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<p><strong>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:</strong></p><p><strong>✔ Keynote presentations </strong>from leading researchers<br><strong>✔ Flash talks </strong>and<strong> poster sessions </strong>highlighting the latest innovations<br><strong>✔ Focus group discussions </strong>addressing current challenges and future developments<br><strong>🚀 FREE registration </strong>ensures that this event remains accessible to all researchers, students, and industry professionals interested in multidimensional chromatography. ​​We hope to see you there!</p><h3><strong>Registration</strong></h3><blockquote><p class="cke-user_style-important"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://auth.oxfordabstracts.com/?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fregister.oxfordabstracts.com%2Fevent%2F75369%3Fpreview%3Dfalse"><strong>Register here</strong></a></p><p class="cke-user_style-important"><strong>Registration deadline:</strong> December 1, 2025</p></blockquote><h3><strong>Program</strong></h3><blockquote><p>The Preliminary 2026 Guidebook is available below. A final Guidebook will be available in early December after final posters are incorporated.</p><p class="cke-user_style-important"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/labrulez-bucket-strapi-h3hsga3/17_MDCW_Preliminary_Guidebook_ef3ff192d0.pdf"><strong>Download Preliminary 2026 Guidebook here</strong></a></p></blockquote><h3><strong>Preliminary Program</strong></h3><h4><strong>DAY 1 – Tuesday January 13, 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>8:30 – 8:45 AM Registration</strong></h5><h5><strong>8:45 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks</strong></h5><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 AM KL-1 The GC×GC effect: transforming industries one molecule at a time</strong></h5><ul><li>Haleigh Boswell (Chevron)</li></ul><h5><strong>9:30 – 10:00 AM KL-2 2D-LC as a powerful technique in the pharmaceutical scientist's toolbox for small molecules and biologics</strong></h5><ul><li>Zachary Breitbach (AbbVie)</li></ul><h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 AM O-1 Discovery-based analysis for two-dimensional gas chromatography trends using alteration analysis and two-dimensional correlation analysis</strong></h5><ul><li>Chris Freye (Los Alamos National Laboratory)</li></ul><h5><strong>10:30 – 11:00 AM </strong>Coffee Break</h5><h5><strong>11:00 – 11:20 AM O-2 Application of GC×GC for the investigation of fermented beverages</strong></h5><ul><li>Sarah Foster (William &amp; Mary)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:20 – 11:40 AM O-3 Exploring PFAS in consumer goods using two-dimensional gas chromatography and high-resolution mass spectrometry</strong></h5><ul><li>David Alonso (LECO Corporation)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:40 – 12:00 PM O-4 River contaminant source apportionment: Multidimensional chromatographic data applied geospatially</strong></h5><ul><li>Kevin Hayes (Mount Royal University)</li></ul><h5><strong>12:00 – 12:20 PM O-5 Sniff smarter: empowering GC–O with trap-based enrichment and GC×GC for advanced aroma profiling</strong></h5><ul><li>Lina Mikaliunaite (Markes International)</li></ul><h5><strong>12:20 – 1:20 PM </strong>Lunch</h5><h5><strong>1:30 – 1:50 PM O-6 Leveraging local libraries for positively parsimonious peak tables</strong></h5><ul><li>James Harynuk (University of Alberta)</li></ul><h5><strong>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</strong></h5><ul><li>Masaaki Ubukata (JEOL Ltd.)</li></ul><h5><strong>2:10 – 2:30 PM O-8 Tile-based Fisher-ratio analysis of GC×GC-TOFMS data of SPME sampled VOCs produced from </strong><i><strong>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</strong></i><strong> and </strong><i><strong>Aspergillus fumigatus</strong></i></h5><ul><li>Wenjing Ma (University of Washington)</li></ul><h5><strong>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</strong></h5><ul><li>Rachel Halvorsen (University of Washington)</li></ul><h5><strong>3:00 – 4:00 PM </strong>Coffee Break and Poster Session</h5><h5><strong>4:00 – 5:00 PM Guided Discussion 1</strong></h5><h5><strong>6:30 – 8:30 PM </strong>LECO Conference Dinner</h5><h4><strong>DAY 2 – Wednesday January 14, 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>8:30 – 8:45 AM Registration</strong></h5><h5><strong>8:45 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks</strong></h5><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:30 AM KL-3 Multidimensional chromatography for chemical analysis – from small molecules to synthetic polymers</strong></h5><ul><li>Peilin Yang (Dow Chemical)</li></ul><h5><strong>9:30 – 10:00 AM KL-4 Multidimensional gas chromatography for plastic waste pyrolysis</strong></h5><ul><li>Hilal Ezgi Toraman (Penn State University)</li></ul><h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 AM O-10 GcDUO: automating GC×GC-MS data analysis via PARAFAC and PARAFAC2</strong></h5><ul><li>Maria Llambrich (Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili)</li></ul><h5><strong>10:30 – 11:00 AM </strong>Coffee Break</h5><h5><strong>11:00 – 11:20 AM O-11 Multidimensional chromatographic separations applied to therapeutic biomolecules</strong></h5><ul><li>Chad Pickens (AbbVie)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:20 – 11:40 AM O-12 Leveraging mechanistic and machine learning models to simplify 2D-LC method development for peak purity analysis</strong></h5><ul><li>Jane Kawakami (Pfizer)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:40 – 12:00 PM O-13 Two-dimensional liquid chromatography isolation and quantification of immunoglobulin G and exosomes from cell culture media</strong></h5><ul><li>Chris Topper (Clemson University)</li></ul><h5><strong>12:00 – 12:20 PM O-14 2D-LC-MS applications in pharmaceutical development</strong></h5><ul><li>Matt Sorensen (Eli Lilly and Company)</li></ul><h5><strong>12:20 – 1:20 </strong>PM Lunch</h5><h5><strong>1:30 – 1:50 PM O-15 Development of hardware and software approaches to comprehensive capillary 2D-LC</strong></h5><ul><li>Deklin Parker (Rowan University)</li></ul><h5><strong>1:50 – 2:10 PM O-19 Effective (and multidimensional) strategies for the capture and separation of volatile PFAS in aqueous and gas phase</strong></h5><ul><li>Emanuela Gionfriddo (University of Buffalo)</li></ul><h5><strong>2:10 – 2:30 PM O-20 Optimization of direct thermal extraction parameters for analysis of high-water-content samples using GC×GC</strong></h5><ul><li>Jenna Diefenderfer (Arizona State University)</li></ul><h5><strong>2:30 – 2:50 PM O-21 Selection, optimization, and validation of thermal desorption for analysis of VOCs and PAHs in combustion smoke</strong></h5><ul><li>Caleb Marx (University of Lethbridge)</li></ul><h5><strong>3:00 – 4:00 PM </strong>Coffee Break, Poster Session, Lab Tours</h5><h5><strong>4:00 – 5:00 PM Guided Discussion 2</strong></h5><h4><strong>DAY 3 – Thursday January 15, 2026</strong></h4><h5><strong>8:30 – 8:45 AM Registration</strong></h5><h5><strong>8:45 – 9:00 AM Opening Remarks</strong></h5><h5><strong>9:00 – 9:20 AM O-16 No more split ends? Flow-modulated GC×GC-QMS analysis without splitting off the GC flow</strong></h5><ul><li>Kirk Jensen (JEOL USA, Inc.)</li></ul><h5><strong>9:20 – 9:40 AM O-17 One-shot tensor decomposition of full-scale GC×GC datasets for resolving petrochemical groups</strong></h5><ul><li>Paul-Albert Schneide (University of Copenhagen)</li></ul><h5><strong>9:40 – 10:00 AM O-26 Counting Double Bonds: GC×GC–FID for Plastic Pyrolysis Oils</strong></h5><ul><li>Petr Vozka (California State University LA)</li></ul><h5><strong>10:00 – 10:20 AM O-18 GC / HRMS characterization of complex mixtures via 2D gas chromatography with electron and chemical ionization</strong></h5><ul><li>Hilkka Kenttämaa (Purdue University)</li></ul><h5><strong>10:20 – 10:50 AM </strong>Coffee Break</h5><h5><strong>10:50 – 11:10 AM O-22 On-chip electromembrane surrounded SPE coupled with GC-MS for drug determination in biological fluids</strong></h5><ul><li>Razieh Zamani (Purdue University)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:10 – 11:30 AM O-23 Identifying the transition from ante-mortem to post-mortem odor in cadavers in an outdoor environment</strong></h5><ul><li>Darshil Patel (University of North Dakota)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:30 – 11:50 PM O-24 Combined SEM-EDX and GC×GC approach to green gunshot residue analysis in forensic laboratories</strong></h5><ul><li>Grace Saunders (William &amp; Mary)</li></ul><h5><strong>11:50 – 12:10 PM O-25 Unexpected solvent selectivity effects in 2D-LC separations of non-ionic copolymer surfactants</strong></h5><ul><li>Dwight Stoll (Gustavus Adolphus College)</li></ul><h5><strong>12:10 – 12:30 PM Poster Awards (Sponsored by SCSC) and Closing Remarks</strong></h5><h3><strong>Poster Sessions</strong></h3><h4><strong>Tuesday January 13, 2026 Poster List</strong></h4><h5><strong>P-1 Temperature-optimized porous graphitic carbon chromatography for improved resolution of high-mannose glycans</strong></h5><ul><li>Oluwaseun Ajayi (University of Georgia)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-3 A new software tool for standardization of GC×GC group-type templates</strong></h5><ul><li>John Hayes (LECO Corporation)</li></ul><h5><strong>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</strong></h5><ul><li>Wenjing Ma (University of Washington)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-5 GC×GC for the modern laboratory: enhancing aroma profiling and product comparison</strong></h5><ul><li>Lina Mikaliunaite (Markes International)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-7 Advances in method development strategies and tools for two-dimensional liquid chromatography</strong></h5><ul><li>Dwight Stoll (Gustavus Adolphus College)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-8 Identifying non-biological variance in untargeted analysis in breath VOCs</strong></h5><ul><li>Darakshan Zabin (Arizona State University)</li></ul><h5><strong>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</strong></h5><ul><li>Azusa Kubota (JEOL Ltd.)</li></ul><h4><strong>Wednesday January 14, 2026 Poster List</strong></h4><h5><strong>P-2 Non-target analysis of waste plastic pyrolysis oils (WPPO) by GC×GC-HRTOFMS</strong></h5><ul><li>Liz Humston-Fulmer (LECO Corporation)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-6 Enhancing TD–GC×GC–TOF MS workflows for the reliable identification of malodours in recycled plastics</strong></h5><ul><li>Kenneth Hellstern (Markes International)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-10 Archeological clue characterization using GC×GC–MS and multivariate analysis</strong></h5><ul><li>Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto (Université de Liège)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-11 What do we do with all that data? Complementary data processing methods for two-dimensional gas chromatography and mass spectrometry</strong></h5><ul><li>Robert Cody (JEOL USA, Inc.)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-12 Characterizing PQSE's enzymatic activity in </strong><i><strong>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</strong></i><strong> by volatile organic compound analysis with GC×GC-TOFMS</strong></h5><ul><li>Nicolas Zimmerman (William &amp; Mary)</li></ul><h5><strong>P-13 A sustainable approach to nontargeted analysis using hydrogen as a carrier gas for GC×GC</strong></h5><ul><li>Kira Fisher (William &amp; Mary)</li></ul><h3><strong>Sponsors</strong></h3><h4><strong>Platinum Sponsor</strong></h4><ul><li>LECO</li></ul><h4><strong>Gold Sponsors</strong></h4><ul><li>VICI DBS</li><li>NXT POWER</li><li>GL Sciences</li></ul><h4><strong>Silver Sponsors</strong></h4><ul><li>TRAJAN</li><li>GC Image</li><li>Markes International</li><li>SepSolve Analytical</li><li>Restek</li></ul><h4><strong>Awards Sponsor</strong></h4><ul><li>American Chemical Society (ACS) Subdivision of Chromatography and Separations Chemistry</li></ul><h4><strong>Media Sponsor</strong></h4><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://gcms.labrulez.com/companies/1"><strong>LabRulezGCMS</strong></a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://lcms.labrulez.com/companies/1"><strong>LabRulezLCMS</strong></a></li></ul>

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