Neil Kelleher (scientist)

Neil L. Kelleher
Born (1970-04-28) April 28, 1970 (age 54)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPacific Lutheran University
University of Konstanz
Cornell University
Harvard University
Known forMass spectrometry
Top-down proteomics
Electron-capture dissociation
Scientific career
FieldsChemist
Biochemist
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Northwestern University
Doctoral advisorFred McLafferty
Tadhg Begley

Neil L. Kelleher is the Walter and Mary Elizabeth Glass Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, and Medicine at Northwestern University. His research focuses on mass spectrometry, primarily its application to proteomics. He is known mainly for top-down proteomics and the development of the fragmentation technique of electron-capture dissociation with Roman Zubarev while in Fred McLafferty's lab at Cornell University.