Pittcon Hall of Fame
The Pittcon 2013 program committee has announced the recipients of its 2013 Pittcon awards. The awards honour scientists who have made outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy.
A new award for this year, the Robert Boyle Prize for analytical science, was established by the Royal Society of Chemistry for outstanding contributions to analytical science. It was awarded to Norman Dovichi for pioneering development of ultrasensitive separations, including the first separations at zepto- and yoctomole levels and capillary electrophoresis-based DNA sequencing for the human genome.
Other winners were:
• Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award: Laurence A. Nafie, Syracuse University
• Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award: David R. Walt, Tufts University
• Pittcon Heritage Award: Posthumously awarded to Guenther Laukien, Founder of Bruker. The award will be accepted by his son, Frank H. Laukien, Bruker Corporation.
• Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award: Sarah Trimpin, Wayne State University
• ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science: Kevin A. Schug, University of Texas at Arlington
• The Coblentz Society/ABB – Bomem-Michelson Award: Brooks H. Pate, University of Virginia
• Chromatography Forum of the Delaware Valley Dal Nogare Award: Irving W. Wainer, National
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• SEAC – Charles N. Reilley Award: Andrew G. Ewing, Chalmers University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
• SEAC – Young Investigator Award: Bo Zhang, University of Washington
• Ralph N. Adams Award: J. Michael Ramsey, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
• The Coblentz Society – Williams Wright Award: John Coates, Coates Consulting LLC
The awards will be presented during a symposium at Pittcon 2013, March 17-21, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA. The conference will include presentations from scientists in diverse disciplines such as bioanalytical, biomedical, nanotechnology, food science, drug discovery, biomedical, materials science, homeland security, and neurochemistry. Methodologies represented include molecular, vibrational, and mass spectroscopy; capillary electrophoresis; HPLC; infrared and Raman spectrometry; LC/MS; UV/VIS; microfluidics; electrochemistry; and portable instruments.
For complete details and bios of the winners visit the events website at www.pittcon.org.
