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Daniele Fabris, Ph.D. (University of Padova Italy with Dr. Piero Traldi in the characterization of synthetic and natural products by using sector and ion trap technologies); post-doctoral fellow (University of Maryland Baltimore County with Dr. Catherine Fenselau on the investigation of metal coordination in metalloproteins by approaches based on sector, time-of-flight (TOF), and Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometry). Dr. Fabris is currently Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Dr. Fabris research interests consist of the investigation of structure-function relationships in nucleic acids and their assemblies by electrospray ionization (ESI) and FTICR mass spectrometry. His group has developed approaches based on the concerted application of mono- and bifunctional probes to obtain the spatial constraints necessary to solve the 3D structure of RNA substrates of biological interest. In the process, he has contributed to the development of informatics tools for supporting the interpretation of probing data and their utilization in molecular modeling. He has been investigating top-down strategies for assessing the stability of noncovalent assemblies and for indentifying the position of ligand binding sites. His work has resulted in over 65 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Dr. Fabris joined ASMS in 1992. He chaired annual conference sessions on Metal Ions in Biology (2005) and Structural Biology and Biophysics of Nucleic Acids (2008). He served as a Co-chair of the Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group in 2000-02. He is current Co-coordinator of the ASMS interest group on nucleic acid analysis. He is the Co-organizer of the 2010 Sanibel Conference on Mass Spectrometry titled: "From Structural Biology to Drug Discovery: New Roles for Mass Spectrometry of Nucleic Acids". He is a frequent participant to NIH and NSF study sections and serves regularly as a reviewer for Anal. Chem., J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., J. Am. Chem. Soc., and others. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Editorial advisory board of Mass Spectrom. Rev.
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Richard Vachet, BS in Chemistry (College of William and Mary); PhD in Analytical Chemistry (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with Prof. Gary Glish); postdoctoral fellow (National Research Council at the Naval Research Laboratory with Dr. John Callahan. Dr. Vachet is currently Associate Professor at University of Massachusetts - Amherst.
Dr. Vachet’s current research interests include the development of mass spectrometry-based methods to study protein amyloid formation, the use of nanomaterials as novel extraction/ concentration/ detection methods for protein analyses in complex mixtures, and the analysis of nanomaterials in environmental systems. His research has resulted in 60 peer-reviewed publications and is currently funded by the NIH, NSF, and ONR. Dr. Vachet also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in analytical chemistry.
Dr. Vachet has been a member of ASMS since 1993 and has been actively involved in the society and its annual meetings. He has organized and chaired several sessions at the annual conference and was a former coordinator for the Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry Interest Group. Dr. Vachet has also been actively involved in promoting the educational interests of the Society by annually teaching a short course since 2004, co-organizing the 2006 ASMS Fall Workshop, and serving as a member of the ASMS Education Committee since 2008. He is currently on the Editorial Board of JASMS. In addition to his involvement in ASMS, Dr. Vachet is also a member of the ACS and is a frequent reviewer for JASMS, Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Journal of Mass Spectrometry, and the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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