Thomson Medal

Basic data of the distinction

Type of awardResearch award or other distinction
Awarded byInternational Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF)
Award given toCaprioli, R. B.; Hillenkamp, F.; Talrose, V. L.
Date of awarding01/01/2003

Award winners from the University of Münster

Hillenkamp, Franz

About the award

The Thomson Medal is named after Sir J. J. Thomson, who more than 100 years ago, was responsible for the first mass spectrograph, a parabola instrument that used magnetic and electrostatic deflection and which foreshadowed many features of modern instruments.
Type of awardOther personal honour or appointment
Website of the award or committeehttp://www.imss.nl/awards/thomson06.html
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