MANA Early Career Members (ECM)
Our Mission
To empower the next generation of scientists in the field of metabolomics in North America by supporting opportunities for mentorship, networking, training, and career development opportunities.
Eligibility
Anyone who has completed their most recent degree within the last 10 years is considered an Early Career Member within MANA
Our Goals
Provide professional and career development for MANA early-career members
Establish a community within the MANA early-career metabolomics network to encourage the exchange of metabolomics resources
Strengthen the metabolomics connections between industry, government, and academia
Promote metabolomics events/activities within North America
Where are our members located?
Our Early Career Member Council
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Gonçalo J. Gouveia, Ph.D.
CHAIR FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER (OCT. 2021 - DEC. 2023)
Senior Research Associate
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York, USA
Areas of Expertise: NMR & LC-MS, Metabolomics, QA/QC, Reference Materials, Sample preparation, Experimental Design, Metabolite ID, Forensic Drugs/Toxicology, Model Organisms
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Nicole Prince, Ph.D.
VICE-CHAIR
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Channing Division of Network Medicine (CDNM), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Metabolomic epidemiology, Biochemistry, Inflammatory response, Cell signaling
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Hanan Alwaseem, Ph.D.
FINANCIAL OFFICER
Senior Research Lab Specialist
Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Areas of Expertise: Analytical chemistry, Metabolomics, Lipidomics
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Chathuri Mohottige, Ph.D.
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Areas of Expertise: Metabolomics
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Maribel Okiye, MS
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Student Researcher
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Areas of Expertise: Human microbiome, LC-MS/MS untargeted metabolomics, microbial metabolites, natural product discovery, metagenomics, translation and precision medicine, high throughout screening
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Maryam Tabatabaei, Ph.D.
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Robin Joshi, Ph.D.
COUNCIL MEMBER
Senior Research Investigator
Perelman School of Medicine Institute of Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Metabolomics, proteomics, volatilomics, lipidomics, ion-mobility, QA/QC, LC-MS, MALDI-TOF-MS, mass spectrometry, data analysis, and visualization
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Ipsita Mohanty, Ph.D.
COUNCIL MEMBER
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA, USA
Areas of Expertise: LC-MS/MS untargeted metabolomics, microbial metabolites, bile acid discovery, metagenomics
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Shunyang Wang, Ph.D.
COUNCIL MEMBER
Scientist
Brightseed
San Francisco, CA, USA
Areas of Expertise: Computational Metabolomics, Quantum Chemistry, Cheminformatics, and GC/LC-MS
Previous ECM Council Members
Arpana Vaniya, Ph.D. (Chair) (Oct. 2021 - Dec. 2023, former Council Member May 2020 - Oct. 2021)
Brian DeFelice, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2023)
Raquel Cumeras, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2023)
David Crizer, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Jan. 2021 - Feb. 2023)
Brianna Garcia, Ph.D. (Inagural Financial Officer) (Oct. 2019 - Jan. 2023)
Fariba Tayyari, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Oct. 2019 - Dec. 2022)
Yuanyuan Li, Ph.D. (Inagural Vice Chair) (Oct. 2019 - Nov. 2022)
Candice Ulmer, Ph.D. (Inagural Administrative Officer) (Oct. 2019 - Oct. 2022)
Christina M. Jones, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Oct. 2019 - Oct. 2021)
Oana Zeleznik, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Oct. 2019 - Oct. 2021)
Kehau Hagiwara, Ph.D. (Inagural Chair) (Oct. 2019 - Jul. 2021)
Franklin Earl Leach III, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Oct. 2019 - Oct. 2020)
Biswapriya Misra, Ph.D. (Council Member) (Oct. 2019 - Mar. 2020)
