Richard W. Gross

Dr. Richard W. Gross is Professor of Medicine and Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine and Professor of Chemistry. He holds a PhD from Washington University, MD from New York University Medical School, and BA from Columbia College.

His research focuses on the chemical biology of membranes in health and disease, specializing in lipidomics, metabolomics, and membrane signaling. He pioneered shotgun lipidomics technology for direct identification and quantification of lipid molecular species in biological systems.

• Developed novel shotgun lipidomics technology combining intrasource separation, multidimensional MS, and array analysis
• Investigates phospholipase regulation and membrane signaling complexes
• Studies altered lipid metabolism in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease