Scientists from the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have implemented a novel pressure measurement method, quasi as a byproduct of the work on the "new" kelvin. In addition to being new, this procedure is a primary method, i.e. it only depends on natural constants. As an independ ... more
Prof. Dr. Gavin O’Connor
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Gavin O’Connor was born in Dublin and completed a Diploma in analytical chemistry at Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland, in 1993. He continued his studies in analytical chemistry to B.Sc. level in the UK before completing his PhD in mass spectrometry at the University of Plymouth in 1998. From here he took up a position in the Chemical Metrology group at LGC (the UK’s Designated Institute for chemical and bio-measurement) where he developed reference methods for the certification of reference materials using isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS). In 2013 he moved to the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, were he worked on the reference methods for priority food allergens. In 2018 he took up a joint appointment as Head of Department of Biochemistry at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), the National Metrology Institute of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Professor of Biochemical Metrology at TU Braunschweig.
Activities
Gavin O’Connor is a Fellow of the UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, CChem.). He was Chair of the British Mass Spectrometry Society from 2016 to 2018, having previously been Meetings Secretary and General Secretary. From 2010 to 2013, he was EURAMET Convenor of the Organic Analysis sub-committee on Metrology in Chemistry, and from 2011 to 2014 he was an Intercontinental Advisory Board member for Accreditation and Quality Assurance. In 2010, Gavin O’Connor was an invited lecturer on the NIST sponsored MSc on Metrology in Chemistry at the University of Maryland, and between 2000 and 2013 the UK representative on Organic Analysis, BIPM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM). His ResearcherID for publications is D-9767-2016.
Focus
Gavin O’Connor is Head of Department for Biochemistry at Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) and Professor of Biochemical Metrology at the Technical University of Braunschweig. Having previously worked at LGC in the UK and the European Commission’s, Joint Research Centre, his research has focused the provision of metrologically traceable results for the characterization of reference materials using IDMS. The focus of the Department of Biochemistry at PTB is on the development of high accuracy measurement procedures for clinically relevant targets.
Methods
- Mass Spectrometry