Gareth S. Dobson
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Gareth Dobson is an analytical chemist and senior research scientist at Smiths Detection. As a graduate student at the University Paris 6 and in collaboration with DSTL and the CEB, he concentrated on development of mass spectrometry instrumentation and method development. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New Mexico he participated in the development of a miniature linear ion trap and distance-of-flight mass spectrometry, an alternative to time of flight. Gareth is the subject matter expert for Smiths Detection on GC/MS and has more than ten years of experience in the field.