A. Gareth Brenton
A. Gareth Brenton FLSW.[1] is a Welsh physicist and chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry.
Professor Emeritus A. Gareth Brenton | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | University of Wales Swansea |
| Known for | Mass-analyzed ion kinetic-energy spectrometry |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Curt Brunnée Award (1994) BMSS Medal (2016) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mass Spectrometry, physics |
| Institutions | Swansea University |
| Thesis | Total scattering cross-sections of atoms in collisions with low-energy positrons (1979) |
| Notable students | Carol V. Robinson |
| Influences | John H. Beynon |
Early life and education
Gareth was born in South Wales. He went on to attend the University of Wales at Swansea (now Swansea University) in the early 1970s. He received a Ph.D. in physics in 1979.
Career and research
Gareth took a position as Professor of Mass Spectrometry in Swansea University in 1982. He was Director of the Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Director of the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Facility at Swansea University until 2016.
Awards and honours
Gareth won the International Mass Spectrometry Society Curt Brunnée Award in 1994,[2] and the BMSS Medal in 'Recognition of outstanding and sustained contributions to the British Mass Spectrometry Society in the promotion of Mass Spectrometry' in 2016.[3] He was editor of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Gareth was BMSS chairman between 2002 and 2004[4]
Key publications
- Beynon, J. H., and A. G. Brenton. An Introduction to Mass Spectrometry / by J.H. Beynon and A.G. Brenton. Cardiff: U of Wales, 1982. Print.
References
- Wales, The Learned Society of. "Gareth Brenton". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- "Curt Brunnée Award | IMSC 2020" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- "BMSS Medal | BMSS". www.bmss.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- "Member Only Content | BMSS". www.bmss.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-27.