Douglas P Ridge 

Address:  	Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
	  	University of Delaware, 
	  	Newark, Delaware  19716
		dougr@BRAHMS.UDEL.EDU (email)
        
Telephone:      302-831-1197, 302-831-6335 (Fax)
        

        
Present Position: Professor of Chemistry at the University of Delaware. 
        
        
Education:	California Institute of Technology, Ph.D., physical
		chemistry, 1972, Harvard College, A.B. cum laude, 1968,
		major, chemistry
        
        
Editorships:	Associate Editor, Organic Mass Spectrometry, 1990-1994,
		Associate Editor, European Mass Spectrometry, 1995-
        
        
Research Interests:
		Physical chemistry, energetics and dynamics of gas
		phase ions, mass spectrometry, Fourier transform
		mass spectrometry (FTMS), application of FTMS to the
		study of reactions of gas phase ions-particularly
		transition metal ions.  Characterization of condensed
		phase reaction mechanisms from the study of gas phase
		ion molecule reactions.
        
        
Major Instruments: 
		(1) FTMS 2000 (Finnigan FTMS, Madison, WI) Fourier
		    transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer
		    with 3T magnet, dual cell, autoprobe and IR laser
		    for LDI, and Odyssey data system.  Prototype
  		    external source.
		(2) BioApex 70e (Bruker Instruments, Billerica, MA)
		    Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass
	 	    spectrometer with 7T shielded magnet, external
		    source, ESI and MALDI sources, infinity cell.
        
        

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