Robert Graham Cooks is the Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry in the Aston Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry at Purdue University. He is an ISI Highly Cited Chemist,[1] with over 1,000 publications and an H-index of 144.[2][3]
Cooks received a bachelor of science and master of science degrees from the University of Natal in South Africa in 1961 and 1963, respectively. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Natal in 1965 and a second Ph.D. from Cambridge University in 1967, where he worked with Peter Sykes. He then did post-doctoral work at Cambridge with Dudley Williams.[4]
His research has ranged through areas from preparative mass spectrometry, ionization techniques and quadrupole ion traps (QITs) and related technologies[17] to as far afield as abiogenisis (also known as "the origin of life") via homochirality.[18]
^Williams, D.H.; Cooks, R.G. (1968). "The Role of 'Frequency Factors' in Determining the Difference Between Low and High Voltage Mass Spectra". Chemical Communications. 1968 (12): 663. doi:10.1039/C19680000663.
^Kruger, T.L.; Litton, J.F.; Kondrat, R.W.; Cooks, R.G. (1976). "Mixture Analysis by Mass-Analyzed Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry". Analytical Chemistry. 48 (14): 2113–2119. doi:10.1021/ac50008a016.
^McLuckey, S.A.; Sallans, L.; Cody, R.G.; Burnier, R.C.; Verma, S.; Freiser, B.S.; Cooks, R.G. (1982). "Energy-Resolved Tandem and Fourier-Transform Mass Spectrometry". International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Physics. 44 (3–4): 215–229. Bibcode:1982IJMSI..44..215M. doi:10.1016/0020-7381(82)80026-0.
^Brodbelt, J.S.; Wysocki, V.H.; Cooks, R.G. (1988). "Thermochemical vs. Kinetic Control of Reaction in an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer". Organic Mass Spectrometry. 23 (1): 54–56. doi:10.1002/oms.1210230111.
^Winger, B.E.; Julian, Jr.; Cooks, R.G.; Chidsey, C.E.D. (1991). "Surface Reactions and Surface-Induced Dissociation of Polyatomic Ions at Self-Assembled Organic Monolayer Surfaces". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 113 (23): 8967–8969. doi:10.1021/ja00023a067.
^Louris, J.N.; Brodbelt, J.S.; Cooks, R.G. (1987). "Photodissociation in a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer Using a Fiber Optic Interface". International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 75 (3): 345–352. Bibcode:1987IJMSI..75..345L. doi:10.1016/0168-1176(87)83045-8.
^Grade, H.; Winograd, N.; Cooks, R.G. (1977). "Cationization of Organic Molecules in Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 99 (23): 7725–7726. doi:10.1021/ja00465a062.
^Zakett, D.; Schoen, A.E.; Cooks, R.G.; Hemberger, P.H. (1981). "Laser-Desorption Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry and the Mechanism of Desorption Ionization". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 103 (5): 1295–1297. doi:10.1021/ja00395a086.
^Costa, Anthony B.; Cooks, R. Graham (2007). "Simulation of Atmospheric Transport and Droplet Thin-Film Collisions in Desorption Electrospray Ionization". Chemical Communications. 2007 (38): 3915–3917. doi:10.1039/b710511h. PMID17896031.
^Louris, J.N.; Amy, J.W.; Ridley, T.Y.; Cooks, R.G. (1989). "Injection of Ions Into a Quadrupole Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer". International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 88 (2–3): 97–111. Bibcode:1989IJMSI..88...97L. doi:10.1016/0168-1176(89)85010-4.
