Autor: Thomas Prohaska

Norbert Jakubowski is presently head of the division Inorganic Analysis at the BAM – Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany. He studied plasma-physics at the University of Essen/Duisburg and received his Ph D at the University of Stuttgart Hohenheim with summa cum laude in 1991. He started his scientific career at the Institute for Analytical Sciences in Dortmund. In 2013 he received the “European Award for Plasma Spectrochemistry” for his contribution in elemental mass spectrometry. His research interests are related to Analytical Chemistry in general with special interest in development of instruments, methods and problem-orientated procedures based on the use of plasma sources (inductively coupled plasma, glow discharge) for elemental mass spectrometry of solid and liquid samples. Recently he started a new research direction towards labelling of biomolecules with metals by use of chelating compounds for detection of biomarkers in clinical research. “Single cells are the most fascinating machineries on earth and it is my challenge for the rest of my career to make life processes visible”.