Introduction to ICP-MS

Description:
This course emphasizes the following: a) the fundamental principles by which the various components of ICP-MS instruments function, b) the basic capabilities and limitations of ICP-MS, and c) how these principles influence the accuracy of ICP-MS measurements, data evaluation and appropriate method development. The course has been updated to include several recent commercial instruments. In general, this course describes fundamental principles in more detail than training courses offered by ICP-MS suppliers and connects those principles with practical measurements; the latter mainly cover how to use the software and how to do routine maintenance of particular components.

Speaker: John Olesik - Ohio State University
John Olesik received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester in 1977 and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1981. He is an Adjunct Professor, Research Scientist and Director of the OSU Trace Element Research Laboratory (TERL) at The Ohio State University. The TERL collaborates with researchers in a wide variety of geological, biological, chemical, environmental, medical and materials sciences as well as providing state of the art ICP-OES and ICP-MS analysis for clients at OSU and outside of OSU (including colleges, universities, government agencies and small to large companies). He has over 30 years experience in both the fundamental processes and application of ICP-OES and ICP-MS and has over 90 research publications.