The Analytical Scientist / Power List / 2021

The Power List 2021

The Top 100 Returns

For us, the ninth iteration of The Power List feels particularly special because it coincides with our 100th issue – thanks again to everyone who has joined us on the journey! In the spirit of tradition and harmony, we’ve returned to our original 2013 format of 100 names. As ever, we recognize that no such list can be definitive, but we certainly hope you will find it inspirational.

Welcome to our annual celebration of the world’s most influential analytical scientists!

Power List

Adam Woolley
Adam Woolley

Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, UT, USA
Alain Berthod
Alain Berthod

Emeritus CNRS Research Director DR1; Associate Professor, Institute of Analytical Science, University of Lyon, France
Alan G. Marshall
Alan G. Marshall

Robert O. Lawton Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Founding Director and Chief Scientist, Ion Cyclotron Resonance Program, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, USA
Alejandro Cifuentes
Alejandro Cifuentes

Professor, Head of Foodomics Lab, CIAL, CSIC, Spain
Alexander Makarov
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Alexander Makarov

Director of Research, Life Science MS, Thermo Fisher Scientific; and Professor of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Amanda Hummon
Amanda Hummon

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, OH, USA
Andrew deMello
Top 20
Andrew deMello

Professor of Biochemical Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Antje Baeumner
Antje Baeumner

Professor and Director, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Chemo- and Biosensors, University of Regensburg, Germany
Bob Pirok
Bob Pirok

Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Candice Ulmer
Candice Ulmer

Clinical Research Chemist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, GA, USA
Carol Robinson
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Carol Robinson

Director, Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, and Dr. Lee’s Professor of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
Caroline West
Caroline West

Full Professor, University of Orleans, France
Catherine Clarke Fenselau
Catherine Clarke Fenselau

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, USA
Catherine Ngila
Catherine Ngila

Acting Executive Director, The African Academy of Sciences, Kenya
Christina Jones
Christina Jones

Research Chemist/Advanced Manufacturing Program Officer, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
Christopher Welch
Christopher Welch

Executive Director, Indiana Consortium for Analytical Science & Engineering (ICASE), a joint venture between Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame
Claire Eyers
Claire Eyers

Professor of Biological Mass Spectrometry, Director Centre for Proteome Research, University of Liverpool, UK
Claudia Alcaraz Zini
Claudia Alcaraz Zini

Full Professor, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Coral Barbas
Coral Barbas

Director of the Centre for Metabolomics and Bioanalysis (CEMBIO), San Pablo CEU University, Spain
Daniel W. Armstrong
Daniel W. Armstrong

R. A. Welch Distinguished Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
David E. Clemmer
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David E. Clemmer

Distinguished Professor & Robert and Marjorie Mann Chair of Chemistry, Indiana University, USA
David McCalley
David McCalley

Professor of Bioanalytical Science, University of the West of England, UK
Davy Guillarme
Davy Guillarme

Senior Lecturer and Research Associate, University of Geneva; Associate Editor, Journal of Chromatography B, Switzerland
Deirdre Cabooter
Deirdre Cabooter

Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium
Duncan Graham
Duncan Graham

Distinguished Professor and Head of Department, Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Elefteria Psillakis
Elefteria Psillakis

Professor in Water Chemistry, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Elena Stashenko
Elena Stashenko

Director, Research Center for Biomolecules (CIBIMOL), Research Center of Excellence (CENIVAM), Universidad Industrial de Santander Bucaramanga, Colombia
Emily Hilder
Emily Hilder

Chief Maritime Division, Defence Science and Technology Group, Department of Defence, Australia
Erin Baker
Erin Baker

Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, USA
Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto
Francisco Radler de Aquino Neto

Head of the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory, Coordinator of the Laboratory for the Support of Technological Development and Emeritus Professor, Organic Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Rio De Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil
Gary Hieftje
Gary Hieftje

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Mann Chair in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, IN, USA
Gary J. Patti
Gary J. Patti

Michael and Tana Powell Associate Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gary Siuzdak
Gary Siuzdak

Professor and Director, Scripps Center for Metabolomics, The Scripps Research Institute
George Whitesides
Top 20
George Whitesides

Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University, USA
Gert Desmet
Top 20
Gert Desmet

Professor in chemical engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Gongke Li
Gongke Li

Professor, Director of Institute of Analytical Sciences, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Govert Somsen
Govert Somsen

Professor of Biomolecular Analysis and Analytical Chemistry, Vrije Unversiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Graham Cooks
Top 20
Graham Cooks

Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, USA
Guowang Xu
Guowang Xu

Administrative Vice-Director, Biotechnology Division, and Director, CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Science for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson

Professor of Drug Metabolism and Molecular Toxicology, Imperial College London, UK
Isiah Warner
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Isiah Warner

Boyd Professor of the LSU System; Philip W. West Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry; Vice President for Strategic Initiatives; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Louisiana State University, USA
James W. Jorgenson
James W. Jorgenson

Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA (retired)
Janusz Pawliszyn
Janusz Pawliszyn

Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Jennifer Brodbelt
Top 20
Jennifer Brodbelt

Professor of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Jennifer Van Eyk
Jennifer Van Eyk

Professor of Cardiology and Pathology, Erika Glazer Endowed Chair in Women’s Heart Health, and Director of the Advanced Clinical Biosystems Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jeremy Nicholson
Jeremy Nicholson

Director, Australian National Phenome Center, Professor of Medicine, Pro-vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, Murdoch University; Emeritus Professor of Biological Chemistry, Imperial College London
Jerome Randon
Jerome Randon

Professor of Separative Methods, Institute of Analytical Sciences, France
Jim Luong
Jim Luong

Fellow, Analytical Science, Core R&D, Dow Chemical, MI, USA
Joel Harris
Joel Harris

Professor of Chemistry, University of Utah, USA
John Yates III
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John Yates III

Ernest W. Hahn Professor, Departments of Molecular Medicine and Neurobiology, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Jonathan Sweedler
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Jonathan Sweedler

James R. Eiszner Family Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Director of the School of Chemical Sciences & Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular & Integrative Physiology at the Beckmann Institute, University of Illinois, USA
Joseph Loo
Joseph Loo

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California-Los Angeles, USA
Karen Faulds
Karen Faulds

Professor, Head of Bionanotechnology and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, UK
Kelly Zhang
Kelly Zhang

Senior Principal Scientist and Director, Genentech
Kevin Schug
Kevin Schug

Professor & Shimadzu Distinguished Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Texas, USA
Koen Sandra
Koen Sandra

CEO and Co-owner at RIC group, Kortrijk, Belgium; Visiting Professor at Ghent University, Belgium
Lane Baker
Lane Baker

Professor, James F. Jackson Chair, Department of Chemistry, Indiana 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
Lisa Jones
Top 20
Lisa Jones

Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
Livia S. Eberlin
Livia S. Eberlin

Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Ljiljana Paša-Tolic
Ljiljana Paša-Tolic

Laboratory Fellow and Lead Scientist, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Luigi Mondello
Luigi Mondello

Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Messina, Italy
Lutgarde Buydens
Lutgarde Buydens

Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Dean of the Faculty of Science, Radboud University, The Netherlands
Martin Gilar
Martin Gilar

Scientific Fellow, Separations R&D group, Waters Corporation, Milford, Massachusetts, USA
Matthias Mann
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Matthias Mann

Professor of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany; Director at the NNF Protein Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Melissa Hannah-Brown
Melissa Hannah-Brown

Global Technology Strategy & Partnerships Lead, Worldwide Research, Development & Medical, Pfizer Medicinal Sciences; Executive Board Chair, Community for Analytical Measurement Science
Michael Breadmore
Michael Breadmore

Professor of Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Australia
Michael Ramsey
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Michael Ramsey

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Applied Physical Sciences and Minnie N. Goldby Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Michelle Reid
Michelle Reid

Scientist, Bioanalytical Chemistry, Cristal Therapeutics; Guest Researcher, Maastricht University (M4i), The Netherlands
Mikhail Savitski
Mikhail Savitski

Team Leader and Head of Proteomics Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Milton Lee
Milton Lee

Emeritus Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Brigham Young University & Chief Science Officer, Axcend LLC, USA
Neil Kelleher
Top 20
Neil Kelleher

Walter and Mary Elizabeth Glass Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, and Medicine, Northwestern University, USA
Nicole Pamme
Nicole Pamme

Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Sweden; Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Hull, UK
Norberto Peporine Lopes
Norberto Peporine Lopes

Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Paul W. Bohn
Paul W. Bohn

Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Engineering, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Director of the Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics initiative, University of Notre Dame, USA
Paul Haddad
Paul Haddad

Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science, University of Tasmania, Australia
Perdita Barran
Top 20
Perdita Barran

Director of the Michael Barber Centre for Collaborative Mass Spectrometry, The University of Manchester, UK
Peter Schoenmakers
Peter Schoenmakers

Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

Director of the Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry at Helmholtz Zentreum Muenchen, Germany and Director of the Foodomics Platform at the Institute of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Philippe Wilson
Philippe Wilson

Professor of One Health, Nottingham Trent University and Chief Scientific Officer, NHS Willows Health, UK
Purnendu Dasgupta
Purnendu Dasgupta

Hamish Small Chair, University of Texas at Arlington, USA
Rachel Popelka-Filcoff
Rachel Popelka-Filcoff

Rock Art Australia Minderoo Chair in Archaeological Science, School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Renã Robinson
Renã Robinson

Associate Professor of Chemistry, Dorothy J. Wingfield Phillips Chancellor’s Faculty Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Department of Neurology; Leader of Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement, Vanderbilt Memory and Alzheimer’s Center; Training Faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, USA; NOBCChE President-Elect
Richard Smith
Top 20
Richard Smith

Chief Scientist and a Battelle Fellow in the Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
Richard van Breemen
Richard van Breemen

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Linus Pauling Institute and College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University, Oregon, USA
Robert Kennedy
Robert Kennedy

Hobart H. Willard Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, USA
Rohan Thakur
Rohan Thakur

Managing Director, Bruker Daltonics, Germany
Rohit Bhargava
Rohit Bhargava

Founder Professor and Director, Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Ron Heeren
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Ron Heeren

Distinguished Professor of Molecular Imaging, Maastricht University; Director of M4i, The Maastricht MultiModal Molecular Imaging institute, The Netherlands
Roy Goodacre
Roy Goodacre

Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of Liverpool, UK
Ruedi Aebersold
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Ruedi Aebersold

Professor of Molecular Systems Biology and Chair, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich and Faculty of Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Shaoping Li
Shaoping Li

Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, University of Macau, China
Shelley Minteer
Shelley Minteer

Dale and Susan Poulter Endowed Chair in Biological Chemistry, University of Utah, USA
Susan Richardson
Susan Richardson

Arthur Sease Williams Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, USA; President of ASMS
Susan Olesik
Susan Olesik

Professor, Ohio State University, USA
Valérie Pichon
Valérie Pichon

Professor, Sorbonne Université in Paris; Director of the Department of Analytical Chemistry (LSABM) and Co-director of the Institute of Chemistry, Biology and Innovation (CBI), ESPCI Paris, PSL University, France
Vicki Hopper Wysocki
Top 20
Vicki Hopper Wysocki

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University, USA
Victoria Samanidou
Victoria Samanidou

Professor of Analytical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Yi Chen
Yi Chen

Principal Investigator, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, China
Ying Ge
Ying Ge

Professor of Cell and Regenerative Biology, and Chemistry, Director of Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

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