Two Spectroscopy® Editorial Advisory Board Members Win the 2020 New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award

Howard Mark and Jerome Workman Jr. will receive the awards at the 2020 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exhibition

CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectroscopy^®, a multimedia platform that promotes the use of spectroscopic instrumentation in applied research, environmental testing, quality control and the life sciences, is proud to announce that editorial advisory board members Howard Mark and Jerome Workman Jr. have been named winners of the 2020 New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award. They will be honored at the 2020 annual Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exhibition in November in Princeton, New Jersey.

“Congratulations to Mark and Workman on this well-deserved achievement in the field of applied spectroscopy,” said Mike Hennessy Jr., president and CEO of MJH Life Sciences^™, the parent company of Spectroscopy^®. “We are so proud to work with these exceptional and distinguished industry leaders and look forward to seeing them continuing to make strides in their career.”

This year marks only the second time the committee has selected two winners for the Gold Medal Award. Mark and Workman were recognized for their contributions, individually and as a team, to the field of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy and chemometrics, leading to a wider adoption of the technology in the spectroscopy community.

Mark and Workman are members of the editorial advisory board of Spectroscopy^® and have been co-authors of both the popular “Statistics in Spectroscopy” and “Chemometrics in Spectroscopy” columns since 1986. They have co-authored both first and second editions of books of the same titles and over 160 individual column articles, as well as 21 book volumes separately or together. They have individually received several awards, including the Williams-Wright Award of the Coblentz Society, the Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Contributions to NIR and the ASTM International Award of Merit.

Workman is currently the senior technical editor for Spectroscopy^® and its sister publication, LCGC^™ North America. He is also a certified core adjunct professor at National University in San Diego, California, and a principal at Biotechnology Business Associates. Mark runs a consulting service, Mark Electronics, in Suffern, New York.

Since 1952, the New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy Gold Medal Award has recognized outstanding scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field of applied spectroscopy.

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About Spectroscopy^®

Spectroscopy^® is a multimedia platform dedicated to analytical spectroscopy through peer-reviewed articles, tutorials, web seminars and more. Spectroscopy^® aims to enhance productivity, efficiency and the overall value of spectroscopic instruments and methods as a practical analytical technology across a variety of fields. The magazine and its website provide scientists, technicians and laboratory managers with content to help them improve their practice. Spectroscopy^® is a brand of MJH Life Sciences^™, the largest privately held, independent, full-service medical media company in North America dedicated to delivering trusted health care news across multiple channels.