Richard W. Gross

Richard W. Gross is a Professor at Washington University, affiliated with the Department of Chemistry. His research focuses on the chemical biology of membranes in health and disease, particularly lipidomics, phospholipases, and metabolic syndrome related to obesity and diabetes.

• Email: rgross@wustl.edu

His laboratory pioneers shotgun lipidomics and mass spectrometry to study membrane structure-function relationships, lipid-protein interactions, and mitochondrial metabolism in disease states. Recent publications emphasize phospholipase regulation, mitochondrial lipid dynamics, and metabolic flux analysis in cardiovascular and diabetic contexts.

Key methodologies include intrasource separation, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and stable isotope tracing. His work bridges chemical biology, bioinformatics, and systems biology to address 21st-century metabolic diseases.