CHROMtalks 2025: Mastering Hyphenated Method Development

Learn to improve your practical method development skills from leading separation scientists.

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Event Overview:

CHROMtalks 2025: Mastering Hyphenated Method Development

Join us for our latest CHROMtalks virtual symposium, a special two-day event focusing on method development for hyphenated analytical techniques. “CHROMtalks 2025: Mastering Hyphenated Method Development” is organized by LCGC International in collaboration with CHROMacademy and the HTC-19 Scientific Committee, and will offer expert advice from presenters from academia, industry, and top instrumentation companies. 

Through engaging tutorial presentations and interactive live Q&A sessions, attendees will gain practical, real-world strategies for optimizing method development across complex, hyphenated platforms. Whether you're working with LC–MS or GC–MS, you will leave with actionable insights to streamline workflows, improve reproducibility, and enhance analytical performance. The first day on September 24, 2025, will focus on developing hyphenated gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) methods in cutting-edge application areas. The second day on September 25, 2025 will focus on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC–MS) methods.

Attendance is free. A few focused hours at this CHROMtalks virtual event could significantly accelerate your method development capabilities.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from leading practitioners from the world of separation science and push your skills forward.


Key Learning Objectives

• CHROMtalks 2025 will answer the questions you have, and the questions you should have but don’t, about LC and GC troubleshooting
  
• Our experts will guide you through troubleshooting common problems in liquid and gas chromatography
  
• You’ll learn key fundamentals that will empower your own problem-solving skills
  
• A few hours at CHROMtalks will save you days or weeks in the lab!

Who Should Attend:

• Separation scientists who need to develop method development skills in gas chromatography and liquid chromatography.

Event Agenda
Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
 
Morning Session, 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Mastering Hyphenated GC Method Development
9:00am EDT Optimization of GC-based Hyphenated Technique in Food Analysis
Giorgia Purcaro, Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liege, Belgium

9:30am EDT Sustainable GC Method Development: Evaluating Hydrogen and Nitrogen as Alternatives to Helium for Fragrance Analysis
Cecilia Cagliero, Associate Professor, University of Turin, Department of Drug Science and technology, Turin, Italy

10:00am EDT Developing Miniaturized Sample Preparation Techniques using GC for Food Analysis
Natasa Kalogiouri, Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

10:30am EDT Developing Successful Sample Separation Strategies for Detailed Chemical Profiling of Cannabis Plants using GC- and GC×GC–MS
Flavio A. Franchina, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

11:00am EDT A Plethora of Possibilities and Pitfalls for Sample Preparation in Gas Chromatography
Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto, Lead Scientist and Senior Lecturer OBiAChem Group, Liège University, Liege, Belgium

11:30am EDT Question-and-answer session with speakers

12:00pm EDT Session End


Time: 12:00 pm EDT/5:00 pm BST/6:00 pm CEST:
CHROMacademy Lunchtime Session

12:00 pm EDT Deconvolution Demystified: Making Sense of Overlapping Spectra
Phil Aston, Training and Technical Consultant, Element Lab Solutions

1:00 pm EDT/6:00 pm BST/7:00 pm CEST
Session End


Afternoon Session, 1:30pm EDT - 3:00pm EDT
Experts from leading chromatography companies describe how new chromatography technologies can improve your methods in practice.

1:30pm EDT LCMS/MS Method Considerations for Nitrosamine Analysis in APIs
Dr Matt James, R&D Senior Scientist, Avantor

2:00pm EDT  How to Maximize GC-MS and GCxGC-MS Unknown Compound Identification Confidence Using Software Tools and an AI-Developed Mass Spectral Database
Kirk R. Jensen, PhD, Product Manager Mass Spectrometry, JEOL USA, Inc.

2:30pm EDT The Future of GC-MS
Daniel Iversen, R&D Chemist, Lucidity

3:00pm EDT Garbage In, Garbage Out: How workflow choices define GC–MS success
Laura McGregor, Head of SepSolve Product Group, SepSolve Analytical



Thursday, September 25th, 2025: Day Two: Mastering Hyphenated LC Method Development

Morning Session, 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT  
  
9:00am EDT Method Development Considerations and Strategies for 2D-LC Separations of Therapeutic Oligonucleotides
Dwight R. Stoll, Professor, Co-Chair, Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College

  
9:30am EDT Advanced IP-RPLC-MS for Oligonucleotide Impurity Profiling: Impact of Column Technology on High-Throughput and High-Resolution Analysis
Quang-Dong Bui, Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Department of Chemical Engineering, Brussels, Belgium
  
10:00am EDT Non-target Analysis Workflow for the Characterization of Depolymerised Lignin
Eliise Tammekivi, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
  
10:30am EDT The Role of Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) in Green Sample Preparation Prior to LC–MS analysis
Laura Carbonell-Rozas, Postdoctoral researcher, University of Granada (Spain)

Time: 11:00 am EDT/4:00 pm GMT/5:00 pm CET
Live Question and Answer Session: Ask the experts about the method development problems you encounter.


Time: 11:30 am EDT/4:30 pm GMT/5:30 pm CET
Session Ends

Time: 11:30 am EDT/4:30 pm BST/5:30 pm CEST
CHROMacademy Session

11:30 am EDT Boost Your LC–MS Results: Troubleshooting Specificity Issues
Colin Towers, Technical Support Chemist, Element Lab Solutions


Time: 12:30 pm EDT/5:30 pm BST/6:30 pm CEST
Session Ends

Speakers:

Giorgia Purcaro
Professor of Analytical Chemistry
Gemblous Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liege, Belgium

Cecelia Cagliero
Associate Professor
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Italy

Natasa Kalogiouri
Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry
School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Flavio A. Franchina
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences
University of Ferrara, Italy

Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto
Lead Scientist and Senior Lecture
rOBiAChem Group, University of Liege, Belgium

Quang-Dong Bui
ResearcherDepartment of Chemical Engineering
University of Brussels, Belgium

Eliise Tammekivi
Post-Doctoral Research
Stockholm University, Sweden

Laura Carbonell-Rozas
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Granada, Spain

Dr Matt James
R&D Senior Scientist
Avantor

Kirk R. Jensen, PhD
Product Manager Mass Spectrometry
JEOL USA, Inc

Daniel Iversen
R&D Chemist
Lucidity

Laura McGregor
Head of SepSolve Product Group
SepSolve Analytical

Dwight R. StollProfessor, Co-Chair
Department of Chemistry, Gustavus Adolphus College

Phil AstonTraining and Technical Consultant
Element Lab Solutions

Colin TowersTechnical Support Chemist
Element Lab Solutions

Kenneth D. Berthelette
Principal Scientist, Consumables and Lab Automation
Waters Corporation

Register Free: https://www.chromatographyonline.com/lcgc_w/method-development