Prof. Dr. Mattanjah Sjim'on De Vries

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSpectroscopy
KeywordsDNA bases, Hole Burning, Spectroscopy

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySanta Barbara
InstitutionUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Karl KleinermannsInstitut für Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2004

Program(s)

2003Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor de Vries is an outstanding and extremely innovative scientist in the field of mass spectrometry and gas phase laser spectroscopy. With his new technique Professor de Vries was able to perform high resolution vibronic spectroscopy of DNA bases, base pairs, nucleosides and peptides - an old dream of spectroscopy coming true. During his stay in Germany, Professor de Vries focuses on laser spectroscopy of isolated biomolecular building blocks.