Wednesday Webinars on Separation Solutions
We’re very excited to bring you a 6 part series of webinars that will air on Wednesdays beginning March 23 and concluding April 6. Each Wednesday there will be a 1 hour webinar from 11:00AM – 12:00PM (EST) and a 1 hour webinar from 3:00PM to 4:00PM (EST) on a range of different applications and topics using the miniGC, miniGAS and miniLC featuring:
- Dr. Ronda Gras of Dow Chemical
- Prof. Jim Grinias of Rowan University
- Prof. Emanuela Gionfriddo of The University of Toledo
- Todd Griffin of G2 Analytical
- Prof. Nick Snow of Seton Hall University
- Dr. Alicia Stell of CEM Corporation/Lucidity
CEM | Lucidity is pleased to bring together leaders in the field of chromatographic separation to highlight their cutting edge research and share their techniques with the scientific community. Join us each Wednesday to learn about what is new in chromatography and have the opportunity to ask questions after each talk.
Wed April 6
5:00 – 6:00 PM Utilizing Compact, Integrated Chromatographic Instrumentation for Pharmaceutical Analysis
In the realm of quality assurance and quality control within the pharmaceutical industry, reliable and robust analytical methodology is of utmost importance. Many pharmaceutical analysis techniques rely upon chemical separations, especially the use of LC-UV for drug substance and impurity assays. In this presentation, considerations for method development, method validation, and system suitability will be explored in the context of small molecule pharmaceutical analysis, especially common over-the-counter analgesic compounds with published pharmacopeial monograph methods. Considerations for acceptable changes that can be made to methods within pharmacopeial guidelines will also be discussed, including potential advantages and disadvantages that may be observed for various changes. Finally, multiple examples of analgesic drug analysis performed using the new miniLC platform will be demonstrated.
Presenter: Alicia D. Stell, PhD (Product Manager, Organic Solutions Division, CEM Corporation)
Dr. Alicia Douglas Stell has worked with CEM for the past 14 years joining after completing her PhD in Analytical Chemistry. Her extensive background in chromatographic analysis and her mechanical expertise have been instrumental in the development of novel systems for sample preparation and analysis. She has traveled the world to present on these novel systems and to identify new markets for this innovative technology.
Presenter: James P. Grinias (Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Rowan University)
James Grinias is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. His research interests include improving the throughput and efficiency of chromatographic separations and the miniaturization of chemical measurement techniques. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014 and the moved onto a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan until the end of 2016. James has received a number of awards for his work to date, including the HPLC 2013 Csaba Horváth Award, the 2020 Young Investigator Award from the Chinese American Chromatography Association, a National Science Foundation CAREER grant, the 2021 American Chemical Society Satinder Ahuja Young Investigator in Separation Science Award, and the 2022 LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award. He was also named to The Analytical Scientist’s “Top 40 Under 40” Power List in 2018. To date, he has published over 30 articles and given over 80 oral/poster presentations.
9:00 – 10:00 PM Training the next generation of chromatographers using Lucidity miniGC in the research and teaching laboratories
This webinar will describe applications of the Lucidity miniGC for research and teaching purposes. Research projects describing analysis of plant volatiles and determination of residual solvents in recycled acetone will be discussed, as well various strategies to implement the use of the miniGC in the analytical chemistry laboratories and provide the students with hands-on experience on a user-friendly chromatographic system.
Presenter: Emanuela Gionfriddo, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo)
Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of The University of Toledo (OH, USA). Research work in Dr. Gionfriddo’s lab focuses on developing advanced analytical separation tools for the analysis of complex biological and environmental samples using alternative green extraction methodologies. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (2013) at the University of Calabria (Italy). She joined Prof. Pawliszyn’s group at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) in 2014 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and manager of the Gas-Chromatography section of the Industrially Focused Analytical Research Laboratory (InFAReL), and within three years became a Research Associate. Dr. Gionfriddo has currently authored over 50 peer-reviewed contributions including a patent on PTFE-based SPME coatings. Dr. Gionfriddo is one of the founding members of the Dr. Nina McClelland Laboratory for Water Chemistry and Environmental Analysis at The University of Toledo and she is appointed to the Ohio Attorney General Yost’s Environmental Council of Advisors. She also serves as the secretary of the ACS Subdivision on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry. Her research program is currently funded by the National Science Foundation through the 2022 CAREER Award, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and several industrial partnerships.
Presenter: Alicia D. Stell, PhD (Product Manager, Organic Solutions Division, CEM Corporation)
Dr. Alicia Douglas Stell has worked with CEM for the past 14 years joining after completing her PhD in Analytical Chemistry. Her extensive background in chromatographic analysis and her mechanical expertise have been instrumental in the development of novel systems for sample preparation and analysis. She has traveled the world to present on these novel systems and to identify new markets for this innovative technology.
