David Edgar Games (born 1938) was a Welsh chemist best known for his work in mass spectrometry and chromatography.

Early life and education

Dai grew up in Ynysddu in South Wales and attended the Lewis School, Pengam.

Career and research

Dai graduated from

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, where he also obtained his PhD. After postdoctoral work at McMaster University, Hamilton, he moved to University of Wales Cardiff, where he progressed to a personal chair. In 1989 he moved to Swansea as Head of the Mass Spectrometry Research Unit at University of Wales, Swansea. Although best known as a mass spectrometrist and separation scientist who was the first person to bring

liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure. As such, it is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, an ...

to Europe, he has made considerable contributions in organic chemistry research and served as Head of the Chemistry Department at Swansea.

Awards and honours

In 1987, he was awarded the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Ro ...

medal for Analytical Separations and in 1991, was awarded the Martin Medal by the Chromatographic Society. In 1993 he received the Gold Medal of the Society of Analytical Chemistry. The

International Mass Spectrometry Society The International Mass Spectrometry Foundation (IMSF) is a non-profit scientific organization in the field of mass spectrometry. It operates the International Mass Spectrometry Society, which consists of 37 member societies and sponsors the Inte ...

awarded him the J.J.Thomson Medal in 1997, and in 1999 he received the A.J.Evans Medal from Cardiff University. He was a past Chairman of the BMSS, served on the SERC Chemistry Committee as Chairman of the Instrumentation Panel and also on NERC, MRC and AFRC panels. He was a former Joint Editor-in-Chief of Biomedical and Environmental Mass Spectrometry.

References

{{Authority control 1938 births 2018 deaths Welsh chemists Mass spectrometrists Alumni of King's College London