Josh Coon

Dr. Josh Coon is a chemist and professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his graduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Florida and later worked at the laboratory of Professor Don Hunt in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he co-developed the widely used electron transfer dissociation (ETD) method for peptide sequencing. Dr. Coon is the Thomas and Margaret Pyle Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research and has published over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, received numerous awards including the Biemann Medal from the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award from the Pittcon Society, and most recently the ACS Chemical Instrumentation Award. Dr. Coon invented the widely practiced method of parallel reaction monitoring, many technologies related to multi-omic analysis, and is a leader in the field of mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Dr. Coon’s laboratory group has produced over 40 PhD graduates and 15 postdoctoral scholars.