Recognising the Rising Stars of Separation Science

Chromatographia, Jan 2019

Brett Paull

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Recognising the Rising Stars of Separation Science

Chromatographia January 2019, Volume 82, Issue 1, pp 357–360 | Cite as Recognising the Rising Stars of Separation Science AuthorsAuthors and affiliations Brett Paull Editorial First Online: 08 January 2019 283 Downloads Part of the following topical collections:Rising Stars in Separation Science Published in the topical collection Rising Stars in Separation Science, as part of Chromatographia’s 50th Anniversary Commemorative Issue. It has been almost 2 years ago since Chromatographia published its last special issue dedicated to Young Investigators in Separation Science [1]. At the time of writing, the submissions making up this special issue, from the eight contributing young authors [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], have collectively amassed some 4520 downloads, highlighting the level of interest in the analytical science community for the great work our younger colleagues, junior academics and scientists are undertaking. Therefore, to continue our mission to highlight and celebrate achievements of the next generation of separation science leaders, and mark their achievements to-date, we present this current special issue dedicated to the ‘Rising Stars of Separation Science’, which is also perfectly timed to coincide with the 50-year anniversary celebrations of Chromatographia. To be able to introduce this special issue to you is indeed a privilege. The future direction of separation science, and the role it will play across the diverse fields of fundamental and applied science and technology, will be determined by our rising stars and emerging leaders. So here we have our long-established pillar of the chromatography society, that is our journal Chromatographia, now entering its second half-century, recognising the achievements of some of those who, whilst not born at the time of its launch, will hopefully continue to fill its pages for many years to come. This year’s special issue has invited contributions from nine early career researchers, who were selected by the Editors, after having caught their attention as rising stars in the field of separation science. This current collection includes cutting edge original research papers discussing superficially porous particles and ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography in pharmaceutical separations [10], ultra-high performance supercritical fluid chromatography of dietary supplements [11], the impact of detectors on band-broadening in ultra-high performance methods [12], and multi-channel selective wavelength detection of benzo(a)pyrene isomers [13]. In addition, the collection includes substantial comprehensive critical review papers on topics as diverse as metal–organic frameworks in separation science [14], multidimension gas chromatography of essential oils [15, 16], methods for purification and characterisation of extracellular vesicles [17], immobilized enzyme reactors [18], and morphologically ordered and 3D-printed stationary phases [19]. We hope you find inspiration from both the contents of the works and the authors’ themselves, from whom I am sure you will be hearing much more in the near future! Open image in new window Ken Broeckhoven has been an associate professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium since February 2017, in the departments of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Sciences. Before that, at the age of 28, he was appointed as tenure track research professor at the VUB in both the Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering, the youngest person ever to receive this position. He teaches courses on Chemical Process Technology, Modelling of Biomedical Systems, Heat and Mass Transfer and Technology projects on Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on fundamental aspects of chromatography and the optimization aspects of separation performance in both liquid and supercritical fluid chromatography. He is author of more than 60 research papers with more than 800 citations and presented over 40 oral presentations at international conferences. He was part of the “Top 40 Under 40” by The Analytical Scientist in both editions (2014 and 2018) and the recipient of the LCGC magazine’s “Emerging leader in chromatography” award in 2019. During his Ph.D., his poster was ranked nr. 1 at the Best Poster Award competition at HPLC2008 in Boston (MA, USA) and afterwards his Ph.D. students obtained numerous poster awards at different international conferences. He is also part of the organizing and scientific committee of the biennial HTC-conference series (Hyphenated Techniques in Chromatography) and member of the ChiMiC consortium, grouping 5 leading groups in chromatographic techniques in Belgium. Since 2014, he has been a member of the editorial board of Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis and since 2018 of the advisory editorial board of Journal of Chromatography. Open image in new window Angela De Simone graduated in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical (...truncated)


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Brett Paull. Recognising the Rising Stars of Separation Science, Chromatographia, 2019, pp. 357-360, Volume 82, Issue 1, DOI: 10.1007/s10337-018-3674-2