MANA Early Career Members (ECM)

Our Mission

To empower the next generation of scientists in the field of metabolomics in North America by supporting opportunities for mentorship, networking, training, and career development opportunities.

Our Goals

Provide professional and career development for MANA early-career members
Establish a community within the MANA early-career metabolomics network to encourage the exchange of metabolomics resources
Strengthen the metabolomics connections between industry, government, and academia
Promote metabolomics events/activities within North America

Opportunities & Awards

Supporting early careers through recognition, resources, and opportunities.

The ECM Committee is dedicated to supporting and recognizing the next generation of metabolomics researchers. Through workshops, grants, and awards, ECM provides meaningful opportunities for professional development, financial support, and recognition at the annual MANA conference.
Annual ECM Offerings
- Workshops – Training and professional development opportunities led by experts in metabolomics and related fields.
- Travel & Conference Awards – Support for early career researchers to attend and present at the MANA Annual Conference.
Awards for the Annual MANA Conference
- MANA Early Career Rising Star Award
- Mark P. Styczynski Early Career Award in Computational Metabolomics
- ECM Travel Awards, Sponsored by ECM Committee
- ECM Lightning Talk Award
- ECM Best Poster Award –Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate Student, & Undergraduate Student
- Dependent Care Grant - ECM Committee is committed to promoting equitable access to all MANA members with child and/or adult dependent care responsibilities. This grant helps defray the cost of dependent care services, ensuring eligible applicants can fully participate in the conference.

For more information check out the Awards & Grants page here.

Eligibility

Anyone who has completed their most recent degree within the last 10 years is considered an Early Career Member within MANA. You must also be a MANA member. Join or renew here!

Join Our Community!

Shape the future of the ECM community.

Although we are not actively recruiting for the council at this time, we encourage early-career members who are interested in contributing to ECM initiatives, such as workshops, mentorship, awards, and community events.

👉 If you’re interested, please reach out to learn more. Contact us here!

ECM on LinkedIN

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Early Career Member Council

Jonathan Low, Ph.D.

CHAIR
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Calgary
Areas of Expertise: Exercise physiology, metabolism, exercise oncology, immunology, and chronic disease
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Khyati Mehta, Ph.D.

VICE CHAIR
Research Fellow, NCATS, NIH
Areas of Expertise: Computational metabolomics and lipidomics
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Darcy L. Cochran, Ph.D.

FINANCIAL OFFICER
Research Associate, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Areas of Expertise: NMR and LC-MS metabolomics, HRMS, sample preparation, data analysis and visualization
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Stephanie Rankin-Turner, Ph.D.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Areas of Expertise: Metabolomics, volatilomics, GC/MS, ambient ionization
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Courtney Christopher, Ph.D.

COUNCIL MEMBER
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Areas of Expertise: Metabolomics, lipidomics, gut microbiome, microbial metabolites, precision medicine
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Arianna Cirillo, Ph.D.

COUNCIL MEMBER
Postdocotral Fellow, Concordia University
Areas of Expertise: NMR and LC-MS based metabolomics, Lipidomics, Precision medicine, Microsampling
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Mike Lingjue Wang, Ph.D.

COUNCIL MEMBER
Senior Scientist, Genentech Inc.
Areas of Expertise: LC-MS Metabolomics and Lipidomics, Bioanalysis, Biomarker Discovery, Cancer Metabolism
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