Seminar organized by doctorates for doctorates 7th PhD Seminar of the German Working Group for Analytical Spectroscopy (DAAS) in the GDCh Division of Analytical Chemistry

We warmly invite you to the 7^th Doctoral Student Seminar of the German Working Group for Analytical Spectroscopy (Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Analytische Spektroskopie “DAAS”) and to the ETV workshop. The event will take place in-person in Berlin (Adlershof) at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) on 15-17 November 2023. Doctoral students will have the opportunity to present their current research results in the form of oral talks and poster presentations but may also participate without an active contribution. The participation is free of charge. The event offers a great opportunity for interdisciplinary discussion, networking and collaboration with peers. Mark your calendar! We look forward to your participation.

Find the complete programme with all the speakers here.

The Fachgroupe ANALYTISCHE CHEMIE of the GDCh is offering scholarships for the active attendance to the event. Find more information about the Scholarship Program Of The GDCh Division Of Analytical Chemistry here.

List of topics

We accept oral presentation and poster contributions on the following topics:

• Elemental and species analysis
• Geo- and environmental analytics
• Material and surface analytics
• Nanoparticle and microplastic analytics
• Imaging techniques
• Isotope dilution analysis
• Stable isotopes and isotope variations
• Methods of direct solid state analysis / glow discharge
• Quality assurance and reference materials
• Instrumental developments
• New plasma sources
• Sample preparation
• Data evaluation, multivariate statistics
• Spectrochemical methods: ICP-OES, ICP-MS, LA-ICP-MS, MIP-OES, AAS, AES, AFS, LIBS, LAMIS, µXRF, TOF-SIMS, IR/Raman

ETV Workshop

Electrothermal vaporization (ETV) is an attractive sample introduction method for inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Samples can be directly introduced in various forms: as a solid, a liquid, or a mixture of the two, i.e. a slurry. The workshop will include fundamentals, applications, and novel developments in the field. Participation in this workshop is independent of the PhD seminar and provides a great opportunity to learn about solid sampling and exchange ideas between ETV users, manufacturers, and PhDs.

Registration

The deadline for registration was 26 October, 2023.

Hotel booking

Special price is available at the Airport hotel Adlershof for the DAAS participants. The hotel is 10-minutes walking away from BAM. The price is 92 euro per night (breakfast included), a double room for a single person use. We recommend to book rooms before 18 October to benefit from the low price. The rooms are available under the keyword "Bam 11/23". For reservation +49 (0)30-7202222-605 or by Email reservierung@aha-hotel.de

Preliminary program

15 November - ETV workshop

16-17 November - presentations and poster from PhDs

Invited speakers

Dr. Stefanie Fingerhut, Merck, Germany

Dr. Stefanie Fingerhut obtained her bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry from the University of Münster. She then pursued her passion for analytical chemistry and completed her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Karst, focusing on ICP-MS hyphenation techniques. After completing her PhD, Stefanie joined a middle-sized company as a Project Manager in the quality control department before she joined Merck in 2019 as a Senior Scientist in the Central Analytics department. She took over the position of lab manager for Elemental Impurity Profiling in 2021. Furthermore, Stefanie is an active member of the GDCh, specifically in the Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie as a Board member of the DAAS since 2023.

Dr. Petra Metz, Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany

Dr. Petra Metz is currently a Head of WINS Adlershof Program: a Career Development and Mentoring Program for Female Scientists. Since 2023 she is a Head of Center for Career Development Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. She supports doctoral students and postdocs on campus with regard to a scientific career, to acquire key qualifications, exchange ideas and network with leaders from academia and research. He career path started as a DAAD Lecturer in Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France between 1996-2001. In 2005 she obtained her PhD in German Literature at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Between 2002-2016 she worked as an Advisor and Curator of Cultural and Scientific Events, Berlin, Germany, and 2009-2017 as a Head of Department, LIFE e.V., Berlin, Germany.

Dr. Sofia Pazzagli, Integrated Quantum Nanophotonics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Sofia Pazzagli received her PhD in Physics in 2018 at the University of Florence in Italy. Since 2019, she is a researcher at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, where she set up an optical lab for integrated quantum nanophotonics using organic molecules. Her ambition is to make future photonic technologies economically and environmentally sustainable. She is developing a strong interest in entrepreneurship, and in 2022 her team was awarded the 1st prize in the category “Digital & Technologies” in the “Research to Market Challenge,” a competition organized by the Berlin University Alliance. Sofia is a proud member of the network of Women in Natural Science Adlershof (WiNS) and since 2021 she co-organizes events for students and early-stage career researchers, such as the Berlin PostDoc Day and the Friday Light Talks. For her, any opportunity is a good occasion to test her communication skills: from pitching at the Falling Walls Lab competition to surfing (and not drowning!) social media.

Lennart Gehrenkemper, German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA)

Lennart Gehrenkemper is a scientist at the German Federal Environment Agency. Previously, he studied education (B.A.) and chemistry (B.Sc. & M.Sc.) with a focus on analytical chemistry at the University of Münster. From 2020 to 2023, he conducted research on PFAS sum parameters as part of his PhD project at the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing in the group of Dr Björn Meermann. Since February this year, Lennart has been working on the derivation of soil safty values for PFAS in the group of Dr Annegret Biegel-Engler. His intersectional research is supported by a group of experts in the fields of environmental sciences, analytics, toxicology and plant physiology.

Dr. Thibaut Van Acker, Atomic and Mass Spectrometry (A&MS) research unit, Ghent, Belgium

Thibaut Van Acker (1992) obtained his Master of Science degree in Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Technology at Ghent University (Belgium) in 2015. During the last year of his Master of Science degree, he carried out his Master thesis in the Atomic & Mass Spectrometry (A&MS) research unit under the supervision of Dr. Eduardo Bolea-Fernandez and Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke and it was in that period that he developed his interest in Analytical Chemistry. As a result, he started his PhD in the A&MS research unit on the topic “Method development for high-resolution elemental bio-imaging via laser ablation-ICP-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)”. After obtaining his PhD degree in Chemistry in 2019, he continued his journey as postdoctoral researcher further exploring the fundamentals and capabilities of LA-ICP-MS for elemental bio-imaging applications in interdisciplinary contexts. Thibaut is (co-)author of 24 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals (h-index: 14, total number of citations: 711) and recently was awarded the 2023 European Rising Star Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry at the European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry organized by the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Dr. Mario Corte Rodriguez, University of Oviedo, UNIOVI Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Oviedo, Spain

Dr. Mario Corte-Rodríguez obtained his PhD in 2017 at the University of Oviedo. His Doctoral Thesis was about the application of ICP-MS to study the incorporation of metallodrugs at the cellular level. In this time, he started to work in the analysis of single particles and cells (SP and SC-ICP-MS). In his postdoc, his research has been focused on the development of ICP-MS based methods for the analysis of single particles and, specially, cells, in combination with metal labels for the quantification of biomarkers at the single cell level. During the last years, he has carried out research stays at BAM in Berlin and the University of Vienna to learn and apply new concepts to single cell analysis. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Oviedo and his current research goes towards the elemental characterization of cell populations in terms of biomarker expression, elemental content and metal and nanoparticles uptake, and the application of SP-ICP-MS analysis to the quantification of specific nucleic acid sequences.

Dr. Martin Resano, University of Zaragoza, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Zaragoza, Spain

Dr. Martín Resano Ezcaray (PhD 1999, University of Zaragoza; Post-Doc at University of Gent (Belgium)) is a Professor at the University of Zaragoza where he leads the research group MARTE (Rapid Analysis Methods with Spectroscopic Techniques, DGA Reference E43_20R) since 2008. MARTE develops new methodologies with high-resolution molecular and atomic absorption spectrometry (HR CS MAS/AAS) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to undertake the direct trace elemental and isotopic analysis of solids and complex samples of all types, although with increasing emphasis on biomedical applications and nanoanalysis. Dr. M. Resano has chaired the Editorial Board of the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry (Royal Society of Chemistry) between July 2016 and July 2020 and is a Fellow Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His work has been awarded (26/03/2015) with the Bunsen-Kirchhoff Prize of the German Working Group for Analytical Spectroscopy (AK DAAS) of the German Chemical Society (GDCh). More information can be obtained in the links to his scientific identifiers: Scopus Author ID: 7003529113; ResearcherID: E-6195-2012

Dr. Thomas Vogt, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Freiberg, Germany

Dr. Thomas Vogt is currently senior scientist at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. After the qualification as electrian, he studied Applied Natural Science with focus on environmental analysis and his growing interest in analytical chemistry led to a diploma thesis in the field of atomic spectroscopy to analyze solar silicone with ETV-ICP-OES. Solid sampling with ETV was also the main topic of his doctorial theses as part of the DER (Deutsches EnergieRohstoffzentrum), in which he developed methods for the process accompanying analysis of fuels for energetic and material use. Direct solid sampling methods like ETV, LIBS and LA remain the focus of his research to this day.

Dr. Jan Lisec, BAM, Germany

Dr. Jan Lisec studied Biotechnology at the TU Berlin, preparing his diploma thesis at Murdoch University (Perth, Australia). He investigated the metabolome of model plants to shed light on the heterosis phenomenon using quantitative genetics approaches at the Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and obtained his PhD from U Potsdam (2009). Mass spectrometry, programming and statistics remained in the focus of his research that led him to the Molecular Cancer Center of the Charité Berlin, investigating cellular metabolic fluxes, and ultimately to BAM where he currently is co-heading a mass spec facility. Dr. Lisec is the (co-)author of numerous publications (https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=NP6Jv14AAAAJ) and R packages (https://github.com/janlisec), working continuously on improving all steps of non-targeted metabolomics analyses and compound annotation in particular.

Heinrich Kipphardt, BAM, Germany

Heinrich Kipphardt graduated from University Dortmund in collaboration with ISAS (Institute for Analytical Science) and Max-Planck-Laboratory for ultra-pure materials analysis with focus on inorganic chemical analysis. During his three years stay at IRMM (Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements) he discovered his passion for metrology when working on gas isotopes. He joined BAM (Federal Institute for Materials research and Testing) in 1999 with the main task of developing primary standards for element determination, which technically requires to characterise a high purity metal with respect to all other possible impurities mainly by atomic spectrometry. In 2012 he joined BAM’s gas analysis group, being now head of the subject area and technically responsible for the automotive and energy gases. Heinrich is also active in metrology as well as in national and international standardisation bodies.

Dr. Björn Meermann, BAM, Germany

Dr. Björn Meermann studied chemistry at the University of Münster and obtained his doctorate in analytical chemistry in 2009 in the working group of Prof. Dr. Uwe Karst (University of Münster). He then spent almost 2 years as a post-doc at the University of Ghent (Belgium) in the working group of Prof. Dr. Frank Vanhaecke. In 2012, he moved to the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG, Koblenz) as a research assistant. Since June 2019, he has been Head of Department 1.1 "Inorganic Trace Analysis" at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin. His current research focuses on the interface between materials and the environment as well as the life sciences. He investigates the release of elements, element species and (nano)-particles from materials into the environment, organisms and cells. The focus is on coupling techniques, single particle/cell-ICP-ToF-MS and HR-CS-GFMAS (for non-metals) methods.

Organizing Team/ Contact

Dr. Björn Meermann
MSc. Dariya Tukhmetova
MSc. Michail Ioannis Chronakis
MSc. Vera Scharek

phdseminar2023@bam.de