Jerome Workman, Jr. is the Senior Technical Editor of LCGC and Spectroscopy. Direct correspondence to: jworkman@mjhlifesciences.com
Sustainability and Environmental Awareness in the World of Separation Science
April 22nd 2024In this written interview with Dwight Stoll, LCGC Columnist and Professor of Chemistry at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota to address the pressing issues of sustainability and environmental awareness in separation science.
The 2024 Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards
February 1st 2024Wolfgang F. Lindner and Martina Catani are the winners of the 17th annual LCGC Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards, respectively. These awards honor the work of talented separation scientists at different stages in their career. The award winners will be honored in March in an oral symposium at the Pittcon 2024 conference in San Diego, California.
Are "Forever Chemicals" Really Forever?
August 3rd 2023LCGC’s Senior Technical Editor Jerome Workman, Jr examines the history of chemicals classified as POP, or persistent organic pollutants, and PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, then reviews their place in today's environment and assesses risks for the future.
An Interview with AI About Its Potential Role in Separation Science
May 17th 2023We interviewed an AI program (ChatGPT) for LCGC North America asking questions about AI and its role in various applications for separation science to include data analysis, and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), hydrophilic-interaction chromatography (HILIC), reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC), liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS), gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), high resolution mass spectrometry (HRIM–MS), high resolution tandem mass spectrometry (HRMS/MS), and related topics.
The 2022 Winners of the Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards
February 1st 2022Barry L. Karger and James P. Grinias are the winners of the 15th annual LCGC Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Leader in Chromatography Awards, respectively, for 2022. Here, we review their achievements.
2020 Employment and Salary Survey: COVID-19, Work from Home, Virtual Meetings, and Social Distancing
December 1st 2020In addition to analyzing salary trends, the 2020 edition of our annual survey of separation scientists expands its view to focus on broader issues, such as job security, professional concerns and challenges (especially in the era of COVID), workplace discrimination, and the outlook for 2021 and beyond.
New Mass Spectrometry Measurement Tools for Characterizing Individual Cells
September 9th 2019New developments in measurement science are providing chemical information on single cells. Single-cell chemical assays provide unique information on cell heterogeneity and allow detailed studies of the metabolome and proteome for both snapshot and time-resolved studies. Recent papers describe multimodal chemical imaging, single-cell MALDI-MS supervised by immunocytochemical classification, integrating mass spectrometry with microphysiological systems for improved neurochemical studies, high throughput approaches, and others. This interview with Jonathan Sweedler explores the latest developments in mass spectrometry and separations for single cell analysis.