The 2024 Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award

Abstract

This year’s Emerging Leader in Atomic Spectroscopy Award recipient is Eduardo Bolea-Fernández. For the past decade, Bolea-Fernández’s research has focused on the development of a newly introduced technique, termed tandem ICP-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS/MS), for ultra-trace elemental and isotopic analysis. He has also worked on the topic of high-precision isotopic analysis of mercury (Hg) using cold-vapor generation multi-collector ICP-MS instrumentation. His most recent work involves research in the context of single-event ICP-MS, a novel method of ICP-MS operation enabling the characterization of nanoparticles and individual cells. Moreover, he demonstrated for the first time ever that this approach can also be used for the characterization of microplastics by relying on their carbon content, a topic that is receiving significant attention.