Green Microextraction Analytical Solutions - GMAS Laboratory-
Gionfriddo Research Group
About the PI
Dr. Emanuela Gionfriddo
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, USA
Education and Appointments
2023 - Associate Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
The University of Toledo, OH, USA
2018-2023 - Assistant Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
The University of Toledo, OH, USA
2017-2014 - Research Associate Post Doctoral Fellow - University of Waterloo, Canada
2013 - Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry - Universita' della Calabria, Italy
2010 - M.Sc. Chemistry - Universita' della Calabria, Italy
2008 - B.Sc. Chemistry - Universita' della Calabria, Italy
Honors and Awards
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2023- 2023 Eastern Analytical Symposium Young Investigator Award, Eastern Analytical Symposium
2023 - LCGC 2023 Emerging Leader in Chromatography, LCGC
2022 - Satinder Ahuja Award for Young Investigators in Separation Science, American Chemical Society
2022 - CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2022 - President's Award for Creative and Scholarly Activities- The University of Toledo
2021 - Rising Star of Separation Science, LC-GC Europe and Asia
2018 - UTC Excellence in Sample Prep Award, North American Chemical Residue Workshop
2018 - Young Author Price - ExTech2018 - International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies
Appointments and activities
2021-present - Editorial Board, Green Analytical Chemistry, Elsevier
2021-present - Editorial Board, Advances in Sample Preparation, Elsevier
2021-present - Secretary of the Analytical Chemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society on Chromatography and Separation Chemistry
2021 - Program Committee ASMS conference 2021 – American Society for Mass Spectrometry
2020-present - Attorney General Yost's Environmental Council of Advisors, Ohio Attorney General Office, Columbus, OH
2020 - 2021 - Executive Committee of the Analytical Chemistry Subdivision of the American Chemical Society on Chromatography and Separation Chemistry
2020-present - University of Toledo Water Taskforce
2019-present - Founding member of the Dr. Nina McClelland Laboratory for Water Chemistry and Environmental Analysis, The University of Toledo
2019-present - University of Toledo Institutional Coordinator of ACS Project SEED
2018 - Local organizing committee member of the 20th International Symposium on Advances in Extraction Technologies (ExTech), June 19 – 22, 2018, Iowa State University
Our Team
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Scholars, who currently have their own funding source, and interested in visiting our group are encouraged to contact Dr. Gionfriddo for further information regarding current research projects.
Applications from individuals with prior experience in analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, food analysis, bioclinical analysis, metabolomics, chemometrics, separation science and sample preparation are particularly welcome.
Previous group members and Alumni
order | Year | Name | Role | Current | Current Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | 2023 | Ivan Taima | Visiting Ph.D. Student, Spain | University de La Laguna , Spain | Ph.D. Candidate |
17 | 2018-2023 | Dr. Nipunika H. Godage | Ph.D | ||
16 | 2018-2023 | Dr. Ronald V. Emmons | Ph.D | Argonne National Laboratory | Post Doctoral Associate |
15 | 2022 | Kara Kucway | Visiting High School Researcher | ||
14 | 2022-2023 | Hannah Mock | Project SEED student | ||
13 | 2022 | Beth Ziegelmeyer | Honors Thesis | CDM Smith's Bellevue Research and Testing Laboratory | Environmental Scientist 1 |
12 | 2021_2022 | Nicole Usserman | Undergraduate Researcher | ||
11 | 2021 | Cassidy Howard | Undergraduate Researcher | ||
10 | 2021 | Eden Rosales | Undergraduate Researcher | ||
9 | 2020_2021 | Tue Quynh Chau | Undergraduate Researcher | ||
8 | 2019_2020 | Kayla Billiard | Undergraduate Researcher | ||
7 | 2020 | Amanda Rose Dershem | Visiting Undergraduate Researcher | ||
6 | 2019_2020 | Jayla Gardner | Undergraduate Researcher | ||
5 | 2019 | Matthew R. Stojsavljevic | Undergraduate Researcher | UTMC | PhD Student, Medicine |
4 | 2019 | Giuseppe Gentile | Visiting M.Sc. Student, Italy | ||
3 | 2019 | Isaac Kim | Project SEED student | North Western Univerisity | B.Sc. student, Computer Science |
2 | 2018 | Rachel Avina | High School Student Research Volunteer | Stanford Univerisity | B.Sc. student |
1 | 2018 | Elijah Long | Project SEED student |