Ask-the-expert on the analysis of microplastics with pyrolysis GC-MS

Pyrolysis is one of the most challenging analysis types in GC-MS.

A lot of matrices and analytes that are not volatile can be analyzed with pyrolysis. This can be samples from the industrial field such as plastic bottles or car tires, environmental samples and food samples. The spectra is broad. Every sample contains its own issues.

Our pyrolysis expert in this session is Dr. Michael Soll from Frontier Labs who will answer all your questions on pyrolysis, from plastic samples, to micro and nano plastic, from qualitative results to quantitative results.

This webinar is relevant for:

• Researchers from the food, plastic and environmental field

• Control and governmental labs

• Plastic manufactures

• Cosmetic industry or research and control labs for this industry

Presenter: Michael Soll (European Business Development Manager, Frontier Laboratories Ltd)

Michael Soll studied biology and received his PhD in 1993 at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

He has over 25 years of experience in business development, marketing and sales at various companies active in analytical instrumentation and analytical services in Europe. His functional experience includes marketing, application and sales of LC- and GC-coupled mass spectrometry, MALDI-TOF MS and chromatographic tools. End of 2014, he joined Frontier Laboratories, a global leading company in GC/MS coupled analytical pyrolysis. Here, he is managing and supporting distribution partners and supports users of analytical pyrolyzers in whole Europe in terms of applications and technical concerns.

His most recent employment history is as follows:

Frontier Laboratories Ltd, Koriyama, Japan, 2014 to present: European Business Development Manager - Responsible for support of distribution partners and users in Europe, marketing directed to sales channels and customers

LECO Germany, Mönchengladbach, Germany, 2008 to 2014: Managing Director - Responsible for achievement of sales targets, strategic directions, marketing and service optimization.

SGS, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006 to 2008: Business development manager biopharma quality control Europe.

ABSciex, Darmstadt, Germany, 1999 to 2006: Sales Manager Proteomics products in DACH territory: increase sales of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography products.

Presenter: Petra Gerhards (Regional Marketing Manager GC&GC-MS, EMEA, Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Petra holds a diploma engineer in instrumentalized analytical chemistry from the Technical University Krefeld/Germany. For more than 30 years, she worked in the field of GC and GC-MS and covered many technologies in GC and GC-MS. Currently, she supports users and customer application teams all over EMEA in her position as EMEA Regional Marketing Manager.