University of Delaware, Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, 1988 St. Mary's College of Maryland, B.S., Natural Science, 1983

Analytical Chemistry/Inorganic Chemistry/Organic Chemistry/Physical Chemistry/Biological Chemistry/Chemical Education/Computational/Theoretical Chemistry/Environmental/Atmospheric Chemistry/Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience

Dr. Orlando conducts research on using mass spectrometry (MS) to answer biological questions. He also is concerned with developing new methodologies to increase the amount of information obtained from MS experiments and to reduce the quantity of material needed for analysis. The procedures Dr. Orlando and his group have developed can currently elucidate the complete primary structures of the carbohydrate side chains of glycoproteins (including the stereochemistry, linkage, and anomeric configuration of each monosaccharide) from only low picomole quantities of sample.