Dr. Weihong Tan will receive the Ralph N. Adams Award for Bioanalytical Chemistry in 2019. This award recognizes significant contributions to the field of bioanalytical chemistry, broadly defined. The recipient will have introduced a significant technique, theory, instrument or application important to the life sciences, and provided an exceptional environment to educate bioanalytical chemists. The award is named after Prof. Ralph N. Adams (1924 – 2002) who exemplified these characteristics as a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas. The Ralph N. Adams Award will be included as an Award symposium for Pittcon for half a day with about five speakers.