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Jean-Francois Focant
with Gauthier Eppe, Edwin De Pauw
1:40-2:00 p.m.
The Total Solution for Rapid Sample Preparation: The Procedure
CART, Organic and Biological Analytical Chemistry,
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Chemistry Department
University of Liege, Belgium

Jean-François (Jef) Focant is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department of the University of Liège in Belgium. He is leading the organic and Biological Analytical Chemistry group of the mass spectrometry laboratory. Main research interests are coupling of sample preparation procedures, development of new chromatography strategies in separation science, hyphenation to various types of mass spectrometric detectors through multi-dimensional systems, and implementation of emerging strategies under QA/QC requirements. Professor Focant has been active in the field of dioxin analyses for the last 10 years. 

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Chuck Sueper
2:00-2:20 p.m.
Using Dual Data Acquisition to Reduce the Analysis Time for PCDDs and PCDFs
Pace Analytical Services Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA

Chuck Sueper earned a BS in Chemistry at the University of Nebraska in 1983. His career in high resolution mass spectrometry began at the university working for the Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry as an undergraduate. He has been working in the field of POPs analysis using HRMS instrumentation ever since. He is currently the Technical Director for the HRMS department at Pace Analytical Services in Minneapolis, MN.

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Donald G. Patterson Jr.
2:20-2:40 p.m.
The Total Solution for Rapid Sample Preparation and Analysis:
Food, Human Blood and Milk Samples
Exponent, Jasper, GA, USA

Donald G. Patterson Jr. earned his BA degree from the University of Northern Colorado and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Arizona State University. Following three years of post-doctorate research with Professor Carl Djerassi at Stanford University, he joined the Toxicology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1979. He was a member of the Senior Biomedical Research Service within the Organic Analytical Toxicology Branch within the Division of Laboratory Sciences at CDC until his recent retirement after 29 years of U.S. Government service. He is currently President of EnviroSolutions Consulting, Inc. and his current interests include the development and application of new and novel methods for sensitive, specific, fast, and accurate quantitative analysis for environmentally significant compounds in human tissues. These human biomonitoring methods generally involve the use of rapid automated sample preparation coupled with isotope-dilution high resolution mass spectrometry and various other techniques such as multidimensional comprehensive gas chromatography (GCxGC). The goal of this research is to dramatically increase the laboratory throughput and sensitivity; thereby reducing the cost of large scale human exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies designed to assess any potential human health effects from exposure to environmentally significant chemicals. He has authored and co-authored more than 400 journal articles as well as 10 book chapters.

Video Dirk Krumwiede
Video Eric Philips
Dirk Krumwiede and Heinz Mehlmann
2:40-3:00 p.m.
NEW Specification: 20 fg 2378-TCDD with Signal/Noise 200:1 (4 σ) on the Thermo Scientific DFS
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH, Germany

Dirk Krumwiede is an application specialist for HRGC-HRMS at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Bremen. He studied chemistry at the University of Bremen and received his PhD in analytical Chemistry. In August 2002 he joined Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH and started in the application laboratory working with the MAT95 XP and later on with the DFS.

Heinz Mehlmann studied chemistry at the University of Bielefeld and after his PhD in 2005 he joint Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH as a technical support specialist for the HRGC-HRMS product line. In 2007 he joined the marketing team as an application specialist for the DFS.

Mehran Alaee, Ph.D
3:45-4:05 p.m.
Determination of Siloxanes in Environmental Matrices
Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate,
Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario

Dr. Mehran Alaee, Canada Centre for Inland Waters (Burlington, ON)---Research Scientist - Environmental Mass Spectrometry - Priority Substances ExposureDetermination of sources and fate of emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as brominated flame-retardants (BFRs), organosilicon compounds and synthetic dyes to the Great Lakes and the Arctic. Determination of the impact of volatile methyl silicones on Canadian environment and health of Canadians under the Chemical Management Plan Application of mass spectrometry based techniques in identification and characterization of emerging persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment; and characterization of unknown variable compounds using gas chromatography/time of flight mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/quadrupole quardrupole time of flight mass spectrometry. Analytical methods for quantification of emerging BFRs by gas chromatography/ high resolution mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MSMS). Development of new sampling and analytical techniques to streamline determination of contaminants in environmental matrices.

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Wim Traag and Ron Hoogenboom
4:05-4:25 p.m.
Cost Effective Improvements in Dioxin Analysis: From a Specialized to a Routine Approach
RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Wim (W.A.) Traag, started his professional career at the Rijkszuivelstation in Leiden in 1973 and works at RIKILT since 1977. He is currently a senior scientist on pesticides, contaminants and mycotoxins and the project manager for the development of mass spectrometric methods of analysis for organic contaminants in feedstuffs and food. He has been involved in dioxin analysis since 1990 and was actively involved in all major incidents related to dioxins in the food chain, starting with the problems around the MWIs near Rotterdam, and later the citrus pulp incident, the Belgian affair (first samples analyzed at RIKILT). He participated in the EU-DIFFERENCE project dealing with the validation of new analytical methods for dioxins and the development of reference materials. Since 2004 he is project manager of the rapid alert system of RIKILT as part of the service level agreement between RIKILT and the Government.

Hans-Joachim Huebschmann
4:25-4:45 p.m.
Triple Quad GC-MS/MS Technique for PCDD, PCDF, and DL-PCB Screening
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Austin, Texas, USA

graduated in Food Chemistry from the Technical University, Berlin, Germany. His scientific research interest covered the GC and LC/MS trace analysis of pesticides and the determination of anabolic agents in food.

In his current position with Thermo Fisher Scientific as Technology Manager GC/MS he is acting as the product manager for high resolution and triple quadrupole GC/MS systems, located in Bremen, Germany and Austin TX, USA. Hans is with Thermo Fisher Scientific since 1984, at that time known as Finnigan MAT Bremen in different national and international positions as application chemist, sales manager and channel manager.

PUBLICATIONS:Handbook of GC/MS, Wiley 1996. , English edition 2001, 2nd revised and extended version 2008 (in print).