This application closed October 2, 2026.

2027 Recipient: Jennifer S. Brodbelt, University of Texas at Austin

Jenny Brodbelt is the Rowland Pettit Centennial Professor of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her B.S. degree in chemistry at the University of Virginia and her doctorate in chemistry at Purdue University under the supervision of Prof. Graham Cooks. After a post-doctoral position at the University of California at Santa Barbara, she began her academic career at the University of Texas. She served as the Director of Graduate Education for the chemistry program at UT for over 20 years and served as Chairperson from 2019-2026. She served as President of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, and currently she is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Her research interests focus on the development of ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) mass spectrometry for characterization of the structures and modifications of biological molecules, including peptides, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids.