Ronald Orlando

Professor Orlando has more than 40 years of experience with mass spectrometry, over 30 of these years focused on the identification/characterization of proteins and their post-translational modifications with MS. He currently directs the mass spectrometry research laboratory at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC).

Dr. Orlando has co-authored over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals, given over 100 invited lectures at various conferences, and served on over 45 NIH review panels. Ron has won numerous awards including being named a NATO Advanced Study Fellow, a Leader of Tomorrow by Spectroscopy magazine, and has won the Outstanding Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) Presentation Award twice. He has organized and taught short courses on the Analysis of Glycoproteins by Mass Spectrometry at meetings of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) and International Symposium and Exhibit on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides & Polynucleotides (ISPPP). Professor Orlando is the founder and past chair of the ABRF Glycoprotein Research Group and is frequently invited to give lectures on his mass spectrometry-based research. Further, Professor Orlando is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomolecular Techniques.