Kristina Mervič (National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana, Slovenia) - Correcting Ablated Mass Differences in 2D LA-ICP-MS Mapping through Ablation Volume-Assisted Calibration
Kristina Mervič is a final year PhD student at the National Institute of Chemistry in Slovenia. After completing her MSC degree at Liverpool John Moores University, she worked at Unilever, where she published a patent. She then returned to academia and is currently pursuing a PhD in analytical chemistry, focusing on investigating the fundamentals of LA-ICP-MS, with an emphasis on aerosol formation during ablation and non-matrix-matched calibration approaches for quantitative analysis. Her research has led to the development of a novel calibration method based on volume correction that enables quantitative LA-ICP-MS analysis without matrix-matched standards.