Prof. Joanna Szpunar (F) graduated from the Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), received her PhD and DSc (habilitation) from the University of Warsaw (Poland) and was nominated a professor in 2007. Since 1997 she has been working at the French National Scientific Council (CNRS) laboratory in Pau, France. Her research interests concern bioinorganic speciation and nanoparticle analysis and hyphenated techniques for metallomics. Joanna Szpunar is author or co-author of a book and ca. 175 articles in international journals (H-factor 62, 9693 citations (Google Scholar 25/05/2020)) and more than 50 plenary and invited lectures at international meetings. She is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of the Advisory Boards of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Metallomics and Separations.

An excellent monograph for those who wish to work in this important but relatively specialised field

• PART I. Principles and fundamentals;The concept of speciation analysis and hyphenated techniques;Element specific detection in chromatography;Gas chromatography with ICP MS detection;Liquid chromatography with ICP MS detection;Electrophoretic techniques with element selective detection;Electrospray mass spectrometry in elemental speciation analysis;Quality control and assurance in speciation analysis;PART II. Applications;Multielement analysis for organometallic species in the environment;Speciation of organotin compounds;Speciation of organolead compounds;Speciation of organomercury compounds;Metal speciation in petroleum-related samples;Speciation of redox states;Speciation of organoarsenic compounds in biological materials;Speciation of organoselenium compounds in biological materials;Speciation of metal-complexes in microorganisms, plants and food of plant origin;Speciation of metal complexes with metallothioneins;Speciation of metal-complexes in human body fluids and tissues;Metal speciation in pharmacology: metallodrugs;Subject index.

Prof. Joanna Szpunar (F) graduated from the Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), received her PhD and DSc (habilitation) from the University of Warsaw (Poland) and was nominated a professor in 2007. Since 1997 she has been working at the French National Scientific Council (CNRS) laboratory in Pau, France. Her research interests concern bioinorganic speciation and nanoparticle analysis and hyphenated techniques for metallomics. Joanna Szpunar is author or co-author of a book and ca. 175 articles in international journals (H-factor 62, 9693 citations (Google Scholar 25/05/2020)) and more than 50 plenary and invited lectures at international meetings. She is Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a member of the Advisory Boards of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Metallomics and Separations.

An excellent monograph for those who wish to work in this important but relatively specialised field

• PART I. Principles and fundamentals;The concept of speciation analysis and hyphenated techniques;Element specific detection in chromatography;Gas chromatography with ICP MS detection;Liquid chromatography with ICP MS detection;Electrophoretic techniques with element selective detection;Electrospray mass spectrometry in elemental speciation analysis;Quality control and assurance in speciation analysis;PART II. Applications;Multielement analysis for organometallic species in the environment;Speciation of organotin compounds;Speciation of organolead compounds;Speciation of organomercury compounds;Metal speciation in petroleum-related samples;Speciation of redox states;Speciation of organoarsenic compounds in biological materials;Speciation of organoselenium compounds in biological materials;Speciation of metal-complexes in microorganisms, plants and food of plant origin;Speciation of metal complexes with metallothioneins;Speciation of metal-complexes in human body fluids and tissues;Metal speciation in pharmacology: metallodrugs;Subject index.