Senior Director Research and Development
Metabolon
Morrisville, North Carolina
Dr. Evans is the Head of Research and Development for the discovery and targeted metabolomics and lipidomics technologies at Metabolon, Inc, where she has been working for over 19 years. The metabolomics and lipidomics methodologies developed under Dr. Evans have been the analytical basis for many thousands of commercial and academic metabolomics and lipidomics studies from over 800 institutions worldwide since 2004. She has over 30 publications covering analytical methodology as well as informatics, data processing requirements, quality management, and approaches for global profiling metabolomics and lipidomics workflows directed toward precision medicine applications. Dr. Evans received her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Virginia where her research was focused on MS based proteomics in the areas of immuno-oncology and type 1 diabetes with Dr. Donald Hunt. Currently, her research is focused on further developing Metabolon’s metabolomics and lipidomics technologies as well as investigating new technologies to be able to support further initiatives into large human cohort studies to study human health while also making metabolomics and lipidomics technologies precise and robust enough to study individual patient health (precision medicine).
Metabolomics in the Clinic: Technical Hurdles and Success Stories
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET