Michael T. Bowers

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| name = Michael T. Bowers

| birth_date = 1939

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| nationality = American

| field = Chemist

| work_institutions = UC Santa Barbara

| alma_mater = Gonzaga University
University of Illinois

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| known_for = Mass Spectrometry

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Michael T. Bowers (born 1939) is an American mass spectrometrist, a professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, Santa Barbara faculty.

Career

He studied at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, earning his 1962 B.S. in 1962 and then earning a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois (with W.H. Flygare) in 1966.

He worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California for 2 years before joining UC Santa Barbara in 1968, where he was appointed full professor in 1976.{{cite web|url=http://lgundersen.thegundersens.com/zeta/bowers.html|title=Michael T. Bowers|accessdate= 23 September 2020}}

Bowers group uses mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry to study gaseous species and determine their structure, reaction dynamics and mechanism.

Awards

Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
1987 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society "for outstanding contributions both theoretically and experimentally on the Mechanism and Dynamics of Ion-Molecule Reactions" {{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1987&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|publisher=APS|accessdate=23 September 2020}}
1994 Guggenheim Fellowship
1994 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1996 Frank H. Field and Joe L. Franklin Award of the American Chemical Society
1997 Thomson Medal of the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation
2004 Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award{{cite journal |author=Bierbaum VM |title=Focus in honor of Michael T. Bowers, recipient of the 2004 award for distinguished contribution in mass spectrometry |journal=J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=983 |year=2005 |pmid=15914024 |doi=10.1016/j.jasms.2005.04.015|doi-access=free |bibcode=2005JASMS..16..983B }}{{cite journal |author=Bowers M |title=A personal retrospective of the early years |journal=J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. |volume=16 |issue=7 |pages=984–8 |year=2005 |pmid=15914023 |doi=10.1016/j.jasms.2005.04.016|doi-access=free |bibcode=2005JASMS..16..984B }}