Lab Members

Jace W. Jones, PhD (University of Washington)

Dr. Jace W. Jones is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Mass Spectrometry Center at the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy. Dr. Jones received his BS degree from Whitworth University and PhD from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington. Prior to his current position, he spent several years in industry and academia. His research program seeks to understand the synergistic relationship between chemistry and biology, and how this profound interaction influences human health. Specifically, his lab is focused on developing analytical platforms, based on chromatography, ion mobility, and mass spectrometry, to probe the structure/function dynamics of biomolecules. The knowledge gained by comprehensively characterizing biomolecules structure and precisely anchoring structure to biological function provides a unique opportunity to expound fundamental knowledge of disease/injury and provide insight for drug development targets.

2020 American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Research Award
2020 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) New Investigator Award
2020-2021 University of Maryland School of Pharmacy AACP Teacher of the Year Award

Additional Information and Links:

University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Current Group Members

Yuanyuan Ji, Ph.D. (Minzu University of China and Lehman College, CUNY)

Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2022-Present
Project: Method development and application for lipidomics
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ZY89qFwAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN&oi=ao

Ahmed M. Abdel-Megied Ali, Ph.D.

Affiliate Scientist
Project: Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
https://www.ndm.edu/directory/ahmed-ali
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmed-abdel-megied-ali-phd-5350b89b/

Sazia Arefin Kachi, MS ( Kangwon National University, South Korea), BPharm (North South University, Bangladesh)

PhD Graduate Student, Spring 2023-Present
Project: Mass Spectrometry method development and analysis of lipids

Josie Daldegan Rezende, MS (St. John’s University), BS (Bloomfield College)

PhD Graduate Student, Spring 2023-Present
Project: Mass Spectrometry method development and analysis of lipids

Mirandia Szramowski, BS (Carlow University)

PhD Graduate Student, Spring 2024-Present
Project: Oligonucleotide Therapeutics

Zabrina Bernice Malto, MS/BS (University of the Philippines Diliman)

PhD Graduate Student, Spring 2025-Present
Project: Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
Google Scholar:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QU8iACEAAAAJ&hl=en

Former Lab Members:

Mohsin Ali, Ph.D.

Post-doc from 2023-2024
Project: Bioanalytical Characterization of Oligonucleotide Therapeutics
Currently position: Assistant professor of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Govt College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan

Hannah Wright, M.S.

MS student, graduated Fall 2024
Project Title: Tandem Mass Spectrometry Database Inspired by Analysis and Identification of Biological Lipids
Current Position: Bioanalytical Scientist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (Wrair-Afrims)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-wright-pharmsci/

Aryan Bhushan Sonawane, M.S.

MS student, graduated Fall 2024
Project Title: Characterization of Phosphorothioated Oligonucleotides Separation using Ion-Pair Reverse Phase (IPRP) and Metal-ion Complexation Chromatography (MICC)
Currently Position: Scientist II at Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aryan-sonawane-698004200/

Ben Kean

Summer PSC inter (2024)
Project Title: Tandem Mass Spectrometry via LIFT of Highly Modified 2-mer and 5-mer Oligonucleotides

Anh Tran, Ph.D.

Ph.D. trainee, graduated Fall 2023
Project: Sphingolipid metabolism as a marker for liver toxicity
Currently, NRC Post-doc at NIST

Yulemni Morel, Ph.D.

Ph.D. trainee, graduated Fall 2023
Project: The role of ether phospholipids in traumatic brain injury
Currently, Senior Scientist in the Biologics Analytical Research and Development Division at Merck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yulemni-morel-12b614240/

Padmapriya Sridhar, M.S.

MS student, graduated Fall 2023
Project: Chromatographic separation and mass spectrometry analysis of oligonucleotides
Currently, Research Scientist at Seattle Genetics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmapriyasridhar98/

Mayur Umesh Shete, M.S.