Principle Investigator
Dr. Ling Hao
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
George Washington University
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Dr. Gwang Bin Lee (2022- )
(Ph.D. in Chemistry from Yonsei University, Korea)
My research: MS-based multi-omics method development and application to brain diseases.
Dr. Roberto Mendez (2023- )
(Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Virginia)
My research: Proximity labeling mass spectrometry.
Graduate Students:
Ashley Frankenfield (2019- )
(B.S., St. Joe’s University, PA)
My research: developing MS-based proteomic methods and bioinformatic tools to study dynamic protein turnover and lysosomal interactions in human stem cell-derived neurons.
Achievements: American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Graduate Student Travel Award;
ARCS Foundation Scholarship, Keystone Symposia Scholarship; Bourdon F. Scribner Fund Fellowship.
Haorong Li (2020- )
(B.S., CAU, China. M.S., Miami U, OH)
My research: developing cleavable proximity labeling and multi-omics strategies to understand mitochondrial dysfunctions in neurodegeneration.
Achievements: WBMSDG 1st place Young Investigator Travel Award; SCBA Symposium Best Poster Award;
Bourdon F. Scribner Fund Fellowship.
Naomi Ni (2021-)
(B.S., UCSD. M.S., Tufts U)
My research: characterizing the dynamics of subcellular organelles in human iPSCs and iPSC-derived neuron culture.
Wan Nur Atiqah binti Mazli (2022-)
(B.S., University of Minnesota)
My research: MS-proteomics in human neurons to study molecular mechanisms of Frontotemporal Dementia.
Noah Smeriglio (2022-)
(B.S., Widener University)
My research: developing automated sample preparation strategies for MS-proteomics.
Undergraduate Students
Jamison Shih
My research: MS-proteomics to measure protein turnover.
Achievements: Luther Rice Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
Abigail Klink
My research: Targeted and untargeted MS-metabolomics.
Mustafa Ahmed
My research: protein biomarker discovery for brain disease.
Achievement: ASMS Undergraduate Student Travel Award
Alumni
(B.S. in Neuroscience)
Current position: Medical School, Queen’s University, Canada.
(B.S. in Chemistry)
Current position: Consultant at Coresight Research
(B.S. in Chemistry)
Current position: Medical School, University of Maryland
(B.S. in Chemistry)
Current position: Process Development Associate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Summer student from TJHSST high school
NSF REU summer student
NSF REU summer student
