News
2024
01/02/2024
Several group members are heading over to Birmingham to present some of their latest research at the BMSS Ambient Ionisation SIG Meeting.
2023
02/12/2023
Group members Adam Haworth-Duff and Cedric Boisdon are heading out to Chulalongkorn University, kindly hosted by Prof. Thanit Praneenararat.
22/11/2023
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).
2/11/2023
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.
26/10/2023
We offer a very warm welcome to visiting PhD student Nontawat Sricharoen, from Chulalongkorn University.
24/10/2023
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.
26/09/2023
Congratulations to Baris Akbali and co-authors as their research article (Focusing Ion Funnel ESD... for SERS) is featured on the cover of Analyst.
12/09/2023
Group members Adam Haworth-Duff and Tung-Ting Sham are presenting some of our research at the 43rd Annual BMSS Conference in Manchester.
26/02/2023
Group members Baris Akbali and Cedric Boisdon are heading out to Chulalongkorn University, kindly hosted by Assoc. Prof. Kanet Wongravee.
2022
16/12/2022
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).
10/10/2022
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.
22/07/2022
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).
09/05/2022
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
18/06/2021
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".
22/04/2021
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
06/02/2019
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
14/09/2019
Students David Perez and Kieran Collings head out to Barcelona for the 4th INTERNATIONAL MASS SPECTROMETRY SCHOOL (IMSS).
04/06/2019
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.
02/06/2019
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
01/10/2018
Kieran Collings joins as a PhD student under the supervision of Dr Simon Maher.
02/06/2018
David Romero-Perez, Dr Simon Maher and Dr Fred Jjunju are heading out to ASMS presenting some of their latest research.
20/03/2018
Dr Simon Maher is delivering an address at “Advancing Food Security with Sensors and Analytical Instrumentation Workshop”, Bangkok, Thailand.
09/03/2018
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
01/07/2017
We have been awarded a fully-funded PhD studentship (4 years), please get in touch (s.maher@liv.ac.uk) for more details.
2016
01/07/2016
Current Vacancies PhD Studentship "Development of a Portable Mass Spectrometer for accurate carbon isotope measurement" is now available in our group: Click Here
24/06/2016
Henry B. Hass Distinguished Professor Graham Cooks from Purdue University visits our group and delivers a seminar on the "Grand Challenges in Mass Spectrometry".
05/06/2016
We have five posters being presented at the 64th ASMS, TX.
01/06/2016
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).
07/03/2016
Congratulations to Barry Smith who been awarded a fully funded PhD scholarship by the Risk Institute. Supervisors: Simon Maher and Iain Young.
2015
01/10/2015
Simon Maher becomes a lecturer (assistant professor) in our group.
07/09/2015
Stamatios Giannoukos starts working as a research associate.
01/09/2015
Boris Brkic moves to Q Technologies as a principal project manager.
18/03/2015
Stamatios Giannoukos defends his PhD thesis. His examiners were Prof Guido Verbeck (external) and Prof Alan Marshall (internal).
05/01/2015
David McIntosh joins our group as a new PhD student.
2014
30/06/2014
Dominika Strzelecka joins our group as an Erasmus visiting student.
20/05/2014
Stamatios Giannoukos wins prestigious award from the Journal of Mass Spectrometry and gets invited to present his work at the IMSC Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
16/04/2014
Stamatios Giannoukos wins Richard A. Schaeffer Memorial Fund Award.
31/01/2014
Our group has hosted a major progress meeting for the FP7 SNIFFLES project together with Wagtail and Q-Technologies.
08/01/2014
Simon Maher defends his PhD thesis and starts working as a Research Associate.
2013
03/12/2013
Prof Steve Taylor has been awarded a DSc by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine.
21/11/2013
Chipo Nyambuya from the British Consulate General in Chicago visits our group.
11/11/2013
Anyin Li from Purdue University visits our group.
01/10/2013
Mariya Juno joins our group as a new PhD student.
16/09/2013
We have received funding for the FP7 AquaMMS project.
24/06/2013
Annual PhD presentations were given by Simon Maher and Stamatios Giannoukos.
02/04/2013
Sarfaraz Syed moves to the AMOLF Institute.
2012
21/12/2012
We have been awarded a Knowledge Exchange Voucher grant from the University of Liverpool.
04/09/2012
We have been awarded a Research Support Grant from British Mass Spectrometry Society for implementation of a spark gap ion source.
17/07/2012
Annual PhD presentations were given by Stamatis Giannoukos and Simon Maher.
01/05/2012
Sarfaraz Syed starts working as a Research Associate in our Group.
21/03/2012
Half-Day Meeting on Mass Spectrometry, Suface Tomography and Sensing was hosted by our Group. Event was organised by IET and IOP, and chaired by Dr Andrew Tickle from Coventry University.
15/03/2012
Farnoush Salarzaei defends her PhD thesis. Her examiners were Em Prof John Todd (external) and Dr John Marsland (internal).
09/03/2012
Tom Hogan defends his PhD thesis. His examiners were Prof Tony Stace FRS (external) and Dr Jason Ralph (internal).
29/02/2012
Sarfaraz Syed defends his PhD thesis. His examiners were Dr Ron Reid (external) and Prof Yi Huang (internal).
02/02/2012
Stamatios Giannoukos joins our group as a new PhD student.
24/01/2012
Sarfaraz Syed submits his PhD thesis.
13/01/2012
Farnoush Salarzaei submits her PhD thesis.
2011
30/11/2011
Tom Hogan submits his PhD thesis.
17/11/2011
Dr Steve Taylor, the Head of the Group, has been appointed as Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science.
14/10/2011
Jeyan Sreekumar starts working as a KTP Associate with Advanced Sensors Ltd.
08/09/2011
PhD Studentship in portable ion trap mass spectrometry is now available in our group. Applicants are sought with a background in mass spectrometry/analytical chemistry. Deadline for applications is 15 October 2011.
12/07/2011
Our latest Analytical Chemistry paper is highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News.
24/06/2011
Funding has been approved for the FP7 SNIFFLES project.
13/06/2011
Farnoush Salarzaei starts working at Waters.
27/05/2011
DSM R&D Solutions have funded a joint project to take forward the miniature ion trap development.
18/05/2011
We have received the KTP grant for the joint oil-in-water project with Advanced Sensors Ltd.
31/03/2011
We have submitted KTP funding application for the collaborative project with Advanced Sensors Ltd.
01/02/2011
Simon Maher joins our group as a new PhD student.
06/01/2011
Jeyan Sreekumar defends his PhD thesis. His examiners were Em Prof John Todd (external) and Dr John Marsland (internal).
2010
02/12/2010
We have submitted FP7 funding application for the collaborative SNIFFLES project.
30/09/2010
Funding for the ion trap project has been extended after obtaining crude mass spectra from our linear ion trap.
30/09/2010
Jeyan Sreekumar has submitted his PhD thesis.
31/08/2010
We have received funding for our new PhD student: Simon Maher.
31/07/2010
Alexandre Djossou completes his MSc project and returns to University of Provence.