Michael P. Balogh | Authors

Michael P. Balogh is the former editor of "MS - The Practical Art," he wrote his last column in September 2011. He is currently Principal Scientist, LC-MS Technology Development, with Waters Corp., Milford, Massachusetts, and is a member of LCGC's editorial advisory board. Kate Yu has taken over the column. For current articles on the field of mass spectrometry and the various hyphenated techniques, including LC–MS, GC–MS, and tandem MS, please visit: http://www.chromatographyonline.com/Column%3A+MS+-+The+Practical+Art

Articles

LCGC North America

How to Tackle an Unknown: Notes from the Fourth Method Development Olympics at CoSMoS

Put yourself in their spot: How would you tackle analyzing a bag of gummy bears that showed up on your lab bench? Here, we offer some insights from the very capable finalists at The Conference on Small Molecule Science (CoSMoS), which was held in August 2015 in San Diego, California.

LCGC Europe

Visualizing the Chemical Composition of Complex Samples

How does one decipher and tabulate thousands of chemical formulaes and relative abundance without losing the important details.

LCGC North America

Testing the Critical Interface: Leachables and Extractables

Coping with extractables and leachables testing is easier when you have a good understanding of the issues involved. Information from public databases and industry consortia also is invaluable.

LCGC Europe

Testing the Critical Interface: Leachables and Extractables

Coping with extractables and leachables testing is easier when you have a good understanding of the issues involved. Information from public databases and industry consortia also is invaluable.

LCGC Europe

Problem-solving in the Chemical Industry

This month's column looks at some of the problems that the practising mass spectrometrist encounters in the chemical industry today.

LCGC North America

Problem Solving in the Chemical Industry

Identifying unknown compounds continues to challenge analysts.