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Final Program National Meeting AES Electrophoresis Society Coblentz Society North American Society for Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (NASLIBS) Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) Home of International LIBS 2018 FINAL PROGRAM OCTOBER 21 – 26 Atlanta Marriott Marquis | Atlanta, GA SciXconference.org Join Us For The Following Special Events at our SAS National Meeting During SciX In Atlanta • Sunday, 10/21 at 7:00pm, SAS Student Poster Competition* and SciX Opening Mixer: Marriott Marquis • Monday, 10/22 at 8:00pm, SAS Student Members Only* Event at Braves All Star Grill: Downtown Atlanta • Tuesday, 10/23 Special 60th Anniversary Sessions: Marriott Marquis: Past, Present and Future: Celebrating 60 Years of SAS and Spectroscopy Innovations • Tuesday, 10/23 at 7:00pm, SAS Awards Ceremony: Marriott Marquis Imperial A • Tuesday, 10/23 at 8:00pm SAS 60th Anniversary Wine and Cheese Celebration with Special Entertainment: Marriott Marquis Imperial B (This event is open to SAS members only* from 8:00-9:30pm. A group SAS commemorative photo will be taken at 8:30pm. Doors will open at 9:30pm to non-members.) *Not an SAS Member, but want to be part of our Member’s Only events? Join SAS today and be part of the next 60 years! Visit www.s-a-s.org or call 301-694-8122 to join today! TABLE OF CONTENTS Attention Presenters: Check this final program to verify the schedule of your talk or poster. Changes have occurred since the preliminary program. See Author Index, page 89. Page Welcome ............................................................................................................................. 2 SciX Chairs ......................................................................................................................... 2 SciX / FACSS Chairs ......................................................................................................... 3 FACSS / SciX Organization ............................................................................................... 3 General Information ........................................................................................................... 4 Speaker/Poster Information, Internet access, companion registration Presenter Information, Special Events Events of Special Interest to Students ................................................................................. 5 Employment Bureau / Internet Café ................................................................................... 5 Conference Regulations / Code of Conduct ...................................................................... 5 Program Sponsors ............................................................................................................... 6 Awards FACSS Distinguished Service Award ......................................................................... 7 FACSS Student Award ................................................................................................ 8 FACSS Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award .................................................................. 9 FACSS Innovation Award ......................................................................................... 10 FACSS Charles Mann Award.................................................................................... 11 Wiley Raman Student Award .................................................................................... 11 SAS Distinguished Service Award ............................................................................ 12 SAS Honorary Membership Award .......................................................................... 13 SAS Lester W. Strock Award .................................................................................... 13 SAS Barbara Stull Graduate Student Awards ........................................................... 14 SAS Bruce R. Kowalski Award ................................................................................ 15 SAS William J. Poehlman Award ............................................................................. 15 SAS / NASLIBS Award ............................................................................................ 15 SAS Applied Spectroscopy William F. Meggers Award........................................... 16 SAS Fellows Award .................................................................................................. 17 Coblentz Society Honorary Membership .................................................................. 18 Coblentz Society Clara Craver Award ...................................................................... 19 Coblentz Society William G. Fateley Student Award ............................................... 19 Coblentz Society Student Awards ............................................................................. 20 Spectroscopy Magazine Emerging Scientist in Molecular Spectroscopy Award ...... 21 ANACHEM Award ................................................................................................... 21 Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Investigator Award ...................................... 21 IRDG Chalmers and Dent Student Award ................................................................. 22 AES Blue Fingers Student Award ............................................................................. 22 AES Lifetime Achievement Award ........................................................................... 23 AES Mid-Career Award ............................................................................................ 23 Previous FACSS/SciX Board and Meeting Chairs ........................................................... 24 Society and Committee Meetings ..................................................................................... 26 Exhibitors ......................................................................................................................... 27 SciX Short Courses and Workshops ................................................................................. 32 Program Overview ............................................................................................................ 33 Technical Overview by Topic .......................................................................................... 37 Program Highlights ........................................................................................................... 4 1 Technical Program Sunday ....................................................................................................................... 4 2 Monday ...................................................................................................................... 43 Tuesday ..................................................................................................................... 56 Wednesday ................................................................................................................ 67 Thursday .................................................................................................................... 78 Friday ........................................................................................................................ 88 Author Index ..................................................................................................................... 89 Next year: October 13 - 18, 2019, Palm Springs, CA 1 WELCOME TO SciX 2018 On behalf of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS) it is our pleasure to welcome you to SciX 2018. We are excited to be in Atlanta this year, which is a brand-new venue for SciX, allowing us to expand the technical program, offer new workshops, and enable new networking opportunities. We now have 14 FACSS member organizations working together to host a “right sized” conference. SciX 2018 is the National Meeting for the Society for Applied Spectroscopy, the AES Electrophoresis Society, the Coblentz Society, and is the home of International LIBS 2018. As in the past, the focus of SciX 2018 is the technical program organized under the leadership of the Program Chair, Karen Esmonde-White. The Sunday Keynote speaker is our opening event and features Matthew Savoca discussing the role of analytical chemistry in understanding the environmental impact of microplastics. Throughout the SciX program and every morning, we honor our award-winning colleagues. Award winners, their presentations and sessions are prominently identified throughout the program and the SciX mobile app (download the app for the most up-to- date information). Equally important are the poster sessions that feature students, early-career professionals and seasoned scientists that allow for more in-depth, but relaxed discussions. Under the guidance of the Program Chair, the Section Chairs and Session Chairs have worked hard to organize symposia across many interesting topics and applications within the analytical sciences. The chairs also secure financial support from our sponsoring industrial partners. These funds go directly into the program to help bring in the best and brightest as our presenters. We also are pleased to honor the finalists in the competitive FACSS Innovation Award session on Thursday afternoon. We close out the technical program on Friday morning with special session entitled “SciFri: The Science of Science Fiction”. A major goal for SciX is to support networking opportunities for every SciX attendee. Please be sure to check the program for all the networking opportunities that range from coffee breaks,
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