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Overview

Jos Oomens is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands and focuses their research primarily within the fields of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Materials Chemistry. The scientist's research encompasses a spectrum of topics including Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Their recent publications demonstrate a range of interests intersecting with chemical analysis and spectroscopy techniques. Notable papers include:

  • Characterization of glycosyl dioxolenium ions and their role in glycosylation reactions, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Untargeted metabolomics and infrared ion spectroscopy identify biomarkers for pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy, 2021, Journal of Clinical Investigation
  • Unravelling the Keto-Enol Tautomer Dependent Photochemistry and Degradation Pathways of the Protonated UVA Filter Avobenzone, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Mass-Spectrometry-Based Identification of Synthetic Drug Isomers Using Infrared Ion Spectroscopy, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Identification of novel fragmentation pathways and fragment ion structures in the tandem mass spectra of protonated synthetic cathinones, 2020, Forensic Chemistry

Oomens collaborates frequently with several researchers, with prominent co-authors including Giel Berden, Jonathan Martens, Kas J. Houthuijs, Thomas J. Boltje, and Rianne E. van Outersterp.

The scientist has published extensively in several key venues such as Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, The Cambridge Structural Database, Analytical Chemistry, and the International Journal of Mass Spectrometry. These outlets reflect the consistent thematic focus on chemical physics and analytical methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Gas-phase infrared multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy of mass-selected molecular ions

    Jos Oomens;Boris G. Sartakov;Gerard Meijer;Gert von Helden

  • Vibrational spectroscopy of bare and solvated ionic complexes of biological relevance.

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens

  • Free electron laser-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry facility for obtaining infrared multiphoton dissociation spectra of gaseous ions

    Jose J. Valle;John R. Eyler;Jos Oomens;David T. Moore

  • Laboratory Infrared Spectroscopy of Cationic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecules

    Jos Oomens;A. G. G. M. Tielens;Boris G. Sartakov;Gert von Helden

  • Infrared spectroscopy of phenylalanine Ag(I) and Zn(II) complexes in the gas phase.

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens;David T. Moore;Gert von Helden

  • Infrared spectroscopy and theoretical studies on gas-phase protonated leu-enkephalin and its fragments: direct experimental evidence for the mobile proton.

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens;Sandor Suhai;Béla Paizs

  • Reaction products in mass spectrometry elucidated with infrared spectroscopy.

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens

  • Infrared ion spectroscopy in a modified quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer at the FELIX free electron laser laboratory

    Jonathan Martens;Giel Berden;Christoph R. Gebhardt;Jos Oomens

  • Gas-phase infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of cationic polyaromatic hydrocarbons

    Jos Oomens;André J. A. van Roij;Gerard Meijer;Gert von Helden

  • Photoacoustic spectroscopy using quantum-cascade lasers

    B. A. Paldus;T. G. Spence;R. N. Zare;J. Oomens

  • Infrared spectroscopy of arginine cation complexes: direct observation of gas-phase zwitterions.

    Matthew W. Forbes;Matthew F. Bush;Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens

  • Hydrogen bonding and cooperativity in isolated and hydrated sugars: mannose, galactose, glucose, and lactose

    Pierre Carcabal;Rebecca A. Jockusch;Isabel Hünig;Lavina C. Snoek

  • Effects of alkaline earth metal ion complexation on amino acid zwitterion stability: results from infrared action spectroscopy.

    Matthew F. Bush;Jos Oomens;Richard J. Saykally;Evan R. Williams

  • Gas-phase IR spectroscopy of deprotonated amino acids.

    Jos Oomens;Jeffrey D. Steill;Britta Redlich

  • Spectroscopic and theoretical evidence for oxazolone ring formation in collision-induced dissociation of peptides

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens;Sandor Suhai;Béla Paizs

  • IRMPD spectroscopy of metal-ion/tryptophan complexes

    Nick C. Polfer;Jos Oomens;Robert C. Dunbar

  • Charge-state resolved mid-infrared spectroscopy of a gas-phase protein

    Jos Oomens;Nick Polfer;David T. Moore;Lex van der Meer

  • Infrared fingerprint spectroscopy and theoretical studies of potassium ion tagged amino acids and peptides in the gas phase.

    Nick C. Polfer;Béla Paizs;Lavina C Snoek;Isabelle Compagnon

  • Gas-Phase IR Spectroscopy and Structure of Biological Molecules

    Anouk M. Rijs;Jos Oomens

  • Free carboxylate stretching modes.

    Jos Oomens;Jeffrey D. Steill

  • Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Spectroscopy of Cationized Threonine: Effects of Alkali-Metal Cation Size on Gas-Phase Conformation

    P. B. Armentrout;M. T. Rodgers;J. Oomens;J. D. Steill

Frequent Co-Authors

Giel Berden
Giel Berden Radboud University
M. T. Rodgers
M. T. Rodgers Wayne State University
Gerard Meijer
Gerard Meijer Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Gert von Helden
Gert von Helden Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Robert C. Dunbar
Robert C. Dunbar Case Western Reserve University
P. B. Armentrout
P. B. Armentrout University of Utah
John R. Eyler
John R. Eyler University of Florida
Wybren Jan Buma
Wybren Jan Buma University of Amsterdam
Evan R. Williams
Evan R. Williams University of California, Berkeley

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