Upcoming free virtual presentations on analytical chemistry education
April 25: Holistic Teaching of Analytical Chemistry by Chuck Lucy
May 16: What do our analytical chemistry undergraduate students need to know? via the ANYL Education Committee
References from my 2025 Pittcon presentation
(1) Díaz-Vázquez, L. M.; Ortiz-Andrade, B. M.; Kovarik, M. L.; Morris, M. L. Active Learning Exercises Involving Building and Design. In Active Learning in the Analytical Chemistry Curriculum; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society, 2022; Vol. 1409, pp 181–204. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2022-1409.ch011.
(2) Rosenberg, E.; Krska, R. Analytical Chemistry in Front of the Curtain! Anal Bioanal Chem 2024, 416 (8), 1787–1795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-024-05128-9.
(3) Committee on Professional Training. Analytical Chemistry Supplement, 2015. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/committees/training/acsapproved/degreeprogram/analytical-chemistry-supplement.pdf (accessed 2025-03-03).
(4) Kovarik, M. L.; Robinson, J. K. Collaborative Learning Exercises for Teaching Protein Mass Spectrometry. J. Chem. Educ. 2019, 96 (5), 905–911. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00734.
(5) Renée Cole; Juliette Lantz; Suzanne Ruder. ELIPSS Home. https://elipss.com/index.html (accessed 2025-02-27).
(6) Hupp, A. M.; Kovarik, M. L.; McCurry, D. A. Emerging Areas in Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Education: Microfluidics, Microcontrollers, and Chemometrics. Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry 2024, 17, 197-219. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-061622-041922.
(7) Enke, C. Fighting for Scraps? The Analytical Scientist. January 9, 2024. https://theanalyticalscientist.com/business-education/fighting-for-scraps.
(8) Van Wyk, A. L.; Frederick, K. A.; Lieberman, M.; Cole, R. S. Increasing Authenticity of the Laboratory through the MICRO Project: Analysis of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory Experiments for Their Level of Inquiry. J. Chem. Educ.2025, 102 (1), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00945.
(9) Grinias, J. P.; Smith, T. I.; Kovarik, M. L. LCGC and ACS Subdivision on Chromatography and Separations Chemistry Survey 2023: What Skills Do New Analytical Chemistry Employees Need? LCGC N. Am. 2023, 284–286. https://doi.org/10.56530/lcgc.na.uc7884m3.
(10) Hunter, R. A.; Kovarik, M. L. Leveraging the Analytical Chemistry Primary Literature for Authentic, Integrated Content Knowledge and Process Skill Development. J. Chem. Educ. 2022, 99 (3), 1238–1245. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00920.
(11) Kovarik, M. L. Polymers, Macromolecules, and Nanomaterials in the Separation Science Curriculum. The LCGC Blog. Aug 2, 2021. https://www.chromatographyonline.com/view/the-lcgc-blog-polymers-macromolecules-and-nanomaterials-in-the-separation-science-curriculum.
(12) Larive, C. K. Revising the Quantitative Analysis Laboratory: What to Keep? What to Change? Anal Bioanal Chem 2006, 386 (5), 1191–1194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-006-0747-0.
(13) Salary and Graduate Survey Highlights. https://www.acs.org/careers/salaries/surveys/salary-graduate-survey-highlights.html.
(14) Hamilton, D.; Castillo, A.; Atkinson, M. B. Survey of Instrumentation Use in Industry: What Does Industry Want New Chemists to Know? J. Chem. Educ. 2024, 101 (5), 1883–1890. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00990.
(15) Kovarik, M. L.; Galarreta, B. C.; Mahon, P. J.; McCurry, D. A.; Gerdon, A. E.; Collier, S. M.; Squires, M. E. Survey of the Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Curriculum. J. Chem. Educ. 2022, 99 (6), 2317–2326. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00090.
(16) Dicks, A. P. Teaching Greener & More Sustainable Analytical Chemistry to Undergraduates: Some Strategies & Tips. Green Analytical Chemistry 2023, 7, 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.greeac.2023.100082.
(17) Holme, T. A.; Bauer, C.; Trate, J. M.; Reed, J. J.; Raker, J. R.; Murphy, K. L. The American Chemical Society Exams Institute Undergraduate Chemistry Anchoring Concepts Content Map V: Analytical Chemistry. J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97 (6), 1530–1535. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00856.
(18) Adams, F.; Adriaens, M. The Metamorphosis of Analytical Chemistry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2020, 412 (15), 3525–3537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-019-02313-z.
(19) Claus, M. J.; Gionfriddo, E.; Monahan, J.; Whelan, R. J.; Vitha, M. F. Threshold Concepts in Analytical Chemistry. J. Chem. Educ. 2023, 100 (2), 427–431. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00674.