The Analytical Research Forum (ARF) provides an opportunity for students and early career researchers from analytical science communities to present their work alongside high-profile scientists. The event will showcase cutting-edge analytical chemistry and applications to stimulate new research, collaboration and engagement between academia and industry.
Join us in London in June 2025. Our one-day format includes invited talks, a panel discussion, a poster session, and additional oral contributions selected by the Scientific Committee from the submitted abstracts.
This year’s ARF will include a panel discussion on “Sustainability in Analytical Science”. We are seeking questions in advance from the audience. Please email your general questions for the panel, or questions for individual panel members, to events@rsc.org by 10 June 2025 and we will try to incorporate as many questions as we can.
Speakers
Andrew Brown, National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
Dr Andrew Brown is the Science Area Leader of the Air Quality and Aerosol Metrology Group at the National Physical Laboratory (the UK’s National Measurement Institute). Andrew’s work focusses on traceable methods for the physical and chemical characterisation of particles in air, and his current research interests include non-exhaust vehicle emissions, measurements of lung deposited surface area and measuring environmental DNA in air for biodiversity monitoring.
Andrew oversees the NPL’s technical delivery of three UK ambient air quality monitoring networks for the Environment Agency and Defra, for which the NPL Air Quality Team was awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2024 Technical Excellence Prize.
Anthony Gachanja, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Anthony Gachanja is a Professor in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya with experience spanning over three decades. He is also actively engaged in government bodies and private sector (industry) offering Analytical and Instrumental skills
Professor Gachanja obtained a degree in Chemistry (Bachelor of Science) from the University of Nairobi, Masters in Analytical Science and PhD in Chemistry from University of Hull in 1983 and 1991. He then proceeded for a 3-year postdoctoral research at the University of Plymouth.
He is involved in analytical environmental research, in particular in use of separation techniques and mass spectrometry for analysis of environmental matrices. He has been a resource person in instrumental trainings GCMS and LCMSMS that are sponsored by the RSC training more than 700 scientists from all regions of Africa. He has co-authored an GC-MS book, “GC-MS How do I get the best results?”, published by the RSC. He is one of the RSCs 175 faces of chemistry and featured in 2020 year's Power List as one of the Top 100 most influential people in analytical science over the past decade and received an honorary DSc from University of Plymouth in 2022.
He is passionate about the development of Analytical skills with a strong belief that chemical analytical skills are key and vital for both the developed and developing economies.
Maxie M Roessler Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Gillian Tully Kings College London, United Kingdom
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