International Conference and Expo on Separation Techniques August 10-12, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Dr Dapremont received his Master degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toulouse, France and his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry in Simulated Moving Bed technology (SMB) and chiral applications in 1997 from the University of Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris France. He started his career, in 1992, developing SMB technology for Prochrom R&D, France. In 1997, He joined Chiral Technologies Europe, France, as manager of the SMB laboratory, where he was in charge of developing kilogram scale SMB chiral separations. He joined Aerojet Fine Chemicals, now AMPAC Fine Chemicals (AFC) in Rancho Cordova, CA, at the beginning of 2001. At AFC, Dr Dapremont is in charge of the development of chromatographic processes for APIs and intermediates. To this day, he has developed and implemented more than 20 chiral and non-chiral separations using SMB from kilogram to multi ton scale. Dr. Dapremont is author and co-author of several articles on preparative chromatography and SMB applications in various scientific journals and magazines. He is co-inventor for multiple patents using SMB as a purification step for APIs and he has been presenting lectures at International conferences on Preparative Chromatography (Prep, SPICA, Large Scale Chromatography Conference) for the past 20 years. Dr Dapremont is also a member of the Organizing Committee of the Prep Symposium conference and a member of the Scientific Committee of the SPICA conference.

Research interests are in the development of the technology for continuous processes and preferably continuous separations (Chromatography, evaporation, extraction…). The combination of hands-on and theoretical approaches via experimentation and modelling is the preferred interest.

Gerhard Kratz has completed his studies at University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. His dissertation was about Planning, calculation and construction of a Fluidized bed reactor. Deepening during his studies was Water economy, chemical technology, plastic technology, varnish and paints, oil processing. First positions in industry were in pharmaceutical industry doing HPLC method development on various HPLC brands. Specialized in HPLC column selection and teaching customers in troubleshooting all over the world he is supporting several internet forums for HPLC questions.

Research interest in HPLC

GaÄ—tane Lespes received a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1987. Having been in engineering consultancies in instrumentation and environment, she joined the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour in 1990 . It is since 2001 Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry Environmental. She is co-director of the Master 2 "Environment and Materials." She is a member of the National Council of Universities (CNU) - 31th section, member of the ISO / AFNOR "Quality water-organic micropollutants" member and secretary of the University Research Group on Technical Processing and Purification Water (GRUTTEE), member of the "Characterization of raw and biotransformed plant lipids and hydrophobic polymers for a green and sustainable chemistry" PlantLipol-Green Montpellier platform SupAgro Scientific Council. It develops analytical strategies for the study of speciation and distribution of trace metals in soil-plant and aquatic systems via coupled techniques (FFF-MALLS-ICP-MS, GC-PFPD, GC-ICP -MS.)

Analytical chemistry, development of strategy based on coupling (typically Field-flow Fractionation/ light scattering/ atomic mass spectrometry) for nano-object characterisation and speciation.

Eduard Rogatsky completed his M.Sc (physical chemistry) in Belarus State University (former USSR) in 1990. In 1998 has completed PhD in bioanalytical chemistry (Bar-Ilan University, Israel). At the end of 1999 he started post-doctorate at Albert Einstein College of medicine and since 2001 joined faculty. Currently his holds a title of Research Associate professor of Medicine.

Design and development ultra-sensitive LC/MS analytical assays of clinical biomarkers and metabolites. LC/MS analysis of peptide hormones and proteins and absolute quantitation using isotope dilution assays. Design and development of multi-dimensional chromatography platforms and investigation of physical processes during column switching and mixing. Investigations of column selectivity under different conditions. Optimization of LC/MS for use of UPLC and fused core columns.

Prof. Chung had worked for US industries for 15 years before joining NUS in 1995. He is a Subject Editor of Chemical Engineering Research and Design and editorial board members of 15 journals including J. Membrane Science, AIChE J., I & EC Research, Separation and Purification Reviews, and others. He was an inventor of Hyflux Kristalâ„¢ 600 ultrafiltration membranes. He received IES (Institution of Engineers, Singapore) Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, Hyflux-SNIC (Singapore National Institute of Chemistry) Award in Environmental Chemistry in 2010, and Research Leadership Award at NUS in 2011. He became a Fellow in the Academy of Engineering Singapore in 2012. He received the 2014 Underwood Medal for Exceptional Research in Separations from IChemE (Institute of Chemical Engineers, UK).

Research in Separations

Professor Shalliker completed his PhD in 1992 from Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Australia. He completed postdoctoral studies at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (Australia) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the latter under the mentorship of Distinguished Professor Georges Guiochon. He is currently a Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Western Sydney and a Deputy Director of the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS). He has approximately 130 publications.

Research interest on Separation Science, Analytical Chemistry.

Hiroshi Uyama received his B.S. (1985) and M.S. (1987) from Kyoto University. In 1988, he joined the Department of Applied Chemistry, Tohoku University, as Research Associate and obtained Ph.D. He moved to the Department of Materials Chemistry, Kyoto University in 1997. In 2004, he was appointed as a full professor at the Department of Materials Chemistry, Osaka University. He has published over 270 original papers, 170 book chapters and reviews, and 140 patens.

ResearcH interest in Materials Chemistry

Radim Vespalec has received equivalent to PhD from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czechoslovak Republic, Praha, in 27. The scientific degree Dr.Sc. he received from Technical University of Pardubice in 57, the pedagogical Asoc. Prof. degree he received from Masaryk University Brno in 58. He is senior scientist in the Institute of Biophysics. Web of Science reports his 80 scientific articles He contributed to 3 monographs.

Research interest in Biophysics, Physical Chemistry

Dr. Karsten has completed his PhD in Medical Genetics and Pathology from Uppsala University, Sweden in 2000 and postdoctoral studies in Functional Neurogenomics from UCLA in 2004. Currently, Dr. Karsten is a President and CEO of NeuroInDx, Inc., a California based company focused on the development of instrumentation for cell and tissue specific sample acquisition and analysis in biomedical research. Prior to his position at NeuroInDx, Dr. Karsten was an Assistant Professor of Neurology where his laboratory conducted research in neuroscience. Dr. Karsten’s research work was published in over 30 peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Neuron and PNAS and resulted in several patents

Focused on the development of instrumentation for cell and tissue specific sample acquisition and analysis in biomedical research.

Dr. Caglar is a Senior Research Associate at the Istanbul University, Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Analytical Chemistry. She conducted post-doctoral research at Medical Center of Munich University, Institute of Laboratory Medicine Laboratory of BioSeparation with a main focus of hyphenation of mass spectrometry with on-line sample processing between the years 2011-2013. She studied Chemical Engineering and had Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees at Istanbul University, Institute of Health Sciences Department of Analytical Chemistry on drug analysis in pharmaceutical formulations and biological fluids by spectrophotometry and liquid chromatography.

Dr. Caglar is eager to expand on knowledge in the field of biological/clinical mass spectrometry through both observation and experimentation methodologies. Recent experience with on-line sample processing coupled with liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry in the pharma/clinical arena, focusing on biological fluids analysis. She has researches under review in drug analysis in biological fluids by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry, on-line solid phase extraction coupled liquid chromatography, multidimensional chromatography and publications in drug analysis in pharmaceutical formulations and biological fluids by high performance liquid chromatography, spectrophotometry and spectrofluorimetry, also degradation, pharmacokinetic and validation studies.

N. Menad has completed his PhD from National School of geology of Nancy (France) and worked as associate professor at Technical University of Lulea (Sweden). He is scientific expert on process development on industrial waste recycling. He has published more than 90 papers in reputed journals and conferences. At the moment, he is working at BRGM (Bureau de recherché Géologique et minière) on development of separation techniques applied on the urban mine to recover metals.

Research interest in separation techniques