Faculty Directory

Education

• M.S. Chemistry (Analytical) (summa cum laude), 1999–2004, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary (with Prof. Karoly Vekey, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary)
• Ph.D. Chemistry (Analytical), 2005–2009, The George Washington University, Washington, DC (with Prof. Akos Vertes)
• Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioanalytical Neuroscience), 2009–2011, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL (with Prof. Jonathan V. Sweedler)

Professional Experience

• Executive Board Member, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, Irvine, CA, 2019–Present
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland at College Park, 2018–Present
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2017–Present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, The George Washington University, 2013–2017
• Co-Chair, Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, 2011–2013
• Staff Fellow and Laboratory Leader, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD (FDA), 2011–2013
• Science Advisory Board Member, Protea Biosciences, Morgantown, WV, 2009–2019

Research Interests

Next-generation technologies for mass spectrometry; metabolomics; proteomics; mechanisms of cell and neurodevelopmental biology; cell fate specification; neurodegenerative diseases

Major Recognitions and Honors

• Presenter of the Tutorial Lecture on Single-cell Mass Spectrometry, The American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), 2020
• Georges Guiochon Faculty Fellowship Award, HPLC Inct., 2018
• Research Award, American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS), 2017
• Scientific Achievement Award, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2017 (FDA co-recipients: Samanthi Wickramasekara, Hongli Li, and David Keire)
• Robert J. Cotter New Investigator Award, US Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), 2017
• DuPont Young Professor Award, DuPont company (Wilmington, DE), 2017
• Arthur F. Findeis Award for Achievements by a Young Analytical Chemist, American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Analytical Chemistry, 2016
• Helmsley Fellowship for cross-disciplinary academic and scientific career, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Cold Spring Harbor, NY), 2016 Emerging Investigator, Journal of American Society for Mass Spectrometry (JASMS), 2016
• Emerging Investigator, Analyst, 2016
• Beckman Young Investigator, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation (Irvine, CA), 2015
• FDA Special Recognition Award, US Food and Drug Administration (Silver Spring, MD), 2011
• Science and Technology Innovation Award, Baxter Healthcare Corporation (Chicago, IL), 2010
• American Institute of Chemists prize in Chemistry, The American Institute of Chemists (Washington, DC), 2009
• Young Investigator Travel Award, Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, 2009
• International Research Fellowship Award, Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation (Luzern, Switzerland), 2008
• Young Investigator Travel Award, Washington-Baltimore Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, 2007

Significant Professional Service and Activities

Ad hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Students Mentored

Currently mentoring: 9 PhD Graduate Students and 1 Post-Doctoral Fellow. Completed mentoring: 7 Post-Doctoral Fellows, 2 PhD Graduate Students, 2 MS Graduate Students; 10 Undergraduate Students; 8 High School Students. Students mentored by Prof. Nemes have received 37 awards to PhD Graduate Students, 15 awards to Undergraduate Students, and 3 awards to High School Students.