# Ion therapy, mass spectrometry and the origins of life: Lily Ellis-Gibbings shares her passion for creating novel instrumentation

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/ion-therapy-mass-spectrometry-and-the-origins-of-life-lily-ellis-gibbings-shares-her-passion-for-creating-novel-instrumentation/
- Published: 2024-06-21T09:15:15-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: Lily Ellis-Gibbings “I’m developing ambient ionization techniques that allow us to do mass spectrometry on samples in air with no sample preparation”. Photo courtesy of NPL. Interview article by Hamish Johnston. Physics World – May 29, 2024. Lily Ellis-Gibbings is a higher scientist at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL). She has developed a wide range of instrumentation in fields as diverse as ion therapy, astrochemistry and ambient ion mass spectrometry. Ellis-Gibbings talks to Hamish Johnston about her passion for building instruments and shares her tips […] Click here to view original web page at physicsworld.com