Alexander Makarov

Alexander Makarov is best known for being the inventor of the Orbitrap mass analyzer. “That allowed the introduction of high-resolution, high mass accuracy MS into thousands of laboratories around the world,” he says. “Orbitrap-based instruments have revolutionized proteomic research and enabled significant progress in screening, toxicology and forensic analysis.” He is now based in Bremen, Germany where he is Director of Research, Life Science Mass Spectrometry for Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Content by Alexander Makarov:

Techniques & Tools Technology

Orbitrap™: Ten Years Young

10/20/2015 | Alexander Makarov

Coupling gas chromatography with Orbitrap™ technology wasn’t easy, but the outcome – the introduction of the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive™ GC – represents a big step towards bringing full-scan, high-resolution, and accurate mass data into routine labs around the world. And my dream of an “Orbitrap in every lab” inches ever closer.

Fields & Applications Technology

Orbitrap Against All Odds

11/18/2013 | Alexander Makarov

The development of Orbitrap™ has taken up all of my professional life. It’s been a story of luck, perseverance, and, ultimately, success.