Biemann Medal Explained

The Biemann Medal is awarded annually by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) to an individual early in his or her career in recognition of significant achievement in basic or applied mass spectrometry.^[1] It is named after professor Klaus Biemann.^[2]

Nominees must be within the first 15 years of receiving the Ph.D. in the year nomination is considered (exceptions may be considered). Eligibility is not restricted to members of ASMS.^[3]

The award is conferred at the ASMS Annual Conference with the presentation of a $5,000 cash award, the Biemann Medal, and the award lecture.^{[4] [5]}

Recipients

• 1997 – Scott A. McLuckey
• 1998 – Robert R. Squires
• 1999 – Matthias Mann
• 2000 – Julie A. Leary
• 2001 – Peter B. Armentrout
• 2002 – Ruedi Aebersold
• 2003 – Carol V. Robinson
• 2004 – John R. Yates
• 2005 – Gary J. Van Berkel
• 2006 – David E. Clemmer
• 2007 – Roman A. Zubarev
• 2008 – Julia Laskin
• 2009 – Neil L. Kelleher
• 2010 – David C. Muddiman^[6]
• 2011 – Bela Paizs
• 2012 – Joshua J. Coon^[7]
• 2013 – Yinsheng Wang
• 2014 – Lingjun Li
• 2015 – Michael MacCoss
• 2016 – Kristina Håkansson^[8]
• 2017 – Ryan Julian^[9]
• 2018 – Benjamin A. Garcia^[10]
• 2019 – Sarah Trimpin
• 2020 – Ying Ge
• 2021 – Nuno Bandeira
• 2022 – Erin S. Baker^[11]
• 2023 – Brandon T. Ruotolo^[12]
• 2024 – Gary Patti

See also

• List of chemistry awards
• List of female mass spectrometrists

Notes and References

1. Book: Measuring mass : from positive rays to proteins . 2002 . Chemical Heritage Press . Michael A. Grayson . 0-941901-31-9 . Philadelphia . 139 . 48507794.
2. Web site: Barncard . Chris . UW-Madison researcher wins Klaus Biemann Medal . News . 29 May 2022.
3. Web site: The 57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry_NewsCenter_Jiangsu Skyray Instrument Co.,LTD. . Jiangsu Skyray Instrument Co., Ltd. . 12 March 2021 . . 29 May 2022.
4. Web site: LLC . UT-Battelle . Van Berkel earns Biemann Medal for contributions to mass spec field . ORNL . 8 June 2005 . 29 May 2022.
5. Web site: Biemann Medal . American Society for Mass Spectrometry . 10 July 2019.
6. Brodbelt . Jenny . Focus in Honor of David Muddiman, Recipient of the 2010 Biemann Medal . Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry . 9 June 2011 . 22 . 8 . 1299–1300 . 10.1007/s13361-011-0169-x. 21953182 . 2011JASMS..22.1299B . free .
7. Brodbelt . Jenny . Focus in Honor of Josh Coon, Recipient of the 2012 Biemann Medal . Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry . 21 September 2013 . 24 . 11 . 1621–1622 . 10.1007/s13361-013-0741-7. 24057977 . 2013JASMS..24.1621B . 33001405 .
8. O’Hair . Richard A. J. . Focus Honoring Dr. Kristina "Kicki" Håkansson, Recipient of the 2016 Biemann Medal . Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry . 26 July 2017 . 28 . 9 . 1739–1740 . 10.1007/s13361-017-1729-5. 28748379 . 2017JASMS..28.1739O . free . 11343/283039 . free .
9. Loo . Joseph A. . Focus on Application of Photons and Radicals for Mass Spectrometry, Honoring Dr. Ryan Julian, Recipient of the 2017 ASMS Biemann Medal . Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry . 30 July 2018 . 29 . 9 . 1757–1759 . 10.1007/s13361-018-2017-8. 30062474 . 2018JASMS..29.1757L . 51868916 .
10. Web site: Benjamin Garcia: Biemann Medal . The University of Pennsylvania Almanac . 10 July 2019 . en.
11. Web site: Erin Baker Awarded the 2022 ASMS Biemann Medal. LCGC . 2022-06-19 . en.
12. https://www.asms.org/about-asms-awards/biemann-medal