Dr. Qiang Fu
2002-2006
Ph.D. July 2006
Thesis: Global analysis of neuropeptides in a small nervous system and mass spectrometric study of gas-phase fragmentation of protonated biomolecules
Currently: Senior Scientist, Abbvie
Dr. Kimberly Kutz-Naber
2002-2006
Ph.D. December 2006
Thesis: Mass spectral characterization of neuropeptides in Cancer crabs: method development and biological application
Dr. Joshua Schmidt
2002-2007
Ph.D. August 2007
Thesis: From crabs to hamsters: bioanalytical mass spectrometry for peptidomic analysis and biomarker discovery
Currently: Scientist, Bruker Daltonics
Dr. Stephanie DeKeyser
2003-2007
Ph.D. December 2007
Thesis: Development of mass spectrometric techniques for the analysis of neuropeptides: differential display, quantitation, and imaging;
Currently: Associate Director, Covance Inc.
Dr. Heidi Behrens
2003-2008
Ph.D. June 2008
Thesis: Coupling in vivo microdialysis sampling to mass spectrometry to monitor neuropeptide secretion in a decapod crustacean
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow, UC-Irvine
Dr. James Dowell
2003-2008
Ph.D. August 2008
Thesis: Mammalian neuroproteomics and neuropeptidomics: analysis by mass spectrometry
Currently: Assistant Scientist, Wisconsin Institute of Discovery, 2012-
Dr. Mingming Ma
2004-2008
Ph.D. December 2008
Thesis: Exploring neuropeptidomes via novel mass spectral techniques
Currently: Senior Scientist, Dow AgroSciences Inc.
Dr. Ruibng Chen
2005-2009
Ph.D. December 2009
Thesis: Multi-faceted mass spectrometric approaches for the analysis of neuropeptides in crustacean: toward functional discovery
Currently: Associate Professor, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
Dr. Xin Wei
205-2010
Ph.D. January 2010
Thesis: Facilitating protein identification and biomarker discovery by chromatographic separation and mass spectrometry
Currently: Senior Scientist, Procter & Gamble, Inc.
Dr. Jiang Zhang
2005-2010
Ph.D. August 2010
Thesis: Thesis:Exploring the Cardiac Proteome: Integrating Bottom-up and Top-down Mass Spectrometry Strategies
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at Los Angeles
Dr. Feng Xiang
2006-2011
Ph.D. March 2011
Thesis: Developing Novel Labeling Tools for Neuropeptide Quantitation and Identification by Mass Spectrometry
Currently: Scientist, Dow Chemicals Inc.
Dr. Yuzhuo Zoe Zhang
2006-2011
Ph.D. April 2011
Thesis: Neuropeptidomic Studies in Crustacean via Multi-faceted Mass Spectrometric Techniques
Currently: Scientist, Leoch Battery Corp.
Dr. Xiaoyue Jiang
2007-2011
Ph.D. Sepetember 2011
Thesis: Neurotransmitters in Crustaceans: Expression, Quantitation and Distribution Probed by Mass Spectrometry
Currently: Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Dr. Limei Hui
2006-2012
Ph.D. May 2012
Thesis: Neuropeptidome Probed by Mass Spectrometry
Currently: Senior Scientist, PPD, Inc.
Dr. Weifang Cao
2006-2012
Ph.D. May 2012
Thesis: MS Informatics: Using Bioinformatic Tools to Enhance MS-based Neuropeptidomics and Proteomics
Currently: Software Engineer, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
Dr. Robert Sturm
2007-2012
Ph.D. September 2012
Thesis: Mass Spectrometry Method Development for Targeted and Discovery Neuroproteomics and Peptidomics
Currently: Research Scientist at Advion Bioanalytical Labs/Quintiles Co.
Dr. Robert Cunningham
2007-2012
Ph.D. October 2012
Thesis: Mass Spectrometry Applications for Comparative Proteomics and Peptidomic Discovery
Currently: Research Scientist at Thermofisher Scientific/Pierce Inc.
Dr. Di Ma
2007-2012
Ph.D. November 2012
Thesis: Comparative Proteomic Profiling and Biomarker Discovery in Complex Biological Samples by Mass Spectrometry
Currently: enior Scientist, PPD, Inc.
Dr. Claire Schmerberg
2007-2012
Ph.D. December 2012
Thesis: Functional Neuropeptidomics in the Decapod Crustacean: Method Development and Application to Behavioral Neuroscience Research
Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University, School of Medicine
Dr. Vivian Hui Ye
2008-2013
Ph.D. May 2013
Thesis: A Mass Spectrometry Imaging-Based Platform: Towards Discovery in Metabolomics, Neuropeptidomics and Proteomics
Currently: Associate Professor, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
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Dr. Zichuan Zhang
2008-2013
Ph.D. May 2013
Thesis: Novel Micro-Separation Techniques and Their Couplings to Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Complex Peptides and Proteins
Currently: Senior Scientist, PPD, Inc
Dr. Nicole Woodards
2007-2013
Ph.D. August 2013
Thesis: Mass Spectral Analysis of Crustacean Signaling Peptides Using a Multi-dimensional Strategy
Currently: Chemist, Department of Agriculture for the State of Wisconsin
Dr. Tyler Greer
2009-2014
Ph.D. November 2014
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry Methods for Quantification and Characterization of Peptides and Proteins in Complex Biological Samples
Currently: Senior Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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Dr. Chenxi Jia
2009-2013
Ph.D. December 2013
Thesis: A Mass Spectrometry-based Neuropeptide Discovery Pipeline: Sequence, Sructure and Functionality
Currently: Professor, National Center for Protein Sciences-Beijing, China
Dr. Chris Lietz
2011-2016
Ph.D. January 2016
Thesis: Novel mass spectrometry-based method development and applications to signal peptides and proteins
Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California
Dr. Chenxi Yang
2011-2015
Ph.D. June 2015
Thesis: evealing differential proteomic events by mass spectrometry
Currently: Assistant Professor, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Dr. Erin Gemperline
2011-2016
Ph.D. April 2016
Thesis: Method Development and Application of Mass Spectrometry Imaging to Study Symbiotic Relationships Between Bacteria and Host Organisms
Currently: Senior Analytical Chemist, Dow AgroSciences
Dr. Zhidan Liang
2010-2016
Ph.D. May 2016
Thesis: Neuropeptide Signaling in Crustaceans Probed by Mass Spectrometry
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Merck Co.
Dr. Jingxin Wang
2011-2016
Ph.D. May 2016
Thesis: Mass Spectrometric Application in Neuroscience
Currently: Medical Resident in Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine.
Dr. Chuanzi OuYang
2011-2016
Ph.D. December 2016
Thesis: Neuropeptides in Crustaceans: Expression, Quantitation and Distribution Probed by Multi-Dimensional Mass Spectrometric Approaches
Currently: Postdoc at John Hopkins University
Dr. Bingming Chen
2012-2017
Ph.D. March 2017
Thesis: Development of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization and Liquid Chromatography – Electrospray Ionization-Based Mass Spectrometric Techniques for Characterizing and Quantifying Endogenous and Therapeutic Biomolecules
Currently: Senior Scientist, Merck Co.
Dr. Shan Jiang
2011-2016
Ph.D. May 2016
Thesis: Investigation of Neuropeptidomics and Proteomics by Multifaced Approaches Coupled to Mass Spectrometry
Currently: Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim
Dr. Qing Yu
2012-2017
Ph.D. April 2017
Thesis: Advancing Qualitative and Quantitative Proteomics/Peptidomics via Development of Novel Mass Spectrometry-based Approaches
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Ling Hao
2012-2017
Ph.D. May 2017
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
Dr. Amanda Buchberger
2012-2017
Ph.D. May 2017
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
Dr. Fungfei Ma
2012-2017
Ph.D. May 2017
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
Dr. Xiangwei He
2012-2017
Ph.D. May 2017
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
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Dr. Jillian Johnson
2014-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
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Dr. Xiaofang Zhong
2014-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
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Dr. Caitlin Keller
2014-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
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Dr. Yu Feng
2015-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Merck
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Dr. Jingwen Cao
2014-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Genentech
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Dr. Sheila Liu
2014-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at ThermoFisher
Dr. Sam Thomas
2014-2019
Ph.D. May 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH/NINDS
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Dr. Yatao Shi
2014-2019
Ph.D. November 2019
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Kymera
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Dr. Kellen DeLaney
2015-2020
Ph.D. May 2020
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Waters
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Dr. Gongyu Li
2017-2021
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Nankai University
Dr. Dustin Frost
2010-2021
Ph.D. May 2015,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Staff Scientist
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at ThermoFisher
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Dr. Zihui Li
2016-2021
Ph.D. August 2021
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Amgen
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Dr. Pingli Wei
2015-2020
Ph.D. May 2020
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at PPD
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Dr. Junfeng Wang
2017-2021
Postdoctoral Researcher
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Genentech
Dr. Yusi Cui
2016-2020
Ph.D. May 2020
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Genentech
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Dr. Qinying Yu
2016-2021
Ph.D. May 2020
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Genentech
Dr. Chris Sauer
2016-2021
Ph.D. December 2021
Thesis: Advancing Mass Spectrometry-based Metabolomics and Proteomics: from Method Development to Disease Applications
Currently: Scientist at Jansen
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Dr. Mike Li
2017-2022
Ph.D. June 2022
Thesis: Development of Novel Chemical Probes to Facilitate the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Biomolecules Enabled By Mass Spectrometry
Currently: Scientist at Gilead
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Dr. Meng Xu
2017-2022
Ph.D. June 2022
Thesis: Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Multimodal, Multiomic Analysis and Quantification
Currently: Representative at Bruker
Dr. Nhu Vu
2017-2022
Ph.D. June 2022
Thesis: Discovery and Quantification of Crustacean Neuropeptides Using Mass Spectrometry and Informatics Approaches
Currently: Scientist at Amgen