Marcos Nogueira Eberlin | |
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Born | March 4, 1959 |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Alma mater | University of Campinas |
Known for | Mass Spectrometry |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemist |
Institutions | University of Campinas |
Marcos Nogueira Eberlin (born 4 March 1959 [1]) is a Brazilian chemist and former professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Campinas. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and received the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit in 2005 and the Thomson Medal in 2016. [1]
Eberlin discovered the Eberlin Reaction during his work on gas phase ion chemistry, and he and his research group introduced EASI [2] (Easy Ambient Sonic-spray Ionization), an ionization technique used in mass spectrometry.
Eberlin is an advocate of the pseudoscience intelligent design in Brazil, [3] [4] on which he also lectures and he has signed the Dissent From Darwinism statement. [5] [6] He is a creationist also, and has said that evolution theory is a fallacy. [7]
His daughter, Livia S. Eberlin, [8] is also a chemist who won the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship in 2018 for her research on the use of mass spectrometry to diagnose cancer. [9] Eberlin and his daughter have worked together on a different project, using mass spectrometry to detect counterfeit money. [8]