Rising Stars of Separation Science: Petr Vozka

This month we interview Petr Vozka from the California State University in Los Angeles, USA, about his work developing methods for analyzing products from plastic waste conversion processes and organic compounds adsorbed on microplastics using two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC).

Paper Mentioned in Video

1. Vozka, P. Quantitative Analysis of Aliphatic Olefins in Fuels made from Plastic Waste by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography. Paper presented at the 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop, Liege, Belgium, 2023.

Petr Vozka is an assistant professor of analytical chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the California State University, Los Angeles, USA. He is also the director of the Complex Chemical Composition Analysis Lab (C³AL). His research focuses on characterizing complex chemical mixtures via state-of-the-art techniques, such as two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) and high‑resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). His primary focus is on developing methods for analyzing products from plastic waste conversion processes and organic compounds adsorbed on microplastics. He has one patent, six military reports, 25 journal publications, and over 30 research presentations, which include 10 invited lectures and invited presentations. He was invited as a keynote speaker to the 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop in 2023.