New Staff Members
Pictured, from left to right: D’Angelo Best, Mandy Melton, Gail Harris, Diane Weatherspoon, Maribel Borger, and Diane Weatherspoon.
D’Angelo Best
D’Angelo is a new member in our accounting and re-
search administration department, where he assists
faculty with grant management. He holds a B.S. in Busi-
ness Administration from the University of Mount Olive.
He served five years in the United States Marine Corps,
at Camp Pendleton, California. In addition, he has both
human resources and research administration experi-
ence. D’Angelo enjoys the outdoors, particularly fishing,
and spending time with his family. D’Angelo loves serv-
ing and helping others.
Mandy Melton
Mandy works in the Administrative Front Office as an
Administrative Support Person. She is from Concord,
North Carolina, where she was born and raised, and
where her parents still reside. Mandy completed her
undergraduate degree here at UNC Chapel Hill, with a
double major in English and Computer Science. She
plans to continue her education here at UNC.
Gail Harris
Working in Kenan Labs as an Administrative Support
Associate, helping faculty with a variety of adminis-
trative tasks. Gail is from Staten Island New York, and
thrives in the warm climate here in the south. She has
an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration, and
loves her new position with Carolina Chemistry.
Diane Weatherspoon
Diane works in the Mass Spectrometry Core Labora-
tory, and is a North Carolina native, originating from
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Salisbury. She graduated from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor of Science in
Biochemistry and a Master of Science in Chemistry.
She studied under Dr. Nadja B. Cech, focusing on mass
spectrometry based metabolomics analysis of natural
products.
Diane also worked in the Triad Mass Spectrometry Fa-
cility assisting Dr. Daniel A. Todd. She has ample expe-
rience in mass spectrometry, analytical chemistry, and
metabolomics data analysis. She is excited to be joining
us and hopes to further her mass spectrometry knowl-
edge and challenge herself with the available research
avenues.
Maribel Borger
Maribel, another Salisbury, NC, native, joined the team of
the Morehead Lab Supervisors in August of this year. In
2014, she graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a Bache-
lor of Arts in Chemistry and Global Studies. As an under-
graduate, she worked with Professor Jeff Johnson. She
earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry in May from Florida State
University, working with Prof James Frederich.
Tyler Motley
Tyler is working as a Supervisor of the Undergraduate
Labs, and a laboratory instructor at Carolina Chemistry.
Tyler graduated from Virginia Tech in 2013 with a B.S.
in Chemistry, came to UNC in 2013 for graduate school,
and joined the research group of Dr. Gerald Meyer. He
completed his Ph.D. in 2018.
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