Conferences
Pittsburgh Conference 2010 (Feb. 28 - Mar. 5, 2010, Orlando, Florida, USA)  
1.A Rapid and Simple Thermal Desorption-GC/MS Method for the Determination of Phthalates in Plastic Children's Toys
(Oral, Wednesday, Mar. 3, 15:00, Room 310B)
2.The Direct Determination of Residual Bisphenol A Using Thermal Desorption (TD) - GC/MS
(Oral, Wednesday, Mar. 3, 15:35, Room 310B)
3.A Novel On-line UV Irradiator for Evaluating the Photo, Thermal and Oxidative Degradation of Polymers
(Poster, Wednesday, Mar. 3, 10:00-12:00, Blue Area-Hall A2)
4.Using Polymer Based MS Libraries to Characterize an Unknown Polymeric Material: case study - What additives and polymer(s) are present in a children's toy duck
(Poster, Tuesday, Mar. 2, 13:00-15:00, Gray Area-Hall B4)
China 15th Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis (Oct. 23 - 25, 2009, Beijing, China)  
 1.Development of UV/pyrolysis-GC/MS System Incorporated with On-line Micro-UV Irradiation for Rapid Evaluation of Photo and Oxidative Degradation of Representative Polymers under Appropriate Heating
 2.The Development of A New MS Pyrolyzates Library for The Identification of Polymeric Materials
International Oil Shale Symposium (Jun. 7 - 9, 2009, Tallinn, Estonia)  
  Rapid Characterisation and Investigation of Oil Shales by Thermal Desorption Pyrolysis GC/MS Using Multi-Functional Pyrolyzer
Pittsburgh Conference 2009 (Mar. 8 - 13, 2009, Chicago, USA)  
1.Improvement of an On-line Ultra Violet Radiation (UV/Py-GC/MS) System and Its Ppplication for Photo Fries Rearrangement
2.The Development of a New MS Pyrolyzates Library for the Identification of Polymeric Materials
3.Using Reactive Pyrolysis-GC/MS to Characterize the Fatty Acids in Algae Prior to the Conversion to Biofuels
7th International Symposium on Weatherability (Oct. 23 - 24, 2008, Yokohama, Japan)  
 1. Development of an On-line Micro-ultra Violet Radiation Pyrolysis-GC/MS (UV/Py-GC/MS) System Useful for Rapid and Sensitive Weathering Test of Materials
 2. Confirmation of Photo Fries Rearrangement of Phenyl Salicylates Using an Innovative On-line Ultra Violet Radiation/Pyrolysis-GC/MS System
 
18th international Symposium on Analytcal and Applied Pyrolysis  
  (Lanzarote, Canary Island, Spain, May 18-23, 2008)   
 1. Development of On-line Ultra Violet Radiation Pyrolysis-GC/MS (UV/Py-GC/MS) System using Multi-functional Pyrolyzer
 2. Rapid determination of trace organophosphonates used as ionic surfactants in an aqueous system by reactive pyrolysis - GC/MS
 3. Validation of the TD-GC/MS method for the determination of decabromo diphenylether (DeBDE) in polymeric materials
 4. Development of an additive mass spectral library for the qualitative analysis in polymeric materials by pyrolysis-GC/MS
 5. Quantitative analysis of a cross-linking agent in polycarbonate using reactive pyrolysis - GC/MS