Megan Evans

The 2013 Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award is granted to Davy Guillarme. Here we look at his career and accomplishments so far.

The 2013 Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography Award is granted to Peter W. Carr. Here we chart his career and accomplishments.

Profiles of Peter W. Carr, the Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography award winner, and Davy Guillarme, the Emerging Leader in Chromatography winner

A preview of the this year's ASMS Conference, taking place June 5–9 in Denver, Colorado.

An interview with Jared Anderson of the University of Toledo.

LCGC and Spectroscopy review some of the highlights and award recipients from this year's ASMS conference, held May 23–27, 2010, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Associate Editor Megan Evans reviews this year's ASMS Conference, held in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Associate Editor Meg Evans previews the upcoming ASMS conference, taking place May 23–27, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wednesday morning?s session, ?Achievements and Challenges in Mass Spectrometry,? was arranged by Imma Ferrer and Michael Thurman of the University of Colorado. Starting out the session will be Thurman with his opening remarks on the state of mass spectrometry.

Tuesday?s morning session, ?Best Practice of Stability-Indicating HPLC Method Development,? was arranged by LCGC contributor Michael W. Dong of Genentech. Dong will begin the session with his opening remarks on the topic promptly at 8:00 a.m.

The Pittcon Heritage Award will be given to Dr. Walter Jennings, Professor Emeritus of the University of California Davis and co-founder of J&W Scientific, on Sunday afternoon at Pittcon 2010.

Wednesday afternoon's session titled "MS of Polymers/Materials II: HPLC and Ion Mobility Separation" is part II of Wednesday morning session, "MS of Polymers/Materials I: Structures and Properties." The second half of this session will pick up where part one left off and address additional topics involving HPLC and other applications.

Tuesday afternoon's session titled "LC?MS Assessment of Human Metabolism Compliance with "MIST" Guidance" plans to tackle the topic of the key challenges for drug development as a result of the FDA?s MIST guidance.

Assistant Editor Megan Evans takes a look back at the annual ASMS Conference that was recently held in Philadelphia.

The official opening session and Plenary Lecture featured a talk from Jerald L. Schnoor, of the University of Iowa, entitled, ?Biofuels and Global Climate Change.? This topic was especially fitting for the June conference as gas prices and temperatures are on the rise once again this summer.

There is always a lot of buzz about environmental issues, ways to test for toxins, and other safety measures at Pittcon. With that in mind, Monday morning's Session 410 titled, "Environmental Analysis with GC and GC-MS," was both informative and refreshing.

Pittcon 2009 has brought us back to the windy city, where the technical sessions are sure to be anything but breezy. Sunday afternoon's session titled, "New Stationary Phases for GC and LC," is a prime example of a session that was filled with new information for separation scientists to enjoy.