Matthew Stone currently is an Advanced Workflow Specialist at SCIEX focusing on business development and collaborations within life sciences and biopharma-related research. He received a BA in chemistry at Carleton College in Northfield, MN and later earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Minnesota where he developed protein derivatives of factor VIIa with enhanced activity as potential enzyme replacement therapies. He did post-doctoral research at the National Institute on Aging and the University of Minnesota Center for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics core facility focusing on mass spectrometry-based functional proteomics and various collaborative proteomics-based research projects.