РОССИЙСКАЯ АКАДЕМИЯ НАУК УРАЛЬСКОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ИНСТИТУТ ХИМИИ TBEPДОГО ТЕЛА |
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What motivated you to become a scientist? When I was about 8 years old, I used to play with a chemistry set. But the set had a limitation - a small alcohol lamp that didn't get very hot. It was possible using the lamp to bend soft glass but not to do the real glass blowing I wanted to get involved in. So I talked to my uncle who was a plumber and learnt a lot about plumbing. I then used this knowledge to put in a gas line for a Bunsen burner. I was 10 years old when I did it and it was all unknown to my father. When I showed him this bit of glass that I had blown, he asked me where I had done it. I showed him the gas line in the basement and he just about went crazy! Do you remember your first experiment? What is hot in atomic spectrometry at the moment? Another hot topic is melding atomic and molecular techniques. People are now using mass spectrometric methods that involve inductively coupled plasma to give elemental and atomic information, and other sources such as electrospray ionisation to yield molecular information. How do you see the future of atomic spectrometry? "Work hard and have fun. There is an awful lot of fun in science." I see the future in a very positive light. Some people view atomic spectrometry as a stagnant field because we already have such powerful tools. There are good tools, such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), but there are still a lot of unknowns and areas where vast improvements are possible. For example, it can be shown on paper that detection using ICP-MS could be improved down to the single atom or ion level. These advances are going to be increasingly important for the areas of nano- and bioscience. Another important future area for atomic spectrometry is the imaging process. Currently, we take bulk solutions or samples and determine their elemental composition but soon we will also need to determine their atomic placement. What is the most exciting project your group is working on at the moment? As a significant role model to young aspiring analytical scientists, what advice can you give on a successful research career? What research would you most like to be remembered for? What do you like doing away from work?
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