17th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop (MDCW)

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!

The content and recordings of lectures from previous years

• 💡 16th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop (MDCW)
• 💡 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

Key Dates

• ​June 1, 2025: Abstract submission open
• ​June 30, 2025: Sponsorship agreement deadline
• ​July, 2025: Registration opens
• September 1, 2025: Deadline for abstract submission
• September 30, 2025: Notification of abstract acceptances
• November 1, 2025: Preliminary program release
• November 30, 2025: Deadline for last minute posters
• December 1, 2025: Registration deadline and final program release
• January 12, 2026: Short Course (registration details forthcoming)
• January 13-15, 2026: Conference dates

Registration

Register here

Abstract Submission

Submit Abstract

• Abstracts for oral presentations must be submitted by September 15, 2025, to be considered.
• ​Poster abstracts submitted by September 15, 2025, will be included in the preliminary program. Additional last-minute poster submissions will be accepted until November 30, 2025, for inclusion in the final program.

​Presentation Guidelines

Poster Presentations

• Presenters must print and bring their own posters—onsite printing services and mailed submissions are not available.
• Posters should be in landscape format: 36" tall × 46" wide.
• Set up your poster during registration on the day of your assigned session and remove it at the end of the same day.
• Poster presenters must be present at their posters during the designated poster session.
• Posters will also be available for viewing during coffee and lunch breaks.
• Presenters may optionally stand by their posters during these times for further discussions.

Poster Awards

The American Chemical Society’s Subdivision on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry (ACS SCSC) sponsors the Multidimensional GC Award and the Multidimensional LC Award at the 16th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop. Each award holds a value of $250 USD distributed directly by SCSC to the top posters in each category. Awards are distributed during the closing ceremony of the conference.

​Oral Presentations

We ask that you be ready to upload a PowerPoint file to the room no later than the end of the break preceding your talk. The ideal format will be 16:9, but we can accommodate 4:3 as well. Please plan to leave a couple minutes at the end of your time slot for questions.

• Keynote presentations: 30 minutes (25–28 min + Q&A)
• Full oral presentations: 20 minutes (18 min + 2 min Q&A)
• Flash presentations: 10 minutes (8 min + 2 min Q&A)

Presentation Format:

• Submit your slides as a PowerPoint (PPT) or PDF file.
• Use the file naming format: LASTNAME_PRESENTATIONCODE.
• For optimal display, use 16:9 slide format (4:3 is also supported).

Technical & Session Logistics:

• A headset or portable microphone will be available.
• A laser pointer with a slide change button will be provided.
• Ensure your presentation allows time for questions within your allocated time.
• Before your session, check in and introduce yourself to the conference or session chairs.

Short Course - 2026

There will be 20 spaces available in a short course related to multidimensional chromatography. If you want to register for the short course, indicate so during your registration. We will send a separate link to pay for the short course to reserve your seat ($50 USD).

The Short Course will take place on Monday, January 12th at the Integrated Science Center on 540 Landrum Drive, Room 2018, from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Students will be available to direct you to the short course conference room upon arrival.

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)

Keynote Speakers 2026

Prof. Hilal Ezgi Toraman, Assistant Professor, Penn State University

• Title of Keynote Lecture: Multidimensional gas chromatography for plastic waste pyrolysis                               

​Hilal Ezgi Toraman leads an interdisciplinary research program at Penn State focused on sustainable reaction engineering and catalysis for the valorization of non-traditional carbon feedstocks, particularly plastic waste. Her group integrates advanced pyrolysis experimentation, GC×GC-based analytics, and kinetic modeling to develop and optimize scalable chemical recycling technologies. She leads multi-institutional projects on mixed plastic pyrolysis and catalytic upgrading, where her group contributes intrinsic kinetic studies, GC×GC method development, and data management and analysis infrastructure to support process design and evaluation. Toraman has received both national and international recognition, including the C&EN Talented 12, AIChE CRE Pioneers in Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, and ACS Energy & Fuels Rising Star.  She has held leadership roles as Director of AIChE's Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division and currently serves as president of the Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society. Her honors include the Virginia S. and Philip L. Walker Jr. Faculty Fellowship and the Wilson Fellowship. Before joining the Penn State faculty, Toraman was a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Delaware Energy Institute at the University of Delaware. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Türkiye (Turkey), and her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Ghent University, Belgium. ​

Dr. Peilin Yang, R&D Fellow, Core R&D Analytical Science, Dow Chemical

• Title of Keynote Lecture: Multidimensional Chromatography for Chemical Analysis - from Small Molecules to Synthetic Polymers           

Peilin Yang is a R&D Fellow at The Dow Chemical Company. She joined Dow in 2007 after earning a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Michigan. Currently, she leads multiple research efforts at Dow to advance measurement science and material characterization capabilities aimed at developing safer and sustainable materials. Her recent research focuses on developing practical analytical solutions using multidimensional chromatography (GCxGC and LCxLC), coupled with mass spectrometry and other detectors, to address various industrial challenges including small-molecule impurities and complex composition analysis of large synthetic polymers.  

Dr. Haleigh Boswell, Research Chemist, Chevron Technical Center

• Title of Keynote Lecture: The GCxGC Effect: Transforming Industries One Molecule at a Time              

Haleigh Boswell obtained her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Waterloo. She is a research chemist at Chevron with 6 years of experience in the energy sector. She specializes in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) with various detectors (FID, SCD, and TOFMS), driving technological innovation to enhance laboratory capabilities and providing technical support to refinery and Chevron internal/external partners. Passionate about mentoring, she volunteers with the UC Berkeley Global Access Program, advising students on graduate school and industry careers, and actively participates in outreach events to inspire future scientists. 

Dr. Zachary Breitbach, Principal Research Scientist, AbbVie

• Title of Keynote Lecture: 2D-LC as a Powerful Technique in the Pharmaceutical Scientist's Toolbox for Small Molecules and Biologics

Zachary Breitbach earned his PhD in analytical chemistry from UT Arlington in 2010 after completing his BS in chemistry at Clarke College. He co-founded AZYP, LLC, focusing on chiral and HILIC separation technologies, before joining AbbVie in 2016 to develop new methods and technologies for drug development. His research has advanced cyclofructan-based chiral and HILIC phases and superficially porous particle-based chiral stationary phases. He has published over 70 articles, holds 3 patents, serves on several editorial boards, and has received multiple awards, including the ACS Satinder Ahuja Award (2017), LCGC Emerging Leader Award (2018), and the ACS Early Career Investigator Award (2025).

Sponsors

17th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop: Platinum and Gold Sponsors

17th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop: Other Sponsors

Venue

• William & Mary
• Integrated Science Center
• 540 Landrum Drive
• Williamsburg, VA
• 23185

Accommodation

All visitors to the William & Mary campus are eligible for discounted accommodation at a number of nearby hotels using the button below. If you will not have a rental car we recommend staying at the Williamsburg Lodge which is the closest hotel in walking distance, and also includes a shuttle service to William & Mary. Since the campus is located in the heart of the historical Colonial Williamsburg area, there are a number of options within and outside of walking distance to campus, including many historic inns. ​

Certificate

Presentation certificates will be sent after the conference through the Oxford Abstract system. The submitting author will be contacted with the certificate.

Organizing Committee

• Katelynn Perrault (William & Mary, Assistant Professor)

• Pierre-Hugues Stefanuto (University of Liège, Senior Scientist)

• Dwight Stoll (Gustavus Adolphus College, Professor)

• Petr Vozka (California State LA, Assistant Professor)

MDCW: MDCW 2025 organizing committee.