2024 Silver Jubilee Medal Winners
The Jubilee Medal was created in 1982 to mark the 25th anniversary of The Chromatographic Society, with the intention of recognising up-and-coming separation scientists who have made major use of separation science in their own field or have made important contributions to a particular area of separation science. In 2024 the Silver Jubilee medal has been awarded to three eminent scientists, Professors Lucie Nováková, Kevin Schug and John Langley.
2024 Silver Jubilee Medal winner Kevin A Schug, University of Texas at Arlington, USA.
Kevin A Schug joined the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) in 2005 and became professor in 2015. He has extensive industrial collaborations and is the founder of the Shimadzu Center for Advanced Analytical Chemistry at UTA. His research focusses primarily on the fundamentals of gas and liquid phase separations as well as detector technology for trace analysis, such as, VUV (vacuum ultraviolet) in GC and the underlying mechanisms of soft ionisation in MS. His research is primarily applied to the investigation of water treatment analysis and natural products, but also has interests in sustainable and environmental trace analyses. Professor Schug has published over 222 papers (> 5800 citations) and has an h-index of 40.
The impact of his work is evident, and he has been recognised through several awards (Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award 2009, Young Investigator in Separation Science Award 2013, and more). He has also been recognised in the Analytical Scientist’s top 100 power list numerous times, Professor Schug has served on a number of editorial boards (Journal of Separation Science, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, to name a few) as well as presented at numerous conferences, highlighting his important contribution to the chromatographic community.
