Kristen had her first first-author paper published in Analytical Chemistry. The manuscript describes the development and applications of the novel mass spectrometry technique LADI-MS. The paper is titled "Development of “Laser Ablation Direct Analysis in Real Time Imaging” Mass Spectrometry: Application to Spatial Distribution Mapping of Metabolites Along the Biosynthetic Cascade Leading to Synthesis of Atropine and Scopolamine in Plant Tissue."