​We are the Champions...

Principal Investigator

MATTHEW CHAMPION
Matt received a B.S. in Microbiology from the University of Iowa before pursuing a doctorate in biochemistry at Texas A&M. During his time at TAMU, Matt began to work for the Mass-Spectrometry-Proteomics group at Applied Biosystems (AB Sciex). He stayed-on after graduating, and was there until accepting a position at the University of Notre Dame as a Research Professor, a position he kept until becoming an Associate Professor in 2019. 

Graduate Students, Post Doctoral Fellows & More

Dr. Bonnie Jaskowski Huge 
Research Scientist 

Dr. Huge works in CE-based bio-analytical instrument development. Her primary research focus is development of instrumentation and methods that provide a comprehensive understanding of the microbial inhabitants of microbiomes.
Hannah Marietta 
Graduate Student 

Hannah is a fifth year analytical graduate student from Saginaw, MI. She graduated from Alma College in 2021 with a B.S. in Chemistry. ​
Emily Bravo
Graduate Student 

​​Emily is a second year analytical chemistry graduate student from Elkhart, IN. Emily graduated from Central Michigan University in 2024 with a BS in Chemistry and a concentration in Chemical Technology.
Dr. Simon D Weaver
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Simon received his PhD in 2025 in Analytical Chemistry from Notre Dame. He is a joint post-doc shared between the Champion Labs, and the ND mass spectrometry and proteomics facility.
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Elizabeth Chang
Graduate Student 

Elizabeth is a third year analytical chemistry student from the suburbs of Chicago. She graduated from Pepperdine University in 2023 with a B.A. in Chemistry.
You Zhou
Graduate Student 

​​You Zhou is a first year analytical chemistry graduate student from China. She graduated from Southern University of Science and Technology in 2025 with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering.
Sacheela Wanigasinghe
Graduate Student 

​​Sacheela is a fifth year Biochemistry graduate student from Sri lanka. She graduated from University of Colombo in 2019 with a B.Sc in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Richard Hernandez
Graduate Student 

​​Richard is a second year IBMS graduate student from Greenville, NC. He graduated from Benedictine College in 2024 with a B.A. in Biology and Biochemistry.
Avery Powell
Graduate Student 

Avery is a first year analytical graduate student from Fisher, IL. She graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2025 with a B.A in chemistry.

Undergraduate Students

Jaidin Esser
​Undergraduate Student ​

Jaidin is a junior from Waunakee, WI. She is majoring in Biological Sciences with a minor in Theology. After graduation she wants to attend graduate school.
Angela Good
​Undergraduate Student ​

Angela is a sophomore from Cincinnati, Ohio, majoring in Biochemistry. After graduation, she wants to attend graduate school and pursue pharmaceutical research.
Alex Kang
​Undergraduate Student ​

Alex is a sophomore from Greensboro, NC, majoring in Biochemistry. After graduation, he wants to attend medical school.

Champion Lab Alumni 

Sadie Schultz: PhD 2025. Dissertation Title: Tools and Troubles:  Automation of Meso-scale Proteomics with 3D-printed Hardware and Investigation of the ESX-4 Secretion System in Mycobacteria
Daniel Hu: PhD 2025. Dissertation Title: Bottom-Up Proteomic Techniques to Interrogate the Mycobacterial Proteome
Simon Weaver: PhD 2025. Dissertation Title: Innovative Approaches and Tool Development for Proteomics Data Analysis: Applications Across Diverse Biological Systems
Taylor Lundgren: PhD 2025. Dissertation Title: Identification and Quantification of Amino Acid Substitutions in Bottom-up Proteomics
Caitlin Kerr: PhD 2025. Dissertation Title: Capillary electrophoretic methods for protein and microorganism separations
C. Bruce Mousseau: PhD 2023. Dissertation Title: The methodological proteome: developing novel methods for bottom up proteomics

Undergraduate Students:
Anna McCartan: Notre Dame '25
Olivia Schneider: Notre Dame '24
Christine DeRosa: Notre Dame '24 (Yale University Graduate School - Chemistry)
Amanda Waelde: Notre Dame '24 (Notre Dame Graduate School - Bio-engineering)
Garret McFadden: Notre Dame '23
Daniel Lee: Notre Dame '22 (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine) 
Henry Skocy: Notre Dame '22 (U of Rochester School of Medicine)
William Huffman: Notre Dame '20 (U of Pennsylvania School of Medicine)