Robert (Chip) Cody, Ph.D. has worked at JEOL USA, Inc. in Peabody, MA for the past 37 years and is a Principal Scientist. Dr. Cody is responsible for developing the trapped-ion tandem-in-time MS/MS and MSn techniques, laser-desorption in a trapped ion mass spectrometer, electron impact excitation of ions from organics (EIEIO), and is a coinventor of the DART ion source. He has consulted with NASA on the Mars 2020 Rover project, served as Vice-President for Arrangements for the American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), was awarded the 2011 Anachem Award and a 2012 Purdue University Distinguished Alumni Award, and is currently on the Editorial Advisory Board for the ASMS journal and a member of the ASMS History Committee.
Masaaki Ubukata
JEOL Ltd.
Masaaki Ubukata, Ph.D. is the General Manager of the Mass Spectrometry Business Unit at JEOL Ltd. He has over 20 years of experience in mass spectrometry, particularly GC-MS and high-resolution mass spectrometry. His career has been centered around materials chemistry, while also contributing to applications in metabolomics, food analysis, and environmental sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Yokohama National University. After completing his doctoral studies, he worked at JEOL USA, where he facilitated international collaborations and promoted advanced MS solutions to a global audience. Currently, he leads efforts to integrate AI technologies into analytical workflows, aiming to accelerate and improve the identification of unknown compounds in complex matrices.
Nanako Kato graduated from the University of Fukui in 2023 with a master’s degree in engineering. After graduation, She joined the Mass Spectrometry Business Unit at JEOL Ltd., where she is currently working as an Application Chemist engaged in the development of mass spectrometry applications. She has particularly developed a variety of applications using GC-QMS in the areas of materials, food analysis, life sciences, and regulatory methods. Currently, She is engaged in the development of applications that apply AI technologies to qualitative analysis using QMS.
Jonathan Grandy, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Waterloo, where his research focused on SPME and TF–SPME sample preparation techniques for GC–MS analysis of environmental and biological samples. Since joining Markes and SepSolve in 2021, he has worked as a Field Applications Scientist, supporting the optimal performance of newly installed GC×GC–MS systems and assisting scientists in the development and implementation of novel analytical methods.
Kirk Jensen
JEOL USA, Inc.
Kirk Jensen, Ph.D. graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, after which spent three years doing QA in both pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries before returning to school to pursue a Ph.D. He graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 2014 with a doctorate in applied chemistry with expertise in mass spectrometry, microbiology, and statistics. He then took a position at Osaka University as a research scientist exploring closed-path time-of-flight mass spectrometry for three years before joining JEOL USA, Inc. in 2019. Currently, Kirk is the MS Product Manager and MS Applications Laboratory Manager for JEOL USA, Inc.
Edward Erisman is a Research Chemist in the Mass Spectrometry Data Center at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The MSDC created and manages the NIST mass spectral libraries. Ed works primarily on the EI library especially in the areas of drugs of abuse and plastics related compounds. The NIST Circular Economy program leverages expertise in measurements, data, and tools to support circular supply chains of polymers. As part of this work, Ed developed NIST Polymer Pyrolysis Search which is a pyrolysis GC-MS search program and mass spectral reference library to aid in the qualitative identification of polymers.