Andy Dang achieved his BS degree in 2014 from San Jose State University and joined Tureček group in July of the same year. During the 5 years researching here, Andy led team in implementation of a new modified mass spectrometer interfaced to a tunable laser system, achieving improved automated analyses of gas-phase complexes with increased reproducibility. His research was focused on characterization of reactive biomolecules such as DNA and peptide cation-radicals by combining UV action spectroscopy, ion-molecule reactions, and computational modeling. He graduated in 2019 with 9 peer-reviewed publications, 11 conference presentations. He worked as an Analytical Chemist at Boeing after graduation and is currently a Research Scientist at Seattle Children’s.

Publications before UW:

  1. Pesek, J. J., Matyska, M. T., & Dang, A. (2012). Analysis of cycloserine and related compounds using aqueous normal phase chromatography/mass spectrometry. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 64, 72-76.
  2. Dang, A., Pesek, J. J., & Matyska, M. T. (2013). The use of aqueous normal phase chromatography as an analytical tool for food analysis: Determination of histamine as a model system. Food chemistry, 141(4), 4226-4230.
  3. Dang, A., Sieng, M., Pesek, J. J., & Matyska, M. T. (2015). Determination of bisphenol A in receipts and carbon paper by HPLC-UV. Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies, 38(4), 438-442.
  4. Pesek, J. J., Matyska, M. T., & Dang, A. (2015). Analysis of ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate using aqueous normal‐phase chromatography with mass spectrometry. Journal of separation science, 38(9), 1515-1520.

Publications at UW:

  1. Korn, J. A., Urban, J., Dang, A., Nguyen, H. T., & Tureček, F. (2017). UV–Vis Action Spectroscopy Reveals a Conformational Collapse in Hydrogen-Rich Dinucleotide Cation Radicals. The journal of physical chemistry letters, 8(17), 4100-4107.
  2. Nguyen, H. T., Andrikopoulos, P. C., Bím, D., Rulíšek, L., Dang, A., & Tureček, F. (2017). Radical reactions affecting polar groups in threonine peptide ions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 121(27), 6557-6569.
  3. Lesslie, M., Lawler, J. T., Dang, A., Korn, J. A., Bím, D., Steinmetz, V., … & Ryzhov, V. (2017). Cytosine Radical Cations: A Gas‐Phase Study Combining IRMPD Spectroscopy, UVPD Spectroscopy, Ion–Molecule Reactions, and Theoretical Calculations. ChemPhysChem, 18(10), 1293-1301.
  4. Imaoka, N., Houferak, C., Murphy, M. P., Nguyen, H. T., Dang, A., & Tureček, F. (2018). Spontaneous Isomerization of Peptide Cation Radicals Following Electron Transfer Dissociation Revealed by UV-Vis Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 29(9), 1768-1780.
  5. Dang, A., Shaffer, C. J., Bím, D., Lawler, J., Lesslie, M., Ryzhov, V., & Tureček, F. (2018). Near-UV Water Splitting by Cu, Ni, and Co Complexes in the Gas Phase. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 122(8), 2069-2078.
  6. Liu, Y., Korn, J. A., Dang, A., & Tureček, F. (2018). Hydrogen-Rich Cation Radicals of DNA Dinucleotides: Generation and Structure Elucidation by UV–Vis Action Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122(42), 9665-9680.
  7. Dang, A., Nguyen, H. T., Ruiz, H., Piacentino, E., Ryzhov, V., & Tureček, F. (2018). Experimental evidence for noncanonical thymine cation radicals in the gas phase. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 122(1), 86-97.
  8. Dang, A., Korn, J. A., Gladden, J., Mozzone, B., & Tureček, F. (2019). UV–Vis Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy on Thermo LTQ-XL ETD and Bruker amaZon Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers: a Practical Guide. Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 30(9), 1558-1564.
  9. Liu, Y., Dang, A., Urban, J, & Turecek, F. (2020). Charge‐tagged DNA Radicals in the Gas Phase Characterized by UV‐Vis Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

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Dissertation:  Novel Mass Spectroscopy Techniques Implementing UV Action Spectroscopy for the Characterization of DNA Cation Radicals and Transition Metal Complexes