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Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award

The Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award recognizes a focused or singular achievement in the field of proteomics. Awardees will be recognized for outstanding contributions to the field of proteomics based upon scientific achievement as well as their contribution to mentorship, improving equity and inclusion within the field. This award is fully supported by the Journal of Proteome Research (JPR) and was established to recognize Prof. Hunt's significant contributions to the field of proteomics. Prof. Hunt was honored as the first recipient of this award which now bears his name. Nominations will be held for 3 years.
The awardee will be invited to work with the Editorial team of JPR to create a Special Issue in their honor.

Eligibility

  • Current US HUPO membership.
  • The awardee must be available to present at the US HUPO 2025 Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA on February 22-26, 2025  to receive the award and present the lecture.
Nominations are now closed! Award winners were announced in December 2024.


2025 Recipient: Joshua Coon, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Josh Coon grew up in rural Michigan, where he enjoyed fly fishing and woodworking, even building several riverboats during high school and college. His interest in Analytical Chemistry stemmed from a love of building, not boats, but chemical instrumentation. To escape the cold, he joined the Chemistry graduate program at the University of Florida. After graduating in 2002, he moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, to join Professor Don Hunt’s lab, where he co-invented electron transfer dissociation (ETD) for peptide sequencing by mass spectrometry. 

In 2005, Coon moved to Wisconsin as an Assistant Professor. He currently holds the Thomas and Margaret Pyle Chair at the Morgridge Institute for Research and is a Professor of Chemistry and Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His program specializes in developing and applying novel chemical instrumentation and molecular analysis methodologies. The team uses these technologies for studies ranging from basic biochemical questions in model organisms to translational work in human subjects. To date, he has published nearly 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, which have collectively received over 35,000 citations. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Distinguished Achievement in Proteomic Sciences Award (Human Proteome Organization), the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship (UW-Madison), the Biemann Medal (American Society for Mass Spectrometry), the Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award (Pittcon Society), the Ken Standing Award (University of Manitoba), and the ACS Chemical Instrumentation Award, among many others. Coon has mentored over 40 Ph.D. graduates and around 15 postdoctoral scholars, many of whom are now faculty members at top academic institutions or leaders in industry.


Past Recipients of the Donald F. Hunt Distinguished Contribution in Proteomics Award

 Year  Recipient  Contribution
 2024 Neil Kelleher, Northwestern University Driven the field of top-down proteomics including whole protein fractionation methods, automating new MS instrumentation, and development of software specialized for intact protein analysis.
 2023 David Muddiman, North Carolina State University Developing, understanding, and applying novel approaches to measuring amino acids, peptides, and proteins.
 2022 Jonathan Sweedler, Univerity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Single cell proteomics.
 2021 Peipei Ping, University of California, Los Angeles Utilization of basic and translational work in applying cardiovascular proteomics to understand ischemic heart injuries and heart failure.
 2020 Steven Gygi, Harvard Medical School Quantification methods for proteomics, analysis of post-translational modifications, and protein-protein interactions.
 2019 Jennifer Van Eyk (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Discovery of disease-induced modifications of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) that revolutionized our understanding of heart disease.
 2018 Donald F. Hunt (University of Virginia)  

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