Alan G. Marshall to Deliver Pittcon 2010 Plenary Lecture 

Alan G. Marshall

Alan G. Marshall, Kasha Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University, and Director of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) Program at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, will be the 2010 plenary speaker at Pittcon 2010. Marshall will deliver “The Role of High-End Instrumentation” during the Opening Session on March 1.

This talk will focus on how high-end analytical instrumentation has both advanced state-of-the art applications and also stimulated higher performance of much more widely available lower-end instrumentation. Selected examples will draw from synchrotrons, lasers, mass spectrometry, electron and optical microscopy, NMR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and robots.

 

Marshall co-invented and leads the continuing development of Fourier transform ICR mass spectrometry. His current research spans FT-ICR instrumentation development, fossil fuels and environmental analysis, and mapping the primary and higher-order structures of biological macromolecules and their complexes.

Pittcon 2010 President Annette Wilson commented, “With the invention and ongoing technical development of Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry, Professor Marshall has changed the landscape of chemical and biological analyses. We are delighted to have the world leader in the development of FT-ICR techniques and applications here to share his knowledge and experience with scientists from all over the world.”

Marshall completed his B.A. degree with Honors in Chemistry at Northwestern University in 1965 and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Stanford University in 1970. He joined the Chemistry faculty at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) in 1969. He moved to Ohio State University in 1980, as Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of the Campus Chemical Instrument Center. 

In 1993, he moved to Florida State University, where he was appointed and currently serves as the Robert O. Lawton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of the ICR Program, an NSF national user facility for mass spectrometry.

Pittcon 2010 will be held February 28 to March 5, 2010, in Orlando, FL, at the Orange County Convention Center, West Building. Co-sponsored by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh, it is an annual conference and exposition on laboratory science. Visit www.pittcon.org for more information.