Current Interests

• Developing the measurement framework for DESI, including optimisation and standardisation of the technique
• Novel ambient mass spectrometry techniques, PADI and EESI
• Static SIMS and organic depth profiling

Biography

Tara Salter graduated with an MPhys degree in Physics from the University of Oxford in 2008 and has just begun a PhD with Dr Morgan Alexander and Prof Martyn Davies, Department of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham. She is currently working on optimisation and standardisation of desorption electrospray ionisation, and the development of other ambient mass spectrometry capabilities such as PADI and EESI. Tara was the lead scientific organiser of NMAET IV (Nano-Molecular Analysis for Emerging Technologies IV). Tara is a graduate member of the Institute of Physics and the British Mass Spectrometry Society.

Selected Publications

1. Ambient mass spectrometry: advances and applications in forensics
   F. M. Green, T. L. Salter, P. Stokes, I. S. Gilmore, G. O'Connor
   Surf. Interface Anal. (2010)
2. The effect of electrospray solvent composition on desorption electrospray ionisation (DESI) efficiency and spatial resolution
   F. M. Green, T. L. Salter, I. S. Gilmore, P. Stokes, G. O'Connor
   Analyst (2010)
3. A comparison of SIMS and DESI and their complementarities
   T. L. Salter, F. M. Green, I. S. Gilmore, M. P. Seah, P. Stokes
   Surf. Interface Anal. (2010)

Contact details

Email: tara.salter@npl.co.uk
Tel: 020 8943 6201