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Fred W. McLafferty

Fred W. McLafferty

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Chemistry

D-Index
113
Citations
52931
World Ranking
700
National Ranking
286

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Nakanishi Prize, Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society.
  • 2004 - Médaille Lavoisier (Lavoisier Medal), Société chimique de France,
  • 1992 - Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1985 - Oesper Award, University of Cincinnati and American Chemical Society
  • 1984 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 1982 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1971 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Fred W. McLafferty was affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their work contributed to the field of chemistry and analytical science through various research endeavors and collaborations over their career.

McLafferty received several awards and recognitions for their scientific contributions. These included the Nakanishi Prize awarded jointly by the Chemical Society of Japan and the American Chemical Society in 2015, the Médaille Lavoisier from the Société chimique de France in 2004, and the Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science presented by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 1992.

Earlier in their career, McLafferty was honored with a fellowship at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1971. They were also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1980 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, beginning in 1985. Additional distinctions include membership in the National Academy of Sciences awarded in 1982, the William H. Nichols Medal from the American Chemical Society in 1984, and the Oesper Award jointly from the University of Cincinnati and the American Chemical Society in 1985.

Throughout their career, McLafferty's research spanned various aspects of chemistry, with a particular focus on analytical science. Their recognition by multiple international societies indicates active engagement with global scientific communities.

Best Publications

  • Interpretation of Mass Spectra

    Fred W. McLafferty

  • Electron Capture Dissociation of Multiply Charged Protein Cations. A Nonergodic Process

    Roman A. Zubarev;Neil L. Kelleher;Fred W. McLafferty

  • The Wiley/NBS registry of mass spectral data

    Fred W. McLafferty;Douglas B. Stauffer;Einar Stenhagen;Stephen R. Heller

  • Registry of mass spectral data

    Einar Stenhagen;Sixten Abrahamsson;Fred W. McLafferty

  • Tandem mass spectrometry

    Fred W. McLafferty

  • Electron Capture Dissociation for Structural Characterization of Multiply Charged Protein Cations

    Roman A. Zubarev;David M. Horn;Einar K. Fridriksson;Neil L. Kelleher

  • Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation of Large Multiply Charged Ions for Biomolecule Sequencing

    Little Dp;Speir Jp;Senko Mw;O'Connor Pb

  • Top down versus bottom up protein characterization by tandem high- resolution mass spectrometry

    Neil L. Kelleher;Hong Y. Lin;Gary A. Valaskovic;David J. Aaserud

  • Automated reduction and interpretation of high resolution electrospray mass spectra of large molecules.

    David M. Horn;Roman A. Zubarev;Fred W. McLafferty

  • Mass Spectrometric Analysis. Molecular Rearrangements

    F. W. McLafferty

  • Electron Capture Dissociation of Gaseous Multiply-Charged Proteins Is Favored at Disulfide Bonds and Other Sites of High Hydrogen Atom Affinity

    Roman A. Zubarev;Nathan A. Kruger;Einar K. Fridriksson;Mark A. Lewis

  • Mass Spectrometry of Organic Ions

    F. W. McLafferty;Stuart A. Rice

  • Advances in analytical chemistry and instrumentation

    Charles N. Reilley;Fred W. McLafferty

  • Stepwise evolution of protein native structure with electrospray into the gas phase, 10(-12) to 10(2) s.

    Kathrin Breuker;Fred W. McLafferty

  • Neutralization-reionization mass spectrometry (NRMS)

    Chrysostomos. Wesdemiotis;Fred W. McLafferty

  • Attomole Protein Characterization by Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry

    Gary A. Valaskovic;Neil L. Kelleher;Fred W. McLafferty

  • Top down characterization of larger proteins (45 kDa) by electron capture dissociation mass spectrometry.

    Ying Ge;Brian G Lawhorn;Mariam ElNaggar;Erick Strauss

  • Metastable ion characteristics. XXII. Collisional activation spectra of organic ions

    F. W. McLafferty;P. F. Bente;Richard. Kornfeld;Shih-Chuan. Tsai

  • Localization of labile posttranslational modifications by electron capture dissociation: The case of γ-carboxyglutamic acid

    Neil L. Kelleher;Roman A. Zubarev;Kristine Bush;Bruce Furie

  • Collisional activation of large multiply charged ions using fourier transform mass spectrometry

    Senko Mw;Speir Jp;McLafferty Fw

Frequent Co-Authors

Tadhg P. Begley
Tadhg P. Begley Texas A&M University
Neil L. Kelleher
Neil L. Kelleher Northwestern University
František Tureček
František Tureček University of Washington
Barry K. Carpenter
Barry K. Carpenter Cardiff University
Roman A. Zubarev
Roman A. Zubarev Karolinska Institute
Ying Ge
Ying Ge University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peter B. O’Connor
Peter B. O’Connor University of Warwick
Evan R. Williams
Evan R. Williams University of California, Berkeley
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Pieter C. Dorrestein
Pieter C. Dorrestein University of California, San Diego

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