Simon Prosser
Vice President
Accounting & Marketing
Advion
Japan
Biography
Dr. Prosser joined Advion in 1999 and was one of the founders of the Micro Technology group where he was responsible for the development of the NanoMate and TriVersa instruments. He is now in charge of global marketing, product management, applications development, and customer service and support for Advion Inc. Prior to Advion he spent 11 years at Europa Scientific Ltd. (UK) designing and marketing stable isotope ratio mass spectrometers and associated sample preparation systems serving the Life Science and Earth Science markets. During this time, he helped grow the company from a five-person, garage-based operation to the world’s premier stable isotope mass spectrometer company. He held positions as Product Manager, General Manager of the Earth Sciences Group and served on the board as Technical Director.
Research Interest
He earned his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Lancaster University and his Ph.D. with Prof. Colin Pillinger at the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at the Open University (home of the Beagle Mars lander mission) where he developed mass spectrometers and methodologies for the isotopic analysis of minute samples of cosmic dust and meteorites. He is a Chartered Physicist and holds a Diploma in Management Studies from Staffordshire University.
