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James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo
Department of Chemistry

Graham Cooks

Graham Cooks

Mass spectrometry is of interest to this group, including fundamental phenomena, instrumentation and analytical applications. We study collisions of ions in the gas phase and at surfaces. The latter experiment aims at new methods of molecular surface analysis. In addition to reactive scattering, soft-landing of ions at surfaces has recently been discovered. Development of the Paul ion trap and the construction of miniature ion trap arrays is the focus of an instrumentation effort, the practical aims of which include in-situ on-line analysis. Ion motion simulations and laser tomography experiments facilitate the ion trap effort. We are currently employing ion/molecule reactions to recognize functional groups in polyfunctional compounds. Fundamental thermochemical properties such as proton affinities are being measured using the kinetic method, which was developed from our earlier interest in ion structure and fragmentation mechanism. Our interests also include ion mobilities and other physical properties of biological molecules, trace environmental analysis and atmospherically relevant ion/molecule reactions. Several new types of mass spectrometers have been constructed in Prof. Cooks' laboratory, including hybrid sector/quadrupole instruments and advanced ion trap instruments. Our group has made significant contributions to the development of desorption ionization and tandem mass spectrometry as methods of analysis of complex mixtures.

Education

  • B.Sc. University of Natal, South Africa 1961
  • Ph.D. University of Natal, South Africa (Frank L. Warren, advisor) 1965
  • Ph.D. Cambridge University, United Kingdom (Peter Sykes, advisor) 1967

Professional Experience and Visiting Positions

  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Cambridge University (Dudley H. Williams, advisor) 1967-196
  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry Dept., Kansas State Univ. 1968-1971
  • Co-Director of Mass Spectrometry Center, Purdue Univ. 1971-1973
  • Director of Mass Spectrometry Center, Purdue University 1973-1986
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University 1975-1979
  • Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University 1980-present
  • Fulbright Senior Fellow, University of Warwick 1981
  • Head, Analytical Division, Purdue University 1989-1996, 2006-2009
  • Adjunct Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology 1987-2000
  • Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University 1990-present
  • Guest Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 2002 – 2003
  • Honorary Professor, Jilin University, 2003 - 2007
  • Honorary Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, 2003 - 2006
  • Guest Professor, Chemistry Dept., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2004 – 2007
  • Co-Director, Center for Analytical Instrumentation Development, Purdue 2008- present
  • Distinguished Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 2013 –
  • Honorary Professor, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China, 2016 –
  • Guest Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China 2018 –
  • Fellow, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study at Texas A&M University, 2020 -

Graduate Education

  • Served as major professor to 156 Ph. D. graduates
  • 380 group members including long term visitors and post-doctoral
  • Academic faculty members 61

Citations

h-index 134 ( ISI Web of Science) 1457 publications, 67,519 citations
h-index 148 (Google Scholar) 1,796 articles, 98,000 citations ; research.com 79,069 cit.
D-index 140

Awards

  • Elsie Ballot Scholar, Cambridge University 1965-1967
  • Fulbright Senior Fellow, University of Warwick 1981
  • Indiana Lions Club Purdue Cancer Research Award 1983
  • President, American Society for Mass Spectrometry 1984-1986
  • Chemical Instrumentation Award, ACS, Analytical Division, 1984
  • Thomson Medal for International Service to Mass Spectrometry 1985
  • Purdue Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award 1986
  • Honorary Member of Chinese Mass Spectrometry Society 1987
  • Adjunct Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology 1987-2000
  • Herbert Newby McCoy Award (Purdue University) 1990
  • ACS Award for Mass Spectrometry (Frank H. Field & Joe L. Franklin Award), 1991
  • ACS Award for Analytical Chemistry (Fisher Award), 1997
  • D. Sc. (Honoris causa), University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1999
  • Honorary Life Member, British Mass Spectrometry Society, 1999
  • Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh, Pittcon, 2000
  • Life Member, Indian Mass Spectrometry Society, 2000
  • Association for Laboratory Automation, 2000 ALA Achievement Award, 2000
  • Founding President, International Mass Spectrometry Society, 1997-1998
  • Honor issue, Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2001
  • Guest Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, China, 2002 – 2003
  • Honorary Professor, Jilin University, 2003 - 2007
  • Honorary Professor, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, 2003 - 2006
  • Guest Professor, Chemistry Dept., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2004 – 2007
  • Outstanding Faculty Commercialization Award, Purdue University, 2005
  • Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecturer, Gordon Conferences, 2005
  • National Science Foundation MPS Distinguished Lecture, 2006
  • Distinguished Contribution Award, American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2006
  • Certificate of Achievement, Indiana Health Industry Forum, Innovention 2006
  • College of Engineering Faculty Award of Excellence (team award), 2007
  • University of Florida, Distinguished Visiting Professor, March 2007
  • Honorary Life Member, Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan, 2007
  • Visiting Professor, Institute for Ion Physics, Innsbruck, Austria, October, 2007
  • Eastern Analytical Conference Inaugural Award for Outstanding Achievements in Mass Spectrometry, 2007
  • Focus Honor Issue. J Amer. Soc. Mass Spectrom, vol. 19, no. 2, February, 2008
  • Visiting Professor, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada, July 2008
  • Maccoll Lecture, British Mass Spectrometry Society, September, 2008
  • Ralph N. Adams Award, Pittsburgh Conference, March 2009
  • Robert Boyle Medal, Royal Society of Chemistry, May 2009
  • Graduate Mentoring Award, College of Science, Purdue University, February 2010
  • Distinguished Lectureship Award, ACS NJ Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group 2010
  • Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science, May 2010
  • Monie A. Ferst Award, Sigma Xi, October 2011
  • Centenary Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, November 2011
  • Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research, American Chemical Society, 2012
  • Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Warwick University, UK, December 2012
  • Camille & Henry Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, 2013
  • Distinguished Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 2013
  • Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry (preceptor) ACS 2014
  • Elected Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2014
  • Elected Fellow, US National Academy of Sciences, 2015
  • Focus Honor Issue, J Amer. Soc. Mass Spectrom, vol. 28, no. 6, June, 2017
  • Aston Medal, British Mass Spectrometry Society, 2017
  • Waters Symposium, PittCon, recognizing Ambient Ionization, 2018
  • China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award, 2019
  • ACS Analytical Chemistry J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education, 2020
  • Elected Foreign Member, Indian National Science Academy, 2021
  • Honorary Member, Czech Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2023
  • Life-time Achievement Award, Association for Mass Spectrometry & Applications in the Clinical Laboratory (MSACL) 2024

Publications

List of publications