Staff

Maria D. Person, Ph.D. Facility Director

Dr. Person is the Director of the Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility and Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy. She has 30 years experience with analytical techniques starting with her Ph.D. at the University of Chicago building a molecular beam machine. Her 22 years of working in proteomics has included novel research into post-translational modifications. She has been director of the facility since 2003, with a focus on acquisition of high-end instrumentation and facilitating researchers. She is dedicated to providing high quality service work with rapid turnaround and collaboration on proteomics projects.

Phone: 512-471-3659
Office: NMS 3.124
Aarti Bashyal, Ph.D. Research Associate III

Aarti earned a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry under the supervision of Professor Jennifer Brodbelt at The University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research focused on characterizing protein post-translational modifications using ultraviolet photodissociation mass spectrometry. After her Ph.D. she joined the Biological Mass Spectrometry facility as a proteomics scientist. She has over 7 years of hands-on experience in mass spectrometry-based proteomics and is adept in troubleshooting both liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry instruments.

Phone: 512-471-2895
Office: MBB 1.420
Andrew Basalla, MS Lab Manager / Research Associate II

Andrew is the lab manager and a Research Associate of the Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility. He earned his B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and his M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical School. Andrew has over 5 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry working as a formulation development and mass spectrometry scientist.

Phone: 512-471-2895
Office: MBB 1.420