Procedures and resources for existing clients
New clients that have not worked with the Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory before can get started by submitting this form.
Thank you for considering the Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory as part of your research. We recommend that you consult with Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory staff to discuss your project before you begin designing your experiment or samples. If you are preparing a grant, we can provide you with information about the facility and sample costs to use in your submission.
Citing the Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory and Staff
If you publish or present data obtained from the Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory, please include an acknowledgment of this facility in your publication. At minimum:
The co-authors would like to acknowledge the Energy and Environmental Sustainability Laboratories at Penn State, Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory, [staff member names].
Or, more specifically:
Sample analysis was performed at the Environmental Contaminants Analytical Laboratory at Penn State. The co-authors would like to thank [staff member names] for their assistance in [description of work].
If specific staff members have assisted you, please include their names in your acknowledgment section. If they made a significant intellectual contribution, please consider making that staff member a co-author of your report. Examples of a significant intellectual contribution include: helping develop new methods, helping to design the experiment, selecting or collecting samples of interest, analyzing or interpreting data, or writing/revising a portion of the paper.