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Manuscript published. Congratulations, Harssh!
September 2024
H. Agrawaal, G. Gamez. Computer Simulation and Modeling of Glow Discharge Optical Emission Coded Aperture Elemental Mapping, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2024, 1321, 343001, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2024.343001
Gamez Lab’s optical spectroscopy section moves to new Academic Sciences Building!
August 2024
Harsshit Agrawaal successfully defends his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Agrawaal!
June 2024
Several articles authored by Dr. Gamez and the Gamez lab are featured in the compilation “Landmark Publications in Analytical Atomic Spectrometry” (G.C.-Y. Chan, et al., Appl. Spectrosc, 2024, DOI: 10.1177/00037028241263567), which contains 1055 articles spanning almost two centuries and considered “the most impactful publications in the area”, which were proposed by at least one of 48 current international experts in the field.
June 2024
Manuscript published.
George C.-Y. Chan*, Gary M. Hieftje*, Nicoló Omenetto*, Ove Axner, Arne Bengtson, Nicolas H. Bings, Michael W. Blades, Annemie Bogaerts, Mikhail A. Bolshov, José A.C. Broekaert, WingTat Chan, José M. Costa-Fernández, Stanley R. Crouch, Alessandro De Giacomo, Alessandro D’Ulivo, Carsten Engelhard, Heinz Falk, Paul B. Farnsworth, Stefan Florek, Gerardo Gamez, Igor B. Gornushkin, Detlef Günther, David W. Hahn, Wei Hang, Volker Hoffmann, Norbert Jakubowski, Vassili Karanassios, David W. Koppenaal, R. Kenneth Marcus, Reinhard Noll, John W. Olesik, Vincenzo Palleschi, Ulrich Panne, Jorge Pisonero, Steven J. Ray, Martín Resano, Richard E. Russo, Alexander Scheeline, Benjamin W. Smith, Ralph E. Sturgeon, José-Luis Todolí, Elisabetta Tognoni, Frank Vanhaecke, Michael R. Webb, James D. Winefordner, Lu Yang, Jin Yu, and Zhanxia Zhang. Landmark Publications in Analytical Atomic Spectrometry: Fundamentals and Instrumentation Development, Appl. Spectrosc., 2024, DOI: 10.1177/00037028241263567
June 2024
Congratulations to Ezekiel Branch and Hanuk Kwon on graduating with their Bachelor’s!
May 2024
Our article is the winner of the 2023 Edward Steers Memorial Award for Best Paper in Glow Discharge Spectroscopy from the European Working Group on Glow Discharge Spectroscopy. Congratulations Dr. Kevin Finch and Aldo Hernandez!
April 2024
Finch, K.; Hernandez, A.; Gamez, G.* High Throughput Nanoparticle Characterization via Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Elemental Mapping. Anal. Chem. 2023, 95, 4, 2269–2277. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03940

Congratulations to Harsshit Agrawaal on receiving the Ming Sun Family Graduate Research Scholarship at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry awards banquet!
April 2024
Congratulations to Hanuk Kwon on receiving the Royal Society of Chemistry Undergraduate Excellence award at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry awards banquet!
April 2024
Manuscript published. Congratulations Dong!
October 2023
Zhang, M. Loomer, G. Gamez*, Quantitative analysis of biopolymers in lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks via laser-assisted micro-pyrolysis flowing atmospheric-pressure afterglow high-resolution ambient mass spectrometry, Talanta, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2023.125333
Chika Okorie successfully defends his MS thesis. Congratulations Chika!
October 2023
Gamez group presents at SciX 2023: Dr. Gamez, invited talk; Harsshit Agrawaal, invited talk.
October 2023
Congratulations to Ejoke Akatugba, and co-authors Dr. Dong Zhang and Michael Loomer, on receiving the 1^st place poster award at the Graduate Poster Session in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry TTU!

August 2023
Dong Zhang successfully defends his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Zhang!
June 2023
Gamez group attends the 2^nd US Low Temperature Plasma Summer School at the University of Michigan: Harsshit Agrawaal, Ejoke Akatugba, Rajendra Joshi.
June 2023
Gamez group presents at ASMS 2023: Dong Zhang presents poster.
June 2023
Congratulations to Jennifer Agu, Michael Loomer, Mason Moran, Kristin Neystel, and Heather Scott on graduating with their Bachelor’s!
May 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Finch on receiving the 2022 Song Prize for the best PhD Dissertation in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry TTU!
April 2023
Congratulations to Dong Zhang on receiving a Cengage General Chemistry Teaching Assistant Award at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry TTU!
April 2023
Gamez group presents at TTU Undergraduate Research Conference: Hanuk Kwon, Jennifer Agu, Michael Loomer, Heather Scott, all present posters.
April 2023
Gamez group presents at PITTCON 2023: Dong Zhang presents poster.
March 2023
Congratulations to Harsshit Agrawaal for being selected to receive a Texas Tech University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship. The competitive fellowship provides a research assistantship for the 12 months leading to his dissertation defense and graduation.
March 2023
Manuscript published. Congratulations Kevin!
January 2023
Finch, K.; Hernandez, A.; Gamez, G.* High Throughput Nanoparticle Characterization via Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Elemental Mapping. Anal. Chem. 2023, 95, 4, 2269–2277. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c03940 Featured on the cover.
Gamez group presents at the 64th annual meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics 2022.
October 2022
Gamez group presents at SciX 2022: Dr. Gamez, invited talk and oral presentation; Dong Zhang, invited talk.
October 2022
Dr Gamez presents talk titled “Ultra-high Throughput Chemical Imaging Of Material Surfaces Enabled by Plasma Spectrochemistry And Compressed Sensing Strategies” at the Texas Tech University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Seminar series.
August 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Finch for obtaining his PhD!
August 2020
Congratulations to Prof. Gamez and collaborator Prof. Ray at SUNY-Buffalo for receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation – Division of Physics, in the program Ecosystem for Leading Innovation in Plasma Science and Engineering (ECLIPSE) for Studying Microwave-Plasma interactions at Solid Interfaces Using Microwave Microstrip Architectures!
July 2022
Manuscript published. Congratulations Xiaoxia!
July 2022
Gong, X.; Shi, S.; Zhang, D.; Gamez, G.* Quantitative Analysis of Exhaled Breath Collected on Filter Substrates via Low-Temperature Plasma Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2022, DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00109.
Dr. Gamez gave a remote invited talk titled “Nanoparticle Characterization via Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Elemental Mapping” at the Roundtable on NanoCharacterization, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), June 30^th, 2022, Berlin, Germany.
June 2022
Kevin Finch successfully defends his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Finch!
June 2022
Congratulations to Dong Zhang on his excellent week at the 70^th ASMS Conference, Minneapolis. He presented a poster, a lightning talk in the Ambient Sampling & Ionization Interest Group workshop, and received an ASMS Graduate Student Travel Award. Great job Dong!
June 2022
Congratulations to all authors of our article selected as a Top Finalist for the Paper of The Year Award from the Elsevier journal Spectrochimica Acta Part B (Finch, K.; Zhang, D.; She, Y.; Hernandez, A.; Gamez, G.* Advances in Thomson Scattering Diagnostics of Plasmas Used for Chemical Analysis, Acta B, 2021, 176C, 106045. DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2020.106045).
June 2022
Congratulations to Dong Zhang for being invited to give his upcoming ASMS poster presentation also as a Lightning Talk in the Ambient Sampling & Ionization Interest Group workshop at the ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, June 5 – 9, Minneapolis, 2022.
May 2022
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on receiving the prestigious Richard Payling Prize, from the European Working Group on Glow Discharge Spectroscopy, at the International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium 2022. It is a biennial internationally competitive award established in 2005. “The Payling Prize is given in recognition of outstanding work in the field of Analytical Glow Discharge…awarded to a young scientist who gives the best presentation during a meeting…” Kevin is only the 2nd person from a US institution who has won the award since it’s inception.
April 2022
Gamez group presents at the International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium 2022: Dr. Gamez and Kevin Finch, invited talks; Kevin Finch, Harsshit Agrawaal, and Dong Zhang all first-author posters.
April 2022
Congratulations to Dong Zhang for being selected to receive a Texas Tech University Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship. The competitive fellowship provides a research assistantship for the 12 months leading to his dissertation defense and graduation.
March 2022
Gamez group presents at TTU Undergraduate Research Conference: Hanuk Kwon gave an oral presentation; Amarachi Peter-Azorji, Mariah Budomo, and Mason Moran all present posters.
March 2022
Congratulations to Dong Zhang for being selected to receive a 2022 ASMS Graduate Student Travel Award to attend the 70^th ASMS conference in Minneapolis, June 2022. “The ASMS Graduate Student Award recognizes graduate students whose academic achievements and current mass spectrometry research display a high level of excellence and distinction.” He will recognized in a ceremony at the conference. According to the ASMS website this is the first travel award to a graduate student at Texas Tech University from the years listed (from 2015).
February 2022
Manuscript published. Congratulations Dong!
February 2022
Zhang, D.; Zeldes, D.; Gamez, G.* Three-Dimensional Mass Spectral Imaging of Polymers via Laser-Assisted Micro-Pyrolysis Program Flowing Atmospheric-Pressure Afterglow Ambient Mass Spectrometry, Anal. Chem., 2022, 94, 3335-3342. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c05413.
Manuscript published!
February 2022
Latif, M.; Chen, X.; Gandhi, V.; Larriba-Andaluz, C.*; Gamez, G.* Field-Switching Repeller Flowing Atmospheric-Pressure Afterglow Drift Tube Ion Mobility Spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2022, 33, 4, 635 – 348
Manuscript published!
February 2022
Gamez, G.*; She, Y.; Rivera, P.; Shi, S.; Finch, K. High-Throughput Single-Pixel Spectral Imaging System For Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectrometry Elemental Mapping Enabled by Compressed Sensing, J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2022, 37, 805 – 813. DOI: 10.1039/D2JA00021K.
Congratulations to Kevin Finch for getting a poster award, sponsored by the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, at the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2022.
January 2022

Gamez group presents at the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry 2022: Dr. Gamez, invited talk; Kevin Finch, invited talk and poster.
January 2022
Dr. Gamez gave an invited talk titled “Ultra-high Throughput 3D Elemental Mapping via Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy and Compressed Sensing” at the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Tennessee Knoxville.
January 2022
Dr. Gamez gave an invited talk titled “Platforms for Nanoparticle Characterization Via Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Elemental Mapping” at PACIFICHEM.
December 2021
Congratulations to Dong Zhang on receiving a 2021 Graduate Student Research Support Award provided through The CH Foundation, the Texas Tech University Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, and the Graduate School!
November 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Gamez on being selected to serve on the Editorial Board of the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy. https://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/jaas/editorial-board-members/#ja-gamez

November 2021
Dr. Gamez gave an invited talk titled “Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy And Compressed Sensing Strategies For Ultra-High Throughput 3D Elemental Analysis Of Solid Surfaces” at the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas Arlington.
October 2021.
Dr. Gamez gave the inaugural plenary lecture titled “Espectroscopía de Emisión Óptica por Descarga Luminiscente y Detección Comprimida para el Mapeo Elemental Ultra-Rápido en 3D de Superficies Sólidas” to open the Chemical Engineering Week event at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Instituto Nacional de Mexico/Instituto Tecnologico de Aguascalientes, Mexico.
October 2021.
Gamez group presents at ASMS 2021: Dong Zhang, oral presentation.
October 2021
Kevin Finch was featured on an article by Spectroscopy Magazine announcing the Society for Applied Spectroscopy Atomic Section Student Award he received at the SciX 2021 conference in Providence, RI, where he delivered an invited talk. https://www.spectroscopyonline.com/view/four-students-to-receive-sas-atomic-section-awards-at-scix-2021

Congratulations, Kevin!
October 2021
Gamez group presents at SciX 2021: Dr. Gamez, oral presentation; Kevin Finch, invited talk; Harsshit Agrawal, poster.
October 2021
Texas Tech Today published an interview with Kevin Finch to ask him about his 2021 ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Fellowship, his research on laser scattering spectroscopy of plasmas used for chemical analysis, and his future plans. https://today.ttu.edu/posts/2021/08/Stories/doctoral-student-receives-prestigious-graduate-fellowship

Also, TTU College of Arts and Sciences featured Kevin’s news on their website homepage. https://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/index.php

https://www.depts.ttu.edu/artsandsciences/news/Students/students-achieve.php

Congratulations, Kevin!
August 2021
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez on being selected as a recipient of the 2021 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Undergraduate Student Award “in recognition of outstanding research in the area of spectroscopy.” He will receive the award at the upcoming SciX 2021 conference in September where he has been invited to present a poster!
August 2021
Congratulations to Kevin Finch for receiving a 2021 American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry fellowship sponsored by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, which recognizes “outstanding research ability and accomplishment, as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications in analytical chemistry”!
July 2021
Manuscript published. Congratulations Dong!
July 2021

Zhang, D.; Latif, M.; Gamez, G.* Instantaneous Differentiation of Functional Isomers via Reactive Flowing Atmospheric Pressure Afterglow Mass Spectrometry, Anal. Chem., 2021, 93, 9986. DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04867.
Congratulations to Dr. Gamez for receiving a single PI continuing grant from the National Science Foundation – Division of Chemistry, Chemical Measurement and Imaging program (CHE-2108359), to develop Glow Discharge Optical Emission Coded Aperture Spectral Imaging Elemental Mapping (GOCAEM) for Ultrahigh Throughput 3D Surface Analysis of Nanoscale Materials!
May 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Gamez for receiving the 2021 Susan Talkmitt STEM Motivator Award from the Texas Tech University Center for the Integration of STEM Education and Research (CISER)! The award is given to a science educator who made an outstanding and positive impact on the science education of CISER undergraduate Scholars.
May 2021
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez for receiving a Richard L. Blanton Endowed Scholarship from the Texas Tech University Center for the Integration of STEM Education and Research (CISER)!
May 2021
Congratulations to Dong Zhang for receiving a Ming Sun Family Graduate Research Scholarship and a Ginny Shen Lin Endowed Graduate Scholarship at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate student awards and recognition banquet!
May 2021
Congratulations to Kevin Finch for receiving a Chemistry Graduate Student Organization Scholarship and a Pearson Teaching Assistant Scholarship at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate student awards and recognition banquet!
May 2021
Congratulations to Yue She for receiving an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for General Chemistry (Fall 2020) and a Pearson Teaching Assistant Scholarship at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate student awards and recognition banquet!
May 2021
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez for receiving the 2021 ACS Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, sponsored by the ACS South Plains section, at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate student awards and recognition banquet!
April 2021
Congratulations to Jennifer Agu for receiving the 2021 Craig Memorial Chemistry Department Endowed Scholarship at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate student awards and recognition banquet!
April 2021
Congratulations to Mariah Budomo for receiving the 2021 Robert C. Goodwin Memorial Endowed Scholarship and an Outstanding Performance Award in Analytical Chemistry at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry undergraduate student awards and recognition banquet!
April 2021
Dr. Gamez gave an invited talk titled “Connecting The Dots: Beyond Surviving Your STEM Higher Education Experience As A Minority” at the Minority Alumni Speaker Series, organized by the SACNAS chapter at Indiana University Bloomington, and sponsored by the Dept. of Chemistry, Dept. of Biochemistry, and the College Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
April 2021.
Dr. Gamez gave an invited talk titled “Ultra-High Throughput 3D Elemental Analysis Of Surfaces With Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy And Compressed Sensing Strategies” at the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington.
April 2021.
Congratulations to Dr. Gamez for receiving the 2021 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the TTU Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences (TrUE)!
April 2021
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez for receiving the 2021 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award from the TTU Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences (TrUE)!
April 2021
Congratulations to Mason Moran on receiving an undergraduate research project funding from the Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences (TrUE) at TTU!
April 2021
Manuscript published. Congratulations Mohsen and Dong!
April 2021

Latif, M.; Zhang, D.; Gamez, G.* Flowing Atmospheric-Pressure Afterglow Drift Tube Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Anal. Chim. Acta, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2021.338507
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez for receiving a 1^st Place Award for his virtual poster presentation in the Technology Section of the TTU Undergraduate Research Conference!

April 2021
Congratulations to Jennifer Agu, Aldo Hernandez, Paola Rivera, Layan Shabaneh, and David Zeldes, for receiving Outstanding Presenter mentions!
April 2021
Manuscript published. Congratulations Songyue and Kevin!
April 2021
Shi, S.; Finch, K.; Gamez, G.* Radially Resolved Optical Emission Spectral Imaging Study of an Atmospheric Pressure µDBD Jet for Elucidating the Effect of Sample Surface Material on the Underlying Mechanisms, J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2021, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0JA00522C
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on being selected as a recipient of the 2021 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Atomic Section Student Award. He will receive the award at the upcoming SciX 2021 conference in September where he will give an invited talk!
April 2021
Gamez group presents at TTU Undergraduate Research Conference: Jennifer Agu, Aldo Hernandez, Paola Rivera, Layan Shabaneh, and David Zeldes all present posters.
March 2021
Manuscript published. Congratulations Maureen and Dong!
March 2021
Oliva, M.; Zhang, D.; Prada-Tiedemann, P.; Gamez, G.* Laser Assisted Sampling vs Direct Desorption Flowing Atmospheric Pressure Afterglow Mass Spectrometry of Complex Polymer Samples: Forensic Implications for Pressure Sensitive Tape Chemical Analysis, Talanta, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122333
Gamez group presents at PITTCON 2021: Harsshit Agrawal, Jennifer Agu, Kevin Finch, Aldo Hernandez, and Layan Shabaneh all present posters. March 2021
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on receiving a 2021 Graduate Student Research Support Award provided through the Texas Tech University Office of Parent and Family Relations, the Graduate Assembly, and the Graduate School!
February 2021
Manuscript published. Congratulations Kevin, Dong, Yue, and Aldo!
January 2021
Finch, K.; Zhang, D.; She, Y.; Hernandez, A.; Gamez, G.* Advances in Thomson scattering diagnostics of plasmas used for chemical analysis, Spectrochim. Acta Part B, 2021, 176C, 106045
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on receiving the 2021 Edward Steers Bursary Award from the Association of British Spectroscopists! The award, established to recognize the contributions of eminent atomic spectroscopist Prof. Edward B.M. Steers, assists a promising early scientist (non-tenured academic post or in industry, within 7 years of award of PhD excluding career breaks) engaged in or utilizing analytical spectroscopic techniques to attend a recognized scientific meeting or visit a place of learning.
January 2021
Congratulations to Mohsen Latif on a successful PhD candidacy research exam!
December 2020
Gamez group presents at SCIX 2020: Dr. Gamez on-demand talk; Kevin Finch, Yue She, Dong Zhang, and Aldo Hernandez all present posters.
October 2020
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez on his poster at LatinXChem making it to the finalists round of awards.
September 2020
Gamez group presents at #LatinXCHEM: Aldo Hernandez presents poster.
September 2020
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on his poster receiving an award at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry Poster Symposium.
August 2020
Manuscript published. Congratulations Xioaxia, Dong, Inah, Yue, and Songyue!
Aug 2020
Gong, X.; Zhng, D.; Embile, I.B.; She, Y.; Shi, S.; Gamez, G.* Low-Temperature Plasma Probe Mass Spectrometry for Analytes Separated on Thin-Layer Chromatography Plates: Direct vs Laser Assisted Desorption. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2020, DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00246.
Congratulations to Maureen Oliva for receiving the Outstanding Masters Student in Forensic Science Award from the Instintute of Forensic Science at the TTU Dept. of Environmental Toxicology!
Aug 2020
Manuscript published. Congratulations Kevin, Aldo, Yue and Songyue!
June 2020
Finch, K.; Hernandez, A.; She, Y.; Shi, S.; Gamez, G.* A Transmission-Type Triple Grating Spectrograph for Improved Laser Scattering Diagnostics of Low-Density Plasmas used in Chemical Analysis. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0JA00193G. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/JA/D0JA00193G#!divAbstract
Gamez group presents at ASMS Reboot: Dong Zhang, Maureen Oliva, and Mohsen Latif all present posters.
June 2020
Congratulations to Maureen Oliva for obtaining her Masters!
May 2020
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez for receiving the American Chemical Society Division of Analytical Chemistry Undergraduate Award at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry virtual awards banquet!
May 2020
Congratulations to Kevin Finch for receiving a Ming Sun Family Graduate Research Scholarship, a Ginny Shen Lin Scholarship, and an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for General Chemistry at the TTU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry virtual awards banquet!
May 2020
Maureen Oliva successfully defends her Masters Thesis remotely. Congratulations Maureen!
March 2020
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez on receiving an undergraduate research project funding from the Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences (TrUE) at TTU!
March 2020
Dr. Gamez presents invited lecture at PITTCON, Chicago
March 2020
Maureen Oliva presents at AAFS, Anaheim
February 2020
Congratulations to Aldo Hernandez on becoming an undergraduate research scholar at the Center for the Integration of STEM Education and Research (CISER) at TTU!
February 2020
Prof. Gamez received the 2020 Young Plasma Scientist Award, sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific, at the Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry held in Tucson. The award “recognizes achievements in conceptualization and development of novel instrumentation as well as the elucidation of fundamental events or processes involved in plasma spectrochemistry” and also “authorship of significant research papers or books that have had an influential role in new advancements as well as outstanding applications that open new fields of use for plasma spectrochemistry”. Congratulations!

https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/about-us/events/industrial/winter-conference-plasma-spectrochemistry.html
January 2020
Congratulations to Dong Zhang on a successful PhD candidacy research exam!
December 2019
Manuscript published. Congratulations Songyue, Kevin and Yue!
November 2019
Shi, S.; Finch, K.; She, Y.; Gamez, G.* Development of Abel’s Inversion Method to Extract Radially Resolved Optical Emission Maps from Spectral Data Cubes Collected via Push-Broom Hyperspectral Imaging with Sub-pixel Shifting Sampling. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2020, 35, 117-125. DOI: 10.1039/C8JA00235E. Featured on the cover.
http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=C9JA00239A
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on receiving the 2^nd place Award for the Atomic poster session at SCIX, Palm Springs!
October 2019
Gamez group presents at SCIX, Palm Springs: Dr. Gamez, invited talk; Kevin Finch, poster.
October 2019
Prof. Steven Ray, SUNY Buffalo, visits the Gamez lab.
October 2019
Dr. Gamez presents invited lecture at University of North Carolina Wilmington
September 2019
Congratulations to Yue She on a successful PhD candidacy research exam!
August 2019
Congratulations to Kevin Finch on a successful PhD candidacy research exam!
August 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Songyue Shi for obtaining his PhD!
August 2019
Songyue Shi successfully defends his PhD dissertation. Congratulations Songyue!
June 2019
Dr. Gamez presents keynote lecture at Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XLI, Mexico City
June 2019
Prof. Gamez is selected to receive the 2020 Winter Conference Young Scientist Award in Plasma Spectrochemistry sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific. The award “recognizes achievements in conceptualization and development of novel instrumentation as well as the elucidation of fundamental events or processes involved in plasma spectrochemistry” and also “authorship of significant research papers or books that have had an influential role in new advancements as well as outstanding applications that open new fields of use for plasma spectrochemistry”. The award will be presented at the Conference during the awards session in January 2020. Congratulations!
May 2019
Prof. Gamez receives the Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Research Award for the Natural and Physical Sciences. Congratulations!
May 2019
Congratulations to Maureen Oliva on a successful M.Sc. Thesis Prospectus!
April 2019
Gamez Group presents at TTU Undergrad Research Conference: Cody Baker, Jong Min Lee, and Zachry Kempf all present posters
April 2019
Prof. Gamez served as a panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry
March 2019
Dr. Gamez was selected to receive an International Travel Fund Award from the Texas Tech University Office of International Affairs to attend the CSI XLI in Mexico City
February 2019
Prof. Gamez achieves Tenure. Congratulations!
February 2019
Prof. Gamez was selected to receive the Texas Tech University College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Research Award for the Natural and Physical Sciences. Congratulations!
January 2019
The Gamez group presents Science Magic Show at Ramirez Elementary
January 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Xiaoxia Gong for obtaining her PhD!
December 2018
Gamez group presents at SCIX, Atlanta: Dr. Gamez, invited talk; Xiaoxia Gong, Songyue Shi, Kevin Finch, Yinglei Pu, and Yue She all present posters
October 2018
Xiaoxia Gong successfully defends her PhD dissertation. Congratulations Xiaoxia!
October 2018
Manuscript published. Congratulations Songyue, Xiaoxia, Yan, and Kevin!
August 2018
Shi, S.; Gong, X.; Mu, Y.; Finch, K.; Gamez, G.* Geometric super-resolution on push-broom hyperspectral imaging system for plasma optical emission spectroscopy. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2018, DOI: 10.1039/C8JA00235E.
Manuscript published. Congratulations Kevin!
June 2018
Gamez, G.*; Finch, K. Recent advances in surface elemental mapping via glow discharge atomic spectrometry. Spectrochim. Acta B, 2018, 148, 129-136. Invited Paper.
Xiaoxia Gong presents poster at ASMS, San Diego
June 2018
Gamez Group presents at TTU Undergrad Research Conference: Inah Embile, poster; Chad Pesek, poster
March 2018
Xiaoxia Gong receives Graduate Research Student Support Award from TTU Graduate School. Congratulations!
Spring 2018
Gamez Group presents at PITTCON: Xiaoxia Gong, poster; Songyue Shi, poster
February 2018
The Gamez group presents Science Magic Show at Ramirez Elementary
January 2018
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Amelia Island
January 2018
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at Asia-Pacific Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Japan
November 2017
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at Indiana University, Bloomington
October 2017
Gamez Group presents at ACS SWRM: Xiaoxia Gong, invited talk; Songyue Shi, talk; Yihui Yuan poster
October 2017
Dr. Gamez is Organized Symposium at ACS SWRM, Lubbock
October 2017
Dr. Gamez is Distinguished speaker at Los Alamos National Labs Chemistry Colloquium Series
October 2017
Gamez Group visits Indiana University Bloomington to transport donated instrumentation from Hieftje lab. Thanks Heef!
August 2017
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at SCIX, RenoSeptember 2017
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at Los Alamos National Laboratories
November 2016
Manuscript accepted. Congratulations Xiaoxia!
October 2016
Gong, X.; Shi, S.; Gamez, G.* Real-Time Quantitative Analysis of Valproic Acid in Exhaled Breath by Low Temperature Plasma Ionization Mass Spectrometry. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 2016, DOI:10.1007/s13361-061-1533-7. Invited Paper to special focus section on Emerging Investigators.
Manuscript accepted. Congratulations John!
September 2016
Usala, J.; Maag, A.; Nelis, T.; Gamez, G.* Compressed Sensing Spectral Imaging for Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2016, DOI:10.1039/C9JA00261G. Special edition on the International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium 2016.
Manuscript accepted.
September 2016
Gamez, G.* Compressed sensing in spectroscopy for chemical analysis. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2016, DOI:10.1039/C6JA00262E. Featured on cover of special edition on the International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium 2016.
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at SCIX, Minneapolis
September 2016
Thibaud Allaman from Bern University of Applied Sciences visits TTU laboratory
May – July 2016
Xiaoxia Gong, Songyue Shi, and Dr. Gamez present at ASMS, San Antonio
June 2016
Dr. Gamez receives grant from National Science Foundation – Chemical Measurement and Imaging program (grant #) to develop ultra-high throughput elemental mapping technique based on glow discharge optical spectroscopy
May 2016
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at the International Glow Discharge Spectroscopy Symposium, Liverpool
April 2016
John Usala is offered TTU’s Presidential Fellowship
March 2016
John Usala presents at TTU’s Undergraduate Research Symposium
March 2016
John Usala presents at PITTCON, Atlanta
March 2016
Dr. Gamez presents invited lecture at PITTCON on occasion of winning the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Emerging Investigator Lectureship award, Atlanta
March 2016
Trevor Addesso presents at Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
January 2016
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
January 2016
Invited manuscript published in the Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 30^th year anniversary special issue and on occasion of Dr. Gamez winning the Emerging Investigator Lectureship award. The article was featured on the back cover
January 2016
John Usala receives research stipend from TTU’s Center for Active Learning and Undergraduate Engagement program
September 2016
Xiaoxia Gong and Songyue Shi become PhD candidates
August 2016
Prof. Thomas Nelis from Bern University of Applied Sciences visits TTU laboratory
June 2015
Vineel joins the lab for 5 weeks from the Welch foundation scholar high school program
June 2015
Xiaoxia Gong and Songyue Shi present at ASMS, St. Louis
June 2015
John Usala receives research stipend from TTU’s Center for Active Learning and Undergraduate Engagement program
May 2016
Marcel Kroschk presents talk at PITTCON, New Orleans
March 2015
Dr. Gamez presents invited talk at PITTCON, New Orleans
March 2015
Manuscript accepted
June 2014
Gonzalez de Vega, C.; Alberts, D.; Chawla, V.; Mohanty, G.; Utke, I.; Michler, J.; Pereiro, R.; Bordel, N.; Gamez, G. Use of Radiofrequency Power to Enable Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Ultrafast Elemental Mapping of Combinatorial Libraries with Non-conductive Components: Nitrogen-Based Materials. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2014, accepted. Invited Paper.
Orbitrap training
May 2014
Orbitrap is installed
April 2014
Welcome to the group Marcel Kroschk
February 2014
Nd:YAG Laser installed
January 2014
Welcome to the group Songyue Shi
December 2013
Manuscript accepted
November 2013
Gamez, G.; Mohanty, G.; Michler, J. Image Denoising Techniques Applied to Glow Discharge Optical Emission Spectroscopy Elemental Mapping. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrom., 2014, 29(2), 315-323, DOI:10.1039/c3ja50312g. Invited Paper.
Welcome to the group Xiaoxia Gong
November 2013