Members

Back Row: Amanda Cicali, Sydney Neibert, Michael Armbruster, Brandon Ruotolo, Haocheng Qian, Jason Ma, Addison Bergman
Front Row: Courteney Dufrene, Saachi Kheterpal, Nicole Rivera Fuentes, Valentina Rangel-Angarita, Caela Fedraw, Alyssa Erlendeck, Kathryn Hanggi, Tiam Farajzadeh

Prof. Brandon Ruotolo
(he/him)

Principal Investigator

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Current Members

Postdoctoral Researchers

Michael Armbruster (he/him)

Project: IM-MS of protein-metabolite interactions

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Valentina Rangel-Angarita (they/them)

Project: IM-MS and CIU to evaluate the role of glycans in structure and stability of biotherapeutics

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Graduate Students

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Addison Bergman (she/her)

Fifth Year

Project: IM-CIU for the evaluation of protein dynamics

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Courteney (Ten) Dufrene (they/them)

Fourth Year

Project: Developing IM-MS and CIU for RNA structural studies

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Alyssa Erlenbeck (she/her)

Fourth Year

Project: Characterizing antibody-antigen complexes using IM-MS and CIU

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Amanda Cicali (she/her)

Fourth Year

Project: High-Throughput IM-MS and CIU of Biotherapeutics

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Tiam Farajzadeh (she/her)

Fourth Year

Project: IM-MS and CIU with antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)

Caela Fedraw (she/her)

Third Year

Project: Native IM-MS and CIU of RNA and RNA-binding proteins

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Saachi Kheterpal (she/her)

Third Year

Project: Applying IM-MS and CIU to probe the stability of anti-amyloid biotherapeutic binding.

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Haocheng Qian (he/him)

Third Year

Project: Studying supercharged proteins using IM-MS and CIU

Cheng-Hua (Jason) Ma (he/him)

Third Year

Project: Studying protein unfolding through CIU and ECD.

Sydney Neibert (she/her)

Third Year, joint with Kennedy Lab

Project: IM-MS and CIU to evaluate the evolvability of enzymes via a droplet microfluidics chip platform for directed evolution

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Anna Ducroiset (she/her)

Second Year

Project: Microdroplet digestion and characterization of proteins by IM-MS and CIU 

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Undergraduate Students

Thomas Pereira (he/him)

Junior

Project: IM-MS to understand the role of Fab glycans in structure and stability of biotherapeutics

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Anna Liao (she/her)

Sophomore

Project: High-throughput CIU screening of therapeutic mAbs

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Alumni

Post-Docs

PhD Students

Undergraduate Students

Contact

Ruotolo Group
University of Michigan
Department of Chemistry
Room 4550
930 N. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055

Phone: (+1) 734-763-2443
Fax: (1+) 734-615-3718