Analytical Pyrolysis Handbook, 3rd Edition

Karen D. Sam is an Application Scientist and Lab Manager at CDS Analytical. She has over 20 years of experience in sample preparation and analysis, including 15 years in application development experience, supporting the design and testing of analytical pyrolysis instruments. She is the author or co-author of several professional papers on the use of analytical pyrolysis. She holds an A.A. degree from Cottey College in Nevada, MO, and a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Bloomsburg University, in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

Thomas P. Wampler earned his B.S. degree (1970) in chemistry and an M.Ed. degree (1973) in natural science from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. Currently retired, he was actively engaged in the field of analytical pyrolysis for over 25 years. He was the director of science and technology at CDS Analytical, LLC, in Oxford, Pennsylvania. He is the author and coauthor of numerous professional papers on the use of analytical pyrolysis and other thermal sampling techniques.