Matthew Collins (academic)
Matthew Collins | |
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 Collins in August 2014 | |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Bangor University |
| Known for | Work on biological, molecular and scientific approaches to archaeological material |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Bioarchaeology |
| Institutions | University of York: University of Copenhagen: University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Taphonomic processes in a deep water Modiolus-brachiopod assemblage from the west coast of Scotland (1986) |
| Website | curis |
Matthew Collins, FBA is a Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Copenhagen[1] and McDonald Professor in Palaeoproteomics at Cambridge University.[2]
Prior to joining Cambridge he was professor of biomolecular archaeology at the University of York[3] where he founded BioArCh, a collaboration between the departments of biology, chemistry and archaeology (BioArCh: Biology Archaeology, Chemistry).
His research focuses on the persistence of proteins in ancient samples, using modelling to explore the racemization of amino acids and thermal history to predict the survival of DNA and other molecules.[4] Using a combination of approaches (including immunology and protein mass spectrometry) his research detects and interprets protein remnants in archaeological and fossil remains.
With former PhD student he developed ZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)[5] a way to rapidly identify bone and other collagen based materials using peptide mass fingerprinting.
In 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences.[6][7]
References[]
- ^ "Niels Bohr Professors". Danish National Research Foundation. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ 66bac24eaa334ec78169f1aadc72f8aa. "Professor Matthew Collins — Department of Archaeology". www.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Prof. Matthew Collins - Archaeology, The University of York". York University. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Thermal Age Website". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Van Doorn, Nienke L. (2014). "Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS)". Van Doorn, N. L. in Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology 7998–8000 (Springer New York, 2014). pp. 7998–8000. doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2418. ISBN 978-1-4419-0426-3.
- ^ "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ "Academic honoured by fellowship (From York Press)". York University news. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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