Danielle Kay

Mass Spectrometry Technical Specialist

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

About

Graduated with an integrated Masters from University Leeds in Human Physiology in 2019. Joined the Ray group as a Research Technician at Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2019. Began a MIBTP PhD in September 2021 at the University of Birmingham with Dr Aneika Leney using mass spectrometry approaches to investigate protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. Skilled in Arc3, R Studio, Pymol, XCalibur, Freestyle, Proteomic Discoverer, HDExaminer, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office and Inkscape. Following PhD, I joined the Mass Spectrometry Facility at the University of Exeter working as a Technical Specialist setting-up and running proteomics and metabolomics workflows.

Experience

  • Mass Spectrometry Technical Specialist at University of Exeter
    Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    I work within the Mass Spectrometry Facility in the Biosciences Department. I am involved in supporting the set-up and delivery of the Facility's proteomics and metabolomics workflows.

  • PHD Student at University of Birmingham
    Sep 2021 - Feb 2026 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Research Technician at Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism
    Nov 2019 - Jan 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Cashier Customer Service at Wilko
    Aug 2013 - Jun 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos