Brian Green (chemist)

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Brian Noel Green OBE (25 December 1933 -17 December 2021) was an English mass spectrometrist.

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Early life and career

Green was born in Urmston, Manchester, UK on Christmas Day 1933. He attended Manchester Grammar School and in 1955 graduated from Manchester University. Green had a long career at Metropolitan-Vickers before moving to VG MICROMASS in 1972. [1]

Honours and awards

In 1985, Green was awarded the Order of the British Empire for contributions to mass spectrometry, [2] and in 1996, the British Mass Spectrometry Society awarded him the Aston Medal. [3]

Legacy

In Green's honour, the British Mass Spectrometry Society now presents the B. N. Green Prize to an early career scientist with the best flash oral presentation at their annual meeting. [2]

Notable works

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References

  1. Elliot, Martin (September 1996). "An Appreciation of Brian Green". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 10 (12): 1563–1565. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(199609)10:12<1563::AID-RCM700>3.0.CO;2-3 . ISSN   0951-4198.
  2. 1 2 "B. N. Green Prize". British Mass Spectrometry Society . Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  3. Mallet, Tony (September 1996). "British Mass Spectrometry Society: Aston Medal Award to Brian Green". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 10 (12): 1566. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0231(199609)10:12<1566::AID-RCM1011>3.0.CO;2-F . ISSN   0951-4198.