Instructors:

• Brian H. Clowers, Ph. D. – Washington State University

• Alexander Haack, Dr. – Leibniz University Hannover

• Ansgar T. Kirk, Dr.-Ing. - ACKISION

 

The syllabus and learning objectives are listed below. For further information, please contact

Prof. Brian Clowers at brian.clowers@wsu.edu or 

Alexander Haack at haack@geml.uni-hannover.de

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The in-person short course is suitable for individuals with varying levels of experience, including those who are new to the field. All efforts will be made to accommodate the interest of the attendees with topics ranging from IMS fundamentals to a wide array of applications, including detection and structural identification of molecules. Lectures cover various forms of IMS (e.g., drift tube IMS, DMS, TWIMS, TIMS, cyclic IMS, AIMS), stand-alone IMS instruments and tandem systems (e.g., coupled to chromatography and mass spectrometers). The short course also includes the popular hands-on training with commercial IMS instruments!
 

Dates and Location:

• Dates: Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, 2026

• Time: 09:30 AM - 05:00 PM

• Location: Atheneum Suite Hotel and Conference Hotel (1000 Brush St, Detroit, MI 48226)​

• Room: Euripides

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Syllabus:

• History and operating principles of IMS

• Ionization sources and ion chemistry

• Collisional theory and measuring mobility

• Different types of IMS and tandem IMS systems (incl. IM-MS)

• Applications

• Masterclass on CIU/IM-MS

• Hands-on instrument demonstration

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Learning Objectives:

After attending the short course, students will be familiar with:

• Principles and operation of linear gradient ion mobility, differential mobility spectrometry, aspirator and dynamic field instruments (e.g., TIMS, TWIMS)

• Instrument attributes associated with hyphenated mobility systems

• Components of an IMS and their importance in relation to the performance of the IMS system

• Fundamentals of ion mobility theory and modeling aspects (e.g., structure to mobility)