SCSC Executive Committee
The SCSC Executive Committee holds an annual business meeting virtually close to Pittcon. All are welcome to attend and get involved in Subdivision activities and planning.
CHAIR | Jim Grinias
Jim Grinias is a Professor at Rowan University. His research focuses on the fundamentals of separations, especially in capillary columns and microfluidic devices. He also is interested in implementing new educational technologies to help enhance the instruction of chemical instrumentation and analytical techniques. He has served the professional community on the HPLC 2016, 2018, and 2022 Symposium Organizing Committees and as an executive committee member of the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley and the ACS Subcommittee on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry.
CHAIR-ELECT | Emanuela Gionfriddo
Emanuela Gionfriddo is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of The University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. Research work in Dr. Gionfriddo’s lab focuses on developing advanced analytical separation tools for the analysis of complex biological and environmental samples using green extraction methodologies. She received her Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (2013) at the University of Calabria (Italy). She joined Prof. Pawliszyn’s group at the University of Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) in 2014 as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and manager of the Gas-Chromatography section of the Industrially Focused Analytical Research Laboratory (InFAReL). Dr. Gionfriddo has authored over 60 peer-reviewed contributions, including a patent on PTFE-based SPME coatings. Dr. Gionfriddo is the recipient of the 2024 Chinese American Chromatography Association Young Investigator Award, the 2023 LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award, the 2023 Eastern Analytical Symposium Young Investigator Award, and the 2022 ACS Analytical Division Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science. Dr. Gionfriddo serves as the Chair-Elect of the ACS Analytical Chemistry Subdivision on Chromatography and Separation Chemistry. Her research program is currently funded by the National Science Foundation through the 2022 CAREER Award, the USDA, and several industrial partnerships.
PAST CHAIR | Amber Hupp
Amber Hupp is an Associate Professor & Chair of the Chemistry Department at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. She earned her B.A. from Kalamazoo College and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Michigan State University. Amber enjoys teaching a wide range of courses including Environmental Chemistry, General Chemistry, and Instrumental Analysis. Her research group utilizes gas chromatography and a range of chemometric methods to understand the fatty acid methyl ester content in biodiesel produced from different feedstocks as well as in biodiesel diesel blended fuels. Amber has been an active member of the board since 2014.
SECRETARY | Kate Perrault Uptmor
Kate Perrault is an Associate Professor of Forensic Sciences
and Chemistry at Chaminade University of Honolulu. S he earned a Ph.D. from the
University of Technology Sydney and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in forensic
sciences from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. She
specializes in the development of multidimensional separations for the
comprehensive characterization of odors of forensic relevance. Kate is the
Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Forensic and Bioanalytical
Chemistry, which is supported through several federal grants, foundation
grants, and industry support. She researches decomposition odor for forensic
search and recovery, and mentors numerous undergraduate researchers as part of
her integrated teaching and research program. Her current interests include odor
production from post-mortem microbes, development of data processing workflows
for multidimensional chromatography, promoting the adoption of multidimensional
separations in the forensic sciences, and producing curriculum on
multidimensional separations to be taught in undergraduate chemistry classes.
TREASURER | Jonathan Edelman
Jonathan Edelman is currently employed at Restek Corporation. He began his career as an analytical chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. Jonathan then moved into a sales and marketing capacity finding his love of science was easily and effectively combined with strategic business expansion goals. His current appointments include: founder and central organizer for the Separation Community Mixer, Secretary of the American Chemical Society Separations Subdivision, Organizing committee member for HPLC 2016 conference, local organizing chair for the GCxGC conference, and president emeritus at the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley and Washington Chromatography discussion group.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | Jonathan Shackman
Jonathan Shackman is currently a Principal Scientist in the Chemical & Synthetic Development department at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) supporting drug development for both small molecule and biologics from pre-clinical through marketed products. He graduated with two baccalaureate degrees (Biochemistry and a double major in Chemistry / Molecular & Cellular Biology) from the University of Arizona and was awarded the Outstanding Chemistry Senior award in 2000. His Analytical Chemistry Ph.D. program began at the University of Florida under Prof. Robert Kennedy and was part of the group that transitioned the lab to the University of Michigan. Research with Dr. Kennedy primarily focused on the development and applications of microfluidic-based immunoassays, with a moonlighting job of writing most of the group’s LabVIEW programs. After graduation in 2005, he held a National Research Council position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developing new electrophoretic separation techniques with a range of applications from forensics to astrobiology. After NIST, Jonathan served as an Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Temple University, teaching and supervising a graduate research group studying novel separations, microfluidics, and applications to biological systems. In 2010 he joined BMS, where he has received 9 awards, including the 2017 BMS Chemistry Leadership Award.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | André Striegel
André Striegel received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry in
1996 and his BS in Chemistry in 1991, both from the University of New Orleans.
From 1996 to 1998 he performed postdoctoral research for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, at the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research. From
1998 to 2004 he worked for Solutia (now Eastman Chemical), and from 2004 to
2011 he was Assistant Professor of both Analytical and Materials Chemistry at
Florida State University (FSU). In 2011, he joined the National Institute of
Standards & Technology (NIST), where he is currently Scientific Advisor in
the Chemical Sciences Division of the Material Measurement Laboratory. His
research interests are in the area macromolecular separation science, broadly
defined. He has received the Eli Lilly Analytical Chemistry Grantee Award, the
inaugural ACS-DAC Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, and an
FSU First Year Assistant Professor Award. He also received a Solutia Technical
Achievement Award for his research in private industry and served as inaugural
Professor in Residence for Preservation Research and Testing at the U.S.
Library of Congress. He is the author of nearly 90 peer-reviewed publications,
lead co-author of the second edition of “Modern Size-Exclusion Liquid
Chromatography” and editor of the book “Multiple Detection in Size-Exclusion
Chromatography.” From 2010 to 2015, he was associate editor of the Encyclopedia
of Analytical Chemistry. He is, since 2015, editor of Chromatographia.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | Muhammad Qamar Farooq
Muhammad Qamar Farooq is a scientist in the synthetic separations team at Amgen. His work focuses on analysis and purification of small and hybrid molecules using chromatographic techniques. He completed his PhD in 2022 under supervision of Dr. Jared Anderson at Iowa State University. His graduate research was focused on utilization of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for analytical separations. He is also an executive committee member of ACS SCSC (Subdivision of Chromatography & Separations Chemistry).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | Caitlin Cain
Caitlin Cain is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan, where her research specializes in the development of chemometric techniques to improve the non-targeted analyses of complex chromatographic data. Previously, she earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Washington in 2024 and B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Forensic Science from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2019. Her research efforts have been recognized by numerous fellowships and accolades, including the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F32 Fellowship), NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, and the inaugural LCGC Rising Stars of Separation Science Award.