About the Analytical Division

A University of Warwick graduate, Diane started her career as an Analytical Chemist at an environmental laboratory and then at Jealott’s Hill research centre, later gaining significant experience as an Applications Chemist, including setting up and developing an applications laboratory & demonstration facility for a GC instrument distributor. Diane's area of research through her PhD studies at The Open University was disease diagnosis.
Diane has developed methods for, given support and high quality training for companies in most industries around the world for the past 20 years; presented and given short courses at global conferences, meetings and webinars; is an author on scientific papers, white papers, chromatography articles and a degree module and has co-authored a book with the RSC as a practical reference to Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, for analysts at all experience levels. Diane is a trustee of the Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities (RORO) and is regularly involved in outreach with her local schools in chemistry and space sciences. 

 Typically, the coatings have to combine demanding technical performance (e.g. protect against seawater in all weathers) with fabulous appearance (e.g. mirror-like gloss surface for a super yacht).   This leads to a range of analytical challenges, working with products from first concept through formulation development to in service.

Before moving into analysis, Jacquin worked in research and development of materials and coatings, starting in ICI and ending up in Huntsman.   This included work in Japan and Belgium, as well as the UK.   (And has left a continuing interest in all things Japanese (except karaoke), together with a small collection of Belgian beer glasses.)

Jacquin has previously been a member of the Industry and Technology Division Council, serving as President from 2011 to 2014.   She describes this experience as alternately intimidating, empowering and rewarding, but above all enjoyable.   She is currently Chair of the North East Region Analytical Division, and also a member of the Management Interest Group Committee.

Her favourite quote is “There is no synthesis without analysis”.

Zoë studied Forensic Science (BSc) at Nottingham Trent University before moving on to complete an MSc in Analytical Science at the University of Warwick. She completed her PhD in the development of novel diamond-based electrochemical sensors for analytical applications in 2017, going on to complete a 12-month Research Fellow position at the University of Warwick, funded by the prestigious Royal Society Innovation Award.

In addition to her role as Honorary Secretary, Zoë is also the Editor of Analytical Matters (the quarterly member newsletter of the Analytical Division) and has previously been the chair of the Analytical Science Network (early career) and was the publicity officer for both the Analytical Methods Committee and the Community for Analytical Measurement Science for several years. 

Zoë is also passionate about the communication of analytical science, having hosted the Schools’ Analyst Competition at the University of Warwick, having written several science communication articles for magazines and currently being on the #RSCPoster Twitter competition Scientific Committee. She is also passionate about improving Diversity and Inclusion in the chemical sciences, working on a range of initiatives to improve representation.

In 2009 I transferred to the Clitheroe site, which manufactures catalysts for the oil and gas industries, such as methanol, ammonia and hydrogen. My first role was as Analytical Services Manager, being responsible for the site’s laboratories and the analytical chemists. In 2014 I took the role of Product Technical Manager being responsible for our steam reforming and gas to liquid products; and a small team of plant chemists.

I currently provide technical support to our methanol and water gas shift catalysts. I am the principal chemist on a major plant asset replacement project. I lead projects on chemical safety, statistical process control, manufacturing core development training and quality management systems.

I am a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, I am a Chartered Chemist and Chartered Scientist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I gained an Honours Degree in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Catalysis from the University of Nottingham.

Outside of work I enjoy snowboarding in the European mountains, cycling in the Forest of Bowland, playing badminton in the local leagues and playing squash with friends. When travelling I enjoy cityscape photography. At home I enjoy learning to cook new recipes, listening to comedy and educational Podcasts, watching films and crime dramas

Since 2019 Jonathan works at Genedata, a leading provider of MS software solutions to the biopharmaceutical industry.

Jonathan has been a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry for over 20 years, achieving Charted Chemist status in 2011 and shortly thereafter Chartered Scientist. Jonathan holds an honorary Associate Professor position with Swansea University’s Medical School, and in 2018 became an elected member to the British Mass Spectrometry Society, becoming its Publicity Officer in 2020. Jonathan’s life motto is “Science is my rock n’ roll’!”.

Vicky is a graduate of Environmental Chemistry from Edinburgh University. In 2012, she gained her PhD in measurement and predictive modelling of contaminant dispersion in indoor air and in 2014, a PGCHE at London South Bank University (LSBU). During her time at LSBU she developed portable detectors of airborne pollutants and drug contaminants in drinks. Her research activities ranged from detection and dispersion modelling of drug contamination in surface waters to hazardous gas emissions in nuclear fuel reprocessing.  She gained a Pexa award for her paper on the dispersion of hydrocarbon vapours in ventilated air.

Vicky has contributed book chapters in ‘Drug Use and Misuse’ and ‘Environmental Forensics’ published by the RSC. She is a fellow of the HEA and member of the London Toxicology Group. Prior to LSBU, Vicky worked as a Food Health and Safety Scientist for Camden BRI (formerly Brewing Research International), Procter and Gamble, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (NERC) and Valentine Paints.

Roy is an analytical chemist who has for the last 30 years focused on developing novel and innovative solutions for measuring complex biological systems; with an emphasis is on mass spectrometry-based metabolomics, Raman spectroscopy, and chemometrics.

He has helped develop analytical standards for metabolomics, as well as data analysis solutions and tutorials.  Finally, Roy has published over 400 research papers in bioanalytical chemistry and has a h-index of 87.

She holds a prestigious 5-year EPSRC Fellowship (£1.2M), which investigates multimodal elemental and molecular imaging using ion beams, and sponsors her research group. She is also co-investigator of an EU grant (RADIATE) which links ion beam facilities across Europe and provides transnational access for users of ion beam analysis.

She has worked closely with the Home Office Centre for Applied Science, Israel Police and the Netherlands Forensic Institute to develop protocols for secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis of fingerprints. She has also worked as an Expert Consultant for the International Atomic Energy Agency to set up a co-ordinated research progress  and has worked with a number of police departments on forensic case work.

She enjoys public engagement and her work on method development for drug testing using fingerprints has been reported in over 500 media outlets worldwide – including Sky News, BBC, CNBC.

She has published over 140 peer reviewed publications and has filed 5 patents. She has been awarded over £20M in funding as principal and co-investigator from EPSRC, BBSRC, charities, industry and governmental bodies. Her Groups research has been recognised through multiple awards including the Nexxus Young Life Scientist of the Year Award (2009), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Joseph Black Award (2013), Craver Award (2016) and Charles Mann Award (2019). She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2012), the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (2017) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2018). She has been named as one of the Top 50 Women in Analytical Science (2016), Top 10 Spectroscopist (2017) and Top 100 Influential Analytical Scientists (2019) by The Analytical Scientist. She serves on the editorial board for Analyst and RSC Advances and is the current Chair of the Infrared and Raman Discussion Group (IRDG).

Her group is developing label-free optical sensors for the detection of chemical and biological analytes. Ruchi’s expertise lies in hydrogels, optical sensing, electrokinetic methods for sample processing, nano-/micro-fabrication, (droplet) microfluidics, bioassays and instrumentation. She also has an interest in organic electronics and optical components. The group has been/is funded by grants from RSC, EPSRC and industry. Dr Gupta is a member of the permanent steering committee of Europtrode, which is a major international conference in the field of optical biosensors, and an Associate Editor of RSC Advances.

Dr Gupta completed her undergraduate and master's degrees at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and McMaster University, Canada respectively. She obtained a PhD from University of Manchester where she stayed as a postdoctoral research fellow and then a RAEng Enterprise Fellow. She was a Lecturer in Analytical Chemistry in University of Hull from 2014 to 2016.

Since 2009, he has led the Environmental & Forensic Chemistry group at King’s College London. His research focuses on the development of new, defensible strategies, technologies and methodologies to assist in the early discovery, effects and response to pollution, new/emerging contaminants, security threats, and wildlife crime. His expertise lies in analytical chemistry, particularly in separation science, mass spectrometry and machine learning for applications in environmental, forensic and biological systems analysis and has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles to date.

He sits on the editorial board of Science & Justice, Journal of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and from 2011-2014 was its Editor in Chief. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He also sits on the committees of the RSC Separation Science Group and the London Biological Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group.

I have published over 100 peer-reviewed publications and filed two patents. I have been awarded funding as Principal and Co-Investigator from the Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and charities. The research conducted by my team has led to recognition through being awarded the GlaxoSmithKline Emerging Scientist Award in 2013 and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Science Award in 2015 and various university awards on teaching excellence.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Academy of Education. I am a strong advocate of equality and diversity, playing a key role in helping my university secure a bronze award for the Race Equality Charter in 2019. I have given presentations, developed resources, and participated in panels to highlight challenges associated with race equality in analytical chemistry. I am a STEM ambassador and run RSC outreach activities as well as established a Saturday Chemistry Club focusing on real-life applications of analytical chemistry, where attendees get hand on experience on analytical instrumentation.