Pittcon's Dr. Gregg Gould Is Keynote Speaker At JAIMA 2011

The Pittsburgh Conference is pleased to announce that Pittcon's committee member, Gregg Gould will be one of the keynote speakers at JAIMA Expo 2011/SIS 2011, September 7-9, 2011, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan. Dr. Gould will introduce "Enabling Advances in Mass Spectrometry" in an afternoon session on Wednesday, September 7, at 2:00 p.m.

The speakers in this special U.S. symposium will share the results of their current research efforts. Professor Rieko Ishima, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will talk on results of structural biology research that utilize MALDI mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Steven J. Ray, Laboratory for Spectrochemistry, Indiana University, will discuss current work on a distance-of-flight analyzer for mass spectrometry. Professor R. Graham Cooks, director of Aston Labs of Mass Spectrometry, Purdue University and who is also the Pittcon 2012 plenary speaker, will present his recent research results for efforts in ambient ionization and miniature mass spectrometers.

Gregg Gould, a professor of chemistry in the Chemistry and Physics Department at California University of Pennsylvania, received his Ph.D. from the analytical chemistry division at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he did research in the surface chemistry of wet chemical methods for cleaning silicon wafers and the impact of such cleaning methods on silicon oxidation.

Dr. Gould served as a chairman of various Pittcon Committees including Science Week, Short Courses and Meetings Coordination, and just completed a three-year term on the Pittcon Board of Directors.

Gregg will be available for interviews and to answer questions at the Pittcon booth #IU-5. If you are interested in pre-arranging a meeting, please contact publicity@pittcon.org.

About Pittcon
Pittcon is a registered trademark of The Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy, a Pennsylvania non-profit organization. Co-sponsored by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, Pittcon is the premier annual conference and exposition on laboratory science. Proceeds from Pittcon fund science education and outreach at all levels, kindergarten through adult. Pittcon donates more than a million dollars a year to provide financial and administrative support for various science outreach activities includingscience equipment grants, research grants, scholarships and internships for students, awards to teachers and professors, and grants to public science centers, libraries and museums.For more information, Visit http://www.pittcon.org [Pittcon.org] .

About JAIMA 2011/SIS 2011
JAIMA 2011/SIS 2011, "Connecting Innovative Technology with Superior Science, " is the second year for the joint exhibition of the 49th JAIMA EXPO 2011 and the 34th SIS 2011. This exposition will highlight the latest instruments used in research and development.

SOURCE: Pittcon 2012