We are pleased to have three excellent candidates running in the 2025 election for BP4NTA steering committee members! All paid members are eligible to vote and will receive an email with voting instructions. Due to complications with website upgrades creating difficulties with membership renewals this year, anyone with a paid membership as of September 1, 2025 or later is eligible to vote in 2025. Though the election this year is not competitive, we still require a quorum of eligible voters to participate in order to appoint the new steering committee members. Get you votes in!
Vice Chair: Dr. Natalia Soares Quinete
(3 year term of vice chair/chair/past chair)
I’m Dr. Natalia Soares Quinete, and I’m honored to be considered for the role of Chair of the BP4NTA Steering Committee. Currently, I’m an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida International University (North Miami, FL). My research focuses on the assessment and understanding of persistent organic pollutants and emerging contaminants —their sources, distribution, fate in environmental and biological systems, and potential impacts on human and animal health. To support this work, I’ve been developing and advancing analytical methods and tools for non-targeted analysis using mass spectrometry. Many of you may already know me through my participation in the ENTACT project led by the U.S. EPA, and as a member of the BP4NTA community since 2018. Over the years, I’ve contributed to leadership roles, serving as Chair of the Publications Committee, and actively participating in working groups such as the ChemSpace Tool, PFAS Working Group, and the Study Reporting Tool. These efforts have focused on promoting best practices and fostering collaboration across academic, governmental, and industry sectors. As Chair, my vision is to continue strengthening the impact of our network by promoting and refining best practices in non-targeted analysis, expanding partnerships across diverse sectors, and broadening participation and collaboration, especially from underrepresented regions and institutions.
I am deeply committed to BP4NTA and excited about the opportunity to help guide our community forward.
Operations Liaison: Anna Feerick
(2 year term)
Anna Feerick is a sixth-year graduate student at the University of California, Davis, and focuses on developing non-targeted prioritization approaches and machine learning applications to define chemical space. Since joining BP4NTA in 2022, she has been a member of the website management team and helped author a review paper on the chemical exposome. She has spent the last year as the webmaster and LinkedIn manager for BP4NTA and is looking to expand her responsibilities as the Operational Liaison. In addition to this work, she serves as the co-lead of the GC-NTA subgroup and is excited to continue BP4NTA’s communications with the broader non-targeted community.
Treasurer: Dr. Carrie McDonough
(2 year term)
I am an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, where I study bioaccumulation and toxicokinetics of novel and known organic contaminants. I use high-resolution mass spectrometry and bioanalytical tools to understand how external exposure to complex contaminant mixtures translates to internal dose. I look forward to getting more involved in BP4NTA and contributing to the community!
