I am a chemist who employs a combination of analytical and computational chemistry to explore the nature of Health. My long-term research interests involve using systems biology-based approaches to explore the mechanisms involved in maintaining healthy populations – both at the individual as well as group level. Research in my laboratory employs high-resolution mass spectrometry to perform molecular phenotyping of individuals in response to disease or environmental stressors. These efforts are combined with multivariate statistical modeling and network construction to identify biochemical pathways associated with specific sub-phenotypes towards the twin goals of 1) understanding the etiology of disease processes and 2) identifying markers of the onset as well as resolution of system-based stress.