Erica Forsberg Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Leading the Metabolomics Business Unit at Bruker Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry with a focus on the Americas and Asia Pacific.

San Diego, California, United States

I am very pleased to announce that Erica Forsberg has joined Bruker as the Metabolomics Americas Market Manager. Erica comes to us from San Diego State University where she was an assistant professor of chemistry. Prior to that, Erica obtained her PhD in chemical biology at McMaster s, and postdoctoral training at The Scripps Research Institute where she developed bioinformatics for untargeted metabolomics data analysis. In her new role, Erica will be responsible for managing the US Metabolomics application team within the Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Metabolomics Business Unit.Erica will work remotely based out of San Diego, CA and will be supporting the Americas commercial team in promoting Metabolomics and Lipidomics workflows and driving the continuous improvement of Bruker MS solutions for customer challenges and needs.

Greater San Diego Area

Erica is a tenure-track assistant professor in analytical and bioanalytical chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at San Diego State University. Her expertise lies in mass spectrometry and metabolomics, techniques she will be using to study the gut microbiome and the interaction between their metabolism and human health. In particular interest is relationship between microbe-produced metabolites and neurological function, also known as the gut-brain axis. Her group is developing culture methods for anaerobic bacteria to mimick the intestinal environment and probing these systems with stressors such as change in diet, antibiotic exposure and prebiotics. High resolution mass spectrometry is used to profile microbial metabolomes on a global scale; the aim of this research is to develop bioinformatic techniques that can identify mechanistic interactions between microbial communities and with the host.

Greater San Diego Area

La Jolla, California

As a research associate in the Scripps Center for Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry, Erica has worked in clinical research on elucidating the function of Parkinson's Disease patients treated with the immunomodulatory drug Sargramostim; developing global isotope metabolomic workflows for studying bacterial communities in contaminated environmental sites; developing the Systems Biology Platform in XCMS Online (xcmsonline.scripps.edu); synthesizing novel perfluorinated gold nanoparticles for mass spectrometry tissue imaging applications including a study on mouse colon and cecum samples .

Mcmaster University, Hamilton, On

Erica has been actively involved in research in the field of bioanalytical chemistry applying nano liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to the discovery and identification of protein-binding ligands. Her position also requires technical skills in instrumentation maintenance, synthesis of immobilization materials and enzyme kinetics.

* characterization, treatability, effects, and controls of urban wet-weather pollution * chemical transport to and in wetlands * coagulation processes in water and wastewater treatment * environmental modelling * floc/contaminant associations and development of nanotechnology to analyze floc structure/activity relations * control of agrochemical pollution * wastewater treatment technologies and management

Analyzed insulating materials from high voltage equipment to ensure standard IEEE requirements were met.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Biology

Erica completed her PhD in June 2015 in chemical biology, specializing in mass spectrometric assay development for high throughput.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry (Co-Op), Honours

Activities and Societies: McMaster Undergraduate Chemistry Society, Aikido Club.•Held positions of VP Social, VP Academic and President.

Technology Diploma, Chemical Engineering Technology, Highest Academic Standing Of Graduating Class

Activities and Societies: Erica was a member of Mohawk Student Chapter of the Water Environment Association and the Mohawk Students.