Peter Kusch

Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences Germany

Dr. Peter Kusch studied chemistry at the Pedagogical University in Opole and doctorate in organic chemical technology at the Poznań University of Technology, Poland. From 1977 to 1988 he has worked as an analytical chemist and adjunct at the Institute of Heavy Organic Synthesis 'Blachownia” (Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland). After moving with the family to Germany, he has worked for several years in the Fischer Labor- und Verfahrenstechnik GmbH company (Meckenheim/Bonn, Germany) as laboratory manager and specialist for the analytical pyrolysis and gas chromatography. From 1998 until his retirement in 2018 he was a scientific co-worker at the Department of Natural Sciences of the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences in Rheinbach, Germany. He has been author/coauthor of over 90 scientific publications, 1 book, 11 invited book chapters, and 11 patents in the area of chromatography, mass spectrometry, analytical pyrolysis, and chemical technology. Peter Kusch is reviewer for several international journals in the area of analytical chemistry. He is the Editorial Board Member of the journal Polymer Testing and the Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Peter Kusch

2books edited

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Peter Kusch

Gas chromatography (GC) is one of the most important types of chromatography used in analytical chemistry for separating and analyzing chemical organic compounds. Today, gas chromatography is one of the most widespread investigation methods of instrumental analysis. This technique is used in the laboratories of chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries, in research institutes, and also in clinical, environmental, and food and beverage analysis. This book is the outcome of contributions by experts in the field of gas chromatography and includes a short history of gas chromatography, an overview of derivatization methods and sample preparation techniques, a comprehensive study on pyrazole mass spectrometric fragmentation, and a GC/MS/MS method for the determination and quantification of pesticide residues in grape samples.

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