The Speaker
Diane Beauchemin obtained a BSc in 1980 and a PhD in 1984 from l'Université de Montréal. After working as a Research Associate at the National Research Council of Canada, she joined the Department of Chemistry at Queen's University in 1988 as an Assistant Professor, and eventually became Full Professor in 2001. Her research efforts are focused on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), aiming to understand the limitations of this technique to identify ways of alleviating them and to expand the range of application of ICP-MS (including to speciation analysis and the determination of bio-accessibility). She is considered such an authority in this area that she is often invited to write review articles. In addition, she has authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications, including a book and several book chapters. She also co-edited Volume 5 of Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry (published in 2010). She is co-director of the Queen's Facility for Isotope Research.
