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James H. Prestegard, currently GRA Eminent Scholar, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, and Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Georgia, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in January of 1944. He remained in the state until he received his BS in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 1966.  He then moved…

Mary J. Wirth is the W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emerita at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in chemistry from Northern Illinois University, where she became fascinated by separation science while taking a graduate course from Professor Joseph Pesek. She received her Ph.D. from Purdue University, working under the direction of Professor Fred Lytle,…

John H. Kalivas is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the primary undergraduate institution Idaho State University (ISU). He obtained his PhD at the University of Washington in 1982 under the direction of Bruce Kowalski. After two temporary lectureship positions at University of Minnesota-Morris and Texas A&M University, he started his tenure track…

Professor John A. McLean is Stevenson Professor of Chemistry, Chair of the Department of Chemistry, Associate Provost for Graduate Education, and Director of the Center for Innovative Technologies at Vanderbilt University. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He earned his PhD…

Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of The University of Toledo (OH, USA). Research work in the 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…