NEWS New Instrumentation Panel Members
Wyoming in 1982. In 1986 he moved to the University of Alberta, where he is professor of chemistry. Dovichi's research group has developed high-sensitivity microchemical analyses based on capillary separations and laser-based detection. Recently this work has focused on the analysis of biological materials, including high-speed DNA sequencing technology based on capillary gel electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection and high-sensitivity protein sequencing based on capillary zone electrophoresis with thermo-optical absorbance detection.
Ray Clement, Norman Dovichi, and John Olesik have been appointed to three-year terms on ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY'S Instrumentation Advisory Panel. They replace departing members Sanford P. Markey, National Institutes of Health; R. Graham Cooks, Purdue University; and Gary W. Small, Ohio University. Six other analytical chemists continue to serve on the panel: Daniel Armstrong, University of Missouri—Rolla; Anna Brajter-Toth, University of Florida; Thomas Chester, Procter & Gamble Co.; Jack Henion, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine; Dallas Rabenstein, University of California, Riverside; and Brenda Shaw, University of Connecticut. Instrumentation Advisory Panel members propose appropriate topics and authors for INSTRUMENTATION and other A-page features. They also contribute to a dialogue on the overall aims and scope for INSTRUMENTATION articles, which introduce and promote interest in various chemical measurement systems (including instrument design and application). These features are written for the nonspecialist and are not comprehensive reviews. In addition to suggestions made primarily by the panel and the Advisory Board, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY considers unsolicited articles and topics suggested by readers. Biographical sketches of the new members follow. Ray Clement is senior research scientist with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Laboratory Services Branch. His research interests concern the application of GC/MS and related techniques to the trace determination of chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in environmental samples. Clement co-chaired the 9th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds and is co-author of the ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY fundamental review of GC and applications review of environmental analysis. He has authored or edited four books, including Basic Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Techniques. Clement received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Waterloo in 1982. He currently holds adjunct appointments at the University of Western Ontario and Carleton University, and serves as the executive of the analytical and environmental divisions of the Canadian Society for Chemistry. Norman Dovichi received a B.S. degree with majors in both mathematics and chemistry from Northern Illinois University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in physical analytical chemistry from the University of Utah in 1980. Following a postdoctoral position at Los Alamos National Laboratory, he joined the chemistry department at the University of
J o h n Olesik is a research scientist, adjunct associate professor, and director of the Laboratory for Plasma Spectrochemistry, Laser Spectroscopy, and Mass Spectrometry in the department of geological sciences at The Ohio State University. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Rochester in 1977 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1982. Following a two-year postdoctoral appointment at Indiana University, Olesik joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina, where he remained until 1991. Much of Olesik's research has focused on understanding fundamental processes leading to excitation and ionization in ICPs and using that information to develop intelligent systems. This work includes a combination of emission and laser-induced fluorescence imaging spectroscopy and MS to investigate energy coupling, energy transport, matrix effects, and solvent—plasma interactions in ICPs.
Graduate Students' Symposium The 10th annual chemistry graduate students' symposium will be held May 2 0 - 2 1 at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The symposium is organized by and for graduate students and provides them with a forum to present their research and enhance their professional speaking skills. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Kathleen Taylor of General Motors and Joseph Schwarcz of Vanier College (Montreal). Although attendance is open to individuals from academia and industry, presentations are limited to graduate students. For information, contact Gregory Agoston, Department of Chemistry, SUNYAB, Buffalo, NY 14214 (716-831-2298).
For Your Information The Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS) is soliciting papers for a special session at its November 1992 meeting. Authors interested in contributing papers for the session entitled "Christopher Columbus Celebration: Serendipitous Discoveries in Chemistry and Spectroscopy" should contact the EAS Program Committee, P.O. Box 633, Montchanin, DE 19710-0633. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 64, NO. 2, JANUARY 15, 1992 · 77 A
