The Chromatographic Society 2025 Martin and Jubilee Award Winners

The Chromatographic Society (ChromSoc) has announced the winners of the Martin Medal and the Silver Jubilee Medal for 2025. Professor Bogusław Buszewski of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland, has been awarded the prestigious Martin Medal. The highest honour that ChromSoc bestows, the Martin Medal is named after Professor A.J.P. Martin who, together with Richard Synge, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1952 for their seminal work on partition chromatography.

Professor Bogusław Buszewski

Professor Bogusław Buszewski has worked at the Nicolaus Copernicus University since 1994 and has led the Center for Education & Research in Separation Methods & Bioanalytics since 2010. He has made substantial contributions across multiple disciplines, particularly in advancing the understanding of metal absorption kinetics, analyzing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and environmental analysis techniques.

His research group primarily employs gas chromatography (GC) and liquid chromatography (LC) coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) as their separation methods. Professor Buszewski has published nearly 800 scientific publications, 16 authored books, and has a Hirsch index (h-index) of 79. He serves on the editorial boards for the Journal of Chromatography A and Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis. Over the years, he has received numerous accolades, including the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Commenting on his award, Professor Buszewski said, “To be recognized by such a distinguished body is such an important distinction. I found myself on the list of my Masters and colleagues with whom I cooperated and with whom I created the foundations of modern solutions for the needs of separation sciences. On the other hand, I am the first Pole awarded this Medal, coming from the country where it started. Because even though M.S. Tswiett was Russian, he was a professor at the University of Warsaw, and it was here in 1903 that he gave his famous lecture on March 21. It was in Polish lands that Walther Nernst – (Grudziądz) was born (Wąbrzeźno) and grew up, who provided the basis for the process (Nobel laureate 1920). This is important and momentous for me. I have great satisfaction, being grateful to my Masters, Students and Collaborators, and above all to my Family, that I could and still can fulfil myself.”

Professor Elia Psillakis

The 2025 Silver Jubilee Medal has been awarded to Professor Elia Psillakis of the Technical University of Crete in Greece. The Jubilee Medal was created in 1982 to mark the 25th anniversary of ChromSoc, with the intention of recognizing up-and-coming separation scientists who have made major use of separation science in their own field or have made important contributions to a particular area of separation science.

Professor Psillakis joined the Technical University of Crete in 2005 and became full professor in 2015. Her research focuses on innovative sample preparation and extraction techniques, including the development and application of the vacuum-assisted headspace microextraction technique (ExtraTECH). Recently, she was appointed head of the EuChemS-DAC Sample Preparation Study Group and Network and has introduced concepts such as scoring the “greenness” of sample preparation (AGREEprep) and advancing circular analytical chemistry.

Professor Psillakis has an impressive publication record, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications, seven book chapters, and an h-index of 52. She serves on editorial boards for Advances in Sample Preparation and Environmental Analysis for Frontiers in Analytical Science, and frequently delivers seminars and speaks at international conferences. She also co-chairs the IUPAC project on assessing the greenness of official standard sample preparation methods. Commenting on her award, Professor Psillakis said, “Chromatography is not just a tool; it is a crossroads where diverse sciences converge, and great ideas are born. Receiving this medal affirms that belief.”

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