Mass Spectrometry in Life Sciences: A Theme Issue Dedicated to Professor Gérard Hopfgartner

Dear Colleagues,

Gérard Hopfgartner studied chemistry at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and received his Ph.D. degree in 1991 in the field of organic geochemistry and mass spectrometry. From 1991 to 1992, he was postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Jack Henion at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) and worked in the field of atmospheric pressure ionization LC-MS/MS. After his postdoctoral stay, he joined F. Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel (Switzerland), where he worked for ten years on the application of LC-MS in drug discovery and development by heading the LC-MS group and the bioanalytical section in the DMPK Department. In 2002, he moved to the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland) as Full Professor of Analytical Sciences and Mass Spectrometry, working in the field of life sciences for the development and application of novel mass spectrometry approaches with and without separation techniques. At the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry of the University of Geneva Professor Hopfgartner leads the research group of Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry. His research interests focus on the application and the development of novel hyphenated mass spectrometry approaches in the field of life sciences from elements to proteins, integrating the role of new technologies, workflow, and software for the analysis of molecules of biological interest. The main objective of his studies is to develop innovative analytical tools and solutions, where mass spectrometry plays a central role, which will benefit the detection and understanding of disease, and the discovery and development of appropriate therapeutics. In addition to the application of separation sciences (GC, LC, SFC) combined to mass spectrometry, disruptive approaches based on MALDI or ion mobility for high throughput, multiplexed and innovative analyses of biomarkers, and pharmaceuticals are also among the main fields of investigation of Professor Hopfgartner. His current research efforts include separation sciences, sample preparation, automation, bioanalysis, metabolism, metabolomics, analytical proteomics, toxicology, high-resolution mass spectrometry, ion mobility mass spectrometry, data-independent acquisition techniques (SWATH), MS/MS spectra interpretation, ionization, data analysis, and mass spectrometry imaging.

This Special Issue of Molecules, in honor of Prof. Gérard Hopfgartner, welcomes manuscripts describing original work as well as review articles.

The Guest Editor will be pleased to accept and review manuscripts that address the topics listed below, but not restricted to them.

Dr. Laura Mercolini
Guest Editor

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