Facundo Fernández

Professor Facundo Fernández is a faculty member at the Georgia Institute of Technology within the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, holding the academic rank of Professor. His research spans bioanalytical mass spectrometry, metabolomics, bioinformatics, ambient sampling/ionization techniques, and multidimensional instrumentation development, with applications in ovarian cancer, lipidomics, and cardiovascular disease.

• Education: Not explicitly mentioned in available text.
• Key Research Interests: Mechanobiology of vascular systems, microRNA regulation in valvular diseases, imaging mass spectrometry, and inter-laboratory metabolomics standardization.
• Scientific Awards: Recipient of the ACS 2025 Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Award.
• Students: Advised Ph.D. graduates Alex Van Grouw and Dr. Dmitry Leontyev, with ongoing mentorship of current students.
• Laboratory: Established in 2004, the Fernández Lab focuses on chemical evolution, cell-based therapeutics, and advanced mass spectrometry instrumentation for biochemical analysis.