Professor Stuart Cordwell is an analytical biochemist based at the University of Sydney, where he is co-appointed across the Schools of Life and Environmental Sciences and Medical Sciences, and serves as the Academic Director of Sydney Mass Spectrometry. His research focuses on protein post-translational modifications (PTM) in both bacterial and cardiovascular disease, work for which he has been recognized with the Selby Research Award and a Danish VELUX Professorship. Cordwell was an author on the 1995 paper that introduced the term ‘proteome,’ and his continued impact is evidenced by over 150 publications and an h-index of 52. His leadership within the global proteomics community includes being a Past-President of the Australasian Proteomics Society (2016-2020), Secretary-General of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) (2023-2024), Executive Committee Member-at-Large (2025-2026) and has recently been elected to the position of HUPO Treasurer (2027-2028).

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