Charles Wilkins (chemist)

Charles Wilkins (born 1938)[1] is an American chemist who is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Arkansas and the founding director of the University of Arkansas Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility.[2]

Charles Wilkins
Born1938 (age 85–86)
AwardsTolman Award (1993)
Academic background
EducationChapman College (BS)
University of Oregon (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineChemistry
Sub-disciplineBiochemistry
Analytical chemistry
Institutions

Early life and education

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Wilkins was born in California. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Chapman College and a PhD from the University of Oregon.[citation needed]

Career

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Wilkins was a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside and a chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[2] In 1993, Wilkins was a recipient of the Tolman Award.[1]

With Michael Gross, he built the second Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer and they were the first to use it for analytical applications.[3][4] In November 2020, Wilkins was selected as the chief editor of the International Journal of Analytical Chemistry.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "1993 Charles L. Wilkins, UC Riverside". Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Charles Wilkins Distinguished Professor, Analytical Chemistry". University of Arkansas. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  3. ^ Gross, Michael L; E.B. Ledford Jr; R.L. White; S. Ghaderi; C.L. Wilkins (1980). "Coupling of Capillary Gas Chromatography and Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer". Analytical Chemistry. 52 (14): 2450–2451. doi:10.1021/ac50064a056.
  4. ^ "Charles Wilkins". The Power List 2019 – 21-100 (A-Z). The Analytical Scientist. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Wilkins Selected as Chief Editor of International Journal of Analytical Chemistry". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved 2022-07-09.