Matthew Collins (academic)

Matthew Collins, FBA is a professor at the University of Copenhagen, formerly as a Niels Bohr professor,[1] and also holds a McDonald Chair in Palaeoproteomics at the University of Cambridge.[2]

Matthew Collins
Collins in August 2014
NationalityBritish
Alma materBangor University
Known forWork on biological, molecular and scientific approaches to archaeological material
Scientific career
FieldsBioarchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Copenhagen: University of Cambridge
ThesisTaphonomic processes in a deep water Modiolus-brachiopod assemblage from the west coast of Scotland (1986)
Websitecuris.ku.dk/portal/en/persons/matthew-james-collins(91bae0db-3ca5-4384-92b0-538e78c8e68d).html

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 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 Mike Buckley he developed ZooMS (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry)[4] a way to rapidly identify bone and other collagen based materials using peptide mass fingerprinting.

In 2022 Collins received the Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology from the Archaeological Institute of America.[5] Collins was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2014 [6][7] in 2014, the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in 2021 and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2022.[8]

References
  1. "Niels Bohr Professors". Danish National Research Foundation. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. 66bac24eaa334ec78169f1aadc72f8aa. "Professor Matthew Collins — Department of Archaeology". www.arch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. "Prof. Matthew Collins - Archaeology, The University of York". York University. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. "Pomerance Award For Scientific Contributions To Archaeology Archaeological Institute of America". AIA. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. "British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  7. "Academic honoured by fellowship (From York Press)". York University news. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. "Professor Matthew Collins elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy". DNRF. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2023.


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