Dr. Richard D. Smith is a Battelle Fellow and Chief Scientist in the Biological Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He has presented more than 300 invited or plenary lectures at national and international scientific meetings, holds 80 US patents, and is the author or co-author of more than 1200 peer reviewed scientific publications. His research has included the development of separations based upon supercritical fluid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, capillary LC, and Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations high resolution ion mobility spectrometry in conjunction with Ultra-high performance mass spectrometry. His honors include being the recipient of the 2003 American Chemical Society Award for Analytical Chemistry, the 2009 HUPO Discovery Award in Proteomics Sciences, and the 2013 ASMS Distinguished Contribution in Mass Spectrometry Award. Dr. Smith’s research interests include the development and applications of much more effective and informative capabilities, platforms and informatic approaches for proteomics, metabolomics, and other ‘pan-omics’ measurements in environmental and biological research.