Mailing address:

University of Missouri-Columbia

Department of Chemistry

601 S. College Ave.

125 Chemistry Building

Columbia, MO  65211

Research Emphasis

   Biological mass spectrometry, separation of complex mixtures, quantitative proteomics, directed metabolite analysis.

Education

• B.S. with Honors, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 1983

• Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1987

Professional Experience

• Program Director (rotator), Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation (2023–present)

• Faculty member, Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University of Missouri, 2018 – present

• Director, Mass Spectrometry Facility, Chemistry Department, University of Missouri, 1997-present

• Director, MU NMR Facility, University of Missouri, 2007-2025

• Director, Charles W. Gehrke Proteomics Center, University of Missouri, 2001-2023

• Office of Research Faculty Fellow, University of Missouri, 2004-2008

• Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Missouri, 1994-present

• Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Missouri, 1989-1994

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, 1987-1989

Professional Activities

• American Chemical Society:

Secretary/Treasurer of local section 1992-93; Treasurer for the 1993 Midwest Regional Meeting; Program Chair for the 2003 Midwest Regional Meeting; General Chair of the 2014 and 2025 Midwest Regional Meetings; Member of Midwest Region Board of Directors 1997-present, Board Secretary 2006, 2011, 2016; Board Chair-Elect 2007, 2012, 2017; Board Chair 2008, 2013, 2018; Midwest Region Awards Committee 2009-2015, 2017-2018, 2021; Member, ACS Committee on Minority Affairs 2020-27; Member, ACS Scholars Committee 2020-24

• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Society for Mass Spectrometry; Sigma Xi; Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science; Society for Neuroscience

• Editorial Board, Molecules (2019-present)

• Editorial Board, PLoS ONE (2018-2023)

• Editorial Board, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019-2021)

• Topics Board Editor, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2021-2023)

Honors and Awards

Fuldner Faculty Fellow, University of Missouri-Columbia; 2020, 2021

E. Ann Nalley Midwest Award for Volunteer Service, American Chemical Society, 2016

Faculty Research Leave, 1998-99

Big 12 Faculty Fellowship, 1997

MU–Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award, 1994

NSF–Young Investigator Award, 1993

IBM Research Division Award, 1992

Outstanding Recent Alumni Award, Emporia State University, 1991

Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, 1986

American Vacuum Society National Student Scholarship, 1986

Robert A. Welch Predoctoral Fellowship, 1986

American Vacuum Society Scholarship Recipient, New Mexico Chapter, 1985 and 1986

Outstanding Student in Analytical Chemistry, Emporia State University, 1983

Outstanding Senior Chemistry Major, Emporia State University, 1982-83

Woodruff Scholar, Emporia State University, 1979-82