Curriculum Vitae


Education

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE August 2012 – December 2017
Doctor of Philosophy, Biochemistry

St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN July 2008 – June 2012
Bachelor of Arts
Biology & Chemistry Majors, Biomolecular Sciences & Environmental Studies Concentrations


Research Experience

Research Scientist II, Mass Spectrometry Facility November 2021 – current
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Postdoctoral Research Associate November 2017 – November 2021
University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Graduate Research Assistant August 2012 – November 2017
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE


Research Interests

(probably too many to be honest)

  • Lipidomics & Metabolomics

  • Applications of Mass Spectrometry

  • Novel Bioproduct Discovery & Characterization

  • Cell Membrane Dynamics

  • Lipid Signaling and Metabolism

  • et al.


Publications

(for the most up to date list of publications, see google scholar)

  1. Romsdahl, T. B., Cocuron, J. C., Pearson, M. J., Alonso, A. P., and Chapman, K. D. A lipidomics platform to analyze the fatty acid compositions of non-polar and polar lipid molecular species from plant tissues: Examples from developing seeds and seedlings of pennycress (Thlaspi arvense). Frontiers in Plant Science (2022) doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1038161

  2. Johnston, C., Garcia Navarrete, L. T., Ortiz, E., Romsdahl, T. B., Guzha, A., Chapman, K. D., Grotewold, E., and Alonso, A. P. Effective mechanisms for improving seed oil production in pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.) highlighted by integration of comparative metabolomics and transcriptomics. Frontiers in Plant Science (2022) doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.943585

  3. Fenyk, S., Woodfield, H.K., Romsdahl, T.B., Wallington, E., Bates, R., Fell, D.A., Chapman, K., Fawcett, T., and Harwood., J. Overexpression of phospholipid: diacylglycerol acyltransferase in Brassica napus results in changes in lipid metabolism and oil accumulation. Biochem J 2022; BCJ20220003. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20220003

  4. Liao, P., Lechon, T., Romsdahl, T., Woodfield, H., Fenyk, S., Fawcett, T., Wallington, E., Bates, R. E., Chye, M.-L., Chapman, K. D., Harwood, J. L., and Scofield, S. Transgenic Manipulation of Triacylglycerol Biosynthetic Enzymes in B. Napus Alters Lipid-Associated Gene Expression and Lipid Metabolism. Sci Rep 2022, 12 (1), 3352. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-07387-x

  5. Romsdahl, T. B., Kambhampati, S., Koley, S., Yadav, U. P., Allen, D. K., and Chapman, K. D. Analyzing Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data of 13C-labeled Phospholipids in Camelina sativa and Thlaspi arvense (Pennycress) Embryos. Metabolites 11, 148 (2021) doi: 10.3390/metabo11030148

  6. Jarvis, B. A., Romsdahl, T. B., McGinn, M., Nazarenus, T. J., Cahoon, E. B., Chapman, K. D., and Sedbrook, J. C. CRISPR/Cas9-Induced fad2 and rod1 Mutations Stacked with fae1 Confer High Oleic Acid Seed Oil in Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense L.). Frontiers in Plant Science (2021) doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.652319

  7. Salimath, S. S., Romsdahl, T. B., Konda, A. R., Zhang, W., Cahoon, E. B., Dowd, M. K., Wedegaertner, T. C., Hake, K. D., and Chapman, K. D. Production of Tocotrienols in Seeds of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Enhances Oxidative Stability and Offers Nutraceutical Potential. Plant Biotechnol. J. (2021) doi: 10.1111/pbi.13557

  8. Sturtevant, D., Aziz, M., Romsdahl, T. B., Corley, C. D., and Chapman, K. D. In situ Localization of Plant Lipid Metabolites by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MALDI-MSI). Plant Lipids: Methods in Molecular Biology, 2295 (2021) doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1362-7_24 (cover image by Romsdahl, T. B.)

  9. Dokwal, D., Romsdahl, T. B., Kunz, D. A., Alonso, A. P., and Dickstein, R. Phosphorus Deprivation Affects Membrane Composition and Spatial Distribution of Membrane Lipids in Legume Nodules. Plant Physiol. 185 (4) (2021) doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaa115

  10. Rolletschek, H., Schwender, J., Konig, C., Chapman, K. D., Romsdahl, T., et al. Cellular Plasticity in Response to Suppression of Storage Proteins in the Brassica napus Embryo. The Plant Cell, 32 (2020) doi: 10.1105/tpc.19.00879

  11. Romsdahl, T., Shirani, A., Minto, R.E. et al. Nature-Guided Synthesis of Advanced Bio-Lubricants. Sci. Rep. 9, 11711 (2019) doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48165-6

  12. Sturtevant, D., Romsdahl, T., Yu, X. et al. Tissue-specific differences in metabolites and transcripts contribute to the heterogeneity of ricinoleic acid accumulation in Ricinus communis L. (castor) seeds. Metabolimics 15(1), 1-14 (2019) doi: 10.1007/s11306-018-1464-3

  13. Zimmer, B., Howell, M., Wei, Q., Ma, L., Romsdahl, T. et al. Loss of exogenous androgen dependence by prostate tumor cells is associated with elevated glucuronidation potential. Hormones and Cancer 7(4) (2016) doi: 10.1007/s12672-016-0268-z