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Nikola: Hello, my fellow analytical chemists! My name is Nikola and I was part of the EACH intake 2017. After two amazing EACH years, it was time for me to move on. I secured a PhD position at ETH Zürich…

From 4 – 17 July, the International Summer School on Quality Assurance took place in Křtiny, Czechia. Before starting their second year in the EACH program, our students Adrian González and Felipe Takano participated in the summer school and will…

On June 11, 2024, six EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at Uppsala University (UU), Sweden. The topics varied from method development for the analysis of mycotoxin in cured meats and cheese to studying the fragmentation of dissolved organic…

On May 09, 2024 the on-line course (MOOC) Estimation of measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually altogether 1047 people registered from 104 countries. 655 participants actually started the course (i.e., tried at least one…

Three graduates from the 2020 EACH cohort, all from the Åbo Akademi study track, recently participated in the 8th Baltic Electrochemistry Conference: Finding New Inspiration 2 (BEChem 2024) held in Tartu, Estonia, from April 14-17, 2024. During the conference’s poster…

In 2023, the seventh intake of EACH students successfully graduated. Within a few months, 13 of the 14 most recent alumni have found a new position to continue their careers in either Academia or Industry. Similar to last year’s graduates,…

On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the web course Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis was launched for the eleventh time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course)! Altogether 1048 participants from 104 countries are registered – the largest number…

We are happy to announce that Mari Tõrv, Research Fellow in Analytical and Physical Chemistry and Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Tartu, was awarded the Professor Peeter Tulviste Memorial Fund scholarship. Her interdisciplinary research combines archaeological heritage…

During recent years, we have been engaged in extensive investigations of the unified pH (pHabs) values of reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) mobile phases. The pHabs scale has the advantage over the conventional pH scale because pHabs values express acidity in…

On February 8, 2024 the on-line course (MOOC) LC-MS Method Validation offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually, altogether 1014 people registered from 109 countries. Around half of them, 508 participants actually started the course (i.e. tried at least…

The Institute of Chemistry received an award for its consistent and systematic efforts over the past three years to improve the quality of education. One of the main goals was to develop students’ skills in specific subjects by changing teaching…

The 2024 edition of the web course (MOOC) Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis will be running from March 19 to May 2, 2024. Registration is now open! The full course material (as well as the registration link) is…

Thursday 01.02.2024 was the last working day of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Winter School 2024. The three days of the of the Winter School saw lots of interactions between 1st and 2nd year students, between students and alumni,…

Recently, Bojidar Mandjoukov (EACH 2022 alumnus) published the results of his Master’s thesis. The open access publication “Planar, low-cost, flexible, and fully laminated graphene paper pseudo-reference and potassium-selective electrodes” can be read here. Read what Bojidar has to say about…

On Jan 30, 2024, the eighth Winter School of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) programme started in Åbo (Turku, Finland). Altogether 33 students from 15 countries (Mexico, Philippines, Thailand, Costa Rica, Brazil, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nigeria, Estonia, India, Ecuador, Azerbaijan,…

At the beginning of this school year, two EACH students took part in the first edition of Mindful Mundus. It’s a project aimed at the students at Erasmus Mundus programs to give them mental health awareness, as well as interpersonal…

We are delighted to announce that the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant 2023 was awarded to a former member of our Analytical Chemistry group and frequent supervisor of EACH master students, Associate Professor Anneli Kruve at Stockholm University! The European Research…

In October, a Fox Party took place to welcome the fresh new EACH students. Read what the foxes Juan, Gloriana, and Rafaela wrote about the social event: We were warmly welcomed not just to Estonia but to the vibrant city…

Number of participants and countries updated on 22.11.2023! On Tuesday, November 21, 2023 the web course LC-MS Method Validation was launched for the fifth time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course). There are 973 1013 registered participants (the first…

We are glad to announce that the admission for Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees programme intake 2024 is open from Nov 5, 2023 to Jan 5, 2024! This international two-year joint master’s degree programme educates specialists in analytical…

During 9-11.10.2023 the 23rd conference in the EcoBalt series – EcoBalt 2023 – took place in Tallinn, co-organised by the National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics and the University of Tartu. With around 200 participants from 21 countries it…

The eighth edition of the online course LC-MS Method Validation is open for registration (registration link is here)! The course will be offered as a Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC) during Nov 21, 2024 – Feb 02, 2024. This is…

Our EACH alumnus, Shidong Chen, successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “Unravelling prehistoric plant exploitation in eastern Baltic: organic residue analysis of plant-based materials by multi-method approach” on the 12th of September. We were honored to have Dr. Shinya Shoda…

At the EcoBalt 2023 conference, there is right now the gettogether of EACH students and alumni, in the framework of the “Data Quality in Analytical Chemistry” mini-cinference series. Altogether around 40 current EACH students and alumni are participating! As for…

On August 18, 2023, five EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at the Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Now, after graduating, they looked back at their time in the EACH program: Enahoro Asein: The EACH program was a fantastic opportunity…

On September 7, 2023, five EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), France. The topics varied from monitoring manufacturing processes with Raman spectroscopy to quantification of fluorine in plastics. The titles for…

Last week was the first study week for the new students of the EACH Erasmus Mundus Joint Programme (EACH). This year, altogether 19 students started their studies. The students’ countries of origin are very diverse: Mexico, Philippines, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Brazil,…

As the new academic year comes closer, incoming 2nd year students reminisced about their days in Chemicum where most of their classes in Tartu for their first year of studies were held: Francis: A tapestry of recollections has been bound…

During June 4-8, 2023, the 71st ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics took place in Houston, Texas, USA. Among the attendees (around 6300) were also several former EACH students. On Tuesday, one student from the 1st intake (intake…

In June, the first-year EACH and AMS students visited the Science Centre AHHAA in Tartu to cap off the academic year. Everyone enjoyed each other’s company while having fun with the interactive exhibits of the Centre. They were also taken…

From 9 – 22 July, International Summer School on Quality Assurance took place in Krtiny, Czechia. Before starting their second year in the EACH programme, our students Tetiana and Merili participated in the summer school and will look back on…

Dennisse, 2021-2023 EACH student from Colombia, looks back on some of the cons of the EACH program: EACH, as its name can clearly suggest, is an international program funded in terms of Excellence and high quality. Once immersed in it,…

At the end of June 2023, the students of the EACH 2020 intake could finally take part in the graduation celebrations in Tartu after earning their Master’s degree in 2022. Noemae, Yu-Yen, Naela, Angelo, and Bojidar reflected more on the…

On June 13, 2023, four EACH students successfully defended their master’s theses at Uppsala University (UU), Sweden. The topics varied from method development for detecting vitamin D metabolites in fatty tissues to predicting toxicities based on tandem mass spectrometry data.…

Last Friday, June 9th, 2023, Andre Leesment successfully defended his PhD thesis titled Quantitative studies of Brønsted acidity in biphasic systems and gas-phase. The opponent was Prof. Kiyohiko Sugano from the Ritsumeikan University, Japan. Experiments for measuring acidity of medicines,…

As the school year is coming to an end for the current first-year EACH and AMS students, a new intake is preparing to travel from all over the world to Tartu to start their studies in a few months’ time.…

On May 11, 2023, the on-line course (MOOC) Estimation of measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually, altogether 993 people registered from 99 countries. From them, 523 participants actually started the course (i.e.…

After spending weekdays attending lectures and doing academic work, students get to spend their weekends exploring the beautiful nature and rich history of Estonia. On March 18, 2023, a group of EACH and AMS students explored the cobbled streets of…

On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 the web course Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis was launched for the tenth time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course)! Currently, 914 participants from 98 countries are registered. In the map presented above,…

On March 10, 2023, Ivo Leito presented “Unified pH – what, why and how?” at the Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2023 Vilnius (Lithuania). Acidity is one of the most critical characteristics of solutions. Its measurement is crucial to understanding and…

This year’s recipients of the teaching staff awards in the University of Tartu have been announced. The UT Student Union chose the recipients based on proposals submitted by the students. We are glad to announce that the Faculty of Science…

On February 10, 2023 the on-line course (MOOC) LC-MS Method Validation offered by the University of Tartu finished successfully. Eventually, altogether 903 people registered from 104 countries. Less than half, 376 participants actually started the course (i.e. tried at least one…

Thursday 02.02.2023 was the last day of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Winter School 2023. The past two days of the of the Winter School saw students building analytical instruments (pH meters and photometers) with Arduino kits (photo on…

On Jan 31, 2023, the eighth Winter School of the Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) programme started in Lyon (France). Altogether 30 students from 16 countries participate (Group photo above). This year’s Winter school is strongly focused on building analytical…

The first year of the EACH program takes place in Estonia, the northest of the Baltic countries. During their studies, the EACH students also explore Estonian nature and culture. Maico Lechner (EACH intake 2021) tried out one of the most…

Recently Nikola Radoman (2017 alumnus of the first EACH intake) defended his PhD. Read below what he has to say about the experience. Nikola: „I have successfully defended my PhD thesis in Analytical Chemistry titled “Enrichment of biogenic and anthropogenic…

Every year the Chemical Society in Uppsala recognizes the best degree projects in chemistry. This year, the Grand Award was rewarded to Siyuan Qui for his 2022 Master’s thesis. His supervisor Mark Dennis Retrato (an EACH 2020 alumnus), accepted the…

On Tuesday, November 22, 2022 the web course LC-MS Method Validation was launched for the fifth time as a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course). There are 904 registered participants (the largest number ever in this course) from 104 countries, ranging…

We are glad to announce that the admission for Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (EACH) Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programme intake 2023 is open! EACH is an international two-year joint master degree programme that educates specialists in analytical chemistry well…

During our Winter School at Krusenberg Manor outside Uppsala held January 17-19 this year, visiting scholar prof. Magnus Palmblad did a workshop with the students related to cheminformatics, specifically on ontologies and semantic method annotations for published articles related to…