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Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov

b. 1966

Russian physicist

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About Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov

Born 1966. Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov is a Russian physicist.

Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov, (; born 1966) is a Russian physicist who led the team that developed the Orbitrap, a type of mass spectrometer, and received the 2008 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award for this development. In November 2013 he was appointed to Professor by Special Appointment of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry at the Department of Chemistry and the Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research of Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

As of 2016, he is Director of Global Research for Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Early life and education 1989 Moscow Engineering Physics Institute - M.S. Molecular Physics 1993 Moscow Engineering Physics Institute - Ph.D. Physics and Mathematics 1994-1996 Warwick University - Postdoctoral Appointment

Awards 2008 ASMS Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award 2012 Thomson Medal Award 2020 Fellow of the Royal Society

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Important facts

Born

1966, Irkutsk

Birth century

20th century

Occupation

Physicist

Nationality

Soviet Union, Russia

Education

National Research Nuclear University

Awards

Heinrich Emanuel Merck Award For Analytical Science; Fellow of the Royal Society

Also known as

Alexander Makarov

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov's

Étienne-Émile Baulieu

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov?

Russian physicist

When was Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov born?

Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov was born in 1966 in Irkutsk.

What is Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov's occupation?

Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov is a physicist.

What nationality is Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov?

Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov is Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alexander Alexeyevich Makarov

· Wikidata: Q951543

· DBpedia: Aleksandr Makarov (physicist)

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