Remembering Ad de Jong

Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, vol. 22, pp. 100568

Abstract

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing away of Ad P.J.M. de Jong, retired Principal Scientist at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and the National Vaccine Institute, both in Bilthoven (NL), in January, at the age of 75 years. Most Mass Spectrometrists do know him as a scientist who pioneered Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry already in the early 1990s, with a strong focus on developing nanoscale Liquid Chromatography. Many research groups have copied his nanoscale LC design, essentially based on the “Deans switching system,” which is still used in many research institutes worldwide (1).

Authors 4

1. Cécile A. C. M. van Els

   National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

2. Peter A. van Veelen Aachen Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics

   Leiden University Medical Center

   Affiliation as printed

   Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

3. Albert J. R. Heck

   Utrecht University

   Affiliation as printed

   Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

4. Hugo D. Meiring

   Intravacc (Netherlands)

   Affiliation as printed

   Intravacc, Bilthoven, The Netherlands