Dr. Trimpin has received the American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award, the DuPont Company Young Investigator Award, and the German Society for Mass Spectrometry Wolfgang-Paul-Studienpreis and Wolfgang-Paul-Promotionspreis. She also was honored with a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and was named one of Genome Technology’s Rising PIs. She and her colleagues recently developed laserspray ionization, a new technique that combines the attributes of MALDI and electrospray ionization.