16th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop (MDCW) - Program

In 2025, the 16th workshop will be hosted in person in Liege, Belgium. The workshop will be shared between key speaker presentations, flash presentations, poster presentations, and focus group discussions on the challenges and the futures of the field. The workshop is dedicated to all multidimensional techniques.

We hope to see you there!

Program

The Guidebook contains the program and all other pertinent conference information.

• Final Guidebook (PDF)
• Abstract Book (PDF)

Full Program – MONDAY February 3, 2025

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration

8:30 - 9:00 AM - Introducing Supercritical Fluid Chromatography in the Community of Multidimensional Chromatography

• Karine Faure

9:00 - 9:30 AM - GC×GC-MS - Fragrance Allergens - The Olympic Gold Standard

• Thomas Dutriez

9:30 - 9:50 AM - Development of a multiple heart-cut SFC-SFC setup

• Clément De Saint Jores

9:50 - 10:10 AM - Toward unrivaled chromatographic resolving power in proteomics: Design and development of comprehensive spatial three-dimensional liquid-phase separation technology

• Sebastiaan Eeltink 

10:10 - 10:40 AM Coffee Break and poster session

10:40 - 11:00 AM - Enhanced chiral screening of complex samples via aqueous achiral × chiral comprehensive liquid chromatography

• Frederic lynen 

11:00 - 11:20 AM - Application of 2D-LC to the analysis of chiral and other isomeric molecules in biosciences

• Michael Laemmerhofer 

11:20 - 11:40 AM - One-step-microwave-assisted extraction and derivatization followed by comprehensive two-dimensional chromatography coupled with flame ionization detector to analyze fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) in complex food matrices.

• Donatella Ferrara

11:40 - 12:00 AM - Profiling phenolic compounds in shea by comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography hyphenated to ion mobility spectrometry and high-resolution mass spectrometry

• Nikoline J. Nielsen 

12:00 - 12:20 PM - Investigating the impact of packaging on oat volatiles using GC×GC–TOF MS

• Laura McGregor 

12:20 - 12:40 PM - Non-targeted analysis of PFAS using two dimensional gas chromatography

• Christopher Freye 

12:40 - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 1:40 PM - The LabRulez portals – a unique source of information not only in the field of GC×GC and 2DLC

• Ivo Novotný

1:40 - 1:50 PM - Coupling of VAC-HS-SPME and GC×GC-QMS for simultaneous 5-HMF quantification and volatile profiling in honey

• Damien Eggermont

1:50 - 2:00 PM - MOSH&MOAH in food ingredients and additives, and the advantages of using LC/GC×GC(-FID/TOFMS) for their analysis

• Aleksandra Gorska

2:00 - 2:10 PM - Automation and challenges in one-and-dimensional liquid chromatography method development: what is optimal?

• Tijmen S. Bos 

2:10 - 2:20 PM - Forensic olfactronics and human scent signatures created from GC×GC-MS data

• Stepan Urban 

2:20 - 2:30 PM - Development and testing of a non-contact scent collection device on real human scent

• Oleksii Kaminskyi

2:30 - 2:40 PM - Towards a better understanding of the body volatolome: focus on endogenous parameters influencing body volatolome composition

• Elsa Boudard

2:40 - 2:50 PM - Method optimization of fingermark residue using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography

• Emma Macturk

2:50 - 3:00 PM - Sex and person identity recognition from GC×GC analysis of scent samples

• Jan Hlavsa

3:00 - 3:10 PM - The impact of the menstrual cycle on skin volatile profiles

• Marion Risse

3:10 - 4:30 PM Coffee Break and Poster session

4:30 - 5:30 PM Guided Discussion: Transition to green chemistry, challenges and opportunities for analytical revolution

7:00 PM Conference dinner at the Liège University Aquarium-Muséum

GOLD SPONSORS 2025

• LECO

• JEOL

MDCW: MDCW 2025 Gold Sponsors.

Full Program – TUESDAY February 4, 2025

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration

8:30 - 9:00 AM - How to design microcolumns for comprehensive GC

• Pascal Cardinael 

9:00 - 9:30 AM - Application of 2D-LC-MS for analysis of pharmaceutical peptides

• Patrik Petersson 

9:30 - 9:50 AM - Multi-dimensional LC-MS platforms for structure-function characterization of therapeutic antibodies

• Jelle De Vos

9:50 - 10:10 AM – The Century Mix as QC for untargeted metabolomics using two-dimensional gas chromatography

• Anaïs Rodrigues

10:10 - 10:40 AM Coffee Break and poster session

10:40 - 11:00 AM - Observation of chromatographic differences by non-specialist viewers for one-dimensional gas chromatography and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography output

• Katelynn Perrault Uptmor 

11:00 - 11:20 AM - Advanced data processing techniques in GC×GC-TOFMS for bio-oil analysis

• Rafal Gieleciak 

11:20 - 11:40 AM - Development of unknown compounds analysis method combining high₋resolution mass spectrometry, soft ionization technique, and ai technology for comprehensive 2-dimensional gas chromatography

• Masaaki Ubukata 

11:40 - 12:00 AM - Leveraging chromatographic and statistical approaches for enhanced GC×GC-MS data processing

• John Moncur 

12:00 - 12:20 PM - Evaluation of the relationship between peak and signal characteristics and the performance of common peak-detection methods in comprehensive two-dimensional chromatography

• Nino Milani 

12:20 - 12:40 PM - Applying statistical data processing tools for GC×GC differentiation of alternative aviation fuels

• Christina Kelly

12:40 - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 1:40 PM - Data processing workflows for non-target screening on LC×LC-HRMS data: ready to go?

• Oskar Munk Kronik

1:40 - 1:50 PM - Comparative analysis of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry data in time and frequency domains

• Michael Sorochan Armstrong

1:50 - 2:00 PM - Analysis of the human scent on the cartridge cases using GC×GC-MS/TOF

• Ulrika Malá 

2:00 - 2:10 PM - Comprehensive two-dimensional liquid chromatography coupled to high-resolution mass spectrometry for the characterization of pharmaceutical residues in hospital wastewater

• Marie Pardon

2:10 - 2:30 PM - Development of an online SEC-UV-RP-MS method for multi-attribute characterization of adeno-associated viruses

• Megane Aebischer

2:20 - 2:30 PM - GC×GC-TOFMS metabolomics and exposomics for studying the impact of fetal and neonatal cannabis exposures

• Ryland T. Giebelhaus

2:30 - 2:40 PM - In-situ accelerated aging and analysis of high explosives via GC×GC-TOFMS

• Colleen Ray

2:40 - 2:50 PM - Dual parallel detection raw data fusion: challenges and opportunities for accurate fingerprinting over large time frames

• Andrea Caratti

2:50 - 3:00 PM - Boosting non-targeted analysis with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry

• Sebastiano Panto 

3:00- 4:30 PM Coffee Break and Poster session

4:30 - 5:30 PM Guided Discussion

6:00 PM LECO Beer Analytical Tasting Event (Salle des Professeurs)

SILVER SPONSORS SPONSORS 2025

• SpectralWorks

• GC Image

• SepSolve Analytical

• TRAJAN

• Exxon Mobil

• GL Sciences

• RIC Group

• Inter Science

• TotalEnergies

• SRA Instruments analytical solution

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Full Program – WEDNESDAY February 5, 2025

8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration

8:30 - 8:50 AM - Multidimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for the elucidation of indoor air quality improvements arising from planned interventions

• Patricia Forbes

8:50 - 9:10 AM - What’s in the dust? GC×GC-MS based non-target screening of house dust

• Andriy Rebryk

9:10 - 9:20 AM - TD-GC-MS/O and TD-GC×GC-HRTOFMS for the characterization of odorous compounds in recycled materials

• Catherine Brasseur

9:30 - 9:50 AM - An aliquot push-pull interface for coupling the first and second dimension separations in two-dimensional liquid chromatography

• Dwight Stoll 

9:50 - 10:10 AM - Development of a MULTI-2D LC×LC-ESI/TPI-DUAL SOURCE-QTOF-MS for the analysis of complex samples

• Oliver Schmitz 

10:10 - 10:40 AM Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:00 AM - Characterization of chemical exposures from cannabis and vape devices using GC×GC-MS

• James Harynuk 

11:00 - 11:20 AM - Quantification of heterocyclic aromatic compounds (nso-het) in unfractionated and fractionated fuel samples by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography with time-of-flight mass spectrometry

• Pedro Victor Bomfim Bahia 

11:20 - 11:40 AM - Polyaromatic hydrocarbon quantification in plastic pyrolysis oils

• Melissa Dunkle 

11:40 - 12:00 AM - Determination of oxygen and chlorine-containing compounds in waste plastic pyrolysis oils using GC×GC-AED

• Miloš Auersvald 

12:00 - 12:20 PM - Characterization of untargeted GC×GC TOFMS pyrolzed vegetation utilizing a pyro probe

• Roderquita Moore 

12:20 - 12:40 PM - Sample preparation approaches coupled with GC×GC-MS for the characterization of new energy materials wastes

• Giulia Giacoppo

12:40 - 1:30 PM Lunch

1:30 - 1:40 PM - Pyrolysis and GC×GC-MS. a hot topic!

• Robert Cody

1:40 - 1:50 PM - Speciation of chlorine-contaning molecules in plastic pyrolysis oils 

• Bruno da Costa Magalhaes

1:50 - 2:00 PM - Application of pearson correlation coefficient to two-dimensional gas chromatography high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry as a comparison and discovery-based technique

• Michelle Corbally

2:00 - 2:10 PM - Ambient ultrafine particles: classification, chemical characterization, and quantification of ubiquitous pahs via DTD-GC×GC-TOFMS

• Nadine Gawlitta

2:10 - 2:30 PM SCSC Poster Awards

2:30 - 2:50 PM Closing Remarks

SHORT COURSE SPONSORS 2025

• Acesss

• Certech

MDCW 2025: Short Course Sponsors.

Keynote Speakers 2025

MDCW: Keynote Speakers 2025: (left to right) Dr. Karine Faure, Dr. Patrik Petersson, Dr. Pascal Cardinael, Dr. Thomas Dutriez.

Dr. Karine Faure

• Senior Scientist, Institute of Analytical Sciences, CNRS University Lyon

Title of Keynote Lecture: Introducing Supercritical Fluid Chromatography in the Community of Multidimensional Chromatography

Karine Faure received her MSc in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Ingénieur Toulouse, France and her PhD in Analytical Chemistry from University College Cork, Ireland. Passionate about separation sciences, she has worked over the course of her career on electrophoresis, miniaturised liquid chromatography, preparative chromatography and multidimensional liquid chromatography. She authored 43 publications and 5 book chapters. Her research focuses on the development of multidimensional techniques using liquid chromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography for the non-targeted analysis of natural products and renewable materials.

Dr. Patrik Petersson

• Principal Scientist, Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Title of Keynote Lecture: Application of 2D-LC-MS for analysis of pharmaceutical peptides

Patrik Petersson is a Principal Scientist at Ferring Pharmaceuticals in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has been working within the pharmaceutical industry with the development of analytical separation methods for 29 years within research as well as all phases of development.  During the time within industry the link to the academia has been maintained through collaborations, teaching and supervision of MSc/PhD students.  This has resulted in 71 publications and 31 oral presentations at national/international conferences.  The majority related to chromatography but also capillary electrophoresis and modelling/chemometrics.

Dr. Pascal Cardinael

• Professor, University of Rouen Normandy

Title of Keynote Lecture: How to design microcolumns for comprehensive GC

Pascal Cardinael obtained his Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry in 2000 from the University of Rouen (France). In 2002, he became a Lecturer at the Laboratory of Separative Methods and Sciences UR3333 at the University of Rouen Normandy, and was appointed Professor of Analytical Chemistry in 2011. He has been managing the Laboratory since 2022. The Laboratory focuses on the development of new stationary phases and miniaturized columns for Gas Chromatography and High Performance Liquid Chromatography for space exploration missions and on-site monitoring. All practical and fundamental aspects of comprehensive two-dimensional Gas Chromatography are also studied, including miniaturization, modulator technology, retention modeling, and coupling with high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Dr. Thomas Dutriez

• Senior Manager, PSS Labs CoE, Givaudan International

Title of Keynote Lecture: GC×GC-MS - Fragrance Allergens - The Olympic Gold Standard

Thomas Dutriez obtained his Ph.D. degree in Analytical Chemistry in 2010 from the University of Paris (France) and IFP Energies nouvelles. He then continued his career as a scientist in gas chromatography and mass spectrometry at DSM (Netherlands), during which his work on comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography was awarded by the John B. Phillips award in 2013. In 2014, he joined Givaudan International (Switzerland) to establish the analytical laboratory dedicated to quantifying regulated substances in fragrance ingredients. Currently, he leads the Product Safety Sciences Laboratories at Givaudan International, a center of Excellence dedicated to conducting regulatory analytical and environmental studies at a global level to address the growing regulatory requirements.

AWARDS SPONSOR 2025

• SCSC

MDCW 2025: Award Sponsor.

Focus Groups 2025

Guided Discussion 1:​ Transition to green chemistry, challenges and opportunities for analytical revolution

• Moderators: Melissa Dunkle (Dow Benelux), Pierre Giusti (TOTAL Energies), Jef Focant (Université de Liège)

Over the last five years, the political actions to minimize climate change have deeply modified the landscape of chemical and energy industries. These ambitious targets are currently driving the research and development effort to greener solutions for material, chemical, and energy production.  
During this discussion group, we will discuss with key actors of the field to see the challenges and opportunities for analytical technology in this green revolution.  

• What is the biggest impact of the green revolution on your work?  
• How have these changes impacted your work as an analytical scientist?  
• What are the biggest challenges you aim to tackle in the next 3 years?  
• How has your knowledge on non-renewable matrices helped you to address these challenges?  
• What are the opportunities for separation sciences in tackling those challenges?  
• Any success stories you can share with the audience?  

Guided Discussion 2: Teaching GC×GC to students, post-docs, and staff

• Moderators: Chris Freye, Colleen Ray, and Michelle Corbally (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Teaching GC×GC to people in different stages of their careers, especially with diverse analytical chemistry backgrounds, often requires a different approach. Those who learn GC×GC as part of their graduate school experience have multiple years to master the technique whereas people who are trained on the job (post-docs and staff) have significantly less time to attain the same level of proficiency. This discussion will focus on instructional approaches and difficulties in training people with various backgrounds on GC×GC. Special attention will be given to common difficulties encountered regardless of career level.

The content and recordings of lectures from previous years

• 💡 15th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop (MDCW)
• 💡 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop (MDCW)
• 💡 LabRulez YouTube channel: The Multidimensional Chromatography (MDC) Workshop playlist with recorded presentations
• LabRulezGCMS profile: The Multidimensional Chromatography (MDC) Workshop
• LabRulezGCMS profile: The Multidimensional Chromatography (MDC) Workshop

MEDIA SPONSORS 2025

• LCGC International

• LabRulezGCMS

• LabRulezLCMS

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