Inside the Laboratory: Grinias Research Lab at Rowan University, Part I – Jim Grinias Interview

Welcome to this installment of "In the Lab," in which the LCGC and Spectroscopy editorial team leaves their New Jersey office and ventures out in the field to area colleges and universities known for strong separation science programs, with the goal of giving our audience a window into the next generation of analytical chemists.

First on that list is Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey, home to the Grinias Research Lab headed by James Grinias, a professor in the department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Jim’s work has frequently been featured in the publications under the LCGC International umbrella, and he is also familiar to our online audience as an interview guest in conference coverage.

The Grinias Research Lab has already helped supply portable liquid chromatography (LC) and mass spectrometry (MS) systems to the pharmaceutical industry, and according to a recent release from Rowan, has been awarded nearly $357,000 by the United States Army to develop similarly small-scale LC–MS instrumentation for the purpose of detecting signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the blood of service members.

In the near future, LCGC will be releasing further video interviews with Grinias’ students as well as footage from inside the lab, and even instrumentation demonstrations. Please see below for more from Dr. Grinias, as our new series begins.

Check back soon for more from Rowan University and other analytical chemistry labs across higher education!