Melvin B. Comisarov

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Melvin B. Comisarow (born May 30, 1941 in Viking (Alberta) ) is a Canadian chemist and co-inventor of FT-ICR mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS).

Live and act

Melvin B. Comisarow was born in Viking (Alberta) and studied chemistry at the University of Alberta until 1965 . He then received his PhD from Case Western Reserve University in 1968 . In 1974 Comisarow developed a Fourier transform mass spectrometer (FT-ICR-MS) together with Alan G. Marshall at the University of British Columbia . They were inspired by the methods of Fourier transformation - nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (FT-NMR) and ion cyclotron resonance (ICR). Marshall moved to Ohio State University in 1980 and Florida State University in 1993 . Comisarov, however, stayed at the University of British Columbia and is a professor there. He continues to work on FT-ICR-MS.

Comisarov is married and has one son.

Honors

  • Nicolet Academic Science Award (1985)
  • Barringer Award from the Spectroscopy Society of Canada (1989)
  • Award in Chemical Analysis and Instrumentation from the Royal Society of Chemistry (1993)
  • Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (1995)
  • Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry from the American Chemical Society (1995)
  • Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry from the Canadian Society for Chemistry (1996)
  • University of Alberta Chemistry Alumni Award for Outstanding Achievement (2010)

literature

  • Keith A. Nier, Alfred L. Yergey, P. Jane Gale: The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry: Volume 9: Historical Perspectives - Part B , pp. 41-42, Elsevier, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Melvin B. Comisarow, Alan G. Marshall: Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance spectroscopy . In: Chemical Physics Letters . tape 25 , no. 2 , March 15, 1974, p. 282-283 , doi : 10.1016 / 0009-2614 (74) 89137-2 .
  2. ↑ Florida State University Faculty website , accessed September 2, 2018.
  3. ^ Faculty website at the University of British Columbia, accessed September 2, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Comisarow, Melvin B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Comisarov, Melvin Barnet; Comisarov, Mel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian chemist
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Viking (Alberta)