Aston Labs

Professional Information

Conference Presentations

• Jonell N. Smith; Adam Keil; Jane Likens; Robert J. Noll; R. Graham Cooks. Facility Monitoring of Toxic Industrial Compounds in Air Using an Automated, Fieldable, Miniature Mass Spectrometer. Presented at the Annual Turkey Run Analytical Chemistry Conference, Marshall, IN, 2009; Oral Presentation.
• Wells, J. Mitchell; Miriam Fico; Adam Keil; Jane Likens; Jonell Smith; Daniel Sutton; Bruce Solomon; Brent Rardin; Garth Patterson; Robert J. Noll; R. Graham Cooks; Dennis Barket, Jr. Autonomous Light-weight Integrated Direct Sampling Mass Spectrometer for TIC and CWA Detection. Presented at the 57th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Philadelphia, PA, 2009; TPP 372.
• Smith, Jonell; Nefliu, Marcela; Venter, Andre; Cooks, R. Graham. Internal Energy Distribution of Ions Produced in DESI and ESSI and the Influence of Source Parameters on Internal Energy. Presented at the 55th Annual Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Indianapolis, IN, 2007; WP 035.
• Jiang, Lihua; Smith, Jonell; Ma, Ping; Mizzen, Craig A.; Kelleher, Neil L. Global Assessment of Post-Translational Modifications on All Core Histones in Yeast Using Contemporary Mass Spectrometry: Lys4 Tri-methylation Correlates with Degree of Acetylation on the Same H3 Tail. Presented at the Keystone Symposium, 2007.

Research Interests

• miniature mass spectrometers
• ambient ionization fundamentals
• developing new instrumentation and methods with forensic science, homeland security, and environmental applications (such as the detection of explosives and chemical or biological warfare agents)

Education

• Purdue University, Ph.D. candidate, 2006-present
• Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, 12th Annual Applied Management Principles (AMP) Program ["Mini-MBA], June 2009
• University of Illinois-Urbana, B.S. Chemistry, 2006 (high distinction)

Honors and Awards

• Lead Organizer for the Annual Turkey Run Analytical Chemistry Conference in Marshall, IN -- 2010
• Committe Member for the Annual Turkey Run Analytical Chemistry Conference in Marshall, IN -- 2007, 2008, 2009
• GAANN Fellowship -- 2007 to 2008
• Iota Sigma Pi -- National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry -- Purdue University -- Inducted in Spring 2007
• Phi Lambda Upsilon -- Honorary Chemical Society -- Purdue University -- Inducted in Spring 2007

Publications (outside the group)

• Liuha Jiang, Jonell N. Smith, Shannon L. Anderson, Ping Ma, Craig A. Mizzen, and Neil L. Kelleher, "Global assessment of combinatorial post-translational modification of core histones in yeast using contemporary mass spectrometry: Lys 4 tri-methylation correlates with degree of acetylation on the same H3 tail", J. Biol. Chem., 2007, 282 (38), 27923, doi:10.1074/jbc.M704194200