Past Recipients of the Robert J. Cotter New Investigator Award

• 2024: Ying Zhu, Genentech, Inc.
• 2023: Yansheng Liu, Yale University School of Medicine
• 2022: Stephanie Cologna, University of Illinois Chicago
• 2021: Martin Wuhr, Princeton University
• 2020: Si Wu (University of Oklahoma) and Nick Young (Baylor College of Medicine) 
• 2019: Wilhelm Haas (MassGeneral Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School)
• 2018: Leslie Hicks (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
• 2017: Peter Nemes (George Washington University) and Christine Vogel (New York University)
• 2016: Paola Picotti (ETH Zurich)
• 2015: Bernd Bodenmiller (University of Zurich)
• 2014: Judit Villen (University of Washington)
• 2013: Rebecca Gundry (University of Nebraska Medical Center)

2025 Recipient: Jesse Meyer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Jesse G. Meyer is an Assistant Professor at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Minnesota, he pursued a PhD in Chemistry at the University of California, San Diego, where he focused on fundamental improvements to increase proteomic sequence coverage. His postdoctoral research at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, supported by an NIH T32 training grant, honed his skills in proteomics applied to aging and metabolism research. Subsequently, his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by an NIH T15 training grant, deepened his expertise in data science.

Recognized for his research contributions, Meyer was named a Rising Star in Proteomics and Metabolomics by the Journal of Proteome Research in 2021 and received the ASMS Research Award in 2023. His research group is dedicated to understanding the molecular basis of age-related diseases, such as sarcopenia and Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing innovative therapies.