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Nicole E. Avalon

Tagline:Assistant Professor at UC Irvine School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Natural Product Chemist, Certified Physician Assistant, Scientific Diver

Irvine, CA, USA

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

    from: 2025, until: present

    Field of study:ChemistrySchool:University of South Florida

    Description

    Skills: Chemical Ecology · Biosynthesis · Analytical Chemistry · Bioinformatics · Drug Discovery

  • Master's of Physician Assistant Studies

    from: 2025, until: present

    School:University of Florida

    Description

    Skills: Patient Care · Human Anatomy · Clinical Pharmacology · Clinical Medicine · Differential Diagnosis · Medical Procedures

  • Bachelor of Science - BS

    from: 2025, until: present

    Field of study:Biomedical SciencesSchool:University of South Florida

    Description

    Skills: Microbiology · Clinical Chemistry · Public Health · Biochemistry

Publications

  • MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Nucleic Acids ResearchDate:2025
    Authors:
    Mitja M ZdoucKai BlinNico LL LouwenJorge NavarroCatarina LoureiroChantal D BaderConstance B BaileyLena BarraThomas J BoothKenan AJ Bozhüyükothers

  • microbeMASST: a taxonomically informed mass spectrometry search tool for microbial metabolomics data

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Nature MicrobiologyDate:2024
    Authors:
    Simone ZuffaRobin SchmidAnelize BauermeisterPaulo Wender P. GomesAndres M Caraballo-RodriguezYasin El AbieadAllegra T AronEmily C GentryJasmine ZemlinMichael J Meehanothers

  • The Kavaratamides: Discovery of Linear Lipodepsipeptides from the Marine Cyanobacterium Moorena bouillonii Using a Comparative Chemogeographic Analysis

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Journal of Natural ProductsDate:2024
    Authors:
    Byeol RyuEvgenia GlukhovThaiz R TeixeiraConor R CaffreySaranya MadiyanValsamma JosephNicole E AvalonChristopher A LeberC Benjamin NamanWilliam H Gerwick

  • Plant Sources of Drugs and Chemicals

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Academic PressDate:2024
    Authors:
    Nicole E AvalonWilliam H Gerwick

  • Leptochelins A-C, Cytotoxic Metallophores Produced by Geographically Dispersed Leptothoe Strains of Marine Cyanobacteria

    Journal ArticleDate:2024
    Authors:
    Nicole E AvalonMariana A ReisChristopher C ThornburgR Thomas WilliamsonDaniel PetrasAllegra T AronGeorge F NeuhausMomen Al-HindyJana MitrevskaLeonor Ferreiraothers

  • Empirically establishing drug exposure records directly from untargeted metabolomics data

    Journal ArticlePublisher:bioRxivDate:2024
    Authors:
    Haoqi Nina ZhaoKine Eide KvitneCorinna BrungsSiddharth MohanVincent Charron-LamoureuxWout BittremieuxRunbang TangRobin SchmidSantosh LamichhaneYasin El Abieadothers

  • Structure and Biosynthesis of Hectoramide B, a Linear Depsipeptide from Marine Cyanobacterium Moorena producens JHB Discovered via Coculture with Candida albicans

    Journal ArticlePublisher:ACS Chemical BiologyDate:2024
    Authors:
    Thuan-Ethan NgoAndrew EckerByeol RyuAurora GuildAriana RemmelPaul D BoudreauKelsey L AlexanderC Benjamin NamanEvgenia GlukhovNicole E Avalonothers

  • Enabling pan-repository reanalysis for big data science of public metabolomics data

    Journal ArticleDate:2024
    Authors:
    Yasin El AbieadMichael StrobelThomas PayneEoin FahyClaire O’DonovanShankar SubramamiamJuan Antonio VizcainoSimone ZuffaShipei XingHelena Mannochio-Russoothers

  • Enzymatic Halogenation of Terminal Alkynes.

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Journal of the American Chemical SocietyDate:2023
    Authors:
    Felix HubertThuan-Ethan NgoBradley MooreWilliam GerwickApril LukowskiNicole Avalon

  • THE GNPS NEAREST NEIGHBOR SUSPECT LIBRARY EXPANDS MASS SPECTROMETRY-BASED ANNOTATION OF THE APRATOXIN FAMILY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

    Conference PaperPublisher:4th International Conference on Natural Product Discovery and Development in the Genomic EraDate:2023
    Authors:
    Nicole AvalonWout BittremieuxSebastian RohrerLena GerwickPieter DorresteinWilliam Gerwick

Work Experiences

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    from: 2021, until: present

    Organization:Scripps Institution of OceanographyLocation:La Jolla, California, United States

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    from: 2021, until: 2021

    Organization:University of South FloridaLocation:Tampa, Florida, United States

  • Doctoral Student

    from: 2016, until: 2020

    Organization:University of South FloridaLocation:Tampa, Florida, United States

  • Physician Assistant

    from: 2010, until: 2016

    Organization:Mayo ClinicLocation:Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Skills

  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Natural Products Chemistry
  • NMR Spectroscopy
  • Guest Lecturing
  • Scientific Diving
  • Clinical Research
  • Neurocritical Care
  • Neurology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Microbiology
  • Public Health
  • Differential Diagnosis
  • Patient Care
  • Medical Procedures
  • Human Anatomy
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Drug Discovery
  • Biosynthesis
  • Bioinformatics
  • Chemical Ecology

Certifications

  • Physician Assistant - Certified (PA-C)

    Issue date: Jan 2025,

  • Scientific Diver

    Issue date: Jan 2025,