Ivo Leito

Ivo Leito

Defence of AMS Master’s Theses 2013

Ten AMS master’s students successfully defended their theses today (on June 10, 2013). On picture, from left: Hedi Sinijärv, Sander Sannik, Karen Atabekjan, Yingjian Hou, Kristjan Haav, Kamarniso Vrandecic, Pippa Hayes, Agnes Ivanov, Galyna Gryliuk, Agnes Suu. Traditionally for AMS…

The ESTCube-1 satellite successfully launched!

The ESTCube-1 satellite was successfully launched early in the morning of 07.05.2013! Some hours later on the same day it was officially announced that the satellite works. Three AMS students (Kaspars Laizans, Martynas Pelakauskas, Mykola Tverdokhlib) are participating or have…

Impressions from the MSC Summer school 2012

The MSC Summer school finished on Jul 27, 2012. Kristjan Haav, one of the participants (from the AMS programme, University of Tartu) shared his impressions. Ivo: What would you single out as the top experiences in the summer school? Kristjan:…

MSC Euromaster Summer School 2012

On Monday, July 16, 2012 the fifth Measurement Science in Chemistry International Summer School started in Fatima (Portugal). In this edition, 48 students from thirteen countries participate. The dense and challenging programme will give the students opportunities to learn and…

Applied Measurement Science in Shanghai

During Mar 13-16, 2012 Ivo Leito visited University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) and gave a series of lectures/workshops for te students of USST. The lectures/workshops were the following: — A Short Journey into Modern Analytical Chemistry —…

Analytical chemistry and the extinction of dinosaurs

Measurement science influences other sciences and sometimes from quite an unexpected angle. A recent review on extinction of the dinosaurs (the “Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary”, to put it in a scientifically correct way) published in the prestigious Science…

Metrology in Chemistry Training in India

This week a joint project will finish between University of Tartu and the German National Metrology Institute (PTB – Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) on providing training in Metrology in Chemistry for Indian analytical chemists. In the framework of this collabortion Ivo Leito…