Gareth Brenton

A. Gareth Brenton FLSW. is a Welsh physicist and chemist known for his work in mass spectrometry.

Professor Emeritus A. Gareth Brenton
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Wales Swansea
Known for	Mass-analyzed ion kinetic-energy spectrometry
Awards	Curt Brunnée Award (1994) BMSS Medal (2016)
Director of Mass Spectrometry Research Unit
In office 2013–2016
Preceded by	Dai Games
Director of EPSRC UK National Mass Spectrometry Facility
In office 2013–2016
Preceded by	Dai Games
Succeeded by	Steven L. Kelly
24th Chair of the Executive Committee, British Mass Spectrometry Society
In office 2002–2004
Preceded by	Frank Pullen
Succeeded by	Mira Doig
Scientific career
Fields	Mass Spectrometry, physics
Institutions	Swansea University
Thesis	Total scattering cross-sections of atoms in collisions with low-energy positrons  (1979)
Notable students	Carol V. Robinson

Early life and education

Gareth was born in South Wales. He went on to attend the University of Wales at Swansea (now Swansea University) in the early 1970s. He received a Ph.D. in physics in 1979.

Career and research

Gareth took a position as Professor of Mass Spectrometry in Swansea University in 1982. He was Director of the Institute of Mass Spectrometry and Director of the EPSRC National Mass Spectrometry Facility at Swansea University until 2016.

Awards and honours

Gareth won the International Mass Spectrometry Society Curt Brunnée Award in 1994, and the BMSS Medal in 'Recognition of outstanding and sustained contributions to the British Mass Spectrometry Society in the promotion of Mass Spectrometry' in 2016. He was editor of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. Gareth was BMSS chairman between 2002 and 2004

In 2012, Gareth was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.

Key publications

• Beynon, J. H., and A. G. Brenton. An Introduction to Mass Spectrometry / by J.H. Beynon and A.G. Brenton. Cardiff: U of Wales, 1982. Print.