Michael Barber (chemist)

Michael Barber
Michael Barber
Born November 3, 1934
Manchester
Died May 8, 1991 (aged 56)
Nationality United Kingdom
Fields Chemistry, mass spectrometry
Alma mater Queen's College, Oxford
Doctoral advisor John Wilfrid Linnett
Known for Fast atom bombardment

Michael Barber was a British chemist and mass spectrometrist best known for his invention of fast atom bombardment ionization.[1][2]

Career

Michael barber was born just outside of Manchester on November 3, 1934 and from Manchester Grammar school went to Queen's College, Oxford to study chemistry. He remained at Oxford for his PhD, which involved the design of a mass spectrometer under the supervision of John Wilfrid Linnett. In 1961 he returned to Manchester to work at the Scientific Instruments division of Associated Electrical Industries. In 1973 he took up a lectureship position at UMIST and was promoted to Professor in 1985, he remained at Manchester until his death.[3]

The Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, based at Manchester University, is named in honour of him.

Awards and Honours

References

  1. ↑ Ronald Reid (12 November 1999). Peptide and Protein Drug Analysis. CRC Press. pp. 529–. ISBN 978-1-4200-0133-4.
  2. ↑ Green, Brian N. (1992). "In Memory: Professor Michael Barber FRS". Organic Mass Spectrometry 27 (1): 67–67. doi:10.1002/oms.1210270119. ISSN 0030-493X.
  3. ↑ "Professor Michael Barber FRS. Born 3 November 1934; died 8 May 1991". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 5 (7): 340–342. 1991. doi:10.1002/rcm.1290050709. ISSN 0951-4198.

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