Alexandre Shvartsburg, assistant professor of chemistry at Wichita State University, has been awarded as one of winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.

Shvartsburg is the first recipient ever from Wichita State and only the third from Kansas.

He was recognized for his years of research, which focuses on advancing the technology and new applications of ion mobility separations.

“I stand truly heartened to receive all these congratulations. This is indeed a rare honor,” Shvartsburg says. “It is also the first ever in our field of ion mobility spectrometry. I feel it is an award to whole IMS community, which I accept as a powerful recognition of our rapidly expanding science.”

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