Staff
Dr. Ian Riddington
Mass Spectrometry Facility Director
E-mail: iriddington@cm.utexas.edu
Office Location: WEL 4.210
Current MSF Assistants
Joshua Medrano
MSF Alumni
Han Pham (Undergraduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF: 9/21 to 5/23
Current Position: Chemist at AECOM
Aylin Anzaldua (Undergraduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF: 7/22 to 5/24
Current Position: Chemist with Sonic Reference Laboratory
Dr. Kristin Blake (Staff)
Worked as a Mass Spectrometry Specialist in the UT MSF from 6/16 to 10/22
Current Position: Inside Mass Spectrometry Product Specialist for Agilent Technologies
Graduated from UT Austin with a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2016
Graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2010
Contact Info.: kristinjblake@gmail.com
Abby Gatmaitan (Graduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 6/21 to 9/21
Current Position: Lead Quality Control Scientist for Millipore Sigma
Graduated from UT Austin with a Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2022
Graduated from Hendrix College with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2017
Contact Info.: gatmaitanan@utexas.edu
Phuoc (Jayden) Ngo (Graduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 1/21 to 5/21
Current Position: UT Austin, Chemistry Graduate Student
Graduated from UT Austin with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2020
Contact Info.: jaydinphn@utexas.edu
Andrew Kalamarides (Undergraduate and Graduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 2/18 to 5/21
Current Position: UT Austin, Law Student
Graduated from UT Austin with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2020
Contact Info.: andrewk1203@gmail.com
Simone Ritchey (Undergraduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 11/19 to 3/20
Current Position: UT Austin, Biochemistry Undergraduate Student
Contact Info.: simone.ritchey@gmail.com
Aislinn Smith (Undergraduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 6/18 to 12/18
Current Position: UT Austin, Biophysics Undergraduate Student
Contact Info.: aislinnsmith@utexas.edu
Benjamin Ludolph (Undergraduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 7/16 to 6/18
Current Position: Associate Analytical Chemist at Signature Science
Graduated from UT Austin with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2018
Contact Info.: benjaminludolph@utexas.edu
Emily Strickland (Undergraduate Assistant)
Worked at the UT MSF from 8/16 to 8/17
Current Position: University of Utah, Physics Ph.D. Graduate Student
Graduated from UT Austin with a B.S. in Astronomy and Physics in 2019
Contact Info.: emily.strickland@utexas.edu
Kandyss Najjar (Undergraduate Assistant and Staff)
Worked at the UT MSF from 1/14 to 7/16
Current Position: University of Central Florida, Forensic Chemistry Ph.D. Graduate Student
Masters in Chemistry from University of Central Florida in 2018
Graduated from UT Austin with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2015
Contact Info.: kandyssn@knights.ucf.edu
Jordan Dinser (Staff)
Worked as a Mass Spectrometry Specialist in the UT MSF from 9/13 to 3/16
Current Position: Inside Mass Spectrometry Product Specialist for Agilent Technologies
Graduated from UT Austin with a M.A. in Chemistry in 2013
Graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2010
Contact Info.: jordan.dinser@agilent.com