Dr. Facundo Fernandez

Biography

Facundo Fernandez is a prominent researcher in the field of Bioanalytical Chemistry. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and received his MSc in Chemistry from the College of Exact and Natural Sciences at Buenos Aires University in 1995, followed by a PhD in Analytical Chemistry in 1999. In August 2000, he joined the research group of Professor Richard N. Zare at Stanford University, where his work centered on Hadamard transform time-of-flight mass spectrometry and the coupling of this technique with capillary-format separation methods. In 2002, he transitioned to the University of Arizona to work with Professor Vicki Wysocki on developing novel tandem mass spectrometers for gas-phase peptide ion studies. In 2004, he joined the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Georgia Institute of Technology as the Vasser-Woolley Endowed Professor. Dr. Fernandez's research focuses on various aspects of metabolomics, ionization techniques, imaging, and the integration of machine learning with ion mobility spectrometry to analyze complex molecular mixtures. He has authored 185 peer-reviewed publications and has received prestigious awards, including the NSF CAREER award and the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Ron Hites Paper Award.

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