UPCOMING EVENTS

Invited Lectures

New Plasma Sources: Not Only for Atoms Anymore, 2008 Nordic Conference, Leon, Norway, June 15-18, 2008.   (Invited Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Signal-to-Noise Enhancement Methods for Atomic Spectrometry, 2008 Nordic Conference, Leon, Norway, June 15-18, 2008. (Invited Short Course to be presented by Gary M. Hieftje)

The following papers will be presented at the
2008 ASMS Conference
Denver, Colorado
June, 2008

Characterization of an Inductively Coupled Plasma/Electrospray Ionization Dual-Source Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Metallomic and Speciation Analysis, Duane Rogers, Steven  Ray, Gary M.  Hieftje.  (To be presented by D.A. Rogers)

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

Invited Lectures

Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges, The GLADNET Spring Meeting 2008, Dresden, Germany, April 22, 2008.  (Invited Lecture presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Elemental Analysis, The GLADNET Spring Meeting 2008, Dresden, Germany, April 21, 2008.  (Invited Short Course presented by Gary M. Hieftje)

New Plasma Devices for Atomic and Molecular Spectrometry, 2008 Analytica Conference, Munich, Germany, April 3, 2008.  (Invited Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

New Tools and Techniques for Chemistry and Bioscience, University of Texas, Arlington, TX, March 28, 2008.  (Invited Lecture presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Fundamental Advances in Atomic Spectrometry, 2008 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, March 6, 2008. (Invited James D. Winefordner Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Instrumentation in the Undergraduate Curriculum: Option or Obligation?, 2008 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, March 6, 2008. (Invited Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Sources, Spectrometers, and Systems: Timelines in Atomic Spectrometry, 2008 Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, New Orleans, LA, March 4, 2008. (Invited Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Frontiers in Plasma Spectrochemistry, 2008 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Temecula, CA, January 12, 2008. (Invited Plenary Lecture presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Elemental Analysis, 2008 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Temecula, CA, January 12, 2008. Jacob T. Shelley and Gary M. Hieftje.  (Short Course presented by Jacob T. Shelley and Gary M. Hieftje)

New Tools and Techniques for Metallomics and Speciation Analysis, 2007 International Symposium on Metallomics (ISM2007), Nagoya, Japan. November 30, 2007. (Invited Lecture presented by G. M. Hieftje)

Multichannel Array Detection for Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry, 34th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Memphis, TN. October 16, 2007. (Invited Lecture presented by G. D. Schilling)

New Plasma Sources for Elemental, Molecular, and Metallomic Analysis, 34th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Memphis, TN. October 17, 2007. (Invited Lecture presented by G. M. Hieftje)

Insights into Excitation Mechanisms and Matrix Effects in ICP-AES, 34th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Memphis, TN. October 18, 2007. (Invited Lecture presented by G. M. Hieftje)

A Novel Cold Plasma Source for the Soft Ionization of Organic Molecules, 34th Annual Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), Memphis, TN. October 18, 2007. (Invited Lecture presented by J. T. Shelley)

A New Generation of Instrumentation for Metallomics Analysis, CSI XXXV, Xiamen China, September 22, 2007.  (Invited Keynote Lecture to be presented by S.J. Ray)

New Tools for Environmental, Metallomic, and Mass-Spectrometric Analysis, CSI XXXV Pre-Conference, Xiamen China, September 23-27, 2007.  (Invited Plenary Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

A Novel Dual-Source Mass Spectrometer for Elemental Speciation Analysis, CSI XXXV, Xiamen China, September 23-27, 2007.  (Invited Lecture to be presented by S.J. Ray)

Development of a Universal Indicator for Flagging Matrix Effects in Inductively Coupled Plasma–Atomic Emission Spectrometry, CSI XXXV, Shanghai, China, September 23-27, 2007.  (Invited Lecture to be presented by G. Chan)

New Plasma Sources For Elemental, Molecular, And Metallomic Analysis, FACSS, Memphis, TN, October 13-18, 2007. (Invited Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Insights into Excitation Mechanisms and Matrix Effects in ICP-AES, FACSS, Memphis, TN, October 13-18, 2007. (Invited Lecture to be presented by G.M. Hieftje)

Instrumentation: The Enabling Science.  2007 Amy-Mellon Lecture in Analytical Chemistry.  Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.  September 18th, 2007.  (Invited Lecture to be presented by Gary M. Hieftje)

New Sources and Spectrometers for Chemical and Bioscience analysis. ISRANALYTICA 2007, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 2007. (Invited Plenary Lecture to be presented by Gary M. Hieftje)

The following papers were contributed at the
2008 Pittsburgh Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana
March, 2008

Mattauch-Herzog Mass Spectrograph with Faraday-strip Array Detection for Ambient Mass Spectrometry, Gregory D. Schilling, James H. Barnes IV, Roger P. Sperline, M. Bonner Denton, Charles J. Barinaga, David W. Koppenaal, and Gary M. Hieftje.  (Presented by Greg D. Schilling)

Development of an Inductively Coupled Plasma/Electrospray Ionization Dual-Source Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Rapid Speciation and Metallomic Analysis, Duane A. Rogers, Steven J. Ray, and Gary M. Hieftje. (Presented by Duane A. Rogers)

Coupling a Novel Atmospheric-Pressure Ionization Source with Laser Ablation to Perform Imaging Mass Spectrometry, Jacob T. Shelley, Steven J. Ray, Francisco J. Andrade, and Gary M. Hieftje. (Presented by Jacob T. Shelley)

Comparison of Ambient Ionization Sources for Use in Mass Spectrometry, Joshua S. Wiley, Jacob T. Shelley, Steven J. Ray, Todd A. Gillespie, and Gary M. Hieftje. (Presented by Josh S. Wiley)

The following papers were contributed at the
2008 Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Temecula, California
January, 2008

Development of an Inductively Coupled Plasma/Electrospray Ionization Dual-Source Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Rapid Speciation and Metallomic Analysis, D.A. Rogers, S.J. Ray, and G.M. Hieftje.  (Presented by Duane A. Rogers)

Ambient Mass Spectrometry with a Mattauch-Herzog Mass Spectrograph Equipped with a Focal Plane Camera Array Detector, Gregory D. Schilling, James H. Barnes, IV, Roger P. Sperline, M. Bonner Denton, Charles J. Barinaga, David W. Koppenaal, and G.M. Hieftje.  (Presented by Greg D. Schilling)

Novel Atmospheric-Pressure Glow Discharge for Ambient Mass Spectrometry (AMS), Jacob T. Shelley, Steven J. Ray, Francisco J. Andrade, and G.M. Hieftje. (Presented by Jacob T. Shelley)

Hydride Generation for Sample Introduction into the Flowing Afterglow of an Atmospheric-Pressure Glow Discharge Coupled to an Array Detector Mass Spectrograph, Gregory D. Schilling, Jacob T. Shelley, José A.C. Broekaert, Roger P. Sperline, M. Bonner Denton, Charles J. Barinaga, David W. Koppenaal, and G.M. Hieftje. (Presented by Greg D. Schilling)

The following papers were contributed at the
2007 FACSS Conference
Memphis, Tennessee
October, 2007

Development of an Inductively Coupled Plasma/Electrospray Ionization Dual-Source Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Rapid Speciation and Metallomic Analysis, D. A. Rogers, S. J. Ray, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by D. A. Rogers)

Analyte Mapping of Solid Samples by Laser Ablation Coupled with an Atmospheric-Pressure Glow Discharge Ionization Source, J. T. Shelley, J. S. Wiley, F. J. Andrade, S. J. Ray, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by J. T. Shelley)

The following papers were contributed at the
2007 Pittsburgh Conference
Chicago, Illinois
February, 2007

Improvement of Isotope-Ratio Measurements with an Inductively Coupled Plasma Mattauch-Herzog Mass Spectrograph Equipped with Faraday-Strip Array Detection. G. D. Schilling, F. J. Andrade, J. H. Barnes, IV, R. P. Sperline, M. B. Denton, C. J. Barinaga, D. W. Koppenaal, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Gregory D. Schilling)

Fiber Optic Chemical Sensing Using Fiber-Loop Ring-Down Spectroscopy. J. T. Shelley, S. J. Ray, R. A. Potyrailo, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Jacob T. Shelly)

Direct Solution Sampling with a Small-scale Glow Discharge: Pros, Cons, Understanding, and Improvement.  M. R. Webb, F. J. Andrade, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Michael R. Webb)

A novel cold plasma source for ambient mass spectrometry.  F. J. Andrade, S. J. Ray, M. R. Webb, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Francisco J. Andrade)

Analysis of gel electropherograms by glow discharge atomic emission imaging spectroscopy. S. J. Ray, G. Gamez, M. M. Hedrick, M. R. Webb, F. J. Andrade, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Steven J. Ray)

A Dual-Source Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer for Rapid Metallomic and Speciation Analysis, D. A. Rogers, S. J. Ray, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Duane A. Rogers)

The following papers were contributed at the
2007 European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
Taormina, Italy
February, 2007

Development of a Universal Procedure for Compensation of Plasma-related Matrix Effects in Inductively Coupled Plasma­Atomic Emission Spectrometry, G. C. Y.  Chan and Gary Hieftje. (Presented by George C. Y. Chan)

Elemental Surface Imaging with a Pulsed Radio-frequency Glow Discharge, G. Gamez, S. J. Ray, F. J. Andrade, M. R. Webb, G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Gerardo Gamez)

The Influence of Sample Matrix on Processes in a Glow Discharge with Direct Solution Sampling, M. R. Webb, F. J. Andrade, and G. M. Hieftje. (Presented by Michael R. Webb)

A Correlation-based Strategy for Reducing Interferences in Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, W.C. Wetzel, D.E. Shelby, G.M. Hieftje. (Presented by William C. Wetzel)