Bernstein received his Ph.D. degree from Caltech and was a post doctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. He has been at CSU since 1975 where he has studied molecular crystal vibrational and electronic excitons and phase transitions, cryogenic liquids, and gas phase clusters with a central focus on intermolecular interactions. Recently his research has focused on chemical reactions of neutral and ionic clusters. This latter research area has involved catalytic and photocatalytic cluster systems, solute/solvent systems, the reactions of ionized molecules and clusters, and initial steps in the release of stored energy molecular species.

Mass Spectrometry, photoelectron spectroscopy

Dr. Dizdaroglu has obtained his PhD at the Karlsruhe Technical University, Germany, and subsequently worked for 7 years at the Max-Planck-Institute for Radiation Chemistry, before moving to USA. He has been at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for more 30 years. In 2006, Dr. Dizdaroglu was conferred upon the rank of NIST Fellow. To date, he published highly cited 247 papers. Dr. Dizdaroglu received numerous scientific awards including the Hillebrand Prize of the American Chemical Society, and the Silver and Gold Medal Awards of the US Department of Commerce. He was also awarded two Honorary Doctorates.

Measurement of DNA repair proteins in cancer by mass spectrometry,LC-MS

Dr. Siu then accepted a position as Research Associate with the Division of Chemistry at the National Research Council of Canada. Over the following 16 years, Dr. Siu held positions with the NRC as Research Officer, Institute for Environmental Research and Technology (formerly Institute for Environmental Chemistry) and Senior Research Officer, Institute for National Measurement Standards. In 1998, Dr. Siu relocated to York University as Professor of Chemistry and NSERC/SCIEX (now AB SCIEX) Senior Industrial Research Chair in Analytical Mass Spectrometry. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry. Dr. Siu was named Distinguished Research Professor in 2007; in July of 2005, he accepted the first of two, three-year appointments as the Associate Vice-President Research, Science and Technology at York University. Dr. Siu is recognized globally as a leader in the fundamentals as well as applications in the field of mass spectrometry. He has coauthored more than 240 refereed articles, and he and his group have given in excess of 440 presentations of which 50% were in the invited, keynote or plenary category.

Mass Spectrometry, Analytical Mass Spectrometry

Dr. Ali Mohammad-Djafari received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnic of Teheran, in 1975, the diploma degree (M.Sc.) from Ecole Supérieure d'Electricit(SUPELEC), Gif sur Yvette, France, in 1977, the "Docteur-Ingénieur" (Ph.D.) degree and "Doctorat d'Etat" in Physics, from the University of Paris Sud 11 (UPS), Orsay, France, respectively in 1981 and 1987.He was Assistant Professor at UPS for two years (1981-1983). Since 1984, he has a permanent position at "Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)" and works at "Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes (L2S)" at Centrale-Supélec. He was a visiting Associate Professor at University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA during 1997-1998. From 1998 to 2002, he has been at the head of Signal and Image Processing division at this laboratory.

Mass Spectrometry and Bayesian solutions

Hermann Wollnik is professor at the Universität Giessen, in Giessen, Germany and adjunct professor at the New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM, USA. He has published the popular book “optics of charged particles” and is author of 374 publications in refereed scientific journals with 5693 citations. In the late 1970s he has started time-of-flight mass spectrometry and used this technique for the precise mass determination of short-lived nuclei as well as for molecule identifications in space missions like the ROSETTA mission to a comet.

Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance(FTICR-MS) mass spectrometry and time-of-flight mass spectrometry(TOF-MS)

Marek M Kowalczuk received his PhD degree in 1984 from the Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, and DSc degree in 1994 at the same University. He was a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, USA. in 1990 and Marie Curie EU fellow at the University of Bologna, Italy. Currently, he is Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, UK and at the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Zabrze, Poland. He is the author and co-author of over 120 scientific papers and a score of patents. His research interests are novel mass spectrometry techniques for analysis of polymers at the molecular level, mechanisms of anionic polymerization related to the synthesis of biodegradable polymers possessing desired architecture, forensic engineering of biodegradable and functional polymers.

Novel mass spectrometry techniques for analysis of polymers at the molecular level, mechanisms of anionic polymerization related to the synthesis of biodegradable polymers possessing desired architecture, forensic engineering of biodegradable and functional polymers.

Jianmin Chen has completed his PhD at the age of 29 years from Fudan University. He is an atmospheric Scientist, distinguished professor and directors of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, and International Collaboration Base of Climate and Environment (Ministry of Science and Technology of China) at Fudan University. He was a visiting associate professor at University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 1997, and regularly visiting scientist in Institut de Combustion Aérothermique, Réactivité et Environnement-CNRS. He has published more than 180 pre-reviewed papers in geoscience and chemistry journals such as Chem. Rev., J. Amer. Chem. Soc., Atmos. Chem. Phys., Environ Sci. Technol. and J. Geophy. Res., and serving as an associated editor of Sci. Total Environ., and board members of Aerosol Air Qual. Res., J. Environ. Sci. and Adv. Environ. Res.. He was honored as de chevalier dans l'ordre des palmes académiques, and the Enjoyment of the State Council of China special allowance in 2015.

Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention, Mass Spectrometry

Miho TANAKA completed PhD at the age of 28 years from The Tokyo University (Tokyo, Japan). She is specialized in Analytical Chemistry, Solution Chemistry and Mass spectrometry. Presently, she is actively involved in “chemical speciation” in solution, as well as other topics. She has published more than 70 papers in peer reviewed journals, and is the corresponding author in 90% of them.

Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)

Zhenhua GONG has completed his PhD at the age of 40 years from FUDAN University ,Shanghai China. He is pediatric surgeon, associated professor and director of a research team focusing on metabolic diseases and biliary atresia. He has published more than 10 papers in reputed journals and serving as an editorial board member of repute

metabolic diseases and biliary atresia.

Chrys Wesdemiotis received his Ph.D. degree with Helmut Schwarz at Technische Universität Berlin in 1979. He was a postdoctoral fellow with Fred W. McLafferty at Cornell University in 1980. After completing his military service in Greece (1981-3), he returned to Cornell as a senior research associate (1983-9). In 1989, he joined the faculty of the University of Akron, where he currently is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Polymers Science, and Integrated Bioscience. Research in the Wesdemiotis group focuses on the development and applications of multi-dimensional mass spectrometry methods for the characterization of new synthetic polymers and polymer-biomolecule conjugates and interfaces. Wesdemiotis served as a Member-at-Large for Education in the Board of Directors of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He is an Editor of the European Journal of Mass Spectrometry and a member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, and Mass Spectrometry Reviews.

Mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry: fundamental studies and analytical applications to macromolecules.

Katarzyna Pawlak has completed her PhD in the field of analytical chemistry at the age of 27 years from Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) and postdoctoral studies from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) and Gdańsk University of Technology. She is the director of School of Liquid Chromatography and Hyphenated Techniques at WUT, vice-President of Polish Society of Mass Spectrometry and expert of National Cuncil of Supplenets and Nutritional Products. She has published more than 45 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of repute.

Liquid Chromatography and Hyphenated Techniques

Prof. Rogatsky serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Chromatography and Separation Techniques (OMICS publishing group). During the last 10 years (from 2005) he has published over 30 scientific papers in per-reviewed journals (mostly as the first author) and has presented over 50 posters and lectures. Overall, he has made more than a hundred scientific presentations and publications. Eduard completed his M.Sc. in physical chemistry at Belarus State University (former USSR) in 1990. He completed his PhD in bioanalytical chemistry (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) in 1998. At the end of 1999, he started his post-doctorate at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and became a faculty member since 2001 and was a mass spectrometry director at the Biomarker Analytical Resource Core. From October 2015 Dr. Rogatsky is a supervisor of the Chemical Threat Laboratory in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at Wadsworth Center, Albany NY, USA and continue to be an Adjunct Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Design and development of ultra sensitive LC/MS, analytical assay of clinical biomarker and metabolomics, analysis of peptide hormone and protein, design and development of multi-dimentional chromatography platform.

Sofia Nikolaou has completed her PhD at the age of 29 years from University of São Paulo (Brazil). She is an inorganic chemist, associated professor at University of São Paulo and leader of a research team focusing on synthesis, spectroscopic properties and biological activity of monomeric and supramolecular systems based on ruthenium compounds. She has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals and owns a patent on anti-inflammatory activity of ruthenium – NSAIDs compounds.

The use of mass spectrometry with ESI ionization

Sihe Wang, PhD is Section Head and Medical Director of Clinical Biochemistry and Director of Clinical Biochemistry Fellowship Training Program at Cleveland Clinic. He chairs clinical chemistry integration team for the Cleveland Clinic Health System which includes one Florida hospital, eight community hospitals and eighteen family health centers in Northeast Ohio. Additionally, he is a Clinical Chemistry Professor, Cleveland State University. His expertise includes general clinical chemistry and clinical application of mass spectrometry. Sihe is a diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Chemistry since 2005 and a fellow of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry since 2006.

Chromatography and mass spectrometry for specialty testing, general clinical chemistry, new biomarkers for cardiovascular or kidney diseases

Shawn R Campagna received his PhD from Princeton in 2006, after working with Prof. Martin Semmelhack on a joint project with Profs. Bonnie Bassler and Frederick Hughson to characterize the chemical properties of an interspecies bacterial signaling molecule, autoinducer-2. He then performed Post-doctoral research with Prof. Joshua Rabinowitz at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University where he developed mass spectrometric methods for the identification of novel biochemical pathways and natural products from whole cell extracts. He joined the Chemistry Department at UT Knoxville in 2007 where he has worked to develop new metabolomic and lipidomic techniques. He is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the UTK Biological and Small Molecule Mass Spectrometry Core.

Chromatography and mass spectrometry for specialty testing, general clinical chemistry, new biomarkers for cardiovascular or kidney diseases

Zhang QI is a major player of the research team in university project, she has been responsible for coordinating with members at the center of structure biology at Indiana University and Tulane University on solving the crystal structure of the MDM2/ribosomal protein complex. She has been developing an elegant and sophisticated multigene expression system to co-express and co-purify the novel protein complex in order to explore the structures and functions of the p53 regulators MDM2 and the ribosomal proteins. She has obtained extensive experience in the screening for therapeutic candidates and the biochemical characterization of drug targets as a postdoctoral researcher at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr Zhang collaborated efficiently with scientists from various areas, such as molecular biology, cellular biology, biochemistry, computer-aided drug design, combinatorial chemistry, clinical pharmacology, drug analysis and high-throughput screening, facilitating the progression of drug discovery projects. Her research will be complementary to the mission of Tulane School of Medicine and Tulane Cancer Center in discovering cures for cancer diseases and building the essential bridge between basic research and clinical research to accomplish this objective.

Targeting the p53-pathway for the treatment of cancer; Study of p53 regulators by a combination of biochemical and structural analyses.

Dr. Hui-Fen Wu currently is a distinguished professor in National Sun-Yat Sen University. She obtained PhD from University of Texas at Austin, USA (1994). She was a faculty in Tamkang University for 10 years. In 2006, she joined National Sun Yat-Sen University. Her research work is focused on applications of various nanomaterials for pathogenic bacteria analysis and cancer study. She has been served as editorial board members for 15 journals. To date, she has published 205 scientific journals, 250 conference presentation , 13 book chapters and 7 patents.

nanotechnology, microbiology and mass spectrometric techniques for biomedicine

Dr. Brigitte Simons is a market development specialist at SCIEX, specializing in metabolomics using accurate mass time-of-flight mass spectrometry solutions. Prior to working at SCIEX, Brigitte received her Ph.D. in Chemical Biology at the University of Ottawa. She then completed two research post-doctoral fellowships at the Centre for Biologics Research at Health Canada and the National Institute of Heart Lung and Blood in Bethesda MD. Brigitte also spearheads an academic partnerships program for our North American business – which listeners can browse sciex.com for more information or contact Brigitte for more information.

SPecialization in metabolomics using accurate mass time-of-flight mass spectrometry solutions.

David J. Merkler completed his PhD at the age of 28 from Pennsylvania State University and did postdoctoral studies at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. His first job involved in the in vitro production of peptide hormones at Unigene Laboratories, Inc. He moved from industry to academia with faculty positions at Duquesne University and the University of South Florida (USF). He has been on the faculty at USF for 18 years and is currently a Professor of Chemistry at USF. He has published more than 70 papers in reputable journals and been consistently funded during his time at USF.

Mass Spectrometry, LC-MS