The primary focus of Professor Pawliszyn's research program is the design of highly automated and integrated instrumentation for the isolation of analytes from complex matrices and the subsequent separation, identification and determination of these species. The primary separation tools used by his group are Gas Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis coupled to variety of detections systems, including range of mass spectrometry techniques. Currently his research is focusing on elimination of organic solvents from the sample preparation step to facilitate on-site monitoring and in-vivo analysis. Several alternative techniques to solvent extraction are… investigated including use of coated fibers, packed needles, membranes and supercritical fluids. Dr. Pawliszyn is exploring application of the computational and modeling techniques to enhance performance of sample preparation, chromatographic separations and detection. The major area of his interest involves the development and application of imaging detection techniques for microcolumn chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and micro chip separation devices. He is an author of over 400 scientific publications and a book on Solid Phase Microextraction. His Hirsch Index (H-index) is 69. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada and Chemical Institute of Canada, editor of Analytica Chimica Acta, Trends in Analytical Chemistry and a member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Separation Science. He initiated a conference, "ExTech", focusing on new advances in sample preparation and disseminates new scientific developments in the area, which meets every year in different part of the world. He received the 1995 McBryde Medal, the 1996 Tswett Medal, the 1996 Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography Award, the 1996 Caledon Award, the Jubilee Medal 1998 from the Chromatographic Society, U.K., the 2000 Maxxam Award from Canadian Society for Chemistry, the 2000 Varian Lecture Award from Carleton University, the Alumni Achievement Award for 2000 from Southern Illinois University, the Humboldt Research Award for 2001, 2002 COLACRO Medal, 2003 Canada Research Chair, in 2006 he has been elected to the most cited chemists by ISI, in 2008 he received A.A. Benedetti-Pichler Award from Eastern Analytical Symposium, 2008 Andrzej Waksmundzki Medal from Polish Academy of Sciences, 2008 Manning Principal Award, 2010 Torbern Bergman Medal from the Swedish Chemical Society, 2010 Ontario Premier's Innovation Award, 2010 Marcel Golay Award, 2010 ACS Award in Separation Science and Technology and 2011 PittCon Dal Nogare Award. He presently holds the Canada Research Chair and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Chair in New Analytical Methods and Technologies. He presently holds the University Professor title, the Canada Research Chair and NSERC Industrial Research Chair in New Analytical Methods and Technologies. His Hirsh Index ("H" Index) is 70.
Josep M. Bayona, BSc, PhD in Chemistry in 1985 at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Research Professor at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA) from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient�ficas (CSIC) in Barcelona (Spain). His main research interests are the Environmental Chemistry focusing on the transformation processes and the pathway of organic contaminants in the environment and engineered ecosystems. He has been appointed Member of the National Committee to cope with the ecological emergency in the Do�ana, National Park 1997-1999, Steering Committee of the Catalan Society of Chemistry (2002-2004), GESAMP (Group of Experts on the… Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution) membership 2008. He was editor of the Analytical Chemistry A pages (2003-2005) and currently member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Environmental Chemistry. He is coauthor of 240 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 35 book chapters, H index 29 and 2900 citations.
Paola Dugo is full professor of Food Chemistry at the University of Messina and at the "Campus Biomedico" in Rome. She received a degree in chemistry from the University of Messina and a Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy. Her research interests are vast, including the development of comprehensive chromatography and high throughput separation methods, applied to the study of the composition of citrus products (essential oils and juices); components with possible biological activity in natural matrices (carotenoids, anthocyanins, coumarins); essential oils from aromatic plants; the aromatic fraction of wine and other alcoholic beverages; triglycerides in food fats and oils.Prof. Dugo is the author of… approximately 130 scientific papers, and she has been speaker in national and international congresses and symposia. Moreover, her scientific activity includes invited article, book chapters and invited review articles for international journals, the collaboration for the preparation of the on-line encyclopedia Chromedia. She is member of the editorial board of international scientific journals, Journal of chromatography A and Flavour and Fragrance Journal.
Dr. X. Chris Le is an analytical and environmental chemist studying the effects of environmental contaminants on human health. His research team develops highly sensitive techniques and assays that enable studies of human exposure to environmental toxicants. His collaborative work on the determination of arsenic species, assays for trace levels of proteins and DNA damage, and new approaches to detection of these targets have enabled novel toxicological and biological studies. His research has resulted in better detection of environmental contaminants and greater understanding of their health effects.Dr. Le is Distinguished University Professor, jointly appointed in the Departments of… Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Chemistry, and Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta (Canada). He holds an inaugural Canada Research Chair in Bio-Analytical Technology and Environmental Health since 2001. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science, and a Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada. He has received the following awards that recognize his contributions to both teaching and research: Award for Excellence in Mentoring (2009) and Martha Cook Piper Research Prize (2000) from the University of Alberta; E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2000); W.A.E. McBryde Medal (2002), Maxxam Award (2011), and Environment Research and Development Award (2011) from the Canadian Society for Chemistry.