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Metrohm AG of Herisau, Switzerland, has acquired B&W Tek’s Spectroscopy Solution Business, B&W Tek LLC, and several overseas subsidiaries.

Megan Thielges, an associate professor of chemistry at Indiana University, has won the 2018 Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award, which is presented by Spectroscopy magazine.

In a recent paper titled “Soft and Robust Identification of Body Fluid Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometric Strategies for Forensic Analysis,” a team of researchers described the use of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) for the forensic analysis and identification of body fluids.

The New York–New Jersey Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) is inviting students, spectroscopists, and their colleagues to attend the NY–NJ SAS Annual Student Award Celebration Banquet on July 21, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Doubletree Hotel & Banquet Center, located at 180 Route 17, South Mahwah, NJ.

PicoQuant, a research and development company specializing in optoelectronics and based in Berlin, Germany, is collaborating with Joseph R. Lakowicz from the Center of Fluorescence Spectroscopy (CFS) in Baltimore, Maryland, to offer a short course on the “Principles and Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence.”

Dominic Hare, a senior research fellow and the head of the Atomic Pathology Laboratory at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health in Victoria, Australia, has won the 2019 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award, which is presented by Spectroscopy magazine.

PerkinElmer (Waltham, Massachusetts), a provider of diagnostics, analytical solutions, and analytical instruments, has acquired Shanghai Spectrum Instruments Company (SSI) (Shanghai, China).

In a recent study (1), researchers investigated the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for the quantitative measurement of lead in aerosols, as an alternative to using inductively coupled plasma with optical emission spectroscopy or mass spectrometry (ICP-OES or ICP-MS).

Functional neuroimaging was the topic of the May 3 meeting of the New York–New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS), which was held at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The invited speaker was Professor Laleh Najafizadeh, who is an assistant professor and the director of the Integrated Systems and Neuroimaging Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Rutgers.

A recent study used combined chemical analysis approach to investigate rat brains harvested one week after induction of photothrombotic stroke.

Specac Limited, a provider of accessories for infrared and X-ray spectroscopy has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, in the category of International Trade.

Bruker Corporation (Billerica, Massachusetts) has acquired Anasys Instruments Corporation, a privately held company that develops and manufactures nanoscale infrared (nano IR) spectroscopy and thermal measurement instruments such as atomic force microscopy and white-light interferometric 3D microscopy.

The March meeting of the New York–New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS) was held on March 28 in the Ceramics Research building at Rutgers University. The invited speaker was Professor John A. Reffner of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, New York.

Here, we present a selection of statistics we collected this year that characterize this year’s salary survey.

Spectroscopy is seeking contributed manuscripts for its August 2018 supplement on infrared (IR) spectroscopy, including far-infrared, mid-infrared, and near-infrared (NIR) techniques.

Our new sister publication, Cannabis Science and Technology (CST), launched in March 2018.

Nearly six months after Hurricane Maria battered Puerto Rico, residents there are still coping with the aftermath. Among those affected are university professors and students, particularly in the sciences, because the long period without electricity and mold growth severely damaged and in some cases destroyed sensitive equipment and laboratories. To gain a fuller picture of the situation, we talked to Fabiola Pagán Meléndez, an undergraduate chemistry student from the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, about her experience and how the storm has affected her studies and future plans. Pagán is also a journalist for the student-run media outlet Pulso Estudiantil, and right after the hurricane, she recorded a video that was distributed by NBC News. She was also quoted in a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The February meeting of the New York-New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS) was held on February 20 at Fairleigh Dickinson University, organized in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science, Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, and the Gamma Sigma Epsilon Chemistry Honor Society.

A team of researchers at Mississippi State University has used laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) to compare a variety of commercial milk products.

Spectroscopy Magazine is pleased to announce the addition of John Cottle to its editorial advisory board.

In a recent study, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) was used, for the first time, to quantitatively analyze powder materials used in additive technologies.

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, leaving the inhabitants without clean water, food, utilities and transportation. As you read this, the infrastructure is slowly being restored. The news you hear, however, doesn’t indicate the outsized impact on scientists and their families. The Society for Applied Spectroscopy and Coblentz Society are trying to help.

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The December meeting of the New York–New Jersey chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS), held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (“The Met”), drew an audience of students and professionals to hear talks on material testing by Eric Breitung, PhD, a senior research scientist, and Catherine Stephens, PhD, an associate research scientist, both from The Met.

Elemental Scientific, Inc. (ESI), of Omaha, Nebraska, has acquired Electro Scientific Industries’ laser ablation division.

At the November meeting of the New York–New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy an attentive audience heard David Hopkins present his work on the effective use of derivatives in spectroscopy.

The October meeting of the New York–New Jersey chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (NYSAS) drew a large crowd to hear a talk on three-dimensional (3D) printing and chemical imaging by Emil Ciurczak, a consultant on laboratory and process applications of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy.

The 2017 New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award was presented to Richard P. Van Duyne at the Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition in Plainsboro, New Jersey on October 13.

A new nonprofit laboratory in Wilmington, Delaware, will provide laboratory space and access to experienced laboratory staff for entrepreneurs.

At the September 27, 2017, meeting of the New York–New Jersey chapter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Gene Hall, a professor of analytical chemistry at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, shared some of his recent work using Raman spectroscopy, mid-infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and gas chromatography–time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC–TOF-MS) to analyze omega-3 fatty acid supplements marketed for pets.