Alena Kubátová is a Chemistry Chair and researcher at the University of North Dakota. She obtained her Master’s degree and PhD from the Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Science at Charles University in Prague. In 2018, she won the Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor award. Her area of research is analytical chemistry, specifically focusing on the analysis of complex mixtures in real-world matrices using chromatography and mass spectrometry. Her work focuses on method development and optimization, ensuring sensitivity and accounting for the contribution of matrix effects, as well as mechanistic aspects.