2025
8 September - Six group members will be presenting some of our latest work at the 45th BMSS Annual Meeting in Edinburgh.
29 August - Congratulations to Adam Haworth-Duff on successfully defending his PhD thesis, Source of hAPPI-ness: Development of a Headspace Atmospheric Pressure Photoionisation (hAPPI) Mass Spectrometry Technique. Many thanks to the examiners, Dr Jim Reynolds from Loughborough University (external) and Prof Peter Myers from University of Liverpool (Chemistry).
28 August - Congratulations to Drs Akbali, Oh, and co-authors, whose research article is featured on the front cover of Nanoscale.
5 February - Several group members presented their work at the BMSS Ambient Ionisation Meeting in Nottingham. Congratulations to PhD student Thomas Hankinson, who was jointly awarded the BMSS Pete Ryan prize.
31 January - Steve Taylor appears on ITV News discussing the detection of collagen in dinosaur bones.
8 January - Congratulations to Yufeng Zhou on successfully defending her PhD thesis, Paper Arrow Mass Spectrometry. Many thanks to the examiners, Dr. Carl Fletcher from DSTL and Prof. Roy Goodacre from University of Liverpool (Biosciences).
2024
9 October - Yufeng Zhou presents the latest research on Paper Arrow MS at the 37th International Symposium on Chromatography.
7 October - We welcome Prof T Vilaivan and Prof T Praneenararat, visiting us from Chulalongkorn University.
1 August - We offer a very warm welcome to visiting research students Phanomsak and Nathathip from Chulalongkorn University.
11 July - Dr Barry Smith and Adam Haworth-Duff head out to Chulalongkorn University, kindly hosted by Profs Praneenararat and Vilaivan.
16 April - Yufeng Zhou is presenting some of our latest research regarding clinical cross-validation of PA-MS to the British Toxicology Society.
1 February - Several group members are heading over to Birmingham to present some of their latest research at the BMSS Ambient Ionisation SIG Meeting.
2023
2 December - Group members Adam Haworth-Duff and Cedric Boisdon are heading out to Chulalongkorn University, kindly hosted by Prof Thanit Praneenararat.
22 November - Congratulations to Kieran Collings on successfully defending his PhD thesis, Attaching Protein-Adsorbing Silica Particles to the Surface of Cotton Substrates for Bioaerosol Capture including SARS-CoV-2. Many thanks to the examiners, Dr. Svetlana Ryazanskaya from IVCC and Dr. Haifei Zhang from University of Liverpool (Chemistry).
2 November - Congratulations to Baris Akbali on successfully defending his PhD thesis, Developing Novel Instrumentation for Chemical Analysis and New Fabrication Techniques for Nanoplasmonic Substrates. Many thanks to the examiners, Prof Ken Williams from Renishaw, Prof Chih-Chia Huang (黃志嘉) from National Cheng Kung University, Prof. Ho-Hsiu Chou (周 鶴 修) from National Tsing Hua University, Prof Joe Spencer and Prof Yaochun Shen from University of Liverpool.
26 October - We offer a very warm welcome to visiting PhD student Nontawat Sricharoen, from Chulalongkorn University.
24 October - Congratulations to Yufeng Zhou, Irene Sham and co-authors as their research article (Emergency Diagnosis... Paper Arrow Mass Spectrometry) is featured on the cover of Analyst.
26 September - Congratulations to Baris Akbali and co-authors as their research article (Focusing Ion Funnel ESD... for SERS) is featured on the cover of Analyst.
12 September - Group members Adam Haworth-Duff and Tung-Ting Sham are presenting some of our research at the 43rd Annual BMSS Conference in Manchester.
26 February - Group members Baris Akbali and Cedric Boisdon are heading out to Chulalongkorn University, kindly hosted by Assoc. Prof. Kanet Wongravee.
2022
16 December - Congratulations to Robert Bristow on successfully defending his PhD thesis, Early Detection of Geosmin and 2-Methylisoborneol in Drinking Water. Many thanks to the examiners, Dr Rupert Perkins (external) from Cardiff University and Dr. David McIntosh (internal).
10 October - It was our great pleasure to host Assoc. Prof. Thanit Praneenararat and Assoc. Prof. Kanet Wongravee from Chulalongkorn University. We also offer a very warm welcome to visiting research student Worakan Chukatool.
22 July - Congratulations to Christof Baumgärtel on successfully defending his PhD thesis, Aspects of Weber Electrodynamics. Many thanks to the examiners, Dr Neal Graneau (external) from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and Prof. Stephen Taylor (internal).
9 May - Congratulations to Barry Smith on successfully defending his PhD thesis, Advances in Instrumentation for Ambient Ionisation Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility Spectrometry. Many thanks to the examiners, Em. Prof. Gareth A. Brenton (external) and Prof. Xin Tu (internal).
2021
18 June - We were honoured to have Professor Badu-Tawiah from Ohio State University deliver a seminar to our group entitled, "Science in Reverse: A Chemical Approach for Underserved Communities".
22 April - Congratulations to Norfatirah Sarih on successfully defending her PhD thesis! Her external examiners were Prof. Lei Zhu (Florida State University) and Prof Kathryn Fairfull-Smith (Queensland University of Technology).
2020
6 February - PhD student Barry Smith is presenting some of our latest research at the BMSS Ambient Ionisation SIG (University of Surrey) about using flex-electronics to create a high resolution ion mobility spectrometer.
2019
14 September - Students David Perez and Kieran Collings head out to Barcelona for the 4th INTERNATIONAL MASS SPECTROMETRY SCHOOL (IMSS).
4 June - Monrawat Rauytanapanit from Chulalongkorn University (Prof. T. Praneenararat) has been successful in securing funding to come and visit our labs as a visiting PhD student for 6 months. Her research relates to Paper Spray Mass spectrometry and she will work under the supervision of Dr. Simon Maher. We look forward to welcoming her to Liverpool.
2 June - PhD student Barry Smith is heading out to ASMS presenting some of his latest research and also visiting the labs of Distinguished Professor Graham Cooks (Aston labs, Purdue).
2018
1 October - Kieran Collings joins as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr Simon Maher.
2 June - David Romero-Perez, Dr Simon Maher and Dr Fred Jjunju are heading out to ASMS presenting some of their latest research.
20 March - Dr Simon Maher is delivering an address at “Advancing Food Security with Sensors and Analytical Instrumentation Workshop”, Bangkok, Thailand.
9 March - As part of British Science week, Dr Maher will be showcasing the wonders of ion optics: demonstrations include evacuated glass tube mass spectrometry and portable ion mobility.
2017
1 July - We have been awarded a fully-funded PhD studentship (4 years), please get in touch (s.maher@liv.ac.uk) for more details.
2016
1 July - Current Vacancies PhD Studentship "Development of a Portable Mass Spectrometer for accurate carbon isotope measurement" is now available in our group: Click Here
24 June - Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor Graham Cooks from Purdue University visits our group and delivers a seminar on the "Grand Challenges in Mass Spectrometry".
5 June - We have five posters being presented at the 64th ASMS, TX.
1 June - Congratulations to Fred Jjunju who has successfully defended his thesis subject to minor corrections. His examiners were Em Prof John Todd (external) and Dr Thiyagalingam Jeyarajan (internal).
7 March - Congratulations to Barry Smith who been awarded a fully funded PhD scholarship by the Risk Institute. Supervisors: Simon Maher and Iain Young.