European analytical column number 48

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European analytical column number 48 Slavica Ražić 1 & Marcela A. Segundo 2

# Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

The European Analytical Column is the voice of the Division of Analytical Chemistry (DAC) as a professional network of chemical societies and their members working in all fields of analytical sciences within the European Chemical Society (EuChemS). Promotion of analytical chemistry as an interdisciplinary field and support to members’ activities are two of its main goals. This year, we will focus on the role of analytical sciences in fighting COVID-19. We hope you feel inspired!

DAC-EuChemS activities One of the main activities of DAC-EuChemS is the promotion and organization of the Euroanalysis conference. Every two years, one of the participating scientific chemical societies hosts Euroanalysis, with active involvement from local scientists in organization. Last year, the Turkish Chemical Society organized Euroanalysis XX in Istanbul (http:// euroanalysis2019.com/) from 1 to 5 September with two chairs, Prof. Dr. Sibel A. Özkan (Ankara University) and

* Slavica Ražić [email protected] Marcela A. Segundo [email protected] 1

Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, Belgrade 11222, Serbia

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Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, R Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Mahramanlioğlu (Istanbul University). It was a successful event, with more than 600 participants gathered in the campus of Istanbul University. Euroanalysis XXI is scheduled for August 2021 (http://www. euroanalysis2021.nl/), chaired by Prof. Dr. Lutgarde Buydens (Radboud University), and it will take place in the beautiful city of Nijmegen, Netherlands, under the auspices of the Analytical Chemistry Section of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society and COAST, the Dutch Community of Innovation for Analytical Science and Technology. Other ongoing activities of DAC-EuChemS are performed within study groups. These include Bioanalytics, Chemometrics, Education, Electroanalytical Chemistry, History, Nanoanalytics, Quality Assurance, and the recently upgraded task force on Sample Preparation. Please check the DAC-EuChemS website for their reports (https://www. euchems.eu/divisions/analytical-chemistry/), and feel free to contact any of the heads of the study groups for more information or to participate in their activities. Collaboration with other professional networks within EuChemS is also sought. In particular, DAC-EuChemS and the Division of Chemistry and the Environment (DCEEuChemS) have exchanged invited lectures and organized special thematic sessions at their last conferences. Finally, one of DAC-EuChemS’s objectives is to support its delegates for the organization of local events open to the international community through dissemination of the event within the professional network. The steering committee of DAC-EuChemS is happy to receive input for additional ac