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New associate editor Richard L. McCreery has been selected as an associate editor of Analytical Chemistry. McCreery is currently Dow Professor of Chemistry at Ohio State University. He received his B.S. in chemistry from the University of California, Riverside, and his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas. His research involves spectroscopic probes of electrochemical processes and molecular electronics, with the goal of relating surface structure to chemical and electronic behavior. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Electrochemical Society and is a past member of the editorial boards of Applied Spectroscopy and Analytical Chemistry.
New Editorial Advisory Board members
Catherine Costello, Steven A. Hofstadler, Frances S. Ligler, Reginald Penner, Jonathan Sweedler, Henry S. White.
Six new members have been selected to serve three-year terms on Analytical Chemistry’s Editorial Advisory Board. Established in the 1940s, the board is a vital link between the journal editors and the analytical chemistry community, providing guidance and advice on editorial content and policy. Catherine Costello, a research professor of biochemistry and biophysics and director of the Mass Spectrometry Resource and the Cardiovascular Proteomics Center at Boston University School of Medicine, received her A.B. from Emmanuel College and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Georgetown University. Her research interests include structure/ function studies related to development and disease, glycobiology, and analysis of posttranslational modifications of proteins. Steven A. Hofstadler, vice president of Ibis Research, Ibis Therapeutics, received a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include the devel-
opment of high-performance MS instrumentation and methods for the analysis of noncovalent complexes composed of nucleic acids and small drug-like molecules. His recent work has centered on the development of MS-based methods to characterize microorganisms associated with biowarfare threats and emerging infectious diseases. Frances S. Ligler, a senior scientist for biosensors and biomaterials at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), earned a D.Sc. from Oxford University (U.K.) in recognition of her authoritative contributions to the field of optical biosensors. Before joining NRL in 1985, she performed basic and clinical research in immunology in both academia and industry. In 2003, she was awarded the Christopher Columbus Foundation Homeland Security Award and the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award. Reginald Penner, a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine, received a B.A. in chem-
istry from Gustavus Adolphus College and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. His research program is focused on developing methods for electrochemical nanostructure growth and on the exploitation of nanostructures in chemical sensors. Jonathan Sweedler, a Lycan Professor of chemistry at the University of Illinois, received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Arizona. His research emphasizes analytical neurochemistry, with special interests in the development of analytical methods for assaying complex microenvironments and cell-tocell signaling in the brain. Henry S. White, a professor of chemistry at the University of Utah, received his B.S. from the University of North Carolina and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. His current research activities include nanopore electrode sensors, magnetic-fieldenhanced transport, microscopic aspects of collisional controlled rates, and scanning electrochemical microscopy.
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New A-Page Advisory Panel members
Marcos N. Eberlin, Julie A. Leary, Karin Markides, Aran Paulus, Pat Sandra.
Analytical Chemistry has also chosen five new members to serve on its APage Advisory Panel. The panel provides feedback on the A-page editorial content and proposes appropriate topics and authors for feature articles. Marcos N. Eberlin, a professor of chemistry at the State University of Campinas, UNICAMP (Brazil), received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry at UNICAMP and spent two years at Purdue University as a visiting scholar. His research interests include the development of new techniques and applications of MS in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, investigation of reaction mechanisms, synthetic and analytical uses of ion/molecule reactions, proteomics, characterization of super- and supramolecules, new materials, and fundamental aspects of gas-phase ion chemistry. Julie A. Leary, a professor of chemistry and molecular cell biology at the University of California, Davis, and a member of the newly created Genome Center, received her B.S. from Lowell Technological Institute and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests focus on the use of MS as an important tool in chemical biology. She is particularly interested in developing new analytical methods for analyzing carbohydrate structure and protein–ligand complexes, as well as investigating enzyme kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalysis.
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Karin Markides, a professor of analytical chemistry at Uppsala University (Sweden), received her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Stockholm University. Her research interests include novel ways of combining sampling and separations with MS to analyze difficult samples, especially development of on-line technology, reliable ionization, new capillary formats, and coatings for liquid-phase analysis. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Aran Paulus, an R&D manager in the Life Science Group at Bio-Rad Laboratories in Hercules, Calif., received a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Tübingen (Germany). His research interests include the analytics of
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large biopolymers—DNA, proteins, and carbohydrates—with chromatographic and electrophoretic methods, as well as instrumental developments, including lab-on-a-chip devices, MS detection for proteomics, and integrated sample preparation approaches. Pat Sandra, a professor of analytical chemistry at Ghent University (Belgium) and the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and director of the Pfizer Analytical Research Centre (PARC-UGhent), received his Ph.D. from Ghent University. His research interests include the development and application of high-resolution and highthroughput methodologies to characterize small molecules, and automated sample preparation methods.
Gordon–Kenan seminar for graduate students and postdocs Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are invited to submit abstracts for a Gordon Conference-style meeting on analytical chemistry. The research seminar will be held two days before the Gordon Research Conference on Analytical Chemistry in France. The meeting, which is exclusively for graduate students and postdocs, will consist of 11 30-min oral research presentations and a poster session. It will begin on Friday, June 10, 2005, and conclude the following Sunday afternoon. Approximately 30 students and postdocs will be invited to participate in the meeting. All participants will be required to present either an oral or a poster presentation. To be considered, an abstract must be submitted by February 15, 2005. For abstract requirements and more information about the meeting, contact Debbie Maser at
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