Neil Kelleher

Neil Kelleher is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the development and application of high-performance mass spectrometry at the intersection of chemistry and biology. His group's work includes Top Down Proteomics, Natural Products Biosynthesis/Discovery, and Chromatin Biology. Kelleher is the Director of the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute and the Northwestern Proteomics Department. He is also affiliated with the Feinberg School of Medicine and the BMBCB. His research has led to significant advancements in proteomics and natural products research, with notable contributions to the field of mass spectrometry.

Neil Kelleher is a Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, specializing in biochemistry and top-down proteomics. His research focuses on the structural characterization of proteins using advanced mass spectrometry techniques, particularly electron capture dissociation. Kelleher's work explores proteoform complexity, the diversity of protein isoforms, and the role of posttranslational modifications in biological processes. He has contributed significantly to the development of computational frameworks for analyzing proteomic data and has emphasized the importance of high-resolution and high mass accuracy in precision proteomics. His research also includes the study of protein modifications and their impact on cellular functions, such as in lymphoid transformation and histone methylation.