Will Wetzel

The conference theme this year focused on collaboration, connection, and cultivation of the next generation of researchers.

In this video interview from Pittcon, Elham "Elle" Akbari sat down with LCGC International to discuss her research, as well as the challenges of using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) and combustion ion chromatography (CIC) to characterize PFAS in environmental samples.

At Pittcon 2025, Long Luo of the University of Utah sat down with LCGC International to discuss his laboratory's tetrahedron approach to their research.

LCGC International sat down with Su to discuss what winning the Young Investigators in Separation Science Award means for him and his research. Su also passed along some advice for separation scientists and young professionals in this space.

In this interview segment, we sat down with Chris Palmer of the University of Montana to discuss his talk, as well as the evolving role of electrokinetic chromatography in applications areas such as environmental analysis.

In this interview clip, Katelynn Perrault Uptmor, an assistant professor of chemistry at the College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, discusses winning the Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award and her upcoming talk tomorrow.

This morning at Pittcon, The Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley (CFDV) held an award session for the late Terry Berger, who was this year’s recipient of the Del Nogare Award.

Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, who is well-known as a scientist and entrepreneur with an extensive career in regenerative engineering, delivered the Wallace H. Coulter lecture yesterday. Here are some of the highlights from the talk.

Each year, LCGC International presents two awards at Pittcon to the winner of the Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography Award and the Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award. This year, Christopher Pohl is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award and Katelynn Perrault Uptmor is the recipient of the Emerging Leader award. The award presentation, which will honor Pohl and Perrault Uptmor, will take place on Tuesday March 4th from 8:30–11:40 am.

Here, you’ll find an overview of some of the networking opportunities throughout the week that are available for attendees.

In this video interview, Emanuela Gionfriddo, Daniel Armstrong, and Nicholas Snow preview their talks at Pittcon, as well as give their opinions about what topics they hope to explore more at the conference.

In this Q&A interview, Samiksha Singh discusses her team’s latest research in microplastics research, which provided insight into how marine monitoring can improve mitigation of plastic pollution.

We recently published a three-part interview with Chris Reddy. Here, we provide the full text transcript of the conversation, which includes some additional insights not presented in the video interview.

In a continuation of our Inside the Laboratory interview with Chris Reddy, we asked him about the recent documentary, “Out of Plain Sight,” that featured him and his team’s research.

In the second part of this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Christopher Reddy of Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses why comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography is the optimal technique for investigating complex mixtures of organic chemicals in the environment.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Christopher Reddy of Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses his laboratory’s work investigating oil spills and uncovering dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) deposits on the ocean floor. This interview is part one of three of our conversation with Reddy.

LCGC International sat down with Christopher “Chris” Reddy of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, whose research was the basis for a recently released documentary.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) released its new strategic plan, which reinforces the organization’s mission to improve lives through the power of chemistry.

Agilent Technologies recognized Professor Anders Bentien of Aarhus University, Professor Walter Gössler of the University of Graz, and Professor Gregory Offer of Imperial College London as their 2025 Solutions Innovation Research Award (SIRA) recipients.

Top articles published this week include the launch of our “From Lab to Table” content series, a Q&A interview about using liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry (LC–HRMS) to assess chemical hazards in plastic bottles, and a piece recognizing Brett Paull for being named Tasmanian STEM Researcher of the Year.

A compilation of Q&A interviews on food analysis is presented here.

As part of our “From Lab to Table: How Chromatography is Shaping Food Analysis” content series, we present a compilation of highlights from the Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA) conference.

LCGC International sat down with Jose Bernal to discuss his latest research in using pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (Py-GC–MS) and other chromatographic techniques in studying microplastics in food analysis.

LCGC International sat down with Giorgia Purcaro of the University of Liege to discuss the impact that solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) is having on food analysis.

Following the HPLC 2024 Conference in Denver, Colorado, LCGC International spoke with Anne Marie Smith of ACD/Labs about the new ICH Q14 guidelines and how they impact analytical scientists and their work.

Here is some of the most popular content posted on LCGC International this week.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Jillian Goldfarb of Cornell University discusses her laboratory’s work with using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) to characterize compounds present in biofuels.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Andrew Zydney of Pennsylvania State University discusses his laboratory’s work with using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to analyze biopharmaceutical products before and after membrane separation processes.

In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Susan Richardson of the University of South Carolina discusses her laboratory’s work with using electron ionization and chemical ionization with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) to detect DBPs in complex environmental matrices, and how her work advances environmental analysis.

LCGC International spoke with various corporate personalities about trends and developments in sample preparation.