The Ron Hites Award 
for Outstanding Research Publication in JASMS
2011 Recipient:  Scott A. McLuckey

The 2011 award was presented to Prof. Scott A. McLuckey (far left), Teng Yi Huang (center) and Jian Liu (right) for the article “Top-Down Tandem Mass Spectrometry of tRNA via Ion Trap Collision-induced Dissociation;” Huang, T.-Y., Liu, J., & McLuckey, S. A.; JASMS 2010, Vol. 21(6), 890-898.  Prof. McLuckey, Teng Yi Huang and Jian Liu are in the Department of Chemistry, Purdue University.  Prof. McLuckey donated the award prize of $2,000 toward student travel support.

The Ron A. Hites Award is given annually for an exemplary paper published in the previous two volumes of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry . The Award recognizes a high quality presentation of outstanding original research. Papers may be nominated by anyone who reads JASMS . Nominations may be submitted through the ASMS web site and should include a nomination letter not to exceed one page. Individuals may submit one nomination letter per year.  The deadline for nomination for a given year is January 31.

The Award-winning manuscript is selected by a confidential committee. Selection is based on the committee’s judgment of each paper’s innovative aspects, technical quality, likely stimulation of future research, likely impact on future applications, and quality of presentation. Manuscript citations and impact factor may also be considered but are not the major determinants of selection. The corresponding author will receive a personal award of $2000 and all co-authors will receive certificates of commendation.

The Award is named in honor of Professor Ronald A. Hites of Indiana University, who led the creation of JASMS in 1988 while president of ASMS. The Award prize is sponsored by the ASMS and is presented at the ASMS Annual Conference.

Active ASMS Members may submit  a nomination online. If you are not a member, please print and submit this PDF Nomination Form.