Dal Nogare Award Recipient 2007

Dr. John W. Dolan, of LC Resources, will receive the prestigious Dal Nogare Award for 2007, presented by the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley (CFDV), for his outstanding work in the field of liquid chromatography (LC). Established in honor of Stephen Dal Nogare (who died in 1968 after serving six months as President of the Forum), the award recognizes Dr. Dolan’s career of research and teaching in LC. Dr. Dolan, currently a partner of LC Resources, a company founded to train chromatographers around the world, has instructed over 10,000 students in liquid chromatography. Dr. Dolan received his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Davis, followed by postdoctoral work at Northeastern University and then joined Technicon Instruments Corporation and developed clinical HPLC technology. He managed a regional contract research laboratory for 11 years for LC Resources and later Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. The lab, which he helped found in 1988, specializes in the development, validation, and application of LC-MS/MS methods to determine pharmaceutical compounds in biological matrices. Dr. Dolan is most widely known as the author of LC/GC’s popular LC Troubleshooting column. As editor of this column for over 20 years, Dr. Dolan has contributed more than 250 installments of practical advice to practicing chromatographers. John has written over 100 technical papers, many of which support the development and practical application of gradient elution LC. His book (with Lloyd Snyder), Troubleshooting LC Systems, is a standard reference in laboratories worldwide. John is the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Palmer Award given by the Minnesota Chromatography Forum. Four additional speakers will highlight the symposium after introductory remarks on the History of the Dal Nogare award by Dr. Dolan’s award address. Dr. Lloyd Snyder, another founder of LC Resources and a former Dal Nogare award winner, will speak on the characterization of LC column selectivity. Professor Dan Marchand, from the Chemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin will speak on Hydrophilic Interactive Chromatography column temperature and gradient steepness effects. Dr. Peter Carr from the University of Minnesota will discuss the development of ultra stable silica based stationary phases in liquid chromatography. Mike Swartz, of Waters Corporation in Milford MA, will present his views on moving beyond liquid chromatography using sub-two micron particles.