Division of Analytical Chemistry

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

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Year: 2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018

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

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Year: 2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018

Contributions in Education in Analytical Chemistry

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

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Year: 2009  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018

Contributions to the History of AC in Europe

Year: 2018

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

Year: 2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018