The award was
presented at the 35th International Symposium on High Performance Liquid Phase
Separations and Related Techniques (HPLC 2010) held in Boston last month.
The HPLC conference is a major international forum to
highlight recent advances in separation science, with meetings scheduled
between the United States, Europe and Asia. The award honours the memory of Csaba Horváth for his
contributions to high performance liquid chromatography, including his interest
in fostering the careers of young people in separation science and
engineering.
Jesse’s award winning presentation, titled: “Structural
Variation of Solid Core and Thickness of Porous Shell of 1.7 µm Core-Shell
Silica Particles on Chromatographic Performance” was chosen from among an
international field of award nominees and his work is recognised as a major
contribution to field of chromatography.
As a Horváth Award winner, Jesse receives an invitation to present a
lecture at HPLC 2011 in Budapest, Hungary, a cash grant of $1,000 and the
Horváth trophy engraved with his name.
The research was carried out in the ISSC’s Innovative
Chromatography Group in the Department of Chemistry (UCC) and the Analytical
and Biological Research Facility (ABCRF), with funding from Enterprise Ireland
and SFI. This is the second time
that the award has come to the Irish chromatography team, with the inaugural
award presented to Norma Scully at the closing plenary session of the
international conference in San Francisco (2006).
The award is recognized internationally as one of the most
prestigious awards for Separation Scientists, and Jesse, who is currently
finishing his PhD in Analytical Chemistry, said: "I am most honoured to be
awarded such a prestigious prize in memory of one of the founding fathers of
Liquid Chromatography and I want to thank the Csaba Horváth committee for
recognizing the impact of my presentation to the HPLC 2010 symposium meeting. I
would also express my thanks to Professor Jeremy Glennon for his enormous
support during my years of PhD studies at UCC."
The core-shell technology (Eiroshell) developed in the
research has recently been licensed to the UCC spin-out company, Glantreo Ltd.
for commercialization. The significant interest in Jesse's work has also helped
to initiate collaboration with Professor George Guiochon at the University of
Tennessee, USA, a pioneer in the field of separation science.
For further information on the Irish Separation Science
Cluster (ISSC), please see the website at:
www.separationscience.ie
Picture: Jesse Omamogho
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