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Details for Dr Paul Gates
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Paul Gates |
| Job title | Research Fellow |
| Department | School of Chemistry University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | BSc (Warw.), M.Sc.(Warw.), Ph.D.(Cantab.) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | mass spectrometry ion fragmentation natural products complex organic molecules gas-phase chemistry inorganic mass spectrometry |
| Areas of expertise | My speciality and area of research is the analysis of natural products and complex organic molecules by tandem and sequential mass spectrometry - especially using electrospray ionisation and collision induced dissociation. I am also generally interested in all areas of modern mass spectrometry, especially those applied to ion fragmentation studies and gas-phase chemistry. During my PhD, I developed methodologies for identifying biosynthetic structural alterations within macrolide antibiotics. Since my PhD, I have extended this work and have developed similar methodologies for the analysis of several new compound classes. I am now working at extending this research to cover a wider range of compound types. Other ares of research revolve around improving existing mass spectrometry methodologies, especially when related to the analysis of inorganic complexes. |