Renato Zenobi (born 1961 in Zurich) is a

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chemist. He is Professor of

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ETH Zurich (colloquially) , former_name = eidgenössische polytechnische Schule , image = ETHZ.JPG , image_size = , established = , type = Public , budget = CHF 1.896 billion (2021) , rector = Günther Dissertori , president = Joël Mesot , ac ...

. Throughout his career, Zenobi has contributed to the field of analytical chemistry.

Biography

Zenobi received his MS degree from the

(Switzerland) in 1986 and PhD from the

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

(United States) in 1990. He was postdoctoral fellow at the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

(United States; 1990–1991) and at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

(United States; 1991). In 1992 he worked as Werner Fellow at the

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(Switzerland). He became assistant professor at the

in 1995, was promoted to

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in 1997, and to

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in 2000. He is one of the associate editors of the '' Analytical Chemistry'' journal ( ACS).

Research and achievements

Zenobi's research areas include: laser-based analytical chemistry,

electrospray The name electrospray is used for an apparatus that employs electricity to disperse a liquid or for the fine aerosol resulting from this process. High voltage is applied to a liquid supplied through an emitter (usually a glass or metallic capilla ...

and laser-assisted

mass spectrometry Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a ''mass spectrum'', a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is use ...

, laser-surface interactions, near-field optical

microscopy Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye). There are three well-known branches of micr ...

spectroscopy Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets the electromagnetic spectra that result from the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter as a function of the wavelength or frequency of the radiation. Matter wa ...

as well as

Single-Cell Analysis In the field of cellular biology, single-cell analysis is the study of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and cell–cell interactions at the single cell level. The concept of single-cell analysis originated in the ...

. He has made contributions to the understanding of the ion formation mechanism in

matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization In mass spectrometry, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is an ionization technique that uses a laser energy absorbing matrix to create ions from large molecules with minimal fragmentation. It has been applied to the analysis of ...

(MALDI)

(MS) and to the development of analytical tools for the nanoscale, most notably by inventing tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS).

Awards

2015 Fresenius Prize (German Chemical Society / GDCh)
2014 RUSNANO Prize
2014 Thomson Medal (

International Mass Spectrometry Foundation The International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF) is a non-profit scientific organization in the field of mass spectrometry. It operates the International Mass Spectrometry Society, which consists of 37 member societies and sponsors the Inter ...

)
2012 Fresenius Lectureship (German Chemical Society / GDCh)
2010 Honorary Professorship, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Changchun / CIAC)
2010 Honorary Professorship, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine
2010 Honorary Adjunct Professorship, Hunan University (China)
2010 Mayent/ Rothschild Fellowship, Institut Curie (Paris, France)
2009 Honorary Lifetime Membership Israel Chemical Society (Israel)
2009 Schulich Graduate Lectureship Technion, Haifa (Israel)
2007 Honorary Professorship, East China Institute of Technology (Fuzhou, China)
2006 Michael Widmer Award (Novartis Pharma & Swiss Chemical Society)
2006 Hobart H. Willard Lectureship (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
2006 Michael Widmer Award (Novartis Pharma & Swiss Chemical Society)
2005 Theophilus Redwood Lecturer (Royal Society of Chemistry)
1998 H.E. Merck Award for Analytical Chemistry
1993 Ruzicka Prize, awarded by ETH Zürich
1991 Alfred-Werner Fellowship
1990 Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship
1989 Thomas Hirschfeld Award (Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, USA)

Key Publications

In the area of Near-Field Optics & Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy: *R. M. Stöckle, C. Fokas, V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, B. Sick. B. Hecht, and U. P. Wild, High Quality Near-Field Optical Probes by Tube Etching, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 160-162 (1999). *R. Stöckle, Y. D. Suh, V. Deckert, and R. Zenobi, Nanoscale chemical analysis by Tip-enhanced Raman Scattering, Chem. Phys. Lett. 318, 131-136 (2000). *B. Hecht, B. Sick, U. P. Wild, V. Deckert, R. Zenobi, O. F. Martin, and D.W. Pohl, Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Aperture Probes: Fundamentals and Applications, J. Chem. Phys. 112, 7761-7774 (2000). *W. Zhang, B.-S. Yeo, T. Schmid, and R. Zenobi, Single Molecule Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy with Silver tips, J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 1733-1738 (2007). *B.-S. Yeo, J. Stadler, T. Schmid, and R. Zenobi, Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy – its Status, Challenges, and Future Directions, Chem. Phys. Lett. 472, 1-13 (2009), “Fontiers” article.
In the area of Mass Spectrometric Analyses of Complex Samples: *M. Kalberer et al., First Identification of Polymers as Major Component of Atmospheric Organic Aerosols, Science 303, 1659-1662 (2004). *R. Zenobi, Single-Cell Metabolomics: Analytical and Biological Perspectives, Science 342, 1243259 (2013).
In the area of Mass Spectrometric Studies of Noncovalent Interactions: *J. M. Daniel, S. D. Friess, S. Rajagopalan, S. Wendt, and R. Zenobi, Quantitative Determination of Noncovalent Binding Interactions using Soft Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. 216, 1-27 (2002). *V. Frankevich, K. Barylyuk, K. Chingin. R. Nieckarz, and R. Zenobi, Native Molecules in the Gas Phase? The Case of Green Fluorescent Protein, ChemPhysChem 14, 929-935 (2013).
In the area of MALDI Mass Spectrometry: *R. Knochenmuss and R. Zenobi, MALDI Ionization: In-Plume Processes, Chem. Rev. 103, 441-452 (2003). *R. J. Wenzel, U. Matter, L. Schultheis, and R. Zenobi, Sensitive Analysis of Megadalton Ions using Cryodetection MALDI Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometry, Anal. Chem. 77, 4329 -4373 (2005).
In the area of Ambient Mass Spectrometry: *H. Chen, A. Wortmann, W. Zhang, and R. Zenobi, Rapid in-vivo Finterprinting of Non-volatile Compounds in Breath by Extractive Electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Angew. Chem. Internat. Ed. 119, 580-583 (2007). *H. Chen, S. Yang, A. Wortmann, and R. Zenobi, Neutral Desorption Sampling of Living Objects for Rapid Analysis by Extractive Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry, Angew. Chem. 119, 7735-7738 (2007); Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 7591-7594 (2007). *H. Chen, G. Gamez, and R. Zenobi, What can we Learn from Ambient Ionization Techniques? J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. (Critical Insight) 20, 1947-1963 (2009) *L. Zhu, G. Gamez, H. Chen, K. Chingin, and R. Zenobi, Rapid Detection of Melamine in Untreated Milk and Wheat Gluten by Ultrasound-assisted Extractive Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (EESI-MS), Chem. Comm. 559-561 (2009).

References

Sources

* http://www.loc.ethz.ch/people/professoren/zenobi_EN * http://pubs.acs.org/page/ancham/editors.html

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zenobi, Renato Academic staff of ETH Zurich Living people Mass spectrometrists Swiss chemists 1961 births University of Michigan fellows Thomson Medal recipients