Gary Siuzdak is Professor and Director of the Scripps Center for Metabolomics at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California (http://masspec.scripps.edu/). He has served as Vice President of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. His research includes developing novel mass spectrometry-based approaches in metabolomics, nanostructure-based imaging, microorganism analysis, and enzyme activity assays. He has over 200 peer-reviewed publications and two books, "Mass Spectrometry for Biotechnology" and the "The Expanding Role of Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnology", 2006 Edition.