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Gordon Anderson
Bio Separations & Mass Spect
Scientist, TL
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K8-98
Richland, WA 99352
509/371-6582
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Biography
Mr. Gordon Anderson has more than 30 years of experience in the development of instrument control systems, high-performance data acquisition systems, and data management systems. These skills have been applied to the high-throughput proteomics research at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The development of hardware and software has enabled advanced instrument control schemes for the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory's (EMSL) state-of-the-art high-performance mass spectrometers. The proteomics capabilities have been enabled by Mr. Anderson's software development efforts in the area of complex spectral analysis and feature detection. Proteomics produces large volumes of multi-dimensional data that must be organized and processed using a combination of commercial software tools and custom designed tools. Mr. Anderson assembled a multi-disciplinary team and has led the development of proteomics data management and analysis efforts at PNNL.
Mr. Anderson has been issued seven U.S. patents since 1994. He currently is a Chief Engineer (Scientist & Engineer-Level V) within the Biological Sciences Division at PNNL.
Research Interests
- Sensitive bimolecular detection - Design and development of specialized detection systems applied to mass spectrometry; i.e., low-noise pre-amplifiers for FTICR systems and high-performance FPGA-based detection systems for IMS-TOF.
- Development of novel data analysis strategies �" Implementation of high-throughput automated data analysis pipelines to transform raw mass spectrometry data into peptide and protien quantitative information.
- Analysis and control software package for advanced mass spectrometry instrumentation �" development of real-time data collection, analysis and control algorithms to enable advanced mass spectrometery measurements. This research has enabled capabilities such as individual ion detection as well as techniques applied to expanded instrument detection dynamic range.
Education and Credentials
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1985
- A.S., Electronics Technology, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA, 1975
Affiliations and Professional Service
- American Society of Mass Spectrometry
- Member of Joint Genome Institute's (JGI) Joint Management Board
- Member of JGI’s Informatics Advisory Board
Awards and Recognitions
- 2005 - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Engineering Achievement Award
- 2003 - INCOSE Systems Engineer of the Year Award
- 2003 - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Mentor of the Year
- 2002 - R&D 100 Award for FT-MS Proteome Express
- 2001 - R&D 100 Award for Long-Range Semi-Passive Radio Frequency Identification System
- 1997 - PNNL Fitzner-Eberhardt Director’s Award for education
- 1995 - Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer