The team is a group of experts that have joined forces to share information and combine it into an unbiased source of learning and reference. All contributions are refereed by independent reviewers not commercially connected to its content. On this page you will find the names of the Editorial Board, Topic Owners, Authors and advisors. Each of them experienced chromatografers in theory, practice teaching and training.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Overall responsable for the quality of Chromedia. They invite Topic Owners, authors and reviewers. Peter Schoenmakers and Hans-Gerd Janssen, together with Frank van Geel are the founding fathers of Chromedia®. Other members are Lee Polite, Henk Claessens, Nick Snow, Nico Vonk and Paola Dugo. Editorial Board and Topic Owners ensure reviewed, unbiased, independent information.
Peter Schoenmakers (Ph.D., Ir) is a professor at the
Hans-Gerd Janssen (Ph.D., Ir) graduated from the Eindhoven University of Technology with a Master degree and Ph.D thesis in fast GC and Supercritical-Fluid Chromatography. He then became head of the GC research group of the Eindhoven University. In 1999 he joined Unilever research to become the head of the chromatography and mass spectrometry skill base. Since 2004 he also is a part-time professor at the University of Amsterdam. Hans-Gerd has a deep interest in the applications and theoretical aspects of all forms of chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Lee N. Polite (Ph.D) is President and Founder of Axion Analytical Laboratories, Inc, and Axion Training Institute. Axion is the premier chromatography training organization in the US. In his position, Lee is responsible for all HPLC and GC method development, troubleshooting, consulting, and training. Axion Labs was founded in 1995, and specializes in all aspects of chromatography research including environmental tobacco smoke, detection of explosive vapors (bomb detection), carbohydrates, organic acids, basic compounds, high-speed HPLC, ion chromatography, and high-resolution gas chromatography. Lee Polite has taught chromatography courses for more than 22 years to a variety of professionals throughout the world. Lee is presently professor in charge of the American Chemical Society's "Fundamentals of HPLC Course”, taught several time each year at the national ACS meetings. He is also the sole supplier of the popular hands-on HPLC and GC courses to the ACS.
Henk Claessens (Ph.D) is associated professor in analytical chemistry at the Avans University of Professional Education, Academy of Life Sciences the Netherlands. He was head of the laboratory of Liquid Chromatography in the Department of Instrumental Analysis of the University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, guest teacher in analytical chemistry at the Charles University in Prague and at the Technical University in the Czech Republic. His fields of expertise include liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and hydrid techniques. He is (co)author of about 130 scientific papers and is active in the participation and organisation of national and international courses on separation sciences. In Chromedia he is also Topic Owner of reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC).
Nick Snow (Ph.D) is professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, USA. He has been a chromatographer for nearly twenty years and has published research on many aspects of separation science. Curently he is most interested in rapid separation techniques for pharmaceuticals and other difficult samples, with a focus on micro-extractions and gas chromatography.
Nico Vonk (Ir) is a professional trainer for Avans+, a Dutch post-bachelor laboratory school. He studied at the University of Technology in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) at the department of Instrumental Analysis with Carel Cramers. He started his career at Chrompack Int., where he was responsible for the development and production of HPLC columns. Also he developed several courses for GC and HPLC, which he organized and presented in many countries in Europe. In march 2001 he joined Nova Knowledge (now Avans+) in Breda (The Netherlands), where he gives a complete program of chromatography courses in Breda as well as on different locations in the Middle East.
Paola Dugo is Associate Professor of Food Chemistry at the University of Messina, Italy, and specializes in the chemistry of food and fragrances. She is also the author of approximately 130 scientific papers and book chapters, and has been a lecturer in both national and international congresses and symposiums. Paula's interests include the composition of essential oils from citrus fruits and aromatic plants, components with possible biological activity in natural matrices, determination of the aromatic fraction of food and beverages and the study of triglycerides in fats and oils. The researches are carried out using both conventional and innovative chromatographic techniques (in particular multidimensional comprehensive chromatography). She is also Topic Owner of the Topic Circle on Food.
Frank van Geel is initiator of Chromedia and one of the founders. He studied analytical chemistry with Leo de Galan in Delft, the Netherlands and did a post-doc in spectroscopy with Jim Winefordner at the University of Florida in the US. Then became a science teacher, and publisher in chemistry and physics related subjects. He developed many print publications in chemistry and other sciences. He strongly supports the mission: "Building on line communities is the road to take. To strengthen the quality of analytical chemistry we need a community platform for sharing know-how. If we don't take that road we will end up with masses of unstructured and unvalidated information on one end and unaffordable publications on the other. That is why we now have Chromedia."
TOPIC OWNERS
Topic Owners 'own' a Topic Circle and are responsable for their specific subject. They write, invite authors, pick up suggestions from the community members and guard the quality of the chapters.
- Paul Haddad. Ion chromatography.
- Henk Claessens. RPLC and HPLC Columns.
- Harold McNair. GC and LC basics.
- Hans-Gerd Janssen. Several GC topics.
- Sabine Heinisch. Gradiënt elution.
- Nick Snow. Sample preparation (GC).
- Paola Dugo. Food analysis.
- Yolanda Pico, University of Valencia. Pesticide analysis.
- Tuuli Hyötiläinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 2D-LC.
- Jan Beens. 2D-GC.
- Michal Holcapek, University of Pardubice. LC/MS.
- Michael Lämmerhöfer, Vienna University. Chiral analysis.
- Hubertus Irth. Bioanalytical sample prep.
- Henk Lingeman. Sample prep.
- Leo de Galan. Measuring and validating results.
- Jo Klaessens. Laboratory operations.
- Ruud Vervoort. Pharmaceutical analysis.
- Attila Felinger. Preparative HPLC.
- Pim Muijselaar, Solvay. Capillary Electrophoresis.
- Rainer Bischoff. Proteomics.
- Janusz Pawlyszin, University of Waterloo. SPME.
- Ab Buijtenhuijs, Akzo Nobel. Synthetic Polymers.
- Eric Lesellier, Universite d'Orleans. SFC.
- Frank DiSanzo, ExxonMobil. Petrochemical analysis.
The expert team
- Harold McNair
- Uwe Neue
- André de Kok
- John Dimandja
- Tadeusz Gorecki
- Anca Tugolea
- Mareike Lutz
- Tom Lynch
- Gert Desmet
- Ivan van der Heyden
- Philip Marriott
- Luigi Mondello
- Fred Regnier
- Pat Sandra
- Heather Lord
- Hernan Cortes
- Uwe Karst
- Jan-Willem Marinissen
- and many more.
