Navid J. Ayon

Bio

My name is Navid J. Ayon, and I am an analytical R&D scientist specializing in LC-MS-based method development, validation, and its application in disease diagnosis, drug discovery, development, and characterization. My PhD training was primarily on targeted LC-MS-based bioanalytical method development and validation, and its application for quantitative analysis of small molecules. Post-PhD, I received training on intact protein analysis using high-resolution mass spectrometers. Since 2021, my focus has been on biologics and large molecule therapeutics, including oligonucleotides and intact proteins. I have been using chromatography and mass spectrometry to study what happens at the molecular level when a disease develops, when it's intervened by a 'drug' or 'drug-like' entity (what the drug does to the body), and what happens to those entities (what the body does to the drug). I am fascinated by the power of Mass Spectrometers (MS) and by how this field has evolved over the last decade. Very recently, I got exposure to other measurement technologies such as aerosol detection (CAD) and light scattering (RI). I firmly believe that progress ceases when curiosity wears out. There is no end to learning, and I feel fortunate to always find learning new things exciting. Onward and upward!