Research Projects

Protein/Protein Complexes
PDF- Surface-induced dissociation of multimeric protein complexes

Biodefense and Proteomics
PDF- Development of Valley Fever vaccines and diagnostic tests
PDF- Proteomics of Burkholderia species using mass spectrometry
PDF- Proteomic analysis of iron-transport in Aedes Agypti (mosquito) ovaries
PDF- Identification of host characteristics from tick nymphs using mass spectrometry techniques
PDF- Development of a MALDI-MS-based immunoassay detection method for antigen identification

Instrument Development
PDF- Surface-Induced dissociation in a quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometer
PDF- Ion funnel interface for a quadrupole instrument

Protein and Peptide Structure and Dynamics
PDF- Conformational determination of peptides in the gas phase by hydrogen deuterium exchange
PDF- Protein interactions probed by mass spectrometric techniques: hydrogen deuterium exchange, limited proteolysis and crosslinking

Surface Characterization
PDF- Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) as collision surfaces for ion activation
PDF- Characterizing electron transfer properties of molecular wires through ion-surface collisions
PDF- Surface-induced dissociation (SID) using derivatized silicon substrates

Small Molecule Analysis

PDF- Glucose and alanine determination in mosquitoes
PDF- Silicon nanoparticle-assisted laser desorption/ionization (SPALDI) mass spectrometry

Fundamental Fragmentation
PDF- Peptide fragmentation algorithm
PDF- Soft-landing of fragment ions to determine structure
PDF- Surface-induced dissociation kinetics