MSACL Presenter Biography

Janusz Pawliszyn
University of Waterloo

Janusz Pawliszyn, University Professor and Canada Research Chair Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2K 3G1 Tel: (519) 888-4641 Fax: (519) 746-0435 e-mail: janusz@uwaterloo.ca Home page: http://www.spme.uwaterloo.ca/ The primary focus of Professor Pawliszyn's research program is the design of highly automated and integrated instrumentation for the isolation of analytes from complex matrices and the subsequent separation, identification and determination of these species. The primary separation tools used by his group are Gas Chromatography, Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis coupled to variety of detections systems, including range of mass spectrometry techniques. Currently his research is focusing on elimination of organic solvents from the sample preparation step to facilitate on-site monitoring and in-vivo analysis. Several alternative techniques to solvent extraction are investigated including use of coated fibers, packed needles, membranes and supercritical fluids. Dr. Pawliszyn is exploring application of the computational and modeling techniques to enhance performance of sample preparation, chromatographic separations and detection. The major area of his interest involves the development and application of imaging detection techniques for microcolumn chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and micro chip separation devices.