Gareth Brenton Explained

Honorific Prefix:

Professor Emeritus

A. Gareth Brenton

Nationality:

British

Fields:

Mass Spectrometry, physics

Workplaces:

Swansea University

Alma Mater:

University of Wales Swansea

Thesis Title:

Total scattering cross-sections of atoms in collisions with low-energy positrons

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Thesis Year:

1979

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Notable Students:

Carol V. Robinson

Known For:

Mass-analyzed ion kinetic-energy spectrometry

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Office:	Director of Mass Spectrometry Research Unit
Term Start:	2013
Term End:	2016
Office2:	Director of EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility
Term Start2:	2013
Term End2:	2016
Successor2:	Steven L. Kelly
Office3:	Chair of the Executive Committee, British Mass Spectrometry Society
Order3:	24th
Term Start3:	2002
Term End3:	2004
Predecessor3:	Frank Pullen

A. Gareth Brenton FLSW.^[1] is a Welsh physicist and chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry.

Early life and education

Gareth was born in South Wales. He went on to attend the University of Wales at Swansea (now Swansea University) in the early 1970s. He received a Ph.D. in physics in 1979.

Career and research

Gareth took a position as Professor of Mass Spectrometry in Swansea University in 1982. He was Director of the Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Director of the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Facility at Swansea University until 2016.

Awards and honours

Gareth won the International Mass Spectrometry Society Curt Brunnée Award in 1994,^[2] and the BMSS Medal in Recognition of outstanding and sustained contributions to the British Mass Spectrometry Society in the promotion of Mass Spectrometry' in 2016.^[3] He was editor of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Gareth was BMSS chairman between 2002 and 2004^[4]

In 2012, Gareth was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.^[5]

Key publications

Beynon, J. H., and A. G. Brenton. An Introduction to Mass Spectrometry / by J.H. Beynon and A.G. Brenton. Cardiff: U of Wales, 1982. Print.

Notes and References

Web site: Gareth Brenton. Wales. The Learned Society of. The Learned Society of Wales. en-US. 2020-01-17.
Web site: Curt Brunnée Award IMSC 2020. pt-BR. 2020-01-17.
Web site: BMSS Medal BMSS. www.bmss.org.uk. 2020-01-17.
Web site: Member Only Content BMSS. www.bmss.org.uk. 2020-01-27.
Web site: Wales . The Learned Society of . Gareth Brenton . 2023-08-29 . The Learned Society of Wales . en-US.