Scott A. McLuckey is an American

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, the John A. Leighty Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at

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. His research concerns the formation of

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versions of large

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of these ions, and ion-ion reactions. McLuckey did his undergraduate studies at

Westminster College, Pennsylvania Westminster College is a private liberal arts college in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1852, it is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The student population is approximately 1,307 undergraduate and graduate students. Histo ...

, earning a B.S. in 1978. He received his Ph.D. in 1982 from

. After a year of postdoctoral studies in

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, McLuckey joined the research staff of

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, where he remained until 2000 when he moved to Purdue.Two Purdue professors to discuss their research
Purdue University, September 22, 2008. He became the Leighty professor in 2008. Since 1998 he has been editor of the ''

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''. From 2010 to 2012 he was president of the

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. In 1997, he was the first recipient of the Biemann Medal awarded by the American Society for Mass Spectrometry for his contributions to mass spectrometry. He was named scientist of the year at Oak Ridge in 1999. In 2000, he received the Curt Brunnée Award of the

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, given annually to a researcher under the age of 45. He received the 2007 Award in Chemical Instrumentation of the

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Division of Analytical Chemistry, and the Anachem Award in 2008 from the National Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy.Anachem Award Winners
retrieved 2010-11-17. He also received the 2008 Herbert Newby McCoy Award for outstanding contributions to science from Purdue.

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