem-
istry and was Head of the Department
of Chemical Science and Technology
of the University of Rome “Tor Ver-
gata” between 1995 and 2007 In the
2000 he obtained the “Laurea Honoris
Causa” from the University of
Bucharest for his activity in the field
of chemical sensors for food and
environmental control. Professor Palle-
schi’s research over the last 30 years
has been focused on the development
of chemical sensors and bio and
immunosensors for use in biomedicine,

food and environmental analysis. He is the author of more than 200 papers in
international scientific journals and invited speaker at many International
Congresses. He has been visiting scientist for two years in the USA (University
of New Orleans), for three months in the UK (University of Cranfield), and one
month at RCAST (Japan).

Aldo Roda
is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at
the Alma Mater Studiorum University
of Bologna, Italy. He is Vice-President
of the Italian Society of Chemistry
(“Società Chimica Italiana”, SCI) and
a member of the Academy of Science,
Institute of Bologna. His main research
interests center on the development of
devices, cellular biosensors, and ultra-
sensitive analytical methods and imag-
ing based on chemi-bioluminescence
applied to clinical chemistry, medicinal
chemistry, environmental chemistry,
cultural heritage, and food analysis.

He is co-author of more than 400 articles published in international journals,
and 24 international patents on new bile acids, antioxidant drugs, new
luminescent labels, biosensors, and luciferase probes.

Boris Mizaikoff
is currently Chaired Professor and
Director of the Institute of Analytical
and Bioanalytical Chemistry at the
University of Ulm, Germany. He is
also a member of the Center for Cell
and Molecular Signaling at Emory
University, Atlanta, GA, USA. His
research interests focus on optical
sensors, biosensors, and biomimetic
sensors operating in the mid-infrared
spectral range, quantum cascade lasers,
system miniaturization and integration
based on micro and nanofabrication,
multifunctional (nano)analytical tech-

nology, focused ion-beam techniques, development of chemical recognition
layers for separation and sensing applications, environmental and process
analysis, and biomedical diagnostics.

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Reiner Salzer
retired as Professor of Analytical Chemistry
at the Technische Universität Dresden,
Germany, in 2007. His main scientific
interests include molecular monitoring for
early diagnosis of diseases, integration of
biologically active functions into polymers,
and electronic media in university educa-
tion. Professor Salzer has authored 14
patents in different fields of analytical
chemistry, and over 250 books and scien-
tific publications. Professor Salzer has been
elected on to a variety of national and
international boards. He is a member of the
Norwegian Academy of Science, a recipi-

ent of the Emich Plaque of the Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry (2007) and of
the Clemens Winkler Medal of the Division Analytical Chemistry of the German
Chemical Society (2011). He served as President of the Division Analytical Chemistry
of the German Chemical Society, and is National Delegate to the Division of Analytical
Chemistry of EuCheMS, where he is Head of the Study Group Education. He is Vice-
Chairman of the ECTNA Label Committee for the Chemistry Eurobachelor and
Chemistry Euromaster and is currently involved in the development of a quality scheme
for a Eurodoctorate label.

Alfredo Sanz-Medel
has been Professor in the Department of
Physical and Analytical Chemistry of
Oviedo University (Spain) since 1982.
He is author or co-author of approximate-
ly 500 scientific publications in interna-
tional journals, several patents, and books.
His current research interests include new
atomic detectors and ion sources for ultra-
trace analysis using plasmas, new molec-
ular optical sensors, particularly those
based on the use of quantum dots, and
hybrid techniques, coupling a separation
unit and an atomic detector for ultra-trace
and trace metal speciation to solve bio-

logical and environmental problems, and speciation for proteomics. The objective of
this work is to integrate mass spectrometry (MS), “molecular” (matrix-assisted laser
desorption/ionization and electrospray MS), and “atomic” (inductively coupled
plasma (ICP)MS) techniques, and introduction of the extensive use of ICP–MS to
carry out “heteroatom-tagged proteomics”, for both qualitative and quantitative
purposes. At Euroanalysis 2007, in Antwerp, he received the Robert Kellner Award.
In 2011 he was granted the European Award of Plasma Spectrochemistry.

Frieder W. Scheller
is Visiting Professor at University of
Potsdam and consultant at the Fraunhofer
IBMT. For many years he headed the
Department of Bioelectrochemistry/Bio-
sensors at the Central Institute of Molec-
ular biology of the German Academy of
Sciences, Berlin-Buch. In 2001 he was
President of the German Society of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
He has been working on the development
of biosensors for more than 30 years. At
present his research interest is focused on
bioelectrocatalysis and molecularly
imprinted polymers.

André M. Striegel
is a Research Chemist at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST). He was previously Assistant
Professor of Analytical and Materials
Chemistry at Florida State University
(FSU) and, before that, Research Spe-
cialist at Solutia Inc. He was the
inaugural recipient of the ACS-DAC
Award for Young Investigators in Sep-
aration Science and inaugural Professor
in Residence for Preservation Research
and Testing at the US Library of
Congress. He is also the recipient of
an Eli Lilly Analytical Chemistry

Grantee Award, an FSU First Year Assistant Professor Award, and a Solutia
Technical Achievement Award. His main research interests are in separation
science of macromolecules.

Ralph Sturgeon
is Principal Research Officer in the
Chemical Metrology Group of the
Institute for National Measurement
Standards, National Research Council,
Canada. His interests lie in inorganic
analytical chemistry, including trace
element analysis, vapor generation,
organometallic speciation, and produc-
tion of certified reference materials
with a focus on atomic and mass
spectrometric detection.

Jorge Ruiz Encinar
has been Associate Professor at the
University of Oviedo (Spain) since
2010. His research interests are mass
spectrometry and stable isotope-based
methods, mostly applied to environ-
mental science, speciation, and
heteroatom-tagged proteomics, and the
development of new biological appli-
cations of functionalized nanoparticles.
In 2007 he was awarded the “Young
Chemist Prize” by the Spanish Royal
Society of Chemistry. He is currently
the coordinator of the International
Master in Analytical and Bioanalytical

Sciences at the University of Oviedo (dual diploma with the University of Pau,
France).

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Miguel Valcárcel Cases
has been Full Professor of Analytical
Chemistry at the University of Córdoba
since 1976. He is author and co-author
of 800 scientific articles, seven mono-
graphs, eight textbooks, and sixteen
chapters of books. He has been the
coordinator of 25 Spanish scientific
research projects and 14 of internation-
al nature, and of 12 contracts with
private firms, and has promoted a spin-
off devoted to nanotechnology. Profes-
sor Valcárcel has been co-supervisor of
68 doctoral theses and invited lecturer
at 70 international meetings. He is the

recipient of scientific national (e.g. Award in Chemistry in Spain, 2006) and
international (e.g. Robert Boyle Medal of the RSC, 2004) prizes as well as
Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Valencia (Spain).

Frank Vanhaecke
is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at
Ghent University (Belgium) where he
leads the “Atomic and Mass Spec-
trometry—A&MS” research group.
Prof Vanhaecke has a passion for the
determination, speciation, and isotopic
analysis of (trace) elements by ICP–
mass spectrometry (ICP–MS). He is an
author of approximately 170 papers in
peer-reviewed international journals
and several book chapters. In 2011,
he received a “European Award for
Plasma Spectrochemistry”.

Weihong Tan
obtained his PhD in Physical Chemis-
try in 1993 at the University of
Michigan and is currently V.T. and
Louis Jackson Professor of Chemistry.
His research interests are in molecular
engineering, bioanalysis, bionanotech-
nology, and chemical biology. His
group has engineered nucleic acid
probes for biosensing and DNA nano-
motors. The Tan group has also devel-
oped numerous bioconjugated
nanostructures, for example silica nano-
particles, for molecular imaging, cell
separation, and sensitive analytical de-

tection. With the development of cell-based SELEX, they have generated a variety
of aptamers for cancer cells as molecular tools for early cancer detection, targeted
treatment, and biomarker discovery.

Stephen A. Wise
is Head of the Analytical Chemistry
Division at the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST). Dr
Wise’s research efforts focus on the
development of certified reference
materials for trace organic constituents
in environmental, clinical, food, and
dietary supplement matrices; develop-
ment of chromatographic methods for
organic analysis; and investigations of
chromatographic separation mecha-
nisms and chromatographic selectivity.
He has served as Chairman of the
Division of Analytical Chemistry of

the American Chemical Society (1996) and as President of the International
Society of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (2003–2005). He received the
2001 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Research Award presented by the
International Society of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds (ISPAC) and the 2006
Harvey W. Wiley Award from AOAC International.

Xinrong Zhang
received his Bachelor’s and Master’s
degrees in chemistry from Shaanxi
Normal University, China, and Ph.D.
degree in analytical chemistry from
University of Ghent, Belgium. He
was appointed Professor of the Depart-
ment of Chemistry, Tsinghua Universi-
ty, China, in 1997. His current research
interests are focused on developing
optical and mass spectrometric techni-
ques for biomedical and environmental
analysis. He published over 170 papers
and several book chapters (in English)
on these topics.

Toyohide Takeuchi
is Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty
of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan.
He received a Bachelor’s degree in
engineering (1977), a Master’s degree
in engineering (1979), and a Doctorate
in engineering (1985) from Nagoya
University. He was appointed Research
Associate (1980) and Associate Profes-
sor (1989) at Nagoya University, and
joined Gifu University as Associate
Professor in 1992, where he was
promoted to Professor of Chemistry in
2001. During 1985 and 1986 he was
appointed postdoctoral fellow at Ames

Laboratory in USA. His research interests include the development of capillary
columns, and novel detection and separation systems for capillary LC. He is
author or co-author of approximately 240 original papers. He received the Japan
Society for Analytical Chemistry Award for Young Scientists in 1987, the
Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award in 2001, and The Society for
Chromatographic Sciences Award in 2004.

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