Our Team

The MMS Core includes several individuals across different roles who will work with you on your project and ensure your mass spectrometry and multiomics needs are met.

Contact the Core

Send an email to MMSCore@unmc.edu with questions or inquiries about core services.


Core Personnel

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Rebekah L. Gundry, PhD, FAHA
MMS Core Scientific Director

Biological mass spectrometry method development and application; core and research laboratory oversight
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Melinda Wojtkiewicz, BS
MMS Core Manager

Automated sample preparation, LC-MS, MALDI, proteomics, lipidomics, metabolomics, glycomics, bioinformatics, lab management
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Kanika Sharma, BS
Research technologist

LC-MS, MALDI, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics
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Jongsam Ahn, PhD
Research Coordinator

LC-MS, HPLC, proteomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics
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Dhananjay Shinde, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

LC-MS, metabolomics, lipidomics, bioinformatics


Internal Faculty Advisory Committee

Sophie Alvarez, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Center for Biotechnology, UNL

Tess Kuenstling, PhD, MBA
Asst Vice Chancellor for Research Resources
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, UNMC

Kelly Stauch, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences, College of Medicine, UNMC

Vinai Thomas, PhD
Associate Professor
Pathology and Microbiology, College of Medicine, UNMC

Nicholas Woods, PhD
Assistant Professor
Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, UNMC