Columns | Inside the Laboratory

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Paola Tiedemann, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at Texas Tech University, discusses her laboratory group’s work using headspace sampling techniques like solid phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC–MS) to chemically characterize odor volatiles from a range of forensic specimens.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Pascal Cardinael and Valérie Agasse of the University of Rouen in Mont‑Saint-Aignan, France, discuss their laboratory’s work with miniaturizing gas chromatography (GC) columns and systems to improve on-site air analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

In this edition of "Inside the Laboratory," John A. McLean, the dean of graduate education and research at the College of Arts & Science of Vanderbilt University, discusses his laboratory's recent work regarding ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS) and how it can be applied in various fields.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Emanuela Gionfriddo, PhD, an associate professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo, discusses her group’s current research endeavors, including using solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled to liquid chromatography (LC) and gas chromatography (GC) to further understand the chemical relationship between environmental exposure and disease and elucidate micropollutants fate in the environment and biological systems.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Katelynn Perrault Uptmor, PhD, an assistant professor of chemistry at the College of William and Mary, discusses her group’s current research endeavors, including using complex comparative data obtained from chemical analysis to understand and solve challenges in forensic science and other life science applications.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Kevin Schug, PhD, a full professor of chemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington, discusses his laboratory’s group work in environmental monitoring around water and soil quality near oil and gas extraction, using techniques such as liquid chromatography (LC), gas chromatography (GC), supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC), and coupling these techniques with mass spectrometry (MS).

In this series from LCGC, we go on location to the Grinias Research Lab at Rowan University and speak to Professor James Grinias about his background, teaching philosophy, students, and lab equipment.

In our second edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Zhibo Yang, PhD, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Oklahoma, discusses his group’s most recent work in single-cell mass spectrometry (MS) and MS tissue imaging.

In our first edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Laura-Isobel McCall, PhD, an associate professor of chemistry at San Diego State University, discusses her group’s most recent work using “chemical cartography” in order to perform effective liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) data acquisition.