Former Invited Speakers

2023	Erin S. Baker University of North Carolina	Linking chemical exposure to human health with novel multidimensional analyses and informatics approaches
	Brian Chait Rockefeller University New York	Mass spectrometry as a tool for throwing light on the cellular machinery
	Sarah Cianferani CNRS - University of Strasbourg	A journey into native structural mass spectrometry methods to dissect therapeutic antibody structure, function and interactions: from the Moon to Mars?
	Thierry Delatour Nestlé Research	The pivotal role of mass spectrometry in chemical food safety and quality: An industry perspective
	Neil Kelleher Northwestern University	Exploiting individual ions in FTMS to enable proteoform systems biology & medicine
	Jaroslav Minář University of Münster	Aging investigations in lithium ion battery electrolytes with different mass spectrometric approaches
2022	Joseph A. Loo UCLA	Towards Illuminating the Dark Matter of Top-Down Mass Spectrometry
	Luc J.C. van Loon Maastricht University Midecal Centre	You are what you eat–the study of post-prandial protein handling in vivo in humans
	Anneli Kruve Stockholm University	Risk-based Prioritization of LC/HRMS Peaks: Predicting Concentration and Toxicity
	Juan Zhang Novartis	Understanding the crosstalk between immunity and metabolism using targeted metabolomics
2021	Pablo Sinues University of Basel	Mass Spectrometry-driven Translational Breath Analysis
	Thorsten Benter University of Wuppertal	Charge Retention/Cahrge Depletion in ESI-MS
	Ralf Weber University of Birmingham	Towards More Complete Annotation of Model Organism Metabolomes: Analytical and Computational Approaches
	Silke Grabherr University Center of Legal Medicine Lausanne-Geneva	Forensic Imaging and the Role of Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry in Forensic Medicine
	Michael Witting Heimholtz Zentrum München	Data Independent Acquisition – The future in Metabolomics?
2019	Vicki Wysocki The Ohio State University	Native MS: A Structural Biology Tool
	Dietrich Volmer Humboldt University Berlin	Assessing the molecular value of lignin by high resolution mass spectrometry
	Andrea Büttner Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	A world of unforeseen sensations – odorous molecules in contemporary products
	Valérie Gabelica University of Bordeaux	A Mass Spectrometry Insight into G-Guadruplex Biophysics
2018	Mario Thevis German Sport University Cologne, Germany	Analytical approaches towards old and new challenges in doping controls
	Ron Heeren Masstrich University, The Netherlands	Translational biomolecular imaging mass spectrometry: Seeing is believing
	Evan Williams University of California, Berkely, USA	Chemistry in Aqueous Nanodrops
	Bernd Bodenmiller University of Zurich, Switzerland	Highly multiplexed imaging of tissues in health and disease using mass cytometry
	Serge Rudaz University of Geneva, Switzerland	Harnessing the complexity of MS metabolomic data
2017	Frantisek Turecek University of Washington, USA	Biological Radicals in the Gas Phase
	Hans Wessels Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands	Innovative Top-Down and Glycoproteomics in Translational Healthcare
	Julia Chamot-Rooke Pasteur Institute, Paris, France	Top-Down Proteomics: The Next Step in Clinical Microbiology
	Sönke Szidat University of Bern, Switzerland	Radiocarbon analysis with accelerator mass spectrometry: recent developments and applications
	Kevin Pagel University of Berlin, Germany	Gas-Phase Structural Analysis of Complex Carbohydrates
	David Goodlett University of Maryland, Baltimore USA	Lipid A as a Therapeutic and Diagnostic Target
2016	Gerald Gabrielse Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), USA	Masses and Moments of Antimatter Particles and Atoms
	Paola Picotti Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland	Protein structural changes in health and disease
	Alexander Makarov Thermo Fisher, Bremen, Germany	Recent Advances of Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry
2015	Kathrin Altwegg Centre for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Switzerland	Rosina, one year at comet Churymov -Gerasimenko
	Robert Mistrik HighChem, Bratislava, Slovakia	The Great Paradox of the 21st Century
	Dorothea Rutishauser Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden	Challenge and Success of Mass Spectrometry Base Quantitative Proteomics on Clinical Body Fluid Cohorts
	Rolf Mueller Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research, Saarbrücken, Germany	Myxobacterial secondary metabolomics: Towards a comprehensive survey of a promising natural products resource
	Detlev Suckau Bruker Daltonik, Bremen, Germany	High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for in Depth Understanding of Complex OMICS Challenges and Comprehensive Characterization of Large Molecular Weight Assemblies
2014	Detlef GÜNTHER ETHZ, Zürich, CH	Elemental and isotope analysis – high speed, high resolution, high flexibility, high information density
	Urs BALTENSPERGER Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, CH	Mass spectrometry applications in atmospheric chemistry research, with special emphasis on new particle formation
	Peter C DORRESTEIN University of California, La Jolla, USA	A community based molecular GPS from microbes to people
	Bertran GERRITS Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, CH	Multidimensional single cell analysis using flying rare earth metal
2013	Ruedi AEBERSOLD ETHZ, Zürich, CH	SWATH-MS: Principles and applications to quantitative proteomics
	Günter ALLMAIER Vienna Institute of Technology, A	Nano ESI DMA (GEMMA) and PDMA: tools for characterizing nanoparticles – from protein complexes to silver nanoparticles and intact viruses
	Thomas KRAEMER Universityx of Zürich, CH	Sherlock Holmes meets mass spectrometry: Applications of MS in forensic pharmacology and toxicology
	Martin KUSSMANN EPFL, Lausanne, CH	Mass spectrometry in systems approaches to health maintenance
2012	Gerard JM MEIJER Radboud University Nijmegen, NL	Taming beams of neutral molecules
	Oliver FIEHN UC Davis Genome Center Davis, CA, USA	Mass spectrometry databases for metabolomic research
	Albert JR HECK Utrecht University Utrecht, NL	Native mass spectrometry and its role in studying structure, dynamics, and assembly of macromolecular protein complexes
	Renato ZENOBI ETHZ, Zürich, CH	New developments in ambient mass spectrometry
2011	Helmut SEGNER FiWi, University of Bern, CH	The Lake Thun “mystery”: high prevalence of coregonids with malformed gonads in Lake Thun
	Paola PICOTTI ETHZ, Zürich, CH	Selected reaction monitoring in targeted proteomics: from cellular networks to complete proteome maps
	Philippe SCHMITT-KOPPLIN Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Neuherberg, DE	Ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry approaches and new data evaluation strategies for complex environmental mixtures
	Ian WILSON Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK	LC-MS-based profiling for metabonomics/metabolomics – the current challenges
2010	Catherine E COSTELLO Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, US	Mass spectrometry-based methodologies for investigations of N- and O-linked glycans and their effects on assembly and interactions of cells and organisms
	Jyotsna SHARMA Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA	Orchids: models of biological complexity
	Andrej SHEVCHENKO MPI, Dresden, DE	Shotgun lipidomics for cell biology and molecular medicine
	Jean-Luc VEUTHEY University of Geneva and Lausanne, Geneva, CH	Capillary electrophoresis and ultra high pressure liquid chromatography hyphenated with MS in pharmaceutical analysis
2009	Michael T BOWERS UCSB, USA	Amyloid formation: peptide folding, aggregation and chirality
	Marcos N EBERLIN UNICAMP, Brazil	Mass spectrometry EASIer than ever! - Applications of easy ambient sonic-spray ionization mass spectrometry
	Jukka JOKELA Eawag, Dübendorf, CH	Why there are males
	Reto STÖCKLIN Atheris Laboratories, Geneva	Venomics: targeted drug discovery and lead optimization using animal venoms
2008	Eduard ARZT INM-Saarland University, DE	Biomimetic adhesion surfaces
	Gary SIUZDAK The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA	Mass-based metabolomics from solution and surfaces
	Mario THEVIS German Sport University Cologne, DE	Liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry in sports drug testing
	Roman ZUBAREV Uppsala Biomedical Centrum, SE	Pathway analysis in expression proteomics: Toward pathway search engines
2007	Richard M CAPRIOLI Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, US	Molecular profiling and imaging of tissues by mass spectrometry: Applications to clinical and biological research
	R Graham COOKS Purdue University, West Lafayette IN, US	Ambient ionization and miniature mass spectrometers
	Philip MARRIOTT RMIT University, Melbourne, AU	The role of mass spectrometry in comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography: It is not just about speed
	Staffan NILSSON University of Lund, SE	Airborne cell chemistry & nanoparticle based CEC
	P August SCHUBIGER ETH Zurich, CH	Molecular imaging of biochemical functions using (small animal) PET
2006	Rolf RUTISHAUSER University of Zürich, CH	The eye and mind in modern plant morphology, exemplified by morphological "misfits" of tropical waterfalls.
	Peter O'CONNOR Boston University School of Medicine, US	On the role of free radical reactions in electron capture dissociation.
	Thomas LAURELL Lund University, SE	Microchip developments for sample preparation and MALDI-TOF MS interfacing.
	Uwe KARST Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, DE	Strategies for the LC/MS analysis of non-polar compounds
2005	Marcel MAYOR University of Basel, CH	Molecular electronics: devices of tomorrow?
	Gary GLISH University of North Carolina, US	The quadrupole ion trap and proteomics: new developments in top down and bottom up analysis.
	Eric FOREST CEA/Grenoble, FR	Use of mass spectrometry to study the structure and the interactions of proteins.
	Thorsten REEMTSMA Technical University of Berlin, DE	Insight into fulvic acid molecules by electrospray mass spectrometry.
2004	Kurt PAULUS Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, CH	The microscope - history of a versatile tool.
	Ron MA HEEREN FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, NL	Mass spectrometric imagery and flash photography: rapid analysis of the molecular organization of biomolecules at surfaces
	Alain VAN DORSSELAER Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, FR	Supramolecular mass spectrometry: a new technology for the study of non covalent interactions in biology.
	Peter SCHOENMAKERS University of Amsterdam, NL	Chromatographic and mass spectrometric characterization of polymers.
2003	Gérard HOPFGARTNER University of Geneva, CH	Quantitative and qualitative analysis of small molecules by mass spectrometry: with or without chromatography.
	René VREULS Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL	A time-of-flight mass spectrometer: a new horizon in GC separations.
	Vladimir BARANOV MDS-SCIEX, Concord, Ontario, CA	Bioanalytical applications of ICP-MS.
	Kenneth B TOMER NIEHS - NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, US	MS and structural studies of protein interactions.
2002	Markus STÖCKLI Novartis Pharama AG, Basel, CH	MALDI MS imaging of biological tissue: a powerful tool in the drug discovery process.
	Michael STORY ThermoFinnigan, San José, US	The development of quadrupole field mass spectrometers
	Hans RICHNOW UFZ Environmental Research Centre Leipzig Halle, DE	IRM-GC-MS techniques to characteries sources and sinks of organic contaminants in groundwater.
	Oliver FIEHN MPI of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, DE	Can we cover the metabolome only by means of mass spectrometry?
2001	Daniel GERBER University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, CH	Mass independent single molecule detector for mass spectrometry.
	Giovanni SINDONA Univ. della Calabria, IT	The effect of nucleoside proton affinities on the formation of zwitterionic oligonuceotides.
	Andy TAYLOR University of Notthingham, UK	APCI/MS for rapid and dynamic measurement of flavor release.
	Rafael ABELA Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, CH	The Swiss light source.
2000	Peter ROEPPSTORFF University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK	Mass spectrometry in protein studies -from genom to function.
	Dan KASSEL Du Pont Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA, US	High throughput analysis, purification and profiling strategies in the era of high thruoghput drug discovery.
	Hans H MAURER University of Saarland, DE	GC/MS and LC/MS in clinical and forensic toxicology.
	Ernö PRETSCH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, CH	Computer aided spectra interpretation for structure elucidation and structure verification.
1999	Pamela CRAIN University of Utah, Salt Lake City, US	Structure mapping of nucleic acid by tandem mass spectrometry.
	Martin SUTER ETHZ, Zürich, CH	A new generation of accelerator mass spectrometers - smaller, simpler and cheaper.
	Pietro TRALDI CNR, Padova, IT	MALDI MS in milk science.
1998	Robert D VOYKSNER Research Triangle Park, NC, US	LC/MS: from frustration to success.
	Udo Th BRINKMANN Free University Amsterdam, NL	On-line sample strategies for LC/MS and GC/MS in environmental research
	Rainer WIELER ETHZ, Zürich, CH	Isotopes in planetary sciences.
1997	Renato ZENOBI ETHZ, Zürich, CH	Laser desorption / laser photoionization mass spectrometry: possibilities and limitations.
	Peter BOCHSLER University of Bern, CH	News from mass spectrometry in space.
	Simon GASKELL University of Manchester, UK	Proteomics - a new challenge for mass spectrometry.
1996	Hans-Jürgen STAN TU Berlin, DE	Monitoring of foodstuff and water for pesticides residues and other environmental contaminants by means of GC/MS.
	Paul VOUROS Northeastern University, Boston, MA, US	Capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry: analysis of dann adducts and other biological significant compounds.
	Jochen FRANZEN Bruker-Franzen Analytik, Bremen, DE	How ion traps work and what they can do.
1995	Alain VAN DORSSELAER University of Strasbourg, FR	New possibilities in mass spectrometry.
	Matthias MANN EMBL, Heidelberg, DE	ESMS using triple quadrupols and ion traps.
	Jürgen GROTEMEYER University of Würzburg, DE	Strategies vor the investigation of fragmentation processes of large ions.
1994	Franz-Wilhelm RÖLLGEN University of Bonn, DE	Mechanisms of ion formation in desorption and spray methods.
	J-J VEITH Thechnical University Darmstadt, DE	Mass spectrometry and chemical communication of social insects.
	Robin T APLIN Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, UK	Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and protein secondary structure.
1993	Anne DELL Imperial College, London, UK	Mass spectrometric solutions to structural problems in glycobiology.
	Raymond HOURIET EPFL, Lausanne, CH	Application of static SIMS-TOF to polymer surfaces and biological samples.
	Jordi SEGURA Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, SP	Mass spectrometry and dope control: applicability to Barcelona's '92 Olympic Games.
1992	Peter J DERRICK University of Warwick, UK	Mass spectrometers of today and tomorrow.
	Einar UGGERUD University of Oslo, NO	Gas phase ion chemistry. Theory vs experiment.
	Jack HENION Cornell University, NY, US	Recent developments in pneumatically assisted electrospray (ion spray) mass spectrometry.
	Peter ROEPSTORFF Odense University, DK	Mass spectrometry in portein studies: state of the art and prospects.
	Helmut SCHWARTZ TU Berlin, DE	Selective activation of CH ad CC bonds by transition-metal ions.
	Karlheinz BALLSCHMITTER University of Ulm, DE	Mass spectrometric detection in the trace analysis of organic compounds.
	Geoffrey EGLINTON University of Bristol, UK	Mass spectrometry and paleontology.
	Willy WÖLFLI ETH Zürich, CH	Accelerator mass spectrometry and its application in archaeology.
1991	Andries P BRUINS University Centre for Pharmacy, Groningen, NL	Instrumentations for electrospray and ion spray in mass spectrometry.
	Keith JENNINGS University of Warwick, UK	Tandem mass spectrometry: facts and fictions.
	Keith ROSE Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, CH	Pharmacokinetics of polypeptides and proteins using mass spectrometry: dream or reality?
1990	Dudley H WILLIAMS Cambridge University, UK	Mass spectrometry in structure elucidation of biologically active molecules.
	Richard M CAPRIOLI University of Texas, Houston, TX, US	Combined capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry and contiuous flow FAB.
	Reinhard NEUDERT BASF, Ludwigshafen, DE	Mass spectrometry data base.
1989	Fred MCLAFFERTY Cornell University, NY, US	1) Neutralization reionization mass spectrometry; 2) tandem mass spectrometry of large molecules.
	Emilio GELPI CID-CSIC, Barcelona, SP	Comparative evaluation of combined chromatography and mass spectrometry methode for biological applications.
1988	Peter J DERRICK University of Warwick, UK	Tandem mass spectrometry of large organic and biological molecules.
	Jack HENION Cornell University, NY, US	Structural information from LC/MS and SFC/MS.
	John P MAIER University of Basel, CH	Some approaches for the spectroscopic characterization of ions.
1987	John H BEYNON University of Wales, Swansee, UK	High sensitivity mass spectrometers
	Hans- Friedrich GRÜTZMACHER University of Bielefeld, DE	Intermediary ion/neutral complexes in unimolecular fragmentation reactions.
1986	Marvin L VESTAL University of Houston, TX, US	A new approach to ion dissociation in MS-MS.
	Nico NM NIBBERING University of Amsterdam, NL	Applications of FT-ICR in ion/molecule reaction studies.
1985	Jean-François MULLER University of Metz, FR	Influence de la longueur d'onde dans les processus d'ionisation ou de désorption des solides par laser.
	Howard R MORRIS Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, UK	MS of large biomolecules.
	W STEK Finnigan MAT, Benelux	Recent advances in ion trap technology have significantly improved mass resolution, high mass detection and sensitivity.
1984	Bill MCFADDEN Finnigan MAT, San José, CA, US	Combined LC/MS with thermospray ionization and triple quadrupole MS/MS
	Helmut SCHWARTZ TU Berlin, DE	Exploration of the mechanism of (C-C) cleavage in ionized carbonyl compounds
1983	Dieter HENNEBERG MPI für Kohleforschung, Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr, DE	Search for identical and similar compounds in mass spectral data bases