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Assistant Professor

 at University of Washington


Dr. Nick Riley is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Washington. He is originally from Louisville, KY and earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina. He then moved to Madison, WI for his graduate studies with Prof. Josh Coon at UW-Madison, where he worked on mass spectrometry instrumentation and proteomics methodology. He focused on methods involving electron transfer dissociation, which introduced him to glycoproteomics. His newfound interest in glycoproteins led him to a postdoc with Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi at Stanford University, where he worked on new chemical biology, mass spec, and informatic tools to characterize mucin-domain glycoproteins and cell-type specific secretomes. Since starting his group in Seattle in fall 2023, his group uses state-of-the-art mass spectrometry and chemical glycobiology to develop innovative technologies for investigating glycoproteome regulation. Specifically, the Riley Research Group is interested in understanding how altered cell surface phenotypes manifest in cancer progression and drive metastasis.


Awards & Certifications


American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Research Award, 2024

Scialog Fellow, Automating Chemical Laboratories, 2024

Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) Rising Star Award, 2023

Rising Star in Glycoscience, Translational Glycomics Center, 2023

Distinguished Young Honors Alumni Award, South Carolina Honors College, 2023

NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00), 2022

Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics, Journal of Proteome Research, 2021

Emerging Talent in Academia, ASMS, 2020

ASMS Postdoctoral Career Development Award, 2019

NIH National Cancer Institute Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award (F99/K00), 2016

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow, 2014

Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, 2012


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