Charles Wilkins (chemist)
Charles Wilkins | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1938 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 27, 2025 (aged 86) Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Awards | Tolman Award (1993) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Chapman College (BS) University of Oregon (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Chemistry |
| Sub-discipline | Biochemistry Analytical chemistry |
| Institutions | |
Charles Lee Wilkins (August 14, 1938 – June 27, 2025) was an American chemist who is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Arkansas and the founding director of the University of Arkansas Statewide Mass Spectrometry Facility.[1]
Background
Wilkins was born in California on August 14, 1938.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Chapman College and a PhD from the University of Oregon.
Wilkins died after a short illness in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on June 27, 2025, at the age of 86.[3]
Career
Wilkins was a distinguished professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside and a chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[1] In 1993, Wilkins was a recipient of the Tolman Award.[2]
With Michael Gross, he built the second Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer and they were the first to use it for analytical applications.[4][5] In November 2020, Wilkins was selected as the chief editor of the International Journal of Analytical Chemistry.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Charles Wilkins Distinguished Professor, Analytical Chemistry". University of Arkansas. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "1993 Charles L. Wilkins, UC Riverside". Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ "Charles Lee "Charlie" Wilkins". Legacy. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
- ^ Gross, Michael L; E.B. Ledford Jr; R.L. White; S. Ghaderi; C.L. Wilkins (1980). "Coupling of Capillary Gas Chromatography and Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometer". Analytical Chemistry. 52 (14): 2450–2451. doi:10.1021/ac50064a056.
- ^ "Charles Wilkins". The Power List 2019 – 21-100 (A-Z). The Analytical Scientist. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ "Wilkins Selected as Chief Editor of International Journal of Analytical Chemistry". University of Arkansas News. Retrieved July 9, 2022.