Robert R. Squires
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Robert Reed Squires | |
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| Born | January 11, 1953 |
| Died | September 30, 1998 (aged 45) |
| Alma mater | California State University, Chico (B.A.)Yale University (M.Phil., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Gas-phase ion chemistry |
| Awards | Sloan Foundation Fellowship Nobel Laureate Signature Award Biemann Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical chemistry |
| Institutions | Purdue University |
| Thesis | Application of an Automated Calorimetry System in the Study of Steric Effects (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | Kenneth B. Wiberg |
Robert Reed Squires (January 11, 1953 – September 30, 1998) was an American chemist known for his work in gas phase ion chemistry and flowing afterglow mass spectrometry.[1][2]
Squires was born in Northern California and grew up in Los Angeles. He received an A.A. degree at El Camino College in 1973 and then returned to Northern California where he received a B.A. at California State University, Chico. He then went on to Yale University where he worked in the laboratory of Kenneth B. Wiberg on the thermochemistry of organic compounds. He received his M.Phil. degree in 1977 and a Ph.D. in 1980. He took a postdoctoral position with Charles DePuy and Veronica Bierbaum at the University of Colorado, Boulder where he studied the reactions of gas-phase ions using the flowing afterglow technique.[citation needed]