Journal of Chromatography & Separation Techniques
Open Access

Sheng-Suan (Victor) Cai,

Biography

ShengSuan Victor Cai received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry at China Agricultural University in 1984 and a Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Analytical Chemistry at Washington State University in 1996. Currently he is working as a Senior Application Scientist in Syagen Technology Inc wwwsyagencom an analytical instrument company located in Tustin California. His current research interest is development of APPI based LCMS/MS method for analysis of a wide range of small molecules such as pharmaceuticals lipids steroids vitamins pesticides PAHs and other environmental pollutants Since joining Syagen in 2003 Mr Cai has authored about a dozen of journal research articles describing APPI technique for LCMS/MS analysis of lipids PAHs and pharmaceutical. He has served as a peer reviewer for several scientific journals including ACS Analytical Chemistry Journal of Chromatography A European Elsevier journal Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry European John Wiley Sons journal and Food Chemistry European Elsevier journal etc. He is a member of American Chemical Society ACS and American Society for Mass Spectrometry ASMS

Research Interest

Demonstrated expertise in development and validation of GC/MS and LC/MS/MS analytical methods. In depth knowledge of principles and applications of separation sciences. Extensive experience in interpreting GC-MS and LC-MS/MS generated analytical data. Extensive hands-on experience in operating Waters/Micromass, Agilent, ThermoFisher, Shimazu, Beckman-Coulter, Varian instruments including GC (FID, ECD, NPD, FPD), HPLC (UV, FL, PDA), CE (UV, PDA), CE-MS, GC-EI-MS, LC-MS/MS and UPLC-MS/MS (ESI, APPI, APCI), etc. Extensive hands-on experiences in performing data analyses and reports using software such as Excel, Masslynx, Quanlynx, Xcalibur, HP ChemStation, Target and LIMS, etc. Working knowledge of isotope dilution GC-MS, LC-MS/MS methods for trace bioanalysis of small molecules. Extensive hands-on experience in sample prep., extraction, cleanup and analysis of biological and environmental samples.