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FACSS Student Award and Hirschfeld ScholarsFACSS is proud to support the development of the next generation of leaders in analytical science. Pre-doctoral students presenting at the conference are encouraged to submit applications for the FACSS Student Award and the Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award. Both awards recognize research excellence but highlight the different ways that this may be achieved. The FACSS Student Award is given to the student who has furthered the state-of-the-art in their chosen field(s) and in so doing, advanced the understanding of important scientific or societal questions. The recipient will have a strong research record and be identifiable as an emerging leader in analytical chemistry. The winner(s) of the Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award will best exemplify the extraordinary creativity of the award’s namesake, whose deep understanding of the chemistry and physics of measurement science allowed him to find new connections and applications that eluded most practitioners. The recipient(s) and their work will be seen as potentially defining the future practice of analytical chemistry. To learn more about the remarkable contributions of Tomas B. Hirschfeld, click here. NominationsTo be considered for either award, students must submit an abstract for oral presentation at SciX, then submit the following as a single PDF file:
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FACSS Student Award Recipient 2025
Alberto Lux graduated with honours in 2022 at Politecnico di Milano in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology. During his thesis he analysed graphene nanoparticles with IR, UV and most of all Raman Spectroscopy, sparkling his interest in vibrational spectroscopy. Just a month after graduation he then started his PhD in heritage science at CNR-ISPC in Milan, Italy, and his research is focused on the potential of Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS), a variant that allows the probing of subsurface layers of materials, for cultural heritage. There, he worked with Dr. Claudia Conti on the optimization of an innovative in-house built SORS portable device and of micro-SORS mapping of pigment degradation below the surface. During the past year, he had the opportunity to spend six months at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in UK with one of the creators of the technique, Prof. Pavel Matousek, and Dr. Sara Mosca. Together, they have carried out a research regarding the potential and limitations of micro-SORS when compared to SORS, SERDS and charge-shifting. Recently, he spent another research period with Prof. Pietro Strobbia at the University of Cincinnati in USA for a study related to machine learning techniques applied to cultural heritage, in order to develop a routine able to automatically recognize bands of pigment degradation products in micro-SORS spectra.
Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Recipient 2025
Yingchan Guo is a Ph.D. candidate in Analytical Chemistry with a minor in Computer Science from Prentice Lab at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on elucidating mechanisms and characterizing energy surfaces of gas-phase charge inversion ion/ion reactions in mass spectrometry, particularly for high-resolution mapping of lipids. She has extensive experience in cutting-edge mass spectrometry technologies, computational modeling, and developing machine and deep learning workflows for interpreting complex imaging mass spectrometry data. Her work aims to advance ion/ion reactions development and enhance spatial resolution in analytical characterization.
Past recipients2024 FACSS Student Award Mahas Zarei, University of British Columbia Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Heidi V. Kastenholz, Duke University Henry T. Manelski, Purdue University 2023 FACSS Student Award Aleksandr Razumtcev, Purdue University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Dongkwan Lee, University of Illinois Adam Rish , Duquesne University 2022 FACSS Student Award Alexis Weber, University at Albany, SUNY Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Sayantan Mahapatra, University of Illinois Anna Wójtowicz, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland 2021 FACSS Student Award Vanessa Cupil-Garcia, Duke University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Nicolas Morato, Purdue University Grant Myres, University of Utah 2020 Not awarded 2019 FACSS Student Award Ewelina Mistek, SUNY Albany Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Shachi Mittal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Erika Portero, University of Maryland College Park 2018 FACSS Student Award Edward D. Hoegg, Clemson University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Katie Spalding, University of Strathclyde 2017 FACSS Student Award Nicholas Riley, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Aboualizadeh Ebrahim, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Paidi Santosh, Johns Hopkins University 2016 FACSS Student Award Mustafa Unal, Case Western Reserve University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Kyle Doty, SUNY Albany Mario Saucedo-Espinosa,Rochester Institute of Technology 2015 FACSS Student Awards Marie Richard-Lacroix, University of Montreal Lynn X. Zhang, Clemson University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Stephanie DeJong, University of South Carolina Patrik K. Johansson, University of Washington 2014 FACSS Student Award James R. Hands, University of Central Lancashire Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Menglian Zhang, Ohio University Andrew Schwartz, Indiana University 2013 FACSS Student Award Larry Gibson, University of Notre Dame Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Gloria Sheynkman, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bai Nie, Michigan State University 2012 FACSS Student Award Ali Khumaeni, University of Fukui, Japan Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Nathaniel Gomer, University of South Carolina Rohith Reddy, University of Illinois 2011 FACSS Student Award Yun Zhang, Ohio University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Olivier R. Bolduc, University of Montreal 2010 FACSS Student Award Jacob Shelley, Indiana University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Ishan Barman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anil Kumaar Kodali, University of Illinois 2009 FACSS Student Award Yuze Sun, University of Missouri Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Matthew Lockett, University of Wisconsin 2008 FACSS Student Award David Strasfeld, University of Wisconsin, Madison Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Christopher R. Field, University of Illinois Matthew Keller, Vanderbilt University 2007 FACSS Student Award Sen Li, Purdue University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Matthew Schulmerich, University of Michigan Junrong Zheng, Stanford University 2006 FACSS Student Award Daniel B. Bassil, University of Missouri, Columbia Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Andrea Tao, University of California, Berkeley Tim M. Brewer, Clemson University 2005 FACSS Student Award Allen E. Haddrell, Simon Fraser University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Jean-Francois Masson, Arizona State University 2004 FACSS Student Award Lawrence W. Dick, Jr., Duke University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Ryan J. Priore, University of South Carolina 2003 FACSS Student Award Yongfen Chen, University of New Orleans Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Brandon T. Ruotolo, Texas A&M University 2002 FACSS Student Award James H. Barnes IV, Indiana University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Christian Pellerin, University Laval 2001 FACSS Student Award Heather Peters, Wake Forest University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Michael Doescher, University of South Carolina 2000 FACSS Student Award Christopher D. Zangmeister, University of Arizona Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Dimitri Pappas, University of Florida 1999 FACSS Student Award Renee JiJi, Arizona State University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Sara L. McIntosh, Duke University 1998 FACSS Student Award John A. McLean, George Washington University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Award Susan L. R. Barker, University of Michigan 1997 FACSS Student Award Bryan C. Castle, University of Florida Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Darren Dunphy, University of Arizona Radislav Potyrailo, Indiana University 1996 FACSS Student Award Christine M. Ingersoll, State University of New York at Buffalo Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Paul Edmiston, University of Arizona Steven R. Emory, Indiana University Dana M. Spence, Michigan State University 1995 FACSS Student Award David E. Cliffel, University of Texas at Austin Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Curtis D. Cleven, Purdue University Robert J. Willicut, Louisiana State University Jeremy M. Shaver, Duke University 1994 FACSS Student Award Diana S. West, Wright State University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Jeanette K. Rice, State University of New York at Buffalo W. Russell Everett, University of Arkansas 1993 FACSS Student Award Michael Ruberto, Seton Hall University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Ray Bakhtiar, North Dakota State University Sheryl Ann Tucker, University of North Texas 1992 FACSS Student Award Evelyn Guizhen Su, University of Connecticut Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Vasilis Gregoriou, Duke University Patrick A. Limbach, Ohio State University Jeff Mazzeo, Northeastern University 1991 FACSS Student Award Rebecca M. Dittmar, Duke University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Scott E. Van Bramer, University of Colorado Marilyn O’Grady, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Chris G. Gill, University of British Columbia 1990 FACSS Student Award Richard L. Irwin, University of Connecticut Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Paul Shiundu, University of British Columbia 1989 FACSS Student Award Patrick J. Treado, University of Michigan Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Renato Zenobi, Stanford University Mingda Wang, Ohio State University 1988 FACSS Student Award George Yefchak, Michigan State University Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards James T. Cronin, University of Delaware Sue E. Zhu, Villanova University 1987 Tomas Hirschfeld Scholar Awards Jonathan V. Sweedler, University of Arizona Brad Tenge, University of Washington Peter Wentzell, Michigan State University |