Principal Investigator (PI)
Prof. Herana Kamal Seneviratne
Ph.D., Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2017
B.S., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2011
Postdoctoral Fellows, Graduate, and Undergraduate Students
Nav Phulara
Honors and Awards: International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics Travel Award 2023; GSA Professional Development Grant 2023; Nominee, Highlighted Trainee Author, Drug Metabolism and Disposition; Outstanding Poster Award, 15th Annual Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium
Research Project: Understanding nucleotidase-mediated drug dephosphorylation and drug-induced neurotoxicity using mass spectrometry imaging.
Nimalee Jayasekera
Research Project: Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of drug-induced cardiotoxicity using mass spectrometry imaging-based spatial omics.
Logan Harris
Honors and Awards: Dean’s List; UMBC Merit Based Scholarship; John Brown Award Nominee; William C. and Gregory O. Faith Endowment Scholarship
Research Project: Sexual dimorphisms of lipid localization in mouse brain.
Elizabeth Maloy
Honors and Awards: URA Award; ACS Analytical Chemistry Award 2024
Research Project: Developing MALDI mass spectrometry methods to detect antiretrovirals.
Yoav Margolis
Research Project: Investigation of lipid metabolism alterations during neurodegenerative diseases.
Maisa Khan
Anderson Rivas
Honors and Awards: President’s List; Maryland State Seal of Biliteracy; National Hispanic Award; Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Scholar
Ethan Pilat
Group Alumni
McKenzie Hall
Honors and Awards: President’s List, Dean’s List
Research Project: Determining protein expression alterations during pancreatic cancer.
Jr. Mkpasi
Honors and Awards: President’s List, Dean’s List
Miriam Fountain
Liam Forton
Honors and Awards: President’s List; URA Award
Research Project: Elucidating disease states through the mapping of neuropeptides using MALDI mass spectrometry imaging.