Senior Scientist
612-625-2280
43 Gortner Lab
Senior Scientist: University of Minnesota, Center for Mass Spectometry and Proteomics 2004-Present
Assistant Scientist: University of Minnesota, Proteomic Analysis Facility-BMGC 2002-2004
Assistant Scientist: University of Minnesota, Advanced Genetic Analysis Center-BMGC 2000-2002
Junior Scientist: University of Minnesota, MicroChemical Facility 1999-2000
Education
B.S. Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering , University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1999
Expertise
- Capillary ESI LC-MS/MS Ion Trap and Orbitrap mass spectrometry for Proteomics
- Analytical flow LC-MS/MS for untargeted metabolomics
- Discovery-based proteomics research
- Relative protein quantification by mass spectrometry (stable isotope label and label-free)
- Post-translational modification enrichment & detection by mass spectrometry
- Protein database searching with peptide tandem MS data
- Small molecule high resolution MS for accurate mass
- Peptide mixture fractionation by (offline) microbore liquid chromatography
- Peptide, protein, and small molecule MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
- Polymer MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
- 1D & 2D protein SDS-PAGE
- Polyacrylamide gel staining, imaging, and sample preparation
- TMT/iTRAQ & 2D DIGE preparation, analysis and relative protein quantitation interpretation
- Protein isolation, fractionation & purification techniques for simple and complex mixtures
- General molecular biology techniques
- Barocycler® operation
