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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Spectroscopy,Kinetics and Catalysis,Analytical Chemistry |
| Keywords | mass-spectrometry, gas-phase ion chromatography, gas-phase biomolecules, kinetics, reaction mechanism |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Santa Barbara |
| Institution | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Institute | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Gerard Meijer | Abteilung Molekülphysik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
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| Prof. Dr. Gert Helden | Abteilung Molekülphysik, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2009 |
Program(s)
| 2008 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Bowers is a world leader in both theoretical and experimental aspects of ion chemistry and mass spectrometry. In recent years, he has focused on the determination of the molecular basis for amyloid diseases including Alzheimer's disease and Diabetes Type II. In his work in Berlin, he will explore fundamental issues related to the role of chirality in protein folding and the factors controlling ß-sheet formation in the oligomerization cascade leading to amyloid plaques. |