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Full Schedule

  • Sunday, October 5, 2025
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    SAS 109: Practical Guide to Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 113: Spectral Interpretation of Vibrational Spectra
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 101: Introduction to Infrared, Raman and Near Infrared Spectroscopy
  • 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    P&G Professional Development
  • 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM EDT
    Award Plenaries
  • 7:15 PM - 8:15 PM EDT
    Sunday Student Poster Presentations
  • 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM EDT
    Sunday Student Poster Presentations
  • 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM EDT
    Welcome Mixer and Student Poster Event - Sponsored by FACSS, SAS, Coblentz, and Proctor & Gamble
  • Monday, October 6, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM EDT
    Annual Member Meeting & Breakfast
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Keynote: Unveiling the Unknown: The Pursuit to Understand UAP’s
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    CSAS 102: Spectral Searching
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 104: How to Select, Configure, and Optimize Raman Spectrometer for Your Application: From Theory to Practice.
  • 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 113: Spectral Interpretation of Vibrational Spectra
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Monday Poster Viewing Session
  • 9:45 AM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Monday Poster Sessions
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AES02: Electrokinetic Fundamentals
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC01: The Versatile Glow Discharge: Beyond the State-of-the-art
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AWARD04: The Clara Craver Award
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    BIM01: Machine and Deep Learning for Biomedical Diagnostics
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    IR02: Life-science Applications of Photothermal Imaging 1
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    MSPEC01: Advances in Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry-Based Separations
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    PMA04: Advancements in Biopharmaceutical Process Monitoring: Cutting-Edge Spectroscopy Techniques
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN01: Emerging Raman
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    SPSJ01: New developments in Electronic Spectroscopy
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Coblentz Speed Mentoring Session (Pre-registration required)
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    SciX 2026 Program Team Meeting
  • 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch (on your own)
  • 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch & Learn Hosted by Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp.
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 103: Collecting Infrared Spectra and Avoiding Pitfalls
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AES01: Innovations in Device Fabrication & Applications
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC11: New Horizons through ICP-TOFMS
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AWARD08 - Emerging Leader in Molecular Spectroscopy Award
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    CHEM01: Old Codes, New Tricks: A Chemometric Odyssey
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    FORENS05: Early Career Research in Forensics Sciences
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    IR03: Life-science Applications of Photothermal Imaging 2
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    PMA05: Emerging Approaches and Novel Applications of Vibrational Spectroscopy
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN02: SERS 1
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    SPSJ02: Advancements in UV Raman Spectroscopy: Fundamental Studies and Practical Applications
  • 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Monday Poster Viewing Session
  • 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Thursday Poster Viewing Session
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    AES03: Electrokinetic Commercialization & Industry Applications
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    ATOMIC03: LIBS - From Fundamentals to Real World Applications
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    BIM02: Spectroscopy and The Role it Plays in Commercialization of NextGen Therapeutics
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    CHEM02: Chemometrics in Forensic Analysis
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    IR05: Nanoscale IR 1
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    PMA06: Pharmaceutical PAT at 21: Past, Present, Future
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    RAMAN03: SERS 2
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    SPECIAL03: 100 Years of Quantum Mechanics
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    SPSJ03: Vibrational Spectroscopy for Health Care, Presymptomatic Disease and Medical Analyses
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Exhibit Opening Reception
  • Tuesday, October 7, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EDT
    Sunrise Session Hosted by Oxford Instruments
  • 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Award Plenaries
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    CSAS 118: Technologies and Applications for Miniature Optical Spectrometers and Spectroscopic Sensors
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    SciX 136: Sample Selection Design of Experiments (DOE) for Multivariate Calibration
  • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Exhibits Open
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Tuesday Poster Viewing Session
  • 9:45 AM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Tuesday Poster Sessions
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AES04: Future AES - Early Career
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC04: Laser Ablation (I) – Cutting-Edge Methods & Applications
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AWARD01 - Ellis R. Lippincott Award
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    BIM03: Illuminating Health: Optical Innovations in Disease Management
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    CTP01: Trailblazers in Analytical Science - A Panel Discussion
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    IR07: Fundamentals and Application of Photothermal Spectroscopy
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    MSPEC02: Advances and Trends in Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN05: IRDG
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    SPSJ04: Next Steps in NIR Technology and Instrumentation
  • 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch (Served & Seated)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    What's Hot Presentations
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 112: Optimizing Micro Spectroscopy with Microscopy
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 117: Laser Fundamentals for Spectroscopy
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    SciX 143: Introduction to Design of Experiments
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AES05: AES Emerging Leaders
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC05: Laser Ablation (II) – Novel Concepts & Instrumentation
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AWARD03 - Charles Mann Award
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    BIM04: Optical Point-of-Use Technologies for Automated Biomedical and Life-Sciences Analysis
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    FORENS03: Pharmaceutical Forensics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    IR04: Near-Infrared Spectroscopy - Innovations and Applications
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    MSPEC04: Advances in Mass Spectrometry Imaging
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    PMA08: Analysis and Characterization of Vaccines
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN06: Food
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Puppy Break
  • 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Tuesday Poster Viewing Session
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    ATOMIC08: Emerging Applications of Single Particle ICP-MS Across Disciplines
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    AWARD05 - AES Mid-Career Award
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    BIM05: AI-Driven Multimodal Chemical Imaging for Biomedical Diagnostics
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    CTP02: AI, Spectroscopy, and Emerging Technologies
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    IR06: Nanoscale IR 2
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    MSPEC03: Mass Spectrometry: Gas-Phase Structure and Reactions
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    PAT01: New Directions in the PAT Space
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    RAMAN09: Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS)
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    RAMAN10: Low Frequency Raman
  • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Exhibitor Happy Hour
  • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    FACSS Governing Board Meeting
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
    SAS Award Ceremony
  • 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
    Flavors of Thought: An Ice Cream Social (Pre-registration required)
  • Wednesday, October 8, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM EDT
    Sunrise Session Hosted by Oxford Instruments
  • 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Award Plenaries
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    CSAS 124: What’s in the Box – How do spectrometers work
  • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
    CSAS 121: Introduction to Data Analytics for the Analytical Chemist
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Exhibits Open
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Wednesday Poster Viewing Session
  • 9:45 AM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Wednesday Poster Sessions
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AES06: Electrokinetic Bioanalysis
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC07: Single Particle and Single Cell ICP-MS Advances
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AWARD02 - Theophilus Redwood Award
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    CHEM04: Pixels, Patterns, and Prediction: Chemometric Imaging in the Age of Big Data
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    CTP03: Showcasing Career Paths in the Spectroscopic Sciences (Organized by SAS Early Career)
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    IR08: Advancing Modalities for IR Based Sensing
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    PAT02: Innovations in PAT - From Active Ingredients to Pharmaceutical Products
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN07: Raman Sensors
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    SPR01: Plasmonic Sensing
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    SciX 2027 Planning
  • 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Headshots at the Coblentz Booth
  • 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch (Served & Seated)
  • 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    What's Hot Presentations
  • 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    SciX 144: Common Pitfalls of Design of Experiments, and How to Avoid Them
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AES07: AES Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC10: Bio Applications
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AWARD09 - Lester W. Strock Award (New England SAS)
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    CHEM05: Recent Advances in Chemometrics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    IR01: 2D-CoS
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    PAT03: PAT in Nuclear
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN08: Raman Imaging/SRS/CARS
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    SPECIAL04: Unraveling Polymers - Designing for Sustainable Environmental Futures
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    SPR02: Materials for Plasmonics
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Puppy Break
  • 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Wednesday Poster Viewing Session
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    ART01: Student Research in Archaeological Chemistry
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    ATOMIC09: Multi-collector ICP-MS: Advances and Applications
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    CHEM06: Chemometrics for Food & Agriculture
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    FORENS02: Forensics Analysis in the Lab and at the Crime Scene
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    IR10: Recent Advances in EEMs Spectroscopy - From Monitoring Flow Chemistry to Cleaning
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    PAT04: CPACT
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    PMA01: Vibrational Spectroscopy Supporting Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    RAMAN11: Raman Spectroscopy for Security and Forensics Purposes
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    SPR03: Current Topics in Plasmonics
  • Thursday, October 9, 2025
  • 8:15 AM - 9:30 AM EDT
    Award Plenaries
  • 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    SciX 145: Sharing Science with Broader Audiences
  • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT
    CSAS 116: ABC to PMP: A Project Management Crash Course
  • 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Thursday Poster Viewing Session
  • 9:45 AM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Thursday Poster Sessions
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    ART03: Geochemistry in Art and Archeology - Using Isotopic and Elemental Compositions of Natural Materials to Constrain Ages, Provenance, and Migration
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC06: Advancements in Imaging
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    AWARD06 - William F. Meggers Award
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    CHEM03: Young Investigators in Chemometrics
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    CTP04: Spectroscopic Advancements at the National Labs
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    FORENS04: Rapid Chemical Forensics – Field Chemical Sensors and AI
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    PAT05: AI/ML in PAT
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN13: Early Career Raman
  • 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    SPECIAL01: Local Scientists
  • 12:10 PM - 1:30 PM EDT
    Lunch (on your own)
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    ART02: Analytical Career Paths in Art and Archaeology
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    ATOMIC02: Alternative Plasmas - The ICP is not the be all, end all
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    AWARD07 - Spectrochemica Acta
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    BIM07: Nanomaterials for Disease Detection and Treatment
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    FORENS01: Food Forensics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    IR09: Scientific Problem Solving: Celebrating the Legacy of Professor John A. Reffner
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    PMA02: Bioanalysis
  • 1:30 PM - 3:10 PM EDT
    RAMAN12: Industrial Raman
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Innovation Awards
  • 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
    Gala
  • Friday, October 10, 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM EDT
    Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    SCIFRI Sessions