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Liuxi Chen
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 2006-2012
Research Project: Investigation of gas-phase proteins/peptides
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: B.S./2005/University of Science and Technology of China
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Boehringer Ingelheim

Chaminda M. Gamage
Level: Research Scientist and Research Group Manager
Training Period: 2009-2012
Research Project: Instrumentatin in mass spectrometry and ion mobility mass spectrometry, structural studies of biomolecules using ion fragmentation methods and computational calculations.
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Ph.D./2005/University of Arizona
Current Position: Research scientist at Georgia Instution of Technology

Pei-Jing "Peggy" Pai
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: -2012
Research Project: Site-specific glycosylation analysis using isoelectric trapping separations and mass spectrometry
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: PhD Chemistry/National Taiwan University
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Edward T. Castellana
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
Training Period: 2006-2010
Research Project: Enhancing lser desorption/ionization (LDI) of analytes from nanomaterials for MS applications; Designing nanomaterials-based biosensors for selective analyte capture and/or selective ionization; Understanding the process of LDI-MS from nanomaterials
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Ph.D./2005/Texas A&M University
Current Position: Assistant Research Professor at University of Texas at Dallas; Consultant at Diagtronix, Inc.
Mario Gamez-Hernandez
Level: M.S.
Training Period: -2010
Research Project: Functionalized gold nanoparticle surface chemistry optimization for applications in laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: M. S./2006/ Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Current Position: Graduate Student, Texas A&M University
Email: mgomez@chem.tamu.edu
Ryan Blase
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: -2010
Research Project: Instrumentation development in ion-mobility mass spectrometry
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/2005/Truman State University
Current Position: Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute
Stephanie Cologna
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: -2010
Research Project: Proteomic studies using isoelectric point-based fractionation and mass spectrometry
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/2005/University of Arizona
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at NICHD
Email: colognasm@mail.nih.gov
Kevin Kmiec
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 2006-2012
Research Project: Mass spectrometry instrumentation, specifically the improvement of 193 nm photodissociation time-of-flight; investigation of the the effect of timescale on photon-induced fragmentation of peptide ions.
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/2006/Hendrix College
Current Position: Petroleum Chemist at Weatherford Laboratories, Inc
Brad Williams
Level: Ph.D. 
Training Period: -2010
Research Project: Disulfide bond elucidation using on-target performic acid oxidation combined with capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry.
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/2003/Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Current Position:
     

Zhaoxiang Wu
Level:  Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution:  B.S./2004/ University of Science and Technology, China
Current Position:  Senior Research Associate, JCL Bioassay, USA
Email: zxwu8056@gmail.com

Jody C. May
Level:  Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution:  B.S./2001/Central Arkansas University
Current Position:  Research Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Email:  jody.c.may@vanderbilt.edu 

Stacy D. Sherrod
Level:  Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution:  B.S./2003/Sam Houston State University
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Email:  stacy.d.sherrod@vanderbilt.edu 
Kate Stumpo
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: B.S./2003/ Northern Iowa University 
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Tennessee-Martin
Email: kstumpo@utm.edu
Christopher Becker
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: Ph.D./2006/ Baylor University 
Current Position: PostDoc Research Fellow, Baylor University
Email: C_Becker@baylor.edu
Shane Tichy
Level: Postdoctoral fellow
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: Ph.D/2001/ Purdue University 
Current Position: Agilent Technologies
Email:
Yiqun Huang
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: Ph.D./2004/ Purdue University 
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston University School of Medicine
Email: yiqhuang@bu.edu
Wenjian Sun
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: B.S./1999/Beijing University of Chemical Technology; M.S./2002/University of Texas at Arlington 
Current Position:
Email: wsun@mail.chem.tamu.edu
J. Garrett Slaton 
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: B.S./1998/Trueman State University 
Current Position:
Email: slaton@mail.chem.tamu.edu
John McLean
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: B.A./2000/Maryville College 2000; M.S. /2003/ Cornell University 
Current Position:
Email: jbeckley@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Janel R. McLean
Level: Ph.D.
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: B.A./2000/Maryville College 2000; M.S. /2003/ Cornell University 
Current Position:
Email: jbeckley@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Brandon T. Ruotolo 
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1999-2004
Research Project: Bioanalytical Applications and Development of Analytical Methodologies for MALDI-Ion Mobility-Mass spectrometry
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/99/ St. Louis University
Current Position: PostDoc Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
Brian K. Bluhm
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1994-1999
Research Project: Development of a FT-ICR/Ion Mobility Spectrometer for Structure Elucidation of Gas Phase Ions.
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/94/ North Carolina State University
Current Position: Research Scientist, Los Alamos Natational Laboratory
Colby C. Tate
Level: Ph. D.
Period: 2002-2003
Research Project: MALDI High Resolution TOF
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/02/ Trinity University
Current Position
Curtiss D. Hanson
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1983-1989
Research Project: The Effect of Translational Energy on Trapping and Detection in FTICR MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/83/ University of Nebraska at Omaha
Current Position Assoc Prof, U of N Iowa

Damon C. Barbacci
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1993-2000
Research Project: Photodissociation of Peptide Ions in a MALDI Reflectron TOF Mass Spectrometer
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/93/ Villanova University
Current Position: Research Scientist at Merck Research Laboratories
Donald L. Bricker
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1982-1986
Research Project: Collisional Activation Studies of Polyatomic Ions
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/82/ Southwest University
Current Position: Private Business Owner
Donna Jean Freeden
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1981-1985
Research Project: Ion-Molecule Reaction Chemistry of Transition Metal Ions
Prior Degree/Yr/Institution: BS/81/ McMurray University
Current Position Dean, College of Art/Sci, Univ of S. Carolina
Earle G. Stone
Level: Ph.D
Training Period: 1997-2003
Research Project: Development of MALDI-IM-SID-TOF Mass Spectrometer
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/97/ University of Texas at San Antonio
Current Position: Texas A&M Univesity
Eric L. Kerley
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1985-1989
Research Project: The Design and Implementation of a Two-Section FTICR Spectrometer for Ion-Molecule Reaction Studies
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BA/85/ Rollins College, Florida
Current Position: Research Scientist, Comstock, Inc.
Fred H. Strobel
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 1988-1992
Research Project: Development of Hybrid Magnetic Sector/TOF Instruments
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Ph.D/88/ University of Delaware
Current Position: Research Scientist, Emory University
Gary R. Kinsel
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 1991-1999
Research Project: Fundamental Studies of MALDI
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Ph.D./1989 /University of Colorado
Current Position: Professor, Southern Illinois University
Guido F. Verbeck
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1999-2004
Research Project: Separation of Electronic Isomers using FT-ICR IM TOF MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: MS/99 /University of Alabama @ Birmingham
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of North Texas
Holly A. Sawyer
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1999-2004
Research Project: Probing Protein/Peptide Conformations with Ion Mobility Mass SpectrometryPrior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/99 /Harding University, Arkansas
Current Position: Senior Process Engineer at Intel Co., Portland OR
Iddys D. Figueroa
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1995-2000
Research Project: An Investigation on the Effects of the Solvent Composition in the Sample Preparation Process on the MALDI Mass Spectra
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/93/ University of Puerto Rico
Current Position: Puerto Rico
J. Vincent Oriedo
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1989-1993
Research Project: Excited Versus Ground Electronic States Gas-Phase Transition Metal Ion-Molecule Chemistry
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/89/ Aurora University, Illinois
Current Position: Research Scientist, Dow Chemical Company
James Watkins
Level: Ph.D. student
Training Period: 2004-2006
Research Project
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: B.S./2004/ University of Texas, Austin 
Current Position
Jessica E. Lucas
Level: M.S.
Training Period: 2000-2004
Research Project: Proteomics
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/00/ University of Texas at Dallas
Current Position
Jian Zhang
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1994-2000
Research Project: High Throughput Methodology for Library Synthesis and Encoding/Sequencing
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/92/ Shandong University, P.R. China
Current Position: University of Houston
Jianhong Wang
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 1999-2001
Research Project: Proteomics - MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: PhD/97/ Iowa State University
Current Position: Boulder, CO
Joseph T. Marini
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1997-2004
Research Project: Gas-Phase Reactions of Copper Ions with Sulfides, Disulfides, and ThiolsPrior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/00/ LaSalle University
Current Position: Research Scientist at Wyeth Research
Joseph W. "Oscar" Morgan
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 2000-2005
Research Project: Tandem TOF-MS with Surface Induced Disassociation
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BA/97/ Truman State University
Current Position: Senior Chemist, Midwest Research Institute (MRIGlobal)
John M. Koomen
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1998-2003
Research Project: Analysis of DNA with High Resolution MALDI and ESI Mass SpectrometryPrior Degree /Yr/Institution: MS/98/University of Texas at Houston
Current Position: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute and Dept. of Chemistry, University of South Florida
John A. McLean
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 2001-2006
Research Project: Ion-Mobility Deposition for Protein Crystallization
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: PhD/01/ George Washington University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
Justin M. Hettick
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1998-2003
Research Project: Optimization and Utilization of 193 nm Photofragment TOF-MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/98/ Truman State University
Current Position: Research Chemist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Karen K. Campo
Level: M.S.
Training Period: 1996-1996
Research Project: The Effect of Solvent on MALDI MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BA/94/ St. Mary's College of Maryland
Current Position
Kent J. Gillig
Level: Ph. D./Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 1998-2004
Research Project: Ion Mobility / TOF
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Ph.D./97/Texas A&M University
Current Position: Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Kermit K. Murray
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 1991 -1994
Research Project: Development of Aerosol MALDI
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Ph.D./1988/ University of Colorado
Current Position: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University

Larry M. Mallis
Level: Ph.D
Training Period: 1982-1987
Research Project:
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS Chemistry/1982/Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Current Position: Director, Critical Path Services, LLC
Lisa (Preston) Schaffer
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1989-1994
Research Project: Fundamental Studies of MALDI MS: Matricies and their Role in Ion FormationPrior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/89/Concordia College At Moorhead
Current Position: Research Scientist, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Martha N. Miller
Level: M.S.
Training Period: 1985-1987
Research Project: Investigation into the Dissociation Dynamics of Large Molecules
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/81/ University of Houston
Current Position: Motorola, Austin
Mary Gimon-Kinsel
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1991-1996
Research Project: Fundamental Studies of the Photodissociation of Large Molecules
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/91/ Texas A&M University
Current Position: Research Scientist, University of Texas at Dallas
Mary Sellers-Hann
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1985-1989
Research Project: Applications of Laser-Ion Beam Photodissociation for the Study of Diene Systems
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BA/83/ McMurry College
Current Position: Research Scientist, Novartis, Inc.
Mauro E. Castro
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1981-1987
Research Project: Development of Cs+ Ion Desorption Ionization Methods for the Analysis of Large Biomolecules by FT-ICR MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: MS/81/ Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Current Position: Professor, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Michelle D. Beeson
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1990-1995
Research Project: Aerosol MALDI MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/90/ NorthWest Nazarene College, Nampa, ID
Current Position: Analytical Manager, Dow Chemical Company
R. E. Tecklenberg, Jr.
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1982-1986
Research Project: Laser-Ion Beam Photodissociation
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/82/ Cincinnati University
Current Position: Research Scientist, Dow Corning
Ramona E. Krailler
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1981-1985
Research Project: Development and Utilization of Laser-Ion Beam Photodissociation
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/80/ Miami University, Oxford, OH
Current Position: 

Ricky D. Edmondson
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1992-1998
Research Project: MALDI TOF-MS: Optimizing Mass Resolution and Mass Measurement Accuracy
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: 
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Ron Fietkau
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 1982-1987
Research Project: High-Resolution FAB-MS of Organic Metallics
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: PhD/82/Kansas State University
Current Position: Professor, Georgia College & State University

Sam L. Perkins
Level: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Training Period: 2002-2006 Research Project: Proteomics - MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: PhD/02/Texas A&M University
Current Position: Instructor, Sam Houston State University
Scott M. Peterman 
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1995-2001 
Research Project: Development and Implementation of an In Situ Blackbody Radiation Source in an FT-ICR Mass Spectrometer 
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: MS/95/University of Northern Iowa 
Current Position: Product Manager and Senior Scientist/ Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sergei Dikler
Level: Ph.D. 
Training Period: 1995-2001
Research Project: Derivatization of Peptides for Structural Studies by MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: Diploma of Higher Eduation/95/Moscow, Russia
Current Position: Applications Specialist/Bruker Daltonics
Sharon J. Shields
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1994-1998
Research Project: Fragmentation in MALDI
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/94/University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
Current Position: Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Touradj Solouki
Level: Ph.D.
Training Period: 1990-1994
Research Project: Ion Detection and Structural MS by FT-ICR MS and MALDI
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/89/University of Texas at Tyler
Current Position: Professor, Baylor University
Xiaona Wei
Level: M.S.
Training Period: 1993-1996
Research Project: Applications of Aerosol MALDI
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: BS/93/Tsinghua University
Current Position
Zee-Yong Park
Level: Ph.D. 
Training Period: 1996-2001
Research Project: Whole Cell Protein Identification by High Resolution MALDI TOF MS
Prior Degree /Yr/Institution: MS/93/Seoul Ntl Univ, Korea
Current Position: Asst. Professor, Dept. of Life Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
   

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