Joshua Coon

Joshua J. Coon
Residence	United States
Nationality	United States
Fields	Chemist
Institutions	University of Virginia University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alma mater	Central Michigan University University of Florida
Known for	Mass spectrometry Electron-transfer dissociation

Joshua Coon is a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research focuses on mass spectrometry, specifically in its application to proteomics. Joshua Coon, along with John Syka, developed electron-transfer dissociation (ETD) while working in Donald Hunt's lab at the University of Virginia.^[1]

Early life and education

• B.S. Central Michigan University
• Ph.D. University of Florida

Research interests

• Mass spectrometry
• Electron-transfer dissociation
• Proteomics
  • Quantitative proteomics
    • Isobaric labeling
      • Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ)
      • Tandem mass tags (TMT)

Awards

• Biemann Medal (2012)
• Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award (2010)
• Ken Standing Award, University of Manitoba (2009)
• National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2008)
• American Society of Mass Spectrometry Research Award (2007)
• Beckman Young Investigators Award (2007)
• Eli Lilly and Company Young Investigator Award (2007)
• Named one of "Tomorrow's PIs" by Genome Technology magazine (2006)

External links

• Joshua J. Coon (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry)
• Coon Research Group

References

1. Syka JE, Coon JJ, Schroeder MJ, Shabanowitz J, Hunt DF (2004). "Peptide and protein sequence analysis by electron transfer dissociation mass spectrometry". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (26): 9528–33. doi:10.1073/pnas.0402700101. PMC 470779. PMID 15210983.