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About
Jim Grinias
Dr. James P. Grinias is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Rowan University. He received in B.S. in Chemistry from Eastern Michigan University, his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the direction of Jim Jorgenson, and was an NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan under the direction of Bob Kennedy. He is the recipient of the HPLC 2013 Csaba Horváth Young Scientist Award, and was the 2017 Young Alumnus of the Year at Eastern Michigan University.
James’ research focuses on the fundamentals of separations in capillary and microfluidic columns. These techniques are also applied to help enhance analytical methods in the neuroscience, molecular physiology, and pharmaceutical fields. His work has led to nearly 20 peer-reviewed publications and dozens of presentations at national and international conferences.
In addition to his research interests, Dr. Grinias is also interested in improving the educational experience of students in undergraduate analytical chemistry coursework. Specifically, he focuses on finding new ways of implementing new educational technologies to help enhance the instruction of chemical instrumentation and analytical techniques.
James has previously served the professional community as the Assistant Program Chair for the 2012 Southeastern Regional Meeting of the ACS, through the HPLC 2016 & 2018 Symposium Organizing Committees, and by co-editing a special issue of the Journal of Chromatography A focused on chromatography and electrophoresis. In addition, he is a current executive committee member of the Chromatography Forum of Delaware Valley and regularly serves as a reviewer for several different separations-related journals.