“Frontiers of high-resolution accurate mass analysis”

Hosts: Prof Angus Lamond & Prof Nicola Ternette

Venue: MSI Small Lecture Theatre, SLS

Biography - Alexander Makarov obtained his PhD from the Moscow Engineering Physics institute in 1992. In 1996 he embarked on pioneering work on the Orbitrap mass analyser at HD Technologies Ltd, a small company based in Manchester, UK. After its acquisition by Thermo Electron in 2000, Alexander spearheaded development of the Orbitrap analyser from first prototypes to the commercial launch of the LTQ Orbitrap instrument in 2005. Under his guidance, the Orbitrap technology expanded to encompass five major families of commercial instruments. He also provided scientific leadership of the Astral analyser development and technologies for high-mass analysis. His awards include the Award for Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry from ASMS, the Aston medal by BMSS and the Thomson medal from IMSF. Presently, he is Director of Research at the Life Science Mass Spectrometry Business Unit of Thermo Fisher Scientific in Bremen, Germany and a Fellow of the Royal Society in the UK.