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 15 countries attending the most recent conference. Yet it remains a small society, and maintains a relaxed tone in our conferences. Members from academia, government and industry 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. We have a student serving as a Board Member, and this is the third time we have a female president (Hilary Bollan first served as President in 2007). 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
Maggie Tam
Canada Border Services Agency, Canada
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggietam/
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President Elect
Hartwig Schmidt
Rapiscan Systems, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hartwig-schmidt-b3585613/
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Past President
Wolfgang Vautz
Leibniz Institure for Analytital Sciences (ISAS) & ION-GAS GmbH, Germany
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-vautz-877b07137/
Secretary
Brian Hauck
U.S. Army CCDC Chemical Biological Center, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianchauckchemist/
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Membership officer
Hilary Bollan MBE
United Kindom Ministry of Defence (Retired), UK
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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/
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Sponsorship Liaison
Lourdes Arce
University of Cordoba, Spain
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lourdes-arce-066b742b/
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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
Paul Rauch
Chemiring Detection Systems, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-rauch-96333424/
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Member-at-large
Ching Wu
Excellims, USA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ching-wu-b2118a2/
Member-at-large
Alex Hill
Defence Science & Technology Lab, Fort Halstad, UK
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-h-01079331/
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Member-at-large
Alexander Bohnhorst
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Twitter: @AlexanderBohnh1
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Member-at-large
Haiyang Li
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China
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Ex officio members:
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
Loughborough University, UK
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
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2019 Conference Organizer
Stefan Zimmerman
Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Any participation of a board member employed by a government entity does not constitute an endorsement of the Society by that member's government.