We embrace the use of microextraction methodologies for rapid and non-invasive sampling of biological and environmental samples. With a very dynamic and knowledge-sharing environment, our research focus provides alternative approaches to complex separations for both targeted and non-targeted analysis.

The diversity of our research offers solutions for environmental chemistry, targeted and untargeted metabolomics, bioanalysis and aroma profiling among others.

While maintaining excellence and high-quality research, we encourage collaborative work with individuals and organizations alike with similar objectives.

GMAS Laboratory: SPME-GCxGC technical training course

The Team

Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)

Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo

Graduate Students

• Madison L. Williams, Ph.D. Candidate
• Helen A. Meade, Ph.D. Student
• Muskan Yadav, Ph.D. Student
• Nicole Sariego, Ph.D. Student
• Catherine Lu, Ph.D. Student

Postdoctoral Scholars

• Dr. Donghyun Ryoo, Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Iowa State University

GMAS Laboratory: Helen with our new LC and DART-MS/MS

Outreach

GSTWC- Girls in STEM, together we CHEM! 

GSTWC was founded in the summer of 2023 by Dr. Gionfriddo with the intent of empowering young female students interested in STEM. While the program not only educates it participants on different science topics, it aims to also discuss the difficulties women face in STEM-related fields. Participants go through a series of team-building activities while also engaging in positive discussions about the progress women have made over the years in the various fields of STEM. Students also have the opportunity to conduct their own experiments at the University of Toledo laboratories.

• ​GSTWC is sponsored by the National Science Foundation - CHE- ECS

S.C.O.P.E. - SCIENTISTS CHANGING OUR PRE-COLLEGE EDUCATION

S.C.O.P.E. enables high school students to use state-of- the-art instruments directly from their classroom as any researcher on campus would, using the internet and free software.

High school teachers can enhance their existing curriculum and offer hands-on experience to their students without having to worry about the liability or cost of a field trip. 

Through a collaboration with the Instrumentation Center of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (IC-NSM) of the University of Toledo. our group has developed the first CHEMISTRY session of S.C.O.P.E. by implementing real-time analysis of fragrances by Solid Phase Microextraction-Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS).

Graduate and undergraduate students are involved in this activity as a part of their professional development to nurture their scientific communication and mentoring skills when they explain the separation process to high school students.

ACS - Project SEED

The Gionfriddo's group welcomes Project SEED students to conduct research in the summer.

This program, created by the American Chemical Society for economically disadvantaged high school students, offers the unique opportunity to spend a summer conducting hands-on research in a laboratory and receive mentoring from faculty and graduate students.

This program in the Gionfriddo's Group is also supported by the National Science Foundation.