
Nick Riley, PhD
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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