Former Glish Group Members

Mike Asam

Undergraduate: Kenyon College
e-mail: asam@fr.com
Year Started: 1994
Year Graduated: 1998
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Characterizing Biomolecules Via Mass Spectrometry

Current Position: Attorney with Fish and Richardson P.C Atlanta, Georgia

Bill Beyer

Undergraduate: North Carolina State University
e-mail:
Year Started: 1994
Year Graduated: 1996
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position: Assistant Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline, RTP, NC

Holly Chelf

Undergraduate: Transylvania University
e-mail:
Year Started: 1996
Year Graduated: 1998
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position:

Steve Clark

Year Started: 1992
Year Graduated: 1994
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position: High School Teacher, Seoul, Korea

Scott Cole

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1996
Year Left: 1997
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Polymer Analysis by Mass Spectrometry

Current Position: Chemist, Novartis

Eddie Criss

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Pembroke
e-mail:
Year Started: 2003
Year Left: 2003
Degree Earned:

Project:: Optimization of rf circuitry for a compensated cylidrical ion trap mass spectrometer

Current Position: Senior at North Carolina State University

Matt Crowe

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail: mcrowe1@email.unc.edu
Year Started: 1998
Year Left: 2000
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: MS Investigation of Alkane Thiol Gold Clusters; Resurrection of an R. M. Jordan TOF Mass Spectrometer

Current Position: Department of Chemistry MS Facility Directory, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Connell Cunningham JR.

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail: ccunningham@rohmhaas.com
Year Started: 2002
Year Left: 2006
Degree Earned: Ph.D..

Project:: High Amplitude Short Time Excitation; Ion Accumlation Multiplexing

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Rohm and Haas Company

Christine Dalton

Undergraduate: Carson-Newman College
e-mail:
Year Started: 1998
Year Graduated: 2002
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Determination of disinfection byproducts in drinking water
Electrospray ionization/atmospheric sampling glow discharge ionization
Thermal desorption/atmospheric sampling glow discharge ionization
On-line analysis of aerosols using atmospheric sampling glow discharge ionization Proton transfer reactions with glow discharge/quadrupole ion trap

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Carson-Newman College, 2003

Ryan Danell

Undergraduate: Harvey Mudd College
e-mail:
Year Started: 1997
Year Graduated: 2001
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Design, Construction, and Fundamental Characterization of a Compensated Open Cylindrical Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer System
Evaluation of the Use of Heavy Gases as the Buffer Gas in an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
Development and Modeling of Surface-induced Dissociation with an ICR Cell
Design and Construction of an Atmospheric Pressure MALDI Probe for an ESI Source Interface

Current Position: Scientific Consultant, www.danellconsulting.com

Allison Danell

Undergraduate: Northeast Missouri State University
e-mail: danella@ecu.edu
Year Started: 1996
Year Graduated: 2001
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Conformations and Energetics in the Dissociation of Peptide Ions

Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, The Rowland Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Torria Ellis

Undergraduate: University of Maryland Baltimore County
e-mail:
Year Started: 1996
Year Graduated: 1998
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position: Wesley Jessen, Des Plaines, IL

Josh Emory

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:jemory@purdue.edu
Year Started: 1998
Year Left: 2002
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Analysis of nonconventional peptide fragmention in argenine containing peptides

Current Position: Graduate Student, Purdue University

Corinne Epps

Undergraduate: University of Colorado at Boulder
e-mail:
Year Started: 2002
Year Left: 2004
Degree Earned: M.S.

Project:: Instrumentation for biomolecule research

Current Position:

Mary Ann Forest

Undergraduate: College of William & Mary
e-mail:
Year Started: 1994
Year Graduated: 1996
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position: Scientist, Magellan Laboratories, RTP, NC

Buddy Hollowell

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1998
Year Left: 1999
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Rearrangement Ion Investigations During MS/MS Analysis of Peptide Ions

Current Position: Student, UNC School of Dentistry

April Jue

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 2003
Year Left: 2004
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Comparison of peptide dissociation pathways at elevated temperatures in a Quadrupole Ion Trap

Current Position: Visiting scientist at the FBI, forensic research

Desmond Kaplan

Undergraduate: Towson University
e-mail:dak@bdal.com
Year Started: 2001
Year Left: 2006
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Higher Order Fields in a Quadrupole Ion Trap

Current Position: Research Scientist at Bruker

Joon Lee

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1996
Year Left: 1997
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Energy Loss Measurements of Gas Phase Ions; Solution Phase Chemical Modifications to Fix Charge Site

Current Position: Student, UNC School of Medicine

John D. Lennon, III

Undergraduate: North Carolina State University
e-mail:
Year Started: 1992
Year Graduated: 1998
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Development of Methods to Analyze Large Molecules by Mass Spectrometry

Current Position: Research Scientist, Magellan Laboratories, RTP, NC

Aaron Lentz

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1997
Year Left: 2000
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Rearrangement Ion Investigations During MS/MS Analysis of Peptide Ions

Current Position: Student, UNC School of Medicine

Tong Lin

Undergraduate: Peking University
e-mail:
Year Started: 1992
Year Graduated: 1997
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Projects:: Method Development of Peptide Sequencing via Alkali Cationized Peptides and MSⁿ; Method Development of Peptide Sequencing via Derivatized Peptides and MSⁿ

Current Position: Staff Scientist, Camitro Corporation, Menlo Park, CA

Yolanda Long

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 2000
Year Left:
Degree Earned:

Project:

Current Position: Student, UNC

Sara McGrath

Undergraduate: Illinois Wesleyan University, B.A., 1998
e-mail:
Year Started: 1998
Year Graduated: 2003
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Projects:: Characterization of polymers using electrospray/quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry
Kinetics of ion/molecule reactions involving polymers and crown ether using mass spectrometry
Utilization of Infrared Multiphoton Photodissociation (IRMPD) as a tool for polymer characterization

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University

Russell Moore

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1999
Year Left: 2003
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Kinetics of ion/molecule reactions involving polymers and crown ether using mass spectrometry

Current Position: Student, UNC School of Pharmacy

Anne Payne

Undergraduate: Furman University

e-mail:
Year Started: 1997
Year Graduated: 2001
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: New Techniques for Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Protein and Peptide Ions in the Quadrupole Ion Trap

Current Position: Scientist, Merck & Company, Westpoint, PA

Ali Racine

Undergraduate: Drew University

e-mail:
Year Started: 2001
Year Graduated: 2005
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Thermally-Assisted CID of peptides, polymers and oligosaccharides using electrospray/quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometry
Analysis of bovine liver inner membrane proteins using a quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer
Investigation of Heparan Sulfate on a triple quadrupole and ion trap mass spectrometer

Current Position:

Yasmine Ranasinghe

Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1994-96
e-mail: yranasinghe@paragen.com

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Paradigm Genetics, RTP, NC

Christy Raska

Undergraduate: Stetson University
e-mail:
Year Started: 1998
Year Graduated: 2002
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:

Current Position:

Kenneth Ray

Undergraduate: University of Texas, Austin and Rice University
e-mail: rayk@enovatia.com
Year Started: 1995
Year Graduated: 2000
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: New Approaches to Tandem Mass Spectrometry on a Quadrupole Ion Trap

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Novatia, LLC, Princeton, NJ

Dawn Riegner

Post-Doctoral Fellow, 1993-94
e-mail:

Current Position: Assistant Professor, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

Christi Sherrod

Undergraduate: University of Texas, Austin
e-mail:
Year Started: 1994
Year Graduated: 1996
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position:

Erin Sherry

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail: sherryea@gwu.edu
Year Started: 1998
Year Left: 1999
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Polymer Charge Stripping Ion/Molecule Reactions

Current Position: Graduate Student, George Washington University

Johanna Stephens

Undergraduate: University of Connecticut
e-mail:
Year Started: 2002
Year Left: 2004
Degree Earned: M.S.

Project:: Nanoelectrospray ionization of proteins
Infrared multiphoton photodissociation (IRMPD) and thermally assisted IRMPD of proteins
Identification of post-translational modifications with ion trap mass spectrometry

Current Position: Analytical Chemist with Eisai Inc Pharmaceutical Company

Richard Vachet

Undergraduate: College of William & Mary
e-mail:
Year Started: 1993
Year Graduated: 1997
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Projects:: Kinetics and Mechanisms of Peptide Ion Dissociation

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts

Stephen Warren

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 2000
Year Left: 2001
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Determination of internal ion trap pressures using ion molecule reactions

Current Position: Chemist, Magellan Laboratories, RTP, NC

Brandon Walker

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1995
Year Left: 1996
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Kinetic Energy Loss Measurements

Current Position: Chemist, Research Triangle Institute

Andy Winders

Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
e-mail:
Year Started: 1995
Year Left: 1996
Degree Earned: B.S.

Project:: Kinetic Energy Loss Measurements

Current Position:

Julie Wingate

Undergraduate: Penn. State University
e-mail:

Year Started: 1995
Year Graduated: 2000
Degree Earned: Ph.D.

Project:: Development of a Chemical Reaction Interface Mass Spectrometer

Current Position: Applied Biosystems

Undergraduate: State University of New York, Potsdam
e-mail:
Year Started: 1993
Year Graduated: 1995
Degree Earned: M.S.

Current Position: Laboratory Director, Kettering University/GMI, Flint MI

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