17th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop (MDCW) - Registration & Preliminary Program

We are excited to announce that the 17th MDCW will take place from January 13-15, 2026, in Williamsburg, VA, USA. This in-person event will feature:

✔ Keynote presentations from leading researchers
✔ Flash talks and poster sessions highlighting the latest innovations
✔ Focus group discussions addressing current challenges and future developments
🚀 FREE registration ensures that this event remains accessible to all researchers, students, and industry professionals interested in multidimensional chromatography. ​​We hope to see you there!

Registration

Register here

Registration deadline: December 1, 2025

Program

The Preliminary 2026 Guidebook is available below. A final Guidebook will be available in early December after final posters are incorporated.

Download Preliminary 2026 Guidebook here

Preliminary Program

DAY 1 – Tuesday January 13, 2026

8:30 – 8:45 AM Registration

8:45 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks

9:00 – 9:30 AM KL-1 The GC×GC effect: transforming industries one molecule at a time

• Haleigh Boswell (Chevron)

9:30 – 10:00 AM KL-2 2D-LC as a powerful technique in the pharmaceutical scientist's toolbox for small molecules and biologics

• Zachary Breitbach (AbbVie)

10:00 – 10:20 AM O-1 Discovery-based analysis for two-dimensional gas chromatography trends using alteration analysis and two-dimensional correlation analysis

• Chris Freye (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

10:30 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:20 AM O-2 Application of GC×GC for the investigation of fermented beverages

• Sarah Foster (William & Mary)

11:20 – 11:40 AM O-3 Exploring PFAS in consumer goods using two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry

• David Alonso (LECO Corporation)

11:40 – 12:00 PM O-4 River contaminant source apportionment: Multidimensional chromatographic data applied geospatially

• Kevin Hayes (Mount Royal University)

12:00 – 12:20 PM O-5 Sniff smarter: empowering GC–O with trap-based enrichment and GC×GC for advanced aroma profiling

• Lina Mikaliunaite (Markes International)

12:20 – 1:20 PM Lunch

1:30 – 1:50 PM O-6 Leveraging local libraries for positively parsimonious peak tables

• James Harynuk (University of Alberta)

1:50 – 2:10 PM O-7 Structural elucidation using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry and machine learning for unknown metabolites in HeLa cells

• Masaaki Ubukata (JEOL Ltd.)

2:10 – 2:30 PM O-8 Tile-based Fisher-ratio analysis of GC×GC-TOFMS data of SPME sampled VOCs produced from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Aspergillus fumigatus

• Wenjing Ma (University of Washington)

2:30 – 2:50 PM O-9 Implementing tile-based Fisher ratio analysis of GC×GC-TOFMS data to obtain a master peak table of all detected analytes in petroleum-based samples

• Rachel Halvorsen (University of Washington)

3:00 – 4:00 PM Coffee Break and Poster Session

4:00 – 5:00 PM Guided Discussion 1

6:30 – 8:30 PM LECO Conference Dinner

DAY 2 – Wednesday January 14, 2026

8:30 – 8:45 AM Registration

8:45 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks

9:00 – 9:30 AM KL-3 Multidimensional chromatography for chemical analysis – from small molecules to synthetic polymers

• Peilin Yang (Dow Chemical)

9:30 – 10:00 AM KL-4 Multidimensional gas chromatography for plastic waste pyrolysis

• Hilal Ezgi Toraman (Penn State University)

10:00 – 10:20 AM O-10 GcDUO: automating GC×GC-MS data analysis via PARAFAC and PARAFAC2

• Maria Llambrich (Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili)

10:30 – 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:20 AM O-11 Multidimensional chromatographic separations applied to therapeutic biomolecules

• Chad Pickens (AbbVie)

11:20 – 11:40 AM O-12 Leveraging mechanistic and machine learning models to simplify 2D-LC method development for peak purity analysis

• Jane Kawakami (Pfizer)

11:40 – 12:00 PM O-13 Two-dimensional liquid chromatography isolation and quantification of immunoglobulin G and exosomes from cell culture media

• Chris Topper (Clemson University)

12:00 – 12:20 PM O-14 2D-LC-MS applications in pharmaceutical development

• Matt Sorensen (Eli Lilly and Company)

12:20 – 1:20 PM Lunch

1:30 – 1:50 PM O-15 Development of hardware and software approaches to comprehensive capillary 2D-LC

• Deklin Parker (Rowan University)

1:50 – 2:10 PM O-19 Effective (and multidimensional) strategies for the capture and separation of volatile PFAS in aqueous and gas phase

• Emanuela Gionfriddo (University of Buffalo)

2:10 – 2:30 PM O-20 Optimization of direct thermal extraction parameters for analysis of high-water-content samples using GC×GC

• Jenna Diefenderfer (Arizona State University)

2:30 – 2:50 PM O-21 Selection, optimization, and validation of thermal desorption for analysis of VOCs and PAHs in combustion smoke

• Caleb Marx (University of Lethbridge)

3:00 – 4:00 PM Coffee Break, Poster Session, Lab Tours

4:00 – 5:00 PM Guided Discussion 2

DAY 3 – Thursday January 15, 2026

8:30 – 8:45 AM Registration

8:45 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks

9:00 – 9:20 AM O-16 No more split ends? Flow-modulated GC×GC-QMS analysis without splitting off the GC flow

• Kirk Jensen (JEOL USA, Inc.)

9:20 – 9:40 AM O-17 One-shot tensor decomposition of full-scale GC×GC datasets for resolving petrochemical groups

• Paul-Albert Schneide (University of Copenhagen)

9:40 – 10:00 AM O-26 Counting Double Bonds: GC×GC–FID for Plastic Pyrolysis Oils

• Petr Vozka (California State University LA)

10:00 – 10:20 AM O-18 GC / HRMS characterization of complex mixtures via 2D gas chromatography with electron and chemical ionization

• Hilkka Kenttämaa (Purdue University)

10:20 – 10:50 AM Coffee Break

10:50 – 11:10 AM O-22 On-chip electromembrane surrounded SPE coupled with GC-MS for drug determination in biological fluids

• Razieh Zamani (Purdue University)

11:10 – 11:30 AM O-23 Identifying the transition from ante-mortem to post-mortem odor in cadavers in an outdoor environment

• Darshil Patel (University of North Dakota)

11:30 – 11:50 PM O-24 Combined SEM-EDX and GC×GC approach to green gunshot residue analysis in forensic laboratories

• Grace Saunders (William & Mary)

11:50 – 12:10 PM O-25 Unexpected solvent selectivity effects in 2D-LC separations of non-ionic copolymer surfactants

• Dwight Stoll (Gustavus Adolphus College)

12:10 – 12:30 PM Poster Awards (Sponsored by SCSC) and Closing Remarks

Poster Sessions

Tuesday January 13, 2026 Poster List

P-1 Temperature-optimized porous graphitic carbon chromatography for improved resolution of high-mannose glycans

• Oluwaseun Ajayi (University of Georgia)

P-3 A new software tool for standardization of GC×GC group-type templates

• John Hayes (LECO Corporation)

P-4 Developing 2D mzCompare for single comprehensive two-dimensional chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry chromatograms: substantial resolution enhancement in the context of statistical overlap theory

• Wenjing Ma (University of Washington)

P-5 GC×GC for the modern laboratory: enhancing aroma profiling and product comparison

• Lina Mikaliunaite (Markes International)

P-7 Advances in method development strategies and tools for two-dimensional liquid chromatography

• Dwight Stoll (Gustavus Adolphus College)

P-8 Identifying non-biological variance in untargeted analysis in breath VOCs

• Darakshan Zabin (Arizona State University)

P-9 Analysis of aroma compounds in spices by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry with machine learning-based structure elucidation and molecular formula estimation

• Azusa Kubota (JEOL Ltd.)

Wednesday January 14, 2026 Poster List

P-2 Non-target analysis of waste plastic pyrolysis oils (WPPO) by GC×GC-HRTOFMS

• Liz Humston-Fulmer (LECO Corporation)

P-6 Enhancing TD–GC×GC–TOF MS workflows for the reliable identification of malodours in recycled plastics

• Kenneth Hellstern (Markes International)

P-10 Archeological clue characterization using GC×GC–MS and multivariate analysis

• Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto (Université de Liège)

P-11 What do we do with all that data? Complementary data processing methods for two-dimensional gas chromatography and mass spectrometry

• Robert Cody (JEOL USA, Inc.)

P-12 Characterizing PQSE's enzymatic activity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by volatile organic compound analysis with GC×GC-TOFMS

• Nicolas Zimmerman (William & Mary)

P-13 A sustainable approach to nontargeted analysis using hydrogen as a carrier gas for GC×GC

• Kira Fisher (William & Mary)

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsor

• LECO

Gold Sponsors

• VICI DBS
• NXT POWER
• GL Sciences

Silver Sponsors

• TRAJAN
• GC Image
• Markes International
• SepSolve Analytical
• Restek

Awards Sponsor

• American Chemical Society (ACS) Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry

Media Sponsor

• LabRulezGCMS
• LabRulezLCMS