Chad Borges is an Associate Research Professor at The Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. in Analytical Toxicology at the University of Utah. As a postdoctoral fellow at Michigan State University under pioneering mass spectrometrist J. Throck Watson, he studied protein mass spectrometry with an emphasis on characterizing protein posttranslational modifications. His work now focuses on protein posttranslational modifications as markers of human health and disease.