The OpenMS team is excited to announce that the 2026 Rising Star in Computational Mass Spectrometry recipient is Maria Llambrich Rodriguez. Maria’s innovative contributions to computational mass spectrometry and commitment to open-source code represent the impact this award aims to highlight. Congratulations, Maria!

The Rising Star in Computational Mass Spectrometry is an initiative launched in collaboration with our partner society, Females in Mass Spectrometry, to recognize and spotlight early-career scientists in the field. We are grateful to everyone involved in helping make this annual award a tradition.

Thank you to our sponsor, The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.