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Jack Throck Watson | |
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| Born | May 2, 1939 |
| Died | September 3, 2016 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. Analytical chemistry 1965 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mass spectrometry |
| Institutions | Michigan State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Klaus Biemann |
Jack Throck Watson (May 2, 1939 – September 3, 2016) was an American biochemist who was a professor of biochemistry and chemistry at the Michigan State University (MSU), where he was also director of the MSU Mass Spectrometry Facility.[1] While at MIT, Watson developed a gas chromatography–mass spectrometry interface, known as the Watson–Biemann separator, that removes helium from the gas chromatograph column effluent, thereby allowing analysis of less volatile and more polar compounds.[2] Watson later worked on methods for the structure elucidation of peptides and proteins using fast atom bombardment and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry. After retirement in 2006, he continued to work on his introductory mass spectrometry textbook and teach short-courses in mass spectrometry.[3]
- ^ Obituary Jack Throck Watson, May 2, 1939–September 3, 2016
- ^ Watson JT and Biemann K (1964). "High-Resolution Mass Spectra of Compounds Emerging from a Gas Chromatograph". Anal. Chem. 36 (6): 1135–7. doi:10.1021/ac60212a001.
- ^ Watson, J. Throck; Sparkman, O. David (5 October 2007). Introduction to Mass Spectrometry: Instrumentation, Applications and Strategies for Data Interpretation. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9780470516898. ISBN 9780470516348.