
Professor Stephen Blanksby
Division of Research and Innovation,Research and Innovation - DVC Office,
Research & Innovation - DVC Office
Personal details
- Name
- Professor Stephen Blanksby
- Position(s)
- Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Infrastructure)/Principal Research Fellow (Mass Spectrometry)
Division of Research and Innovation,
Research and Innovation - DVC Office,
Research & Innovation - DVC Office - Professor
Science and Engineering Faculty,
School of Chemistry & Physics - Discipline *
- Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry (incl. Structural), Other Chemical Sciences
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 3343
- stephen.blanksby@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- Qualifications
-
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (University of Adelaide)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Member of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (since 1995)
- President 2008-2012
- Vice-President 2007-2008
- Treasurer 2003-2006
- Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (since 2017)
- Secretary of the International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (since 2016)
- Member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (since 2004)
- Associate Editor for: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry (Elsevier) Jan 2017-present
- Member of editorial advisory board for: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (John Wiley) Feb 2008-present; Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (Springer) Jan 2013-present Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group); Jan 2011-present European Journal for Mass Spectrometry (Sage) Jul 2013-present
Researcher Links
- Member of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry (since 1995)
Biography
Stephen Blanksby completed his PhD (1999) in the field of gas phase ion chemistry at the University of Adelaide under the supervision of Professor John Bowie. He then undertook postdoctoral research in the laboratories of Professor Helmut Schwarz at the Technical University of Berlin (1999) and at the University of Colorado with Professor G. Barney Ellison and the rest of the famed “Boulder ion gang” (2000-2002). Stephen was appointed to the School of Chemistry at the University of Wollongong in 2002 where he built a research group focussed on putting the “fun” back into fundamental ion chemistry. Discoveries made by Stephen’s group have been successfully applied to develop new analytical technologies for lipidomics and polymer coatings research. In 2014, Stephen joined QUT as Director of the Central Analytical Research Facility (CARF) and he continues an active research program exploring the unique properties of gas phase radical ions and developing new technologies for advancing mass spectrometry.
Publications
- Prendergast M, Kirk B, Savee J, Osborn D, Taatjes C, Masters K, Blanksby S, da Silva G, Trevitt A, (2016) Formation and stability of gas-phase o-benzoquinone from oxidation of ortho-hydroxyphenyl: a combined neutral and distonic radical study, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics p4320-4332
- Marshall D, Pham H, Bhujel M, Chin J, Yew J, Kenji M, Mitchell T, Blanksby S, (2016) Sequential collision- and ozone-induced dissociation enables assignment of relative acyl chain position in triacylglycerols, Analytical Chemistry p2685-2692
- Rojas-Betancourt S, Stutzman J, Londry F, Blanksby S, McLuckey S, (2015) Gas-phase chemical separation of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine cations via charge inversion ion/ion chemistry, Analytical Chemistry p11255-11262
- Khairallah G, Maccarone A, Pham H, Benton T, Ly T, da Silva G, Blanksby S, O'Hair R, (2015) Radical formation in the gas-phase ozonolysis of deprotonated cysteine, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) p12947-12951
- Maccarone A, Duldig J, Mitchell T, Blanksby S, Duchoslav E, Campbell J, (2014) Characterization of acyl chain position in unsaturated phosphatidylcholines using differential mobility-mass spectrometry, Journal of Lipid Research p1668-1677
- Paine M, Barker P, Blanksby S, (2014) Ambient ionisation mass spectrometry for the characterisation of polymers and polymer additives: A review, Analytica Chimica Acta p70-82
- Marshall D, Hansen C, Trevitt A, Oh H, Blanksby S, (2014) Photodissociation of TEMPO-modified peptides: New approaches to radical-directed dissociation of biomolecules, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics p4871-4879
- Maccarone A, Kirk B, Hansen C, Griffiths T, Olsen S, Trevitt A, Blanksby S, (2013) Direct Observation of Photodissociation Products from Phenylperoxyl Radicals Isolated in the Gas Phase, Journal of the American Chemical Society p9010-9014
- Poad B, Kirk B, Hettiarachchi P, Trevitt A, Blanksby S, Clark T, (2013) Direct detection of a persistent carbonyloxyl radical in the gas phase, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) p9301-9304
- Gryn'ova G, Marshall D, Blanksby S, Coote M, (2013) Switching radical stability by pH-induced orbital conversion, Nature Chemistry p474-481
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- RCM Beynon Prize for the paper "Rapid differentiation of isomeric lipids by photodissociation mass spectrometry of fatty acid derivatives" Pham et al. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2013, 27, 805¿815 that, "in the opinion of the Awards Sub-committee, describes an innovative advance in mass spectrometric instrumentation or methodology that has had the greatest immediate impact in its particular sub-discipline over the previous two calendar years"
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- The 2015 Morrison Medal was awarded by the Australian and New Zealand Society for Mass Spectrometry "in recognition of significant achievements in an area of mass spectrometry"
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Member of editorial advisory board for the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (Springer) 2013-present
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2008
- Details
- Member of editorial advisory board for Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry (John Wiley) from 2008-present
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- Formation, photochemistry and fate of gas-phase peroxyl radicals
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP170101596
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Title
- Developing next generation technologies for unmasking the lipidome
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP150101715
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Lipids; Mass Spectrometry; Ion Mobility
- Title
- Examination of unique tear lipids and their role in the tear film's structure and function
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP140100711
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Mass Spectrometry of Lipids; Chemical Synthesis of Lipids; Tear Film Lipid Layer
- Title
- The photons take charge: Elucidating the structure and stability of distonic radical anions by mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP140101237
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- Title
- New Laser and Mass Spectrometry-Based Tools for Comprehensive Structural Elucidation of Lipids and Their Biomolecular Interactions
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP120102922
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Mass Spectrometry; Gas Phase Ion Chemistry; Laser Spectroscopy; Lipid Biochemistry