R. Graham Cooks

(1941)
Purdue University

Notable Achievements:

• Mixture analysis by tandem mass spectrometry
• Kinetic method for measuring ion thermochemistry
• Surface induced dissociation and ion/surface reactions
• Hybrid mass spectrometers
• Energy partitioning in ion dissociation
• Matrix-assisted desorption/ionization
• Ion traps: simulations of ion motion, miniaturization

Biographical Sketch

• B.S., University of Natal (South Africa), 1959
• M.S., University of Natal (South Africa), 1963
• Ph.D., University of Natal (south Africa), 1966
• Ph.D., Cambridge University (Elsie Ballot Scholar), 1967

Honors

• Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor, Analytical Chemistry, Mass Spectrometry
• Fulbright Fellow, University of Warwick, 1981
• Purdue Cancer Research Award, Indiana Club. Listed as one of the four most cited analytical chemists by Current Contents, 1983
• ACS Analytical Division's Chemical Instrumentation Award, 1984
• Thomson Medal for International Service to Mass Spectrometry, 1985
• Purdue Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award, 1986
• Honorary member of the Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society. Adjunct Professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, 1987
• Herbert Newdy McCoy Award, 1990
• NSF Special Creativity Award, 1990 - 1995
• Frank H. Field & Joe Franklin Award (ACS Award for Mass Spectrometry), 1991
• Fisher Award (ACS Award for Analytical Chemistry), 1997
• Doctorate of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Natal (South Africa)
  Honorary Life Member of the British Mass Spectrometry Society
  Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award form the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, PITTCON
  ALA Achievement Award from the Association for Laboratory Automation, 1999
• Honor issue, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry
  Highly Cited Chemist, 1981-1999, 1 out of 98 chemists, ISI Institute for Scientific Information, 2001
• Guest Professor, Jilin University, Chang Chun, China, 2002