Koen Sandra Joins LCGC’s Editorial Advisory Board
LCGC is pleased to announce the addition of Koen Sandra to its editorial advisory board.
Sandra received his PhD in Biochemistry from Ghent University in Belgium in 2005. He then joined Pronata, a molecular diagnostic company, where he was active in developing analytical platforms for disease biomarker discovery and in setting up external collaborations.
In 2008, Sandra joined the Research Institute for Chromatography, where he focuses on life sciences. Currently, he leads a team of scientists working on all aspects of life sciences, including (bio)pharmaceutical analysis, proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics. Additionally, he serves as a consultant for several (bio)pharmaceutical and biotech companies and instrument manufacturers.
As a non-academic scientist, Sandra is the author of more than 30 highly-cited scientific papers, and has presented his work at numerous conferences as an invited speaker. He holds several patents related to analytical developments in the life sciences.
Maximizing Cannabinoid Separation for Potency Testing with LC
April 7th 2025Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at Western Illinois University (Macomb, Illinois) conducted a study to optimize the separation of 18 cannabinoids for potency testing of hemp-based products, using liquid chromatography with a diode array detector (LC–DAD). As part of our monthlong series of articles pertaining to National Cannabis Awareness Month, LCGC International spoke to Liguo Song, the corresponding author of the paper stemming from this research, to discuss the study and its findings.
How Many Repetitions Do I Need? Caught Between Sound Statistics and Chromatographic Practice
April 7th 2025In chromatographic analysis, the number of repeated measurements is often limited due to time, cost, and sample availability constraints. It is therefore not uncommon for chromatographers to do a single measurement.
