Jim Morrison (chemist)

Professor
Jim Morrison
AO FAA FRSE FRACI
Born
James Douglas Morrison

(1924-11-09)9 November 1924[1]
Glasgow, Scotland
Died2013
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Known forMass spectrometry
Scientific career
FieldsAnalytical chemistry
InstitutionsLa Trobe University
Doctoral advisorJohn Monteath Robertson

James Douglas Morrison (1924–2013) was an Australian physical chemist. Born and educated in Glasgow (BSc 1945, PhD 1948), he moved to Australia in 1949 to work with the CSIRO. There he switched from X-ray crystallography to mass spectrometry as a research topic.[1] In 1967 he was appointed as the foundation chair of physical chemistry at La Trobe University, where he was a professor of chemistry until retiring in 1989.[2][3][4][5]

He is known for his work in mass spectrometry and he is one of the inventors of the triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. [6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Jim Morrison, Physical chemist". Interviews with Australian scientists. Australian Academy of Science.
  2. ^ Morrison, James Douglas (1924 - 2013), Encyclopaedia of Australian Science
  3. ^ Morrison, James Douglas, AO, FAA, FRSE, FRACI (1924-2013), trove.nla.gov.au
  4. ^ "Centenary Medal". It's an Honour. 1 January 2001. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016. For service to Australian society and science in mass spectrometry
  5. ^ "Officer of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. 11 June 1990. AO QB 1990. For service to science, particularly in the field of physical chem., and to education
  6. ^ "Tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer for selected ion fragmentation studies and low energy collision induced dissociator". Google Patents. Retrieved 19 April 2019.


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