About Member-at-Large for Education

Douglas M. Sheeley

National Institutes of Health

Candidate Statement
ASMS has been an important scientific home since my first conference in 1988, providing opportunities to learn from leaders in the field, develop collaborative relationships, and understand how to contribute to the field. I have loved serving my colleagues through teaching, mentoring, and engagement, and I welcome this opportunity to continue to serve in a new capacity as Member at Large for Education, to support the leadership of the society as well as the career development of everyone in the community we all serve, both those starting out and
those exploring new areas.

Douglas M. Sheeley, B.S. in Chemistry (Dickinson College), Sc.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry (Harvard University with Vernon Reinhold), Postdoctoral Fellow (National Institutes of Health, with Hank Fales), Postdoctoral Fellow (Burroughs Wellcome with Barbara Merrill). Dr. Sheeley is currently Deputy Director of the Office of Strategic Coordination (The Common Fund), in the NIH Office of the Director, Bethesda, Maryland. 

Dr. Sheeley’s research interests include application of mass spectrometry to carbohydrate sequencing and glycoprotein characterization. He developed and applied MS-based methods in proteomics and glycomics at Glaxo Wellcome before returning to NIH as an extramural program official. For 17 of his 25 years at NIH he served as a program officer responsible for many research grants and programs in the development and application of novel technologies in biomedical mass spectrometry, proteomics, and glycomics, working with many of the leading laboratories in the field. Dr. Sheeley has been a scientific and organizational leader at NIH, serving as Branch Chief, institute Deputy Director, and Deputy Director for the NIH Common Fund. 

Dr. Sheeley has been active in developing and leading ASMS educational activities for decades. For 25 years he has co-taught a two-day short course, Peptides and Proteins in Mass Spectrometry. After organizing several sessions and workshops on how to work with federal funding agencies, this was made an annual evening workshop ten years ago, organized with NIH and NSF colleagues. Dr. Sheeley annually organizes “Office Hours” for federal funding agency staff during the conference. He serves as an interviewer for the ASMS mock interview program, and makes a point of seeking out students and post-doctoral fellows at conferences to discuss their work and career development. He has also organized and chaired several conference sessions, and served as a reviewer for conference abstracts.

J. Will Thompson

Move Analytical

Candidate Statement

Education in mass spectrometry is evolving rapidly in the age of AI. In my career, ASMS has played a vital role in helping me develop not only technical expertise but also the uniquely human skills of communication, mentorship, and collaboration that AI cannot replace. I would be honored to serve as Chair of the Education Committee to help ASMS continue to provide the premier learning and networking experiences for our community during this period of rapid change.

J. Will Thompson earned his B.S. in Chemistry from UNC Wilmington and his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill under Professor Jim Jorgenson. He is currently Founding Partner at Move Analytical and holds an adjunct faculty appointment in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology at Duke University. He previously served as Assistant Director of the Duke Proteomics and Metabolomics Core (2007–2021) and as Principal Scientist and Director of Life Science Business Development at 908 Devices (2021–2025).

Dr. Thompson’s work in analytical chemistry has focused on developing robust, cost-effective LC–MS platforms and applying them in proteomics and metabolomics. He has coauthored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters spanning separations science, mass spectrometry, and applications to infectious disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration. At Move Analytical, the team focuses on improving metabolomics accessibility and data quality by “making metabolomics easy” through integrated consumables and software solutions.

An active ASMS member since 2005, Dr. Thompson has served on the Abstract Review and Publications Committees, as a session chair, and as co-chair of the LC-MS and Related Topics (2008–2010, 2017–2020) and DIA (2014–2015) Interest Groups. He co-instructed the ASMS LC-MS Troubleshooting Short Course (2013–2022) and has taught and organized courses at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, UNC-Chapel Hill, MSACL, and more than 15 Skyline short courses.