Area(s) of Expertise

David’s doctoral work focused primarily on using NMR to study polymeric systems. He utilized solution and solid-state NMR along with Xenon NMR to probe polymer blends. Upon graduation he went to a startup company where they developed clinical chemistry tests utilizing NMR. The work there culminated in the development of an NMR based clinical analyzer that was FDA cleared. More recently he has focused on metabolomic studies of animals in conjunction with the NCSU Vet school and CMAST. The projects have included blood and/or tissue analysis of sea stars, jellyfish, pregnant mares, shellfish and elephants. His areas of expertise include flow NMR, automation and quantitative NMR.

Patents and Publications

Patent: Morgan DR, Otvos JD, Jeyarajah EJ, Markham S, Matyus SP, Silberman BD, Deuel DR., inventors. Labcorp Holdings Inc, assignee. NMR clinical analyzers and related methods, systems, modules and computer program products for clinical evaluation of biosamples. usa US8013602B2. 2011 September 06.
Patent: Morgan DR, Jeyarajah EJ., inventors. Labcorp Holdings Inc, assignee. Quantitative NMR Clinical Analyzer with Automatic NMR Temperature Sensitivity Compensation That Accommodate Large Ambient Operational Temperature Ranges. USA US9689942B2. 2017 June 27.
Wood J, Morgan DR, Ange-van Heugten K, Serrano M, Minter LJ, Fellner V, Stoskopf MK. Observable Metabolites and Metabolomic Sampling Protocols for Managed African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Whole Blood Using H-NMR Spectroscopy. Metabolites. 2022 Apr 28;12(5) PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9143938.
Green SB, Lanier RJ Jr, Carey SM, Morgan DR, Gracz H, Sherman J, Rodriguez A, D'Antonio EL. Synthesis, biochemical, and biological evaluation of C2 linkage derivatives of amino sugars, inhibitors of glucokinase from Trypanosoma cruzi. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2021 Sep 1;47:128227. PubMed PMID: 34174398.
Beachler TM, Gracz HS, Morgan DR, Bembenek Bailey SA, Borst L, Ellis KE, Von Dollen KA, Lyle SK, Nebel A, Andrews