{"id":159,"date":"2022-08-24T20:59:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/spraggins-lab\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:54:23","slug":"teams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lab.vanderbilt.edu\/spraggins-lab\/teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2026\/04\/Teams_Header-GroupPicture-scaled.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/>\n    <\/figure>\n          <h2>CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS<\/h2>\n        <p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-main\/lab-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/155\/2026\/04\/900x900_Spraggins_Jeff-768x768-1-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Jeff Spraggins, Ph.D.<br \/><\/strong>Associate Professor<br \/>Department of Cell &amp; Developmental Biology (Primary)<br \/>Department of Biochemistry<br \/>Department of Chemistry<br \/>Director, VU Biomolecular Multimodal Imaging Center<br \/>Mass Spectrometry Research CenterPhone: <a href=\"tel:615-343-7333\">615-343-7333<\/a><br \/>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jeff.spraggins@vanderbilt.edu\">jeff.spraggins@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><br \/>ORCiD:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9198-5498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">0000-0001-9198-5498<\/a><br \/>Publications:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=spraggins%2C+J\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PubMed<\/a><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n        <p><em><strong>We are all about building effective teams of talented scientists with diverse expertise and backgrounds to take on important biomedical research challenges. If you are interested in joining the group, reach out using my email above.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n                            <h2 data-jumplink=\"true\" data-jumptitle=\"Researchers\">Researchers<\/h2>\n        <ul id=\"people-type-listing__list\">\n        <\/ul>\n                            <h2 data-jumplink=\"true\" data-jumptitle=\"Postdocs\">Postdocs<\/h2>\n        <ul id=\"people-type-listing__list\">\n        <\/ul>\n                            <h2 data-jumplink=\"true\" data-jumptitle=\"Graduate Students\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n        <ul id=\"people-type-listing__list\">\n        <\/ul>\n                            <h2 data-jumplink=\"true\" data-jumptitle=\"Undergraduate Researchers\">Undergraduate Researchers<\/h2>\n        <ul id=\"people-type-listing__list\">\n        <\/ul>\n          <h2 data-jumplink=\"true\" data-jumptitle=\"Past Team Members\">PAST TEAM MEMBERS<\/h2>\n        <p><strong>Danielle Gutierrez, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Res. Assistant Professor (Discovery Life Sciences)<strong>Heather Hartman<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Summer Research Intern<strong>Dustin Klein, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Merck)<strong>Monica Macharios<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Summer Intern<strong>Elizabeth Neumann, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Postdoctoral Research Fellow (UC Davis)<strong>N. Heath Patterson, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Aspect Analytics<strong>Kavya Sharman, Ph.D.<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Phase Capital<strong>Jacquelyn Spathies<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Summer Research Intern<strong>Lin Xu<\/strong>\u00a0\/ Summer Research Intern<\/p>\n <!-- rich-text -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURRENT TEAM MEMBERS Jeff Spraggins, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorDepartment of Cell &amp; Developmental Biology (Primary)Department of BiochemistryDepartment of ChemistryDirector, VU Biomolecular Multimodal Imaging CenterMass Spectrometry Research CenterPhone: 615-343-7333Email:\u00a0jeff.spraggins@vanderbilt.eduORCiD:\u00a00000-0001-9198-5498Publications:\u00a0PubMed We are all about building effective teams of talented scientists with diverse expertise and backgrounds to take on important biomedical research challenges. 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