The Story
Mel Comisarow is a chemist who specializes in physical or analytical chemistry. He developed a new kind of spectrophotometer called a Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectroscope (FT-ICR). It is the single most versatile tool for examining the gas-phase chemical reactions of ions with organic, inorganic and organometallic compounds, and is now used all over the world. In addition, the FT-ICR instrument has great potential as an analytical mass spectrometer, especially for involatile samples. It can analyze high polymers, involatile organometallics, and a wide variety of biological molecules, and show their internal struture. FT-ICR is best known for its ultrahigh mass resolution, which exceeds that of any other type of mass spectrometer.
The Person
- Residence
- Vancouver, BC
- Title
- Professor
- Office
- Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia
- Status
- Working
- Degrees
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- BSc, University of Alberta, 1963
- PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 1968
- Awards
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- Barringer Award of the Spectroscopy Society of Canada (1989)
- Chemical Analysis and Instrumentation, British Chemical Society (1993)
- Royal Society of Canada (1995)
- Field Franklin Award for Distinguished Achievement in Mass Spectrometry of the American Chemical Society (1995)
- Fisher Award in Analytical Chemistry of Canadian Society for Chemistry (1996)
- Last Updated
- September 25, 2015
- Popularity
- 29899
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