About Us

Officers

Co-Chairpersons:

Dr. Berk Oktem
MassTech Inc.
6992 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 200
Columbia, MD 21046
Phone: (443) 539-3119
Fax: (443) 539-1759
oktem@apmaldi.com

Dr. Shelley Jackson
NIH/NIDA
Triad Building, Room 1119
Baltimore MD 21224
443.740.2749
Shelley.Jackson@nih.hhs.gov

Mailings, website and announcements:

Dr. John Callahan
HFS-707, Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Branch
CFSAN/FDA
5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 301-436-2039
Fax: 301-436-2624
E-mail: John.Callahan@fda.hhs.gov

Treasurer

John Roach
HFS-707, Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Branch
CFSAN/FDA
5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 301-436-1993
Fax: 301-436-2624
E-mail: John.Roach@fda.hhs.gov

About the WBMSDG

The Greater Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group meets monthly from September through June to discuss various aspects of mass spectrometry.

Meetings are usually held on the third Monday of each month (see schedule) at the Shimadzu Regional Training Center in Columbia, MD (see below for directions) at 7:30 pm. Our meetings usually involve a lecture by an expert in the field of mass spectrometry and its related sciences from the area or outside the area.

Members of the group include research scientists and students from local government, academic and industrial laboratories.

The Washington-Baltimore MSDG also conducts a short course entitled “Interpretation of Mass Spectra” each year at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Meeting. Members of the discusion group serve as instructors for the course.

Topics of interest to the MSDG include, but are not limited to:

Instrumentation: Design and Implementation
Ion sources
Mass Separation Methods
Ion Detection
Fundamental Processes Important in Mass Spectrometry
Desorption and Ionization of Molecules
Activation and Fragmentation of Molecules
Ion-Molecule Reactions
Fundamental Studies Using Mass Spectrometry
Analytical Applications of Mass Spectrometry in:
Bioanalytical Chemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Organic Analysis
Inorganic Analysis
Surface Analysis
Space Sciences