"proceeded to identify" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used in the context of completing a task or action. For example: "The detective proceeded to identify the clues found at the crime scene."
Hofmann proceeded to identify, isolate, and then synthesize the active ingredient, psilocybin, the compound being used in the current research.
He proceeded to identify every witness in the room: his law professors from Yale, his aunt Pandora, his wife and sons.
We then proceeded to identify the N-glycosylated asparagine residues in hClC-6.
Since a difference was found in the number of BrdU-IR cells, we proceeded to identify if these new born cells were glia or neurons.
As part of his seminal studies into the cause of infectious disease in animals, Louis Pasteur noted an abundance of earthworms at buried anthrax carcasses and proceeded to identify B. anthracis spores in the guts of these worms [53].
We proceeded to identify statistically significant footprints.
Detectives will then proceed to identify those individuals who committed crimes at Dale Farm".
A scholar of nonverbal communication, he can confront five audience members with their drawings and, having instructed each to answer "no" when asked if he is the artist, proceed to identify liar after liar.
We then proceed to identify the second solution of (5).
We then proceed to identify methods to address this challenge and leverage multiple clones per individual.
This chapter begins by looking at the role of the materials engineer and then proceeds to identify the functions of the product.
