Principle Investigator
Dr. Christian Bleiholder
Associate Professor (2019-present)
Education:
M.Sc., University of Heidelberg, Germany, 2004
Ph.D., German Cancer Research Center, 2007
Postdoc., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013
Assistant Professor, Florida State University, 2013-2019
Email: cbleiholder@fsu.edu
Research Faculty II
Dr. Fanny Caroline Liu
Education:
M.Sc., University of Heidelberg, Germany, 2006
Ph.D., University of Heidelberg/German Cancer Research Center, 2011
Postdoc., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2011-2014
Postdoc., Florida State University, 2014-2019
Email: fliu@fsu.edu
Research Interests:
Application of tandem TIMS/MS to study structures of health relevant proteins and protein complexes
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Thais Pedrete
Education:
M.Sc., Chemistry, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011-2013
Ph.D., Science, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Brazil, 2014-2018
Postdoc., Bioscience, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil, 2018-2021
Email: tpedrete@fsu.edu
Research interests: Structural elucidation of proteins by tTIMS/MS and native top-down IMS
Dr. Jusung Lee
Education:
B.Sc., Chungnam National University, 2016
B.Sc., North Dakota State University, 2016 Ph.D., Chemistry, Florida State University, 2022
Email: jl16n@my.fsu.edu
Research Interests:
Carbohydrate sequencing using tandem-TIMS/MS
Graduate Students
Kaira Mayberry
Education:
B.Sc., Forensic Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2020
B.Sc., Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2020
M.Sc. Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023
Email: km23be@fsu.edu
Olufemi S. Araoyinbo
Education:
M.Sc., University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2017
Email: ao20bn@fsu.edu
Alumni
Graduate Students
Dr. Tyler Cropley – Ph.D 2023 – (Research Scientist, NYU Grossman School of Medicine)
Dr. Jusung Lee – Ph.D. 2022 – (Post-doc in the Bleiholder lab, FSU)
Dr. Mengqi Chai – Ph.D. 2021 – (Post-doc in the Gross Lab, Washington University in St. Louis)
Dr. Samuel Kirk – Ph.D. 2018 – (Senior Research Investigator, Incyte Pharmaceuticals)
Dr. Meggie Young – Ph.D. 2017 – (Post-doc in the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Hannah O’Day – M.Sc. 2021
Kirsten Tucker – M.Sc. 2020 – (School of Information, Florida State University)
Undergraduates
Wessley Ferguson – B.S. Honors Chemistry 2019 – (Graduate student at Princeton University)
Valentina Rangel – B.S. Honors Chemistry 2019 – (Graduate Student at Malaker Lab Yale University)
Jacob Leonard – (Pharmacy School, University of Florida. Currently Pharmacy Resident at MountainView Hospital)
Hunter Carlock – (Medical School, Florida Atlantic University)
Post-Docs
Dr. Umesh Chiluwal – 2020-2021