Anh Nguyen, Graduate Student, Chemistry
Research project: Plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy
Harris Graduate Fellowship, Summer 2024
B.S. University of Utah
Aria Ballance, Graduate Student, Chemistry
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow
Research project: Plasmon-enhanced spectroscopy
B.A. Lewis & Clark
Graduate Students
Dr. Amy Morren, Ph.D. 2023, Janicki Industries
Alex Lineweaver, M.S. 2021
Dr. David Parker, Ph.D. 2021, Intel Corporation
Dr. Lindsey Beecher, Ph.D. 2020
Dr. Peter Stevenson, Ph.D. 2019, Azimuth Corporation| Air Force Research Laboratory
Jacob Neff, M.S. 2018, Capstone Nutrition
Dr. Art Quast, Ph.D. 2017, Intel
Dr. Cady Lancaster, Ph.D. 2016, Research Scientist, World Resources Institute and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services
Dr. Mark Swartz, Ph.D. 2016, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dr. Cindy T. Cooper, Ph.D. 2013, Assistant Professor, BYU-Idaho
Aixiang Liu, M.S. 2013, Chemist, Reckitt Benckiser
Cara Barnes, M.S. 2012, Program Officer, Global Programs at VentureWell
Dr. Patrick Shem, Ph.D. 2012, Lecturer/Researcher, Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Technical University of Kenya
Dr. Jong-Won Park, Ph.D. 2012, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Boston University
Dr. Rajesh Sardar, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Associate Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Research Site
Dr. Jianping Liu, Ph.D. 2011, Finance Manager/CCAR Modeling at American Express
Samuel Poff, M.S. 2009, University of Utah Law School
Dr. Rostislav Bukasov, Ph.D. 2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan , Research Site
Undergraduate Students
Flore Elliott, NSF REU, B.S. Westminster University, 2023, Nelson Laboratories
Giselle Bauer, B.S. 2020, Graduate student, UC-Irvine
Anh Vu Van Nguyen, B.S. 2020, U of Utah Graduate Program
Wallis Scholl, B.S. 2020, Intel Corp., Graduate student, Colorado School of Mines
Aria Ballance, Lewis and Clark College, NSF REU, B.S. May 2019, U of Utah Graduate Program
Maycee Redfearn, ACCESS Scholar, research rotation
Matthew Ticknor, Honors Program, UROP, B.S. May 2019, Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate student, UC-Boulder
Caitlin Coplan, Honors Program, ACESS Program, UROP, B.S. May 2019, Graduate student, Northwestern University
Ilse Meiler, Smith College, NSF REU, B.S. May 2019
Rebecca Cocke, Honors Program, NSF REU, B.S. May 2018, Myriad Genetics
Endora Abreu, Central Connecticut State University, CaSTL REU, B.S. May 2018
Benjamin Greydanus, Colorado College, NSF REU, B. S. May 2016, Graduate student, CU-Boulder
Curtis Sudbury, University of Utah, B.S. May 2014; University of Utah School of Medicine
Rebecca Goldstein, Westminster University, MRSEC REU, summer 2013; research assistant, Aug. 2012 – June 2014, Graduate student in Bio Medical Engineering, University of Utah, Ph.D. 2023
Thomas Heiderscheit, University of Iowa, MRSEC REU research student, summer 2014, Graduate student Rice University
Mun Lahpai, Arizona State University, MRSEC REU research student, June-August 2013, June-August 2014, Intel
Christian Pecchia-Bekkum, University of Utah, September 2007 – May 2011
Amy Ya Hsuan Yeh, University of Utah, October 2009 – December 2009, University of Utah
Michelle Westwood, University of Utah, Freshman ACCESS student, January 2009 – May 2009
Nicholas Philpott, University of Utah, REU student, summer 2008
Natalie Bjorge, University of Utah, September 2007 – June 2008, UNC-Chapel Hill, Graduate program
Tyler Heap, University of Utah, September 2006 – June 2007, Pre-Medicine, University of Utah
Michael Hukill, University of Utah, March 2005 – May 2006
Jennie Berndt, University of Utah, February 2006 – May 2006, Paralegal
Joshua Erickson, Utah Valley State College, REU student, May 2005 – August 2005, UCLA Graduate Program
High School Students
Wallis Scholl, summer 2014
Asal Kareem, Summer Bridge Course, summer 2013
Laurel Anderson, International Baccalaureate Program, summer 2009
EDUCATION
B.S., Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975 (Highest Honors)
Ph.D., Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1980 (Blanche A. Mowrer Memorial Fellowship)
Postdoctoral Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 1/80 to 7/81
AWARDS AND HONORS
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Grant for Newly Appointed Faculty in Chemistry, 1981
University of California Regents' Junior Faculty Fellow, 1982
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1984-1989
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1986-1990
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar, 1987-1992
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Chemistry Department, University of Utah,
1988-1989
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected 1992
Buck-Whitney Award, American Chemical Society Eastern New York Section, 1993
Distinguished Research Award, University of Utah, 1994
Fellow of the American Physical Society, elected 1994
Mack Memorial Award Lecturer, The Ohio State University Department of Chemistry, 1997
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow, 1999
ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry (world's top 250 most highly cited researchers),
2000-present
Biemann Medal, American Society of Mass Spectrometry, 2001
Honoree of Special Issue of Journal of American Society of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 13, 2002
Utah Award of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2002
Cannon Fellow, Chemistry Department, University of Utah, 2003-2018
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2004
Outstanding Alumnus of the Year, Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, 2004
Freiser Memorial Lecture, Purdue University, 2007
Field and Franklin Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mass Spectrometry, American
Chemical Society, 2009
Governor's Medal for Science and Technology Award, Utah, 2010
R. W. Parry Teaching Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 2011
Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, University of Utah, 2011
Morino Lectureship, Morino Foundation of Japan and Kobe University, Japan, 2011
Honoree of Special Issue of International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Vol. 330-332, 2012
Honoree of Special Issue of Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 117, 2013
Ron Hites Award, American Society of Mass Spectrometry, 2018
Henry Eyring Presidential Endowed Chair of Chemistry, University of Utah, 2018-present
John B. Fenn Award for a Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry, American Society of Mass Spectrometry, 2021
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Editorial Boards: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 1987-present; Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2005-2007; Journal of Chemical Physics, 2004-2006; Journal of the American Society of Mass Spectrometry, 1999-2004, 2013-2018; Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1996-2001; Organometallics, 1999-2001; Journal of Cluster Science, 1989-1995
Air Force Office of Scientific Research Review Panel, 1988-1992
National Science Foundation Panels: Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1990; Collaborative Research in Chemistry Panel, 2008; CSDM-A Chemistry Panel, 2019; NHFML Panel, 2019
Department of Energy, Energy Frontiers Research Center Review Panel, 2009
Pacifichem symposia reviewer Phys., Theor., & Comput. Chem., 2010, 2015, 2020.
Scientific Committees: Conference on Isolated Biomolecules and Biomolecular Interactions, 2014 – present; Conference on Advancing Mass Spectrometry, 2015 – present
National Award Selection Committees: American Chemical Society (1994-2000, 2019-2021 award cycles), American Society for Mass Spectrometry (1998- 2004 award cycles)
AAAS: Electorate Nominating Committee, 2000-2003
Alternate Councilor, Physical Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society, 2004-2007
AAAS Member-at-Large, Section Committee, Chemistry, 2008 – 2012
Member: American Chemical Society, American Society for Mass Spectrometry
Fellow: American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Editor, The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry. Volume 1: Theory and Ion Chemistry, Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2003
Guest Editor: J. Phys. Chem. A, 2002; Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 2001, 2003 (2), 2009, 2014