birth_place awards fields workplaces name birth_date known_for residence article_title citizenship alma_mater
bluffton , ohio distinguished medal -lrb- 2000 -rrb- chemical pioneer award -lrb- 2007 -rrb- contribution william h. nichols medal -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , given by in the new york section of the american chemical society pittsburgh mass analytical chemistry award -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , given by the spectrometry society for analytical chemists of pittsburgh -lrb- 1999 -rrb- thomson chemistry ohio state university florida state university alan g. marshall 1944 fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance tallahassee , florida alan g. marshall
 united states northwestern university stanford university
alan g. marshall

alan g. marshall is an american analytical chemist who has devoted his scientific career to developing a scientific technique known as fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance -lrb- ft-icr -rrb- mass spectrometry , which he co-invented .
he was born in bluffton , ohio , in 1944 , and earned his bachelor 's in chemistry from northwestern university -lrb- 1965 -rrb- and ph.d. in chemistry from stanford university -lrb- 1970 -rrb- .
his first academic appointment was at the university of british columbia .
in 1980 , he moved to the ohio state university where he remained until 1993 .
he is the robert o. lawton professor of chemistry and biochemistry at florida state university and director of the ion cyclotron resonance program at the national high magnetic field laboratory .
he is a fellow of the american chemical society , american physical society , and the american association for the advancement of science , and has received numerous awards , including the 2007 chemical pioneer award , given by the american institute of chemists ; the 2012 william h. nichols medal , given by the new york section of the american chemical society ; and the 2012 pittsburgh analytical chemistry award , given by the society for analytical chemists of pittsburgh .
