Klaus Biemann

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name = Klaus Biemann


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birth_date = 1926
birth_place = Austria
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fields = Mass spectrometry
workplaces = Massachusetts Institute of Technology
alma_mater = University of Innsbruck
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry 1951
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known_for = Mars Viking mass spectrometercite journal |author=Biemann K |title=On the ability of the Viking gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer to detect organic matter |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=104 |issue=25 |pages=10310-3 |year=2007 |pmid=17548829 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0703732104]
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awards = Franklin Medal (2007)
ACS Analytical Chemistry Award (2001)
Pehr Edman Award (1992)
Thomson Medal (1991)
Newcomb-Cleveland Prize (1978)
Fritz Pregl Medal (1977)
NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1977)
Powers Award (1973)
Stas Medal (1962)
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Klaus Biemann is a Professor Emeritus of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work was centered on structural analysis in organic and biochemistry. He was admitted to the United States National Academy of Science in 1993. He has been called the "father of organic mass spectrometry." [cite book |author=Chung, Deborah D. L. |title=The Road to Scientific Success: Inspiring Life Stories of Prominent Researchers (Road to Scientific Success) |publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company |location= |year=2006 |pages= |isbn=981-256-600-7 |oclc= |doi=]

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Awards

* Received the 2007 [http://www.fi.edu/winners/2007/biemann_klaus.faw?winner_id=4405 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry] from The Franklin Institute.