Piet de ConingPiet de Coning graduated from the University of Johannesburg as a biochemist. After working for a number of years in clinical chemistry applications of GC, GCMS, and GC-MSMS at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, he moved to Pelindaba Anaytical Labs at NECSA where he developed methods and instrumentation for the analysis of fluorinated gases and fluorinated organic compounds as well as various sampling and analysis strategies for environmental samples. When Piet joined SASOL Research and Technology in 2007, one of his tasks was to establish a laboratory for gas analysis. Apart from gas analysis he developed methods for the analysis of isomeric oils and waxes using the Supersonic Molecular Beam (SMB) GCMS interface and sampling, and analysis of off-gas waste streams from various processes and petrochemical products using GC and GCMS. Much of his work at NECSA and SASOL required method validation and uncertainty estimation, for which a philosophy and applications were developed and are applied within SASOL. He has also co-authored publications in various journals on topics relating to clinical chemistry, gas analysis, comprehensive GCxGC and SMB-GCMS. Read More Read Less