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Michael J. Tessalone Science Group Publisher, mtessalone@advanstar.com
Edward Fantuzzi Publisher, efantuzzi@advanstar.com
Stephanie Shaffer East Coast Sales Manager, sshaffer@advanstar.com, 508-481-5885
David Walsh Editor-in-Chief, david.walsh@advanstar.com
Patrick Kempf Managing Editor, LCGC, pkempf@advanstar.com
Helen A. Castro Managing Editor, Spectroscopy, hcastro@advanstar.com
Megan Evans Assistant Editor, LCGC, mevans@advanstar.com
Stephen A. Brown Group Technical Editor, sbrown@advanstar.com
Melissa Coscarelli Art Director, mcoscarelli@advanstar.com
Sharon Ripkin Marketing Director, sripkin@advanstar.com
Anne Young Marketing Manager, ayoung@advanstar.com
Tamara Phillips Direct List Rentals, tphillips@advanstar.com
Barry Gilbert Permissions, bgilbert@advanstar.com
Lisa Johnson Production Director, ljohnson@advanstar.com
Rhonda Rychlak Production Manager, rrychlak@advanstar.com
Peggy Olson Circulation Manager, polson@advanstar.com
Erik McCort Assistant Circulation Manager, emccort@advanstar.com
Joseph Loggia President and Chief Executive Officer
Ted Alpert Executive Vice-President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer
R. Steve Morris Executive Vice-President, Life Sciences Group
Tony Calanca Executive Vice-President, Exhibitions
Chris DeMoulin Executive Vice-President, Fashion Group
Danny Phillips Executive Vice-President, Powersports, Veterinary & Dental Group
Eric I. Lisman Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development
J. Vaughn Vice-President, Information Technology
Mike Alic Vice-President, Electronic Media Group
Francis Heid Vice-President, Media Operations
Nancy Nugent Vice-President, Human Resources
Georgiann DeCenzo Executive Vice-President, Market Development, Europe & Licensing Group
Ward D. Hewins Vice-President, General Counsel
David C. Esola Vice-President, General Manager, Pharmaceutical/Science Group
Improving Fluorescence and Raman Techniques for Environmental Microplastic Analysis
March 31st 2025A recent study conducted at the LaserLaB Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands) explored spectroscopic imaging techniques, including Raman and fluorescence microscopy, for characterizing microplastics (MPs), focusing on optimizing sample preparation, particularly density separation, and Nile Red staining.Spectroscopy spoke to Merel Konings, corresponding author of the paper resulting from the study, about her work
New Study Provides Insights into Chiral Smectic Phases
March 31st 2025Researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences have unveiled new insights into the molecular arrangement of the 7HH6 compound’s smectic phases using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and infrared (IR) spectroscopy.