Ph.D., Wesleyan Univ. (2013) B.S., Univ. of St. Joseph (2006)

Investigate how proteins can have different functions based on their amino acid sequences Analyze the protein sequences of model organisms to understand how protein translation can be regulated Use Peptide Mass Spectrometry to describe an organism’s proteome

Lin, M.S., Cherny, J.C., Fournier, C.T., Roth, S.J., Krizanc, D. Weir, M.P. "Assessment of MS/MS Search Algorithms with Parent-Protein Profiling." Journal of Proteome Research 13, no. 4 (2014): 1823-1832. Fournier, C. T., Cherny, J. J., Truncali, K., Robbins-Pianka, A., Lin, M.S., Krizanc, D., Weir, M.P. "Amino Termini of Many Yeast Proteins Map to Downstream Start Codons." Journal of Proteome Research 11, no. 12 (2012): 5712-5719. Fournier, C.T., Cherny, J.J., Weir, M.P. Poster: "Amino Termini of Many Yeast Proteins Map to Downstream Start Codons." Wesleyan Biophysics Retreat, Middletown, CT, September 29, 2012. Fournier, C.T., Cherny, J.J., Weir, M.P. Poster: "Assessment of Protein Translation in Yeast Through Amino Terminal Peptide Identification." American Society for Mass Spectrometry, Sanibel, FL, January 14, 2010.