Mission
- DAC is a network of chemical societies and their members working in all fields of analytical sciences
- DAC gives a voice to the interdisciplinary field of analytical sciences
- DAC is based in Europe and aims at close links to related institutions all over the world
Governance
Steering Committee
- Prof. Slavica Ražić, University of Belgrade, Serbia (Chair and Website Editor)
- Prof. Marcela Alves Segundo,University of Porto, Portugal (Secretary)
- Prof. Jiri Barek, Charles University, Czech Republic (Treasurer)
- Prof. Charlotta Turner, Lund University, Sweden
- Prof. Sibel A. Özkan, Ankara University, Turkey
- Dr. Martin Vogel, University of Münster, Germany
- Prof. Lutgarde Buydens, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Membership
- Delegates to the DAC are appointed by EuChemS member societies, which are normally national chemical societies, and must have expertise in a field relevant to analytical chemistry.
- Observers may be nominated by inter- and supranational organizations being active in analytical chemistry and national chemical societies outside EuChemS.
- Guests are invited by the DAC Steering Committee if their expertise is relevant.
Delegates, Observers and Guests meet at the Annual Meeting which constitutes the supreme authority of DAC.
Delegates
Austria
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fur Analytische Chemie
Prof. Rudolf Krska
Gesellschaft Oesterreichischer Chemiker
Prof. Martina Marchetti-Deschmann
Belgium
Prof. Claudine Buess-Herman
Croatia
Croatian Chemical Society
Prof. Snežana Miljanić
Cyprus
Dr. Constantina P. Kapnissi-Christodoulou
Czech Republic
Prof. Jiri Barek
Denmark
Danish Chemical Society
Dr. Nikoline Juul Nielsen
Finland
Prof. Johan Bobacka
France
Dr. Christian Rolando
Germany
Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie
Prof. Günter Gauglitz
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Dr. Martin Vogel
Greece
Prof. Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
Hungary
Prof.. Horváth Viola
Ireland
Institute of Chemistry of Ireland
Prof. Jeremy D. Glennon
Israel
Prof. Daniel Mandler
Italy
Prof. Luigia Sabbatini
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Chemical Societes
Prof. Lutgarde Buydens
North Macedonia
Society of Chemists & Technologists of Macedonia
Prof. Trajce Stafilov
Norway
Norwegian Chemical Society
Prof. Elin L. Gjengedal
Poland
Dr. Krystyna Pyrzynska
Portugal
Prof. Marcela Alves Segundo
Romania
Prof. Raluca-Ioana van Staden
Russia
Mendeleev Russian Chemical Society
Prof. Sergey N. Shtykov
Russian Scientific Council on Analytical Chemistry
Prof. Gennady Evtugyn
Serbia
Serbian Chemical Society
Prof. Slavica Ražić
Slovak Republic
Dr. Ľubomír Švorc
Slovenia
Prof. Nataša Gros
Spain
Real Sociedad Española de Química
Prof. Jose M. Pingarron
Spanish Society for Analytical Chemistry
Prof. José Luis Pérez Pavón
Prof. Roma Tauler
Sweden
Prof. Charlotta Turner
Switzerland
Dr. Franka Kalman
Turkey
Turkish Chemical Society
Prof. Sibel Ozkan
United Kingdom
Dr. Steve Lancaster
Heads of Study Groups
Bioanalytics: Prof. Raluca-Ioana van Staden
Chemometrics: Prof. Federico Marini
Education: Dr. Martin Voigel
History: Prof. Duncan Burns
Quality Assurance: Prof. Elin L. Gjengedal
Liaison Persons
Prof. Rainer Salzer: Division of Chemical Education
Prof. Roma Tauler: Division of Chemistry and the Environment
Prof. Marcela Alves Segundo: Division of Food Chemistry
Prof. Luigia Sabbatini and Prof. Duncan Burns: Working Party on History of Chemistry
Prof. Jiri Barek: Analytical Chemistry Division of IUPAC
Observers and Guests
Australia: Prof. Paul Francis
Brazil: Prof. Solange Cadore
France: Prof. Philippe Garrigues
Germany: Dr. Ernst-Heiner Korte and Prof. Reiner Salzer
Greece: Prof. Miltiades Karayannis
Ireland: Prof. Duncan Burns
Italy: Prof. Federico Marini
Netherlands: Dr. Frans Maris, Dr. Oscar Van der Bink and Dr. Cari Sänger
Poland: prof. Adam Hulanicki, Prof. Boguslaw Buszewski and Prof. Maciej Jarosz
Portugal: Prof. Maria Filomena Camões
Russia: Prof. Yuri A. Zolotov and Prof.Oleg A. Shpigun
Romania: Prof. Koos van Staden
Slovak Republic: Prof. Ján Labuda
South Africa: Prof. Mathew Nindi
Spain: Prof. Miguel Valcarcel and Prof. Gemma Rauret Dalmau
Sweden: Prof. Bo Karlberg and Prof. Jonas Bergquist
UK / RSC: Prof. Alan Handley and Prof. Paul Worsfold
Ukraine: Prof. Vladimir Zaitsev
IRMM-JRC, European Commission: Prof. Hendrik Emons
Division of Environmental Chemistry: Prof. Ioannis Katsogiannis and Dr. W. T. de Lange
Division of Food Chemistry: Prof. Marco Arlorio
Division of Green and Sustainable Chemistry: Prof. Nicholas Gathergood
Past Chairs & Secretaries
Task Forces
Current Task Forces
Study Groups
Bioanalytics
Aims and objectives
The aim of the Bioanalytics study group is to search ways for bringing closer the analytical and bioanalytical chemistry community. This has proved to be a formidable task because a community of bioanalytical chemists does not appear to have formed yet. Many biochemists do analytical work but their emphasis is mostly on biochemistry itself. On the other hand there has been a growing trend for chemists and analytical chemists to do more and more bioanalytical work. Certain groups of (analytical) chemists have had a natural tendency for this, e.g., food chemists and forensic chemists. These observation underline the necessity of the aim stated above.
Membership
Prof. Raluca-Ioana van Staden – Romanian Chemical Society, Romania (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Guenter Gauglitz – Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für physikalische Chemie, DBG, Germany
Prof. Jan Labuda – Slovak Chemical Society, Slovak Republic
Prof. Jacobus Frederick van Staden – South African Chemical Institute, Romania
Prof. Hendrik Emons – IRMM-JRC, European Commission, Belgium
Prof. José M. Pingarron – Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry, Spain
Prof. George Horvai – Hungarian Chemical Society, Hungary
Annual Reports
Year: 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chemometrics
Aims and objectives
The aim of the Chemometrics study group is the promotion of Chemometrics in Europe through the organization of dedicated sessions in in EuChemS related conferences and of European Schools/Workshops on Chemometrics
Chemometric techniques are heavily used in analytical chemistry and they are at present gaining increasing acceptation in emerging omic analytical fields. The development of new chemometric methods continues to advance the state of the art in analytical instrumentation and methodology. It is an application driven discipline, and thus while the standard chemometric methodologies are very widely used in industry, academic groups are dedicated to the continued development of chemometric theory, method and application.
Membership
Prof. Romà Tauler – Catalan Chemistry Society, IDAEA-CSIC, Spain (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Richard Brereton – University of Bristol, England
Prof. Lutgarde Buydens – Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
Prof. Jan H Christensen – University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Joao Lopes – Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Prof. Federico Marini – University of La Sapienza, Italy
Prof. Alexey Pomerantsev/Oxana Radionova – Institute of Chemical Physics RAS, Russia
Prof. Jean Michel Roger – IRSTEA CEMAGREF / Douglas Rutledge, AgroParisTech, France
Prof. Johan Trygg – University of Umeä, Sweden
Prof. Beata Walczak – University of Silesia, Poland
Annual reports for download
Year: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Education
Aims and objectives
Aims of the Study Group Education are evaluation of curricula in analytical chemistry and promotion of new approaches in teaching analytical chemistry at the beginning of the 21st Century.
The attributes needed in the modern chemical industry and research have changed. This requires developments in chemistry’s coursework. Quality standards for curricula play an increasing role at the current stage of the Bologna process. Members of the SG Education participate actively in this development and promote proper approaches to this goal from within and outside Europe. Results and proposals are discussed during the Symposium Education Series at the beginning of each Euroanalysis Conference.
Membership
Dr. Martin Vogel – University of Muenster, Germany (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Reiner Salzer – Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. Ivo Leito – University Tartu, Estonia
Prof. Miltiades Karayannis – University of Ioannina, Greece
Annual reports for download
Year: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Contributions in Education in Analytical Chemistry
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Aims and objectives
The main aim of the study group is to promote possibilities of modern electroanalytical methods and their benefits for society via organizing special sessions on electroanalytical chemistry in broad spectrum analytical and chemical conferences, student’s competitions in electroanalytical chemistry, competitions of the best papers on electroanalytical chemistry for young electroanalytical chemists, international seminars for young electroanalytical chemist, exchange of students in electroanalytical chemistry, and network of electroanalytical laboratories. Attention will be also paid to closer cooperation between electroanalytical laboratories in Europe and in Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia using the support of producers of electroanalytical instrumentation and international programs of the Erasmus+ type an cooperation via European society on electroanalytical chemistry (ESEAC), division V of IUPAC and European chemistry thematic network association (ECTNA). Moreover, the study group will prepare and publish papers for generally oriented analytical journals promoting electroanalytica lchemistry.
Membership
Prof. Jiří Barek – Charles University, Czech Republic (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Sibel A. Ozkan – University of Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Jan Labuda – University of Bratislava, Slovakia
Prof. Frank-Michael Matysik – University of Regensburg, Germany
Prof. Christopher Brett – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Prof. Anastasios Economou – University of Athens, Greece
Prof. Elena Korotkova – University of Tomsk, Russia
Dr. Peter Barath – Metrohm, Czech Republic
Annual reports for download
Year 2020
History
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the History study group is to study and publish accounts of the history of analytical chemistry in Europe with reference to individual countries, specific locations, professional bodies and personalities. One primary way to achieve this is to promote and support a lecture on material relevant to the host country at each Euroanalysis Conference and its subsequent publication.
Membership
Prof. Thorburn Burns – The Queen’s University of Belfast, UK (Head of Study Group)
Prof. R. Salzer – Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Prof. Raluca-Ioana van Staden – Romanian Chemical Society, Romania
Prof. H. Deelstra – University of Antwerp, Belgium
Prof. M. Walker – Laboratory of the Government Chemist, London, UK
Annual reports for download
Year: 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Contributions to the History of AC in Europe
Nanoanalytics
Aims and objectives
The aim of the Study Group Nanoanalytics is to start a dialog within the analytical chemistry community on the concept of Nanoanalytics. There is however a need to explain in a clear way what Nanoanalytics does, what the outputs of Nanoanalytics are and what the terminology means. – A concept and definition of Nanoanalytics. – The most important types and classifications of nanotechnologies used in the chemical analysis. – The scope of applications of Nanoanalytics in Chemical Analysis.
Membership
Prof. Sergei Shtykov – Saratov State University, Russia (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Pavel Nesterenko, University of Tasmania, Australia
Prof. Nikolay Khlebtsov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Prof. Joao Luis Machado Santos, University of Porto, Portugal
Prof. Raluca-Ioana van Staden – Romanian Chemical Society, Romania
Annual report for download
Sample Preparation
Aims and objectives
The aims of the Study Group are the promotion of sample preparation through the organization of events, facilitation of communication, information exchange and networking, and the promotion of fundamental studies and cross-disciplinary collaboration. To further benefit the area, efforts are placed on promoting innovation and entrepreneurship as well as the involvement of early stage researchers.
Membership
Prof. Elia Psillakis, Technical University of Crete, Greece (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Slavica Ražić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Prof. Marcela Alves Segundo, University of Porto, Portugal
Prof. Sibel A. Ozkan, Ankara University, Turkey
Prof. Charlotta Turner, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Manuel Miro, University of the Balearic Island, Spain
Prof. Stig Pedersen-Bjergaard, University of Oslo, Norway
Assoc. Prof. Barbara Bojko, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
Assoc. Prof. Ezel Boyaci, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Guest Members:
Prof. Janusz Pawliszyn, University of Waterloo, Canada
Prof. Gangfeng Ouyang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Quality Assurance
Aims and objectives
Report on activities in Metrology, quality assurance, accreditation and all areas related to quality issues of analytical chemistry. Liaison to other Divisions, working groups, working parties and governmental bodies.
Accreditation of laboratories is common practice in industry and accreditation is introduced in order to sustain quality and reliability. Practices and procedures of quality assurance are considered also in science and the influence on quality of scientific results is evaluated and discussed. It is the objective of the Study Group Quality Assurance to follow the development of quality assurance and metrology in analytical chemistry with the aim of producing guides to assess quality of results, which eventually may create a new basis for decision making that may, or may not, have a significance to the way science is conducted in general. Both statistics and metrology are currently considered for renewal and improvements as to meet contemporary demands for quality in analytical chemistry.
Membership
Prof. Elin L.F. Gjengedal, UMB, Norway (Head of Study Group)
Prof. Hendrik Emons, IRMM-JRC, European Commission, Belgium
Prof. Constantina P. Kapnissi-Christodoulou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Prof. Ricardo Bettencourt da Silva,Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Annual reports for download