The Analytical Scientist / Power List / 2024

The Power List 2024

Meet the 60 leaders and influencers in analytical science whose work is transforming the world around us – for the better

What are the biggest challenges facing humanity in 2024? From improving our health and wellbeing to clean water and clean energy, analytical science is playing a crucial – but often underappreciated – role. And that’s why the The Analytical Scientist 2024 Power List is all about impact. We are recognizing individuals who are having a real impact in the three categories: Human Health Heroes, Planet Protectors, and Instrumental Innovators. There are 20 nominees per category – each with a ranked Top 10. 

Of course, no list is definitive – and we recognize that many of the individuals on this year’s list deserve recognition for their impact across several areas. We hope you’ll join us to celebrate the achievements of the 60 impactful analytical scientists featured in the 2024 Power List.

Human Health Heroes

Matthias Mann
1
Matthias Mann

Professor of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany; and Director at the NNF Protein Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
R. Graham Cooks
2
R. Graham Cooks

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University, USA
Perdita Barran
3
Perdita Barran

Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, The University of Manchester, UK
Jonathan V. Sweedler
4
Jonathan V. Sweedler

James Eisner Family Endowed Chair of Chemistry, Professor of Bioengineering, Neuroscience, Physiology and Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin
5
Livia Schiavinato Eberlin

Associate Professor and Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
X. Chris Le
6
X. Chris Le

Distinguished University Professor and Director, Analytical and Environmental Toxicology Division, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, the University of Alberta, Canada
Robert Kennedy
7
Robert Kennedy

Hobart Willard Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, USA
Ying Ge
8
Ying Ge

Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology, Department of Chemistry, and Director of the Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Albert Heck
9
Albert Heck

Chair, Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Scientific Director, Netherlands Proteomics Center
Zoltan Takats
10
Zoltan Takats

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK
Jennifer Van Eyk
Jennifer Van Eyk

Professor, Cardiology and Basic Medical Sciences, Director of Advanced Clinical BioSystems Research Institute. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
Davy Guillarme
Davy Guillarme

Senior Lecturer and Research Associate (MER), University of Geneva, Switzerland
Michal Holcapek
Michal Holcapek

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
Neil Kelleher
Neil Kelleher

Walter and Mary E. Glass Professor of Molecular Biosciences; Director, Northwestern Proteomics; Director, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute; Northwestern University, USA
Lingjun Li
Lingjun Li

Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Charles Melbourne Johnson Distinguished Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Jeremy Nicholson
Jeremy Nicholson

Director, Australian National Phenome Center; Professor of Medicine, Murdoch University, Australia
Jürgen Popp
Jürgen Popp

Chair for Physical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena; and Scientific Director Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies e.V., Jena, Germany
Renã Robinson
Renã Robinson

Professor of Chemistry, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chair, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Koen Sandra
Koen Sandra

CEO & Co-owner, RIC Group, Kortrijk, Belgium; and Visiting Professor, Ghent University, Belgium
Gary Siuzdak
Gary Siuzdak

Professor and Director, Scripps Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry, USA

Planet Protectors

Damià Barceló Cullerès
1
Damià Barceló Cullerès

Honorary Adjunct Professor, Chemistry and Physics Department, University of Almeria, Spain
Susan Richardson
2
Susan Richardson

Arthur Sease Williams Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA
Derek Muir
3
Derek Muir

Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Teresa Rocha-Santos
4
Teresa Rocha-Santos

Principal Researcher, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Thomas Ternes
5
Thomas Ternes

Head of Department, Qualitative Water Science, Federal Institutions of Hydrology, Germany
Mark Strynar
6
Mark Strynar

Senior Physical Scientist, US EPA, Research Triangle Park, USA
Torsten C. Schmidt
7
Torsten C. Schmidt

Professor, Instrumental Analytical Chemistry and Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Diana Aga
8
Diana Aga

SUNY Distinguished Professor, and Director of RENEW Institute, University at Buffalo, USA
Gangfeng Ouyang
9
Gangfeng Ouyang

Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Juliane Hollender
10
Juliane Hollender

Senior Scientist, Eawag & Adjunct Professor, Department Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Andrew Ault
Andrew Ault

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Literature Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, USA
Michael Gonsior
Michael Gonsior

Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA
Stefan van Leeuwen
Stefan van Leeuwen

Senior Scientist, Wageningen Food Safety Research, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands
Paul Mayewski
Paul Mayewski

Distinguished Professor and Director, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, USA
Janusz Pawliszyn
Janusz Pawliszyn

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada
Katherine Peter
Katherine Peter

Research Scientist, Center for Urban Waters, University of Washington, USA
Kim Prather
Kim Prather

Distinguished Professor & Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
Emma Schymanski
Emma Schymanski

Full Professor, Environmental Cheminformatics, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Marek Tobiszewski
Marek Tobiszewski

Associate Professor, Analytical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland
Charlotta Turner
Charlotta Turner

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Lund University, Sweden; and Chair, Analytical Chemistry Division, Swedish Chemical Society

Instrumental Innovators

Alexander Makarov
1
Alexander Makarov

Director Global Research LSMS, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany; Professor of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; and Fellow, Royal Society, UK
Gert Desmet
2
Gert Desmet

Full Professor and Department Head, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Ron Heeren
3
Ron Heeren

Distinguished Professor, Maastricht University; Director, M4i, The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging institute; Member of the Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Netherlands
J. Michael Ramsey
4
J. Michael Ramsey

Goldby Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Applied Physical Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Richard Smith
5
Richard Smith

Battelle Fellow and Chief Scientist, Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA (Recently Retired)
Ruedi Aebersold
6
Ruedi Aebersold

Professor of Molecular Systems Biology (em), ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Zheng Ouyang
7
Zheng Ouyang

Professor, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, China
Chad Mirkin
8
Chad Mirkin

Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
Frances S. Ligler
9
Frances S. Ligler

Eppright Chair and University Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
Daniel W. Armstrong
10
Daniel W. Armstrong

R.A. Welch Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Erin Baker
Erin Baker

Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Purnendu (Sandy) Dasgupta
Purnendu (Sandy) Dasgupta

Hamish Small Chair, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Martin Gilar
Martin Gilar

Research Fellow, Separations R&D, Waters Corporation, USA
Gunda Köllensperger
Gunda Köllensperger

Professor, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
Wim De Malsche
Wim De Malsche

Professor (Group Leader) µFlow group, Chemical Engineering Department, Bioengineering Sciences Department; Director MICROLAB, Microfabrication Core Facility; Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic
Ljiljana Pasa-Tolic

Laboratory Fellow and Lead Scientist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Jeanne E. Pemberton
Jeanne E. Pemberton

Regents Professor, John & Helen Schaefer Professor of Chemistry, BIO5 Faculty Member, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Arizona, USA
David H. Russell
David H. Russell

MDS Sciex Professor of Mass Spectrometry, Texas A&M University, USA
Konstantin Shoykhet
Konstantin Shoykhet

Principal R&D Scientist, Agilent Technologies, Germany
Lloyd M. Smith
Lloyd M. Smith

W. L. Hubbell Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA

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