Keynote Speakers
Deirdre Cabooter
KU Leuven, Belgium

Title: On the elucidation of mass transfer phenomena of oligonucleotides in liquid chromatography

Deirdre Cabooter is a Full Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium. Her current research is directed towards a deeper understanding of mass transfer phenomena in liquid chromatography, the analysis of complex samples in pharmaceutical, environmental and food applications using 1D-LC and 2D-LC, retention modeling, and solutions for automated method development based on artificial intelligence. She has published more than 155 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. Her current research team consists of 1 valorization manager, 2 post-docs and 8 PhD students. She received the LCGC Emerging Leader in Chromatography Award in 2017, the Jubilee medal of the Chromatographic Society in 2020, the JFK Huber Lecture Award of the Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry in 2023, and is an editor of Journal of Chromatography A since 2018.