Daniel W. Armstrong Explained

Daniel W. Armstrong
Nationality:American
Fields:Analytical Chemistry
Alma Mater:Texas A&M University
Awards:Chirality Medal

Daniel Wayne Armstrong is an American chemist who specializes in separation science, chiral molecular recognition, bioanalytic analysis, mass spectrometry and colloid chemistry. He is the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.[1] [2] He has authored ~ 750 publications including 35 book chapters, a book, and holds over 35 patents on separation technologies.[3] [4] He was an associate editor for the prestigious American Chemical Society journal Analytical Chemistry.[5] He is a fellow of the American Chemical Society, Royal Chemical Society (UK), and the National Academy of Inventors. Armstrong has given over 560 invited seminars worldwide at international conferences, universities and corporations.[6] His research and patents formed the basis for two companies: Advanced Separation Technologies, Inc; which was acquires by Sigma-Aldrich Corporation in 2006[7] and AZYP, LLC in Arlington, TX.[8] His published work has been cited over 50,000 times and his h-index is 115. He is believed to have mentored more graduate level analytical chemists than any living scientist.[9]

Biography

Daniel W. Armstrong was born in 1949 to Robert E. Armstrong, an educator and mayor of Fort Wayne, IN and Nila L. Armstrong. He was the oldest of their three sons. As an undergraduate student, he played collegiate football and track & field. He is married to Linda M. Armstrong and they have three children.

Early career

Armstrong received his B.S. from Washington and Lee University. He received M.S. in Oceanography and Ph.D. in Bio-organic Chemistry from Texas A&M University. Armstrong began his career at Bowdoin College as an Assistant Professor in 1978 and moved to Georgetown University in 1980, followed by Texas Tech University and then the University of Missouri Rolla as a Curators Distinguished Professor. Later he joined Iowa State University in 2000 as the first Caldwell Distinguished Professor. He joined University of Texas at Arlington in 2006 as the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor, where he currently leads a research group in diverse areas of Chiral molecular recognitions, ionic liquids, separation mechanism and theory, ultra-fast analysis, D-amino acid and peptide analysis and gas and liquid chromatography instrumentation and detectors.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. Web site: Armstrong. Daniel. UT Arlington profile. live. www.uta.edu. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112160912/https://www.uta.edu/profiles/daniel-armstrong . 2016-11-12 .
  2. Web site: Daniel Armstrong - American Chemical Society. live. American Chemical Society. https://web.archive.org/web/20150130154250/http://www.acs.org:80/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/other/public/daniel-armstrong-biography-1998.html . 2015-01-30 .
  3. Web site: Armstrong DW. 2021-02-25. scholar.google.com.
  4. Web site: Daniel W. Armstrong. live. ResearchGate. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112144727/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Armstrong . 2016-11-12 .
  5. Web site: Editors American Chemical Society. live. pubs.acs.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20160517013222/http://pubs.acs.org/page/ancham/editors.html . 2016-05-17 .
  6. Web site: Editors. LCGC. Daniel W. Armstrong to Receive ACS Award in Separation Science and Technology 2014. live. www.chromatographyonline.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112143110/http://www.chromatographyonline.com/daniel-w-armstrong-receive-acs-award-separation-science-and-technology-2014 . 2016-11-12 .
  7. Web site: Sigma-Aldrich Corporation Acquires Advanced Separation Technologies Inc.. BioSpace. en-US. 2019-11-09.
  8. Web site: AZYP, LLC – Separations & Analytics. en-US. 2019-11-09.
  9. Web site: Chemistry Tree - Daniel W. Armstrong Family Tree. academictree.org. 2019-11-09.
  10. Web site: 2015. live. The Analytical Scientist. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104155/https://theanalyticalscientist.com/power-list/the-power-list-2015/ . 2016-03-04 .
  11. Web site: The Power List 2017. 2021-02-25. The Analytical Scientist. en.
  12. Web site: The Power List 2019. 2021-02-25. The Analytical Scientist. en.
  13. Web site: Advancing Separation Science Throughout a Lifetime of Achievements: Daniel W. Armstrong, the Winner of the 2020 Lifetime Achievement in Chromatography Award. 2021-02-25. Chromatography Online. 27 February 2020 .

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