Nicolaas Martinus Maria Nibbering (May 29, 1938 – August 25, 2014) was a Dutch chemist and mass spectrometrist. He was a member of the

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and a recipient of the Thomson Medal and the Joannes Marcus Marci Award.

Early life and education

Nico Nibbering was born May 29, 1938, in the

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city of

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. He grew up in the occupied Netherlands and endured the

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. He completed high school in Zaandam and went on to the University of Amsterdam in 1956. Nibbering continued at the University of Amsterdam through his Ph.D. degree in 1968. His thesis was under the direction of Dr. Th. J. de Boer and was entitled “Mass spectrometry of some aralkyl compounds with a functional group in the side-chain.”

Academic career

Under a Shell Travel Fellowship in 1968, Nibbering visited several mass spectrometry labs in the United States including those

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and

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Oil in New Jersey. He joined the faculty of the University of Amsterdam and was promoted to associate professor in 1975 and professor in 1980. His group built the first

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mass spectrometer in Europe.

Awards

In 1988, Nibbering was elected as a member of the

. He received the

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Thomson Medal in 1991 at the 12th International Congress on Mass Spectrometry in Amsterdam that he chaired. He received the Joannes Marcus Marci Award in 1992.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nibbering, Nico M. M. 1938 births 2014 deaths Dutch physical chemists People from Zaanstad University of Amsterdam alumni Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Thomson Medal recipients Mass spectrometrists

Early life and education

Academic career

Awards

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