April 2017
Amanda B. Hummon
Amanda was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. She earned her A.B. in chemistry at Cornell University in 1999, where she did undergraduate research in the laboratory of Prof. James M. Burlitch, synthesizing copper phthalocyanine nanoparticles.
In the fall of 1999, she began her graduate studies in analytical chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, joining the laboratory of Prof. Jonathan V. Sweedler. Her thesis work focused on the development of mass spectrometric and bioinformatic strategies to predict and identify neuropeptides.
Following the completion of her Ph.D. in 2004, Amanda was invited to participate in the annotation of the newly sequenced honey bee genome as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratories of Prof. Gene E. Robinson and Prof. Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas at the University of Illinois. The focus of her research was constructing a methodology to utilize detected gene products, both mRNA and proteins, to decipher an unannotated genome.
In August of 2005, Amanda began her position as the Sallie Rosen Kaplen Post Doctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Ried. During her time in the Ried lab, she utilized RNA interference screening techniques followed by microarray analysis to elucidate genes that regulate the viability of colorectal cancer cells.
In the fall of 2009 she began her independent career as the Walther Cancer Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. She has been recognized with a NSF CAREER award, a Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Grant Award, and a Rising Star Award from the American Chemical Society. Currently, Amanda is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a member of the Harper Cancer Research Institute. She was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) as the Member-at-Large for Publications.
In the fall of 1999, she began her graduate studies in analytical chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, joining the laboratory of Prof. Jonathan V. Sweedler. Her thesis work focused on the development of mass spectrometric and bioinformatic strategies to predict and identify neuropeptides.
Following the completion of her Ph.D. in 2004, Amanda was invited to participate in the annotation of the newly sequenced honey bee genome as a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratories of Prof. Gene E. Robinson and Prof. Sandra L. Rodriguez-Zas at the University of Illinois. The focus of her research was constructing a methodology to utilize detected gene products, both mRNA and proteins, to decipher an unannotated genome.
In August of 2005, Amanda began her position as the Sallie Rosen Kaplen Post Doctoral Fellow at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Ried. During her time in the Ried lab, she utilized RNA interference screening techniques followed by microarray analysis to elucidate genes that regulate the viability of colorectal cancer cells.
In the fall of 2009 she began her independent career as the Walther Cancer Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. She has been recognized with a NSF CAREER award, a Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Grant Award, and a Rising Star Award from the American Chemical Society. Currently, Amanda is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and a member of the Harper Cancer Research Institute. She was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) as the Member-at-Large for Publications.