Biomaterials Discovery

Prof. Ian Gilmore wins prestigious US award

ian gilmore receiving award

Ian Gilmore (right) receives the award from Dave Castner (left).

Professor Ian S. Gilmore FMedSci, Senior Fellow at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and visiting Professor at the University of Nottingham has recently been selected to receive the 2025 Medard W. Welch Award, the premier research award from the American Vacuum Society (AVS), which includes an honorary lectureship at the AVS International Symposium.

Ian Gilmore was selected for ‘pioneering advances in molecular imaging by mass spectrometry with impact in biomedical research and novel devices and championing international standardisation’. His innovation of OrbiSIMS instruments, now used around the world, has made breakthroughs in high-resolution molecular imaging by mass spectrometry, revolutionising the ability to measure chemistry at surfaces and interfaces. 

Please visit the NPL website for the full press release.

Posted on Wednesday 9th July 2025

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