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Current Lab Members

Kevin L. Schey

Kevin L. Schey

Stevenson Chair in Biochemistry, Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Director of Core Facilities, Mass Spectrometry Research Center

Kevin earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1989 and has 34 years of professional experience in mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry, including all aspects of proteomics analysis and mass spectrometry imaging. His application area of interest is the eye, particularly lens and retina biochemistry. He directs the Core Facility operations of the MSRC and served as the President of the Imaging Mass Spectrometry Society.

kevin.schey@vanderbilt.edu

Zhen Wang

Zhen Wang

Research Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry

Zhen received her BS in ecology and MS in marine biology from Ocean University of China and PhD in chemistry from Northern Illinois University. She then spent two years as a postdoc fellow working in Schey lab. Currently she is a research assistant professor and her current work focuses on studying spatial proteomics and spatial protein-protein interaction of lens fiber cells using quantitative mass spectrometry, chemical crosslinking and MALDI imaging.

zhen.wang@vanderbilt.edu

Esra Simsek

Esra Simsek

Research Specialist

esra.n.simsek@Vanderbilt.Edu

Micheal Leser, Ph.D.

Micheal Leser, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

micheal.leser@Vanderbilt.Edu

 Dolma Choenzom

Dolma Choenzom

Graduate Student

Department of Chemistry

dolma.choenzom.1@Vanderbilt.Edu