Vicki Barwick
After studying chemistry at the University of Nottingham, Vicki joined LGC in 1990 as an analytical chemist. She then worked on projects funded by the UK government’s Valid Analytical Measurement (VAM) programme, focusing on the development of approaches to evaluating measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis. This work led to the development of training courses on uncertainty evaluation and wider quality assurance issues. Vicki is currently the Head of Commercial Training in the UK National Measurement Laboratory hosted at LGC and has over 25 years’ experience in the development and delivery of training courses in the area of analytical quality assurance. She has produced a wide range of training materials and is co-author of the books ‘Quality assurance in analytical chemistry’ and ‘Practical statistics for the analytical scientist’. She is a Past-Chair of the Eurachem network and Chair of the Eurachem Education and Training Working Group.
Ricardo Bettencourt da Silva
Ricardo Bettencourt da Silva is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon dedicated to research in Metrology and Examinology in Chemistry (the sciences of quantitative and qualitative analysts in chemistry, respectively) aiming at the objective and sound interpretation of collected chemical information. Ricardo Silva has been technical assessor of the Portuguese Accreditation body since 2002 (www.ipac.pt), Vice-chair of CITAC since April 2023 (www.citac.cc), member of the Executive Committee of Eurachem since May 2012 (www.eurachem.org), member of the ‘Eurachem/CITAC Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Working Group’ since 2010, member and chair of the ‘Eurachem/CITAC Qualitative Analysis Working Group’ since December 2012 and May 2017, respectively, Portuguese delegate of Eurachem since May 2010, and co-coordinator of ForMEQ (www.formeq.ord) between 2019 and 2022.
Website: https://mechem.campus.ciencias.ulisboa.pt/
Dana Stan
Dana STAN is the CEO and Head of the Research and Development Department at DDS Diagnostic SRL. She graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry in 1987 at the Polytechnic Institute Bucharest, her doctoral studies in chemistry at the University of Bucharest in 2009, and postdoctoral studies at INCD for Microtechnology-IMT Bucharest, with the theme “Micro – nanosystems for biomedical applications bioMEMS ”(2010-2012). She start her career as a chemist in a hospital clinical laboratory and specialized in clinical biochemistry. In 2002, she was one of the founders of DDS Diagnostic, an innovative company in human diagnostic medical devices. She was involved in over 20 national and european research projects, being project manager for 10 of them. All these projects were successfully finalized, the estimated project outcomes being achieved. Dana Stan has published over ISI 15 scientific articles; the H index is 11 while the number of citations is over 730. In most of these projects, Dana STAN was involved in the development of new in vitro diagnostic (IVDR) devices based on new technologies such as lateral flow immunoassay, electrochemical biosensors, and molecular biology, until to experimental model or prototype level, in compliance with the European Regulation for IVDR. She has been involved in the design, development, preclinical and clinical evaluation and marketing of over 20 IVDR products with CE mark, for professional use and self testing.
Eugenia Eftimie Totu
Eugenia Eftimie Totu is a Professor at the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania. She received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of Bucharest, Romania. Her scientific interests include advanced electrochemical methods, chemical nano/micro-sensors, bio-nanocomposite materials for clinical applications, including tissue regeneration, quality assurance issues related to specific analytic techniques, and validation of new investigation methods of analysis, holding a few patents for clinical applications. Her activity in Eurachem started as a Romanian National delegate; since 2010, she has been a Eurachem Education and Training Working Group member. In 2010, she was elected a member of the Eurachem Executive Committee. In 2020, she organized, together with the Eurachem-România Association, and UPB, the first Eurachem Week online, followed in July 2020 by the first Eurachem workshop online, “Quality Assurance for Analytical Laboratories in the University Curriculum”, opening in this way the online activities for Eurachem. In May 2022, she was elected Vice-Chair of Eurachem, and in May 2024 she was appointed Eurachem Chair.
Laura Martin
Laura Martin has been elected as EUROLAB Secretary General during the EUROLAB General Assembly 2022. Previously to this position, she has undergone various responsibilities, taking the first role in EUROLAB back in September 2013. Before, she has worked for DG CONNECT at the European Commission, as well as for other international organisations based in Brussels, taking on various roles such as Communications Manager and International Affairs Manager. She holds a diploma in Journalism, a master’s degree in Communications Studies, and a bachelor’s in Modern Languages and Translation.
Perihan Yolci Omeroglu
Perihan Yolci Omeroglu is an Associate Professor of Food Engineering at Bursa Uludağ University and holds the position of Assistant Manager at the Science and Technology Application and Research Center. She received her Master’s degree in Food Engineering in 1999 from Ege University and her PhD in Food Engineering in 2010 from Istanbul Technical University. Her main research interests include food safety technologies, mathematical modeling of food operations, functional foods, food quality and safety analysis, food safety standards, laboratory quality standards, method validation, uncertainty estimation, and chemometric data analysis (https://avesis.uludag.edu.tr/pyomeroglu). Since 2008, she has been an active member of several Eurachem working groups, including the Method Validation, Uncertainty and Traceability, Education and Training, and Uncertainty of Sampling groups.
Ancuța Roxana Trifoi
Her journey in the field of chemistry began with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from the Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2015, she earned her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the same institution, with doctoral research focused on development of technologies for industrial by-products valorisation. In 2011 she started her carrier as a researcher, activity that bridged the theoretical knowledges of chemistry with the practical aspects of compound isolation and identification. She joined the Romanian Police Institution at National Forensic Science Institute as a junior forensic chemist, in 2018. She worked on a variety of cases, from drug analysis, unknown substances identification to toxicology reports, each one presenting its unique set of challenges. In 2024 she joined the Drug Testing and Profiling Laboratory and continues to explore innovative approaches to drug analysis.
Marios Kostakis
Dr. Marios Kostakis MSc, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds a degree in Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Analytical Chemistry and Quality Assurance. His scientific interests are in method validation of targeted and non-targeted mass spectrometry methods in different matrices (food, environmental samples and pharmaceutical products), sampling and measurement uncertainty. He is a member of Eurachem and participates in the Method Validation Working Group of Eurachem. He gives lectures on analytical chemistry and quality assurance of measurements to undergraduate and postgraduate students and in dedicated workshops.
Marina Patriarca
Marina Patriarca is a chemist with experience in analytical chemistry, clinical biochemistry, food safety, metrology in chemistry and quality assurance. She worked at the Italian Institute for Health (ISS) to pursue research in the areas of role of trace elements, development of analytical methods, certification of reference materials, proficiency testing, implementation of metrology requirements in analytical laboratories, training and support to the Italian Ministry of Health for the definition and application of EC requirements for official food control laboratories in the area of industrial and environmental contaminants.
Marina provides national and international trainings on technical requirements of ISO/IEC 17025, ISO/IEC 17043 and ISO 17034 and was a national representative for the EC JRC programme “Training in Metrology in Chemistry (TrainMiC®)”. Marina contributes to various Eurachem Working Groups and support the widespread knowledge of Eurachem guidance via translations into Italian and presentations. She is currently chairing the Eurachem Working Group on Reference Materials.
Ştefan Ioan Voicu
Stefan Ioan Voicu is Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies starting his career in 2009, with a Bachelor in Organic Chemistry (from 2005), Ph.D. in Polymeric Membranes (from 2008), and Habilitation in Chemical Engineering (from 2016). The main research interests are related to polymeric membranes for biomedical applications with outstanding contributions in the field of surface functionalization methods for hemodialysis and osseointegration and polymeric membranes for water purification. Except academic activity, Prof. Voicu has also experience in the field of industrial research, being for two years Research Scientist at Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions, Sensors Laboratory. He served as editor at different prestigious publishing houses, like Elsevier or Springer Nature.
Brian Brookman
Brian Brookman, formerly the Chief Scientific Officer for LGC’s global PT business, and now working as an independent consultant on proficiency testing, has over forty-five years’ experience in analytical science, the past thirty years in the field of analytical quality, particularly concerned with proficiency testing. He has been involved, around the world, in various training and consultative projects concerned with developing proficiency testing and the accreditation of PT providers.Brian is very active at the national, European and international level with respect to the development and harmonisation of good practice in proficiency testing. He is currently Chair of the ILAC Accreditation Issues Committee 17043 Working Group, Chair of the Eurachem Proficiency Testing Working Group, Chair of the EA-Eurolab-Eurachem (EEE) Joint Working Group on Proficiency Testing in Accreditation and Chair of the UK Working Group on Proficiency Testing. He was an ILAC liaison at the ISO/CASCO Working Group that revised ISO/IEC 17043.
Dr Steve Ellison, LGC
Dr Ellison is the Chief Metrologist and a Science Fellow at LGC, the UK National Measurement Laboratory for chemical and biological measurement, where his responsibilities include technical oversight of RM production and statistical analysis at LGC Teddington. Originally qualified as a chemist, his current interests are primarily in statistics, measurement uncertainty and reference material certification. He is chair of the Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability WG and a co-author of EURACHEM guides on measurement uncertainty, metrological traceability and qualitative analysis and contributes to a range of IUPAC, JCGM, ISO, BSI and other committees involving applications of statistics for measurement.
Edouard Salingros
Edouard Salingros works as a bioengineer in the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège (Belgium) in a GLP laboratory focused on bio-waste and soil analysis as well as non-clinical safety pesticide residue studies where he is responsible for analytical method development and validation, quality management and development and implementation of in-house LIMS solutions. Edouard is also pursuing a PhD in the field of digitalisation, quality management in laboratories, sustainable chemistry and low-tech development. The laboratory’s day-to-day problems guide its doctoral projects, whereas the fruits of research contribute directly to the laboratory’s continuous improvement.
Fabiana PISCITELLI
Dr. Piscitelli is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry of the Italian National Research Council. Her research activities are mainly focused on the development of analytical methodologies based on mass spectrometry to identify and study the biological role of bioactive lipids. She is co-author of 179 peer-reviewed publications with an H-index of 49 (Scopus, Jan. 2025).
She will present the progress of the project and review the present status of method validation in LC-MS, discussing criticisms under the light of the technological improvements.
Andrei A. Bunaciu
Andrei A. Bunaciu graduated from the Politehnica University of Bucharest, where he received his Ph.D., from the Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry in ion-selective membrane electrodes applied in pharmaceutical analysis. For several years he worked as a Senior Researcher at the Central Laboratory for Scientific Control of Biological Products and Veterinary Drugs, the Institute of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, the Romanian Intelligence Service, and in the Vibrational Spectroscopy Department at SCIENT – Research Center for Instrumental Analysis, Tȃncăbeşti – Snagov. In present, he is the C.E.O. and senior researcher at AAB_IR research company. His research interests concern molecular recognition of pharmaceutical and biological compounds, using infrared spectroscopy techniques. He is the author/co-author of 97 publications in biomedical, pharmaceutical, and food analysis, including a book VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND FOOD SCIENCES, published in 2020 by Elsevier, Inc., as well as RECENT APPLICATIONS OF INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY IN BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS, in FTIR Spectroscopy: Advances in Research and Applications, edited by Adriana S. Franca and Leandro S. Oliveira, Nova Publishers, NY, USA, 2022, pp. 575-581, and respectively DETECTION OF PARAFFIN OIL ADULTERATION IN EDIBLE OILS USING FTIR SPECTROSCOPY, in Pharmaceutical Research: Recent Advances and Trends, edited by Kevin Fernandez, 2024, vol 9, pp. 55-69.
Mihai Radu
Mihai Radu holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and has dedicated the past eight years to gaining extensive experience in the field of doping control. He currently serves as an IA Advisor within the LC-MS team at the Doping Control Laboratory, where he plays a key role in analytical processes and method development. His expertise spans various aspects of mass spectrometry and instrumental analysis, contributing to the laboratory’s mission of ensuring compliance with anti-doping regulations. Through his years of professional activity, he has developed a deep understanding of advanced analytical techniques, quality assurance protocols, and the interpretation of complex data, making him a valuable asset to the team.
Alice Isabel Mosca
Alice Isabel Mosca holds a B.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Évora (UE) and an M.Sc. in Chemistry Applied to Cultural Heritage from the Faculty of Science at the University of Lisbon (FCUL). She worked as an Analytical Manager in a private accredited laboratory overseeing various instrumental analysis techniques, including chromatographic methods (GC, GC/MS, HPLC, FTIR, among others). Additionally, she co-led the implementation and maintenance of both management and technical requirements of the EN ISO/IEC 17025 standard. Since 2004, she has worked as an independent consultant specializing in laboratory accreditation, providing training in technical and management areas, conducting internal audits for EN ISO/IEC 17025, and serving as a technical assessor for the Portuguese Accreditation Body (IPAC). In 2010, she founded AIM – Consultancy, Training, and Audits Lda, where she continues to serve as General Manager. With over 25 years of experience in academia, she has collaborated with national and international universities and has been a member of the Portuguese TrainMiC team since 2006, an international network dedicated to teaching Metrology in Chemistry.
She organizes and delivers international training programs in Quality Assurance, Metrology in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Training of Trainers. Additionally, she has been involved in various international projects with UNIDO as a Senior International Technical Expert in Conformity Assessment. Since 2023, she has been co-coordinator of the International Forum for Metrology and Examinology in Chemistry (ForMEQ). She has also been an active member of the Training and Education Working Group of Eurachem since 2020.
Nathalie Guigues
Nathalie Guigues has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of water chemistry. Her research activities concern water sampling, with the design of experimental plans to evaluate the uncertainty arising from sampling, as well as the validation of innovative tools through the evaluation of the performance of sensors and online analysers for water quality monitoring. Since 2023, she is chairing the Euramet European Monitoring Network on pollution monitoring, EMN POLMO. She is also actively involved in standardisation and has been newly appoint in 2023 convenor of the working group WG4 of CEN TC 230 on water quality equipment.
Mike Ramsey
Mike Ramsey is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and has been a Professor at University of Sussex for 20 years, now in an Emeritus capacity. After a PhD in Analytical Geochemistry, he conducted research and lectured at Imperial College, London for 20 years. He’s published over 170 scientific papers, including many on uncertainty of measurement arising from primary sampling, and its effects on decision making. Mike is Chair of the Eurachem/Eurolab/CITAC/Nordtest/AMC Working Group on Uncertainty fromSampling, which has published International Guidance on this subject. Working with the Method Validation WG, he has recently co- authored guidance on Validation of Measurement Procedures and include Sampling (VaMPIS). Broader research included UK-NERC-funded project on Multiple Links Towards Integrating Teams for Understanding of Disease and Environment – MULTITUDE. Was chair of the European Section of Society for Environmental Geochemistry & Health 2005-2008.
Jacobus (Koos) Frederick van Staden
Jacobus (Koos) Frederick van Staden is a Senior Researcher 1, CS1 (Director PATLAB) and an Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Professor at Polytechnic University of Timisoara cited among the World Top 2% Scientists List of Stanford University in2021. In 2008, a laboratory of process analytical technology, PATLAB, with Professor van Staden as coordinator, was established. A new concept in sensors’ technology for the assay of neurotransmitters was developed at PATLAB under the “Design and validate new stochastic sensors for the biomedical analysis” topic. PATLAB also implemented Stochastic Dot Microsensors for the Assay of Dopamine in Pharmaceutical Samples and Biological Fluids in mini platforms.
Simona (Popoacă) Zaharov
Simona (Popoacă) Zaharov graduated from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Radiochemistry Section in 2001, with License Degree in Radiochemistry and continued with post-university studies at the same faculty, where she graduated in 2003 with Master Degree in Chemistry-Physics and Applied Radiochemistry. She started her carrier at the National Research& Development Institute for Environmental Protection (ICIM, Bucharest) and after 4 years of activity she received the title of Scientific Researcher. She dedicated the last 20 years to the monitoring of the environmental radioactivity at the Nuclearelectrica – Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, Radioprotection Department, in the Environmental Control Laboratory, where she built her carrier in the nuclear field, from the NPP Engineer to the Head of the Laboratory. She is also a PhD student at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Power Engineering Doctoral School, and she has published scientific papers in different international journals with specific topics related to the radiation protection, analytical methods, validation methods. As a member of the Scientific Committee of the International OBT Group, she was involved in the organization of the 10th Organically-Bound Tritium (OBT) Workshop 2025, in Bucharest.
At the Eurachem Workshop 2025, she will present the stages and challenges related to the development of a reference material for OBT analysis and the validation method used in an international interlaboratory comparison exercise for OBT analysis in grape matrix.