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Michael P. Napolitanompn@ufl.edu
mnapo@chem.ufl.edu
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About Me:
I was born and raised in Rahway, New Jersey with twelve years of Catholic schooling. Since graduating from Penn State (B.S. Chemistry, ACS certified, '03), I have been moving south along the east coast. After college, I called Virginia home during an internship at Honeywell. Now I'm here at Florida, where I am attending graduate school for the next few years. Along the way, I have developed an appreciation for cooking, travel, art and racquetball.
Research Interest:
As an undergraduate working for Dr. A. Daniel Jones, I gained an appreciation for mass spectrometry. With him, I worked on the selective derivatization of Se-cys proteins using MALDI-TOF and ESI-Quad MS for confirmation.
Now, I am very pleased to continue the Yost Group's work with laser microprobe/imaging mass spectrometry under the guidance of Dr. Rick Yost. Currently, my project uses a ThermoFinnigan LTQ with intermediate pressure MALDI to profile and image lipids and other small molecules on single neurons of the sea slug Aplysia californica. For further information, see my chemistry webpage below.
Teaching Assignments:
- 1083 Consumer Chemistry, Instructor; Spring 2008
- 2045L General Chemistry Laboratory 1, Head TA; 2006 - 2007
- Research Experience for Undergraduates, Mentor; Summer 2006
- 2045L General Chemistry Laboratory 1, Head TA; 2005 - 2006
- 2045L General Chemistry Laboratory 1, TA; 2004 - 2005
Awards:
- Department of Chemistry Ruegamer Fellowship, 2007 - 2008
- University of Florida Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2006 - 2007
- Department of Chemistry Teaching Assistant Award, 2004 - 2005
- Department of Chemistry Proctor & Gamble Scholarship, 2004
Poster Presentations:
Mass Spectrometric Imaging of Cultured Neurons from Aplysia californica
The Proceedings of the 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics; June 3 – 7, 2007; Indianapolis, Indiana; Imaging poster session, ThPG, #094
Mass Spectrometric Profiling and Imaging of Single Cells
Moffitt Symposium on Mass Spectrometry; April 12 – 13, 2007; National Functional Genomics Center, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Lipid Profiling in Aplysia californica using Intermediate-Pressure MALDI with a Linear Ion Trap
The Proceedings of the 54th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics; May 28 – June 1, 2006; Seattle, Washington; Imaging poster session, WP16, #331
Oral Presentations:
Mass Spectrometric Profiling and Imaging of Lipids on Single Cells
83nd Annual Florida Meeting and Exposition (FAME) of the American Chemical Society; May 10 – 12, 2007; Orlando, Florida; Analytical symposium (contributing speaker)
Lipid Profiling and Imaging of Single Neurons via Direct Tissue Analysis by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Mass Spectrometry
Dr. Leonid L. Moroz Research Group; December 6, 2006, The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, St. Augustine, Florida (invited talk)
Mass Spectrometric Profiling of Lipids of Single Cells in Aplysia californica
82nd Annual Florida Meeting and Exposition (FAME) of the American Chemical Society; May 11 – 13, 2006, Orlando, Florida; Analytical symposium (contributing speaker)
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