ISIMS Board Members
The first IMS workshop was held in 1992 and the ISIMS was founded as a Scholarly Society in 1996. ISIMS quickly evolved into a diverse community, with members from more than 15 countries. Yet it remains a close-knit society, and maintains a relaxed tone in our conferences. Members from academia, government and industry, and across career stages have equal voice.
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We strive to reflect the composition of our membership in session chairs, poster judges, working groups, and the Board of Directors. While the policy-making body of the Society is the Board of Directors, the driving force and the most important part of the Society is, as it always has been, our members.
President
Hartwig Schmidt
Rapiscan Systems, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hartwig-schmidt-b3585613/
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President Elect
Brian Hauck
U.S. Army CCDC Chemical Biological Center, USAhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchauckchemist/
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Past President
Maggie Tam
Canada Border Services Agency,
Canada https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggietam/
Secretary
Peter Fowler
GP Ionics LLC, USA
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Membership officer
Alex Hill
Defence Science & Technology Lab, Fort Halstad, UK
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-h-01079331/
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Treasurer
Tom Limero
KBRwyle/NASA Johnson Space Center, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-limero-3b38b559/
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Treasurer
Brian Clowers
Washington State University, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-h-clowers-3860156a/
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Webmaster
Osmo Anttalainen
Olfactomics Oy, Finland
https://www.linkedin.com/in/osmo-anttalainen-4864392/
Sponsorship Liaison
Lourdes Arce
University of Cordoba, Spain
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lourdes-arce-066b742b/
Nomination Officer
Andreas Walte
Airsense Analytics GmbH, Germany
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-dr-ing-walte-85790720/
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Technical program Officer
Alexander Bohnhorst
ACKISION GmbH, Germany
Twitter: @AlexanderBohnh1
www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-bohnhorst-05353b214
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Member-at-large
Alexander Haack
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahaack91/
Member-at-large
Juliane Gottwald
Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Department of Pathology, Germany
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Member-at-large
Ansgar Kirk
ACKISION GmbH, Germany
Member-at-large
Fuminori Misaizu
Tohoku University, Japan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fuminori-misaizu-268197108/
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Advisory Panel:
Steve Harden
U.S. Army CCDC Chemical Biological Center, USA
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Gary Eiceman
New Mexico State University, USA
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Paul Thomas
Bioxhale
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-thomas-805b9357/
Vince McHugh
U.S. Army CCDC Chemical Biological Center (retired), USA
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Pierre Pilon
Canada Boarder Services Agency (retired), Canada
Robert Ewing
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
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Herb Hill
Washington State University (Emeritus), USA
Wolfgang Vautz
ION-GAS GmbH, Germanyhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-vautz-877b07137/
Hilary Bollan
MBE United Kindom Ministry of Defence (Retired), UK
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Any participation of a board member employed by a government entity does not constitute an endorsement of the Society by that member's government.