Lisa Jones (scientist)

Lisa M. Jones is an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). Her research is in structural proteomics, using mass spectrometry together with fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP), allowing researchers to study the solvent accessibility of proteins experimentally.
Early life and education.
Jones became interested in science as a freshman at high school, where she took part in a national Science Technology Engineering Program. She went to college at Syracuse University. Jones completed her PhD at Georgia State University and specialized in structural biology. She was a Pfizer postdoctoral researcher at Washington University in St. Louis working with Michael Gross. 
Research and career.
After her postdoctoral research, she joined Indiana University, where she became an associate professor. She moved to the UMB School of Pharmacy in 2016.
In her research, Jones focusses on structural proteomics, having developed fast photochemical oxidation of proteins (FPOP) which uses an excimer laser for photolysis, which generates hydroxyl radicals. Hydroxyl radicals go on to oxidise the side chains of amino acids and provide solvent accessibility of proteins within a cell. FPOP can provide information on the sites of ligand binding, protein interaction and protein conformational changes "in vivo". More recently, her group has extended the platform with a no-flow platform for high-throughput in-cell measurements. 
In 2019, she received the Biophysical Society's Junior Faculty Award. 
Jones also works on science outreach and improving representation in the sciences. She is a mentor in the UMB CURE Scholars Program and a member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Diversity and Outreach Working Group. Jones is also co-director of the Initiative to Maximize Student Development (IMSD) Meyerhoff Graduate Fellowship Program, a program for increasing representation of minority students in STEM.