Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
Dr. Christopher Chouinard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Clemson University. He received his Ph.D. working under Rick Yost at the University of Florida. During his graduate studies, he was responsible for integrating drift tube-ion mobility spectrometry (DTIMS) into the Yost lab. Chris’s interests at UF involved IM-MS studies of clinical molecules (steroids, Vitamin D metabolites) and improved identification of anabolic androgenic steroids in athletes. After graduating from UF, Chris held a prestigious post-doctoral position at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, WA. While working with Dick Smith, Chris designed and developed a Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations (SLIM) platform that enabled the first integration of LC into the SLIM IM-MS pipeline for improved analysis in phosphoproteomics. After four years at Florida Tech, Chris joined the faculty at Clemson in 2022. Projects in his group broadly involve IM-MS instrument development, fundamentals of ionization and gas-phase structure, and applications toward illicit drugs, biomolecules, and environmental contaminants. He currently holds joint affiliations in the Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC), Clemson University School of Health Research (CUSHR), and the Robert H. Brooks Sports Science Institute.
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Advancing High-Resolution Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry for Bioanalysis and Drug Applications
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT