The Laboratory for Spectrochemistry (LFS) has several missions:

1) to develop spectrochemical measurements and instrumentation

2) to characterize spectrochemical events and systems fundamentally through experimental  measurements and theoretical modeling

3) to solve practical problems through spectrochemical techniques

4) to integrate spectrochemical measurements and instrumentation with other techniques

Research in the LFS ranges from plasma physics to chemical sensors and includes both optical and mass spectrometry.   Areas of application include on-site monitoring, environmental science, bioanalysis, forensics, and materials chemistry.