September 2016 SPDS Book

SPDS Meeting, September 16-17, 2016 – Chair and Presenter Bios

KAN HE, HERBALIFE

SPDS ALOE VERA WORKING GROUP

Kan He is responsible for development of botanical ingredients for Herbalife product line. He has been involved in botanical product design and development from lab scale to commercial production. Before joined Herbalife, Kan He was in charge of research and development at Pure World Botanicals, Inc. and Naturex, Inc. respectively. He was responsible for developing new products and new processes, including scale up of plant extraction, purification, and chemical characterization of standardized herbal extracts. Kan He graduated from the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with BSc and MSc in Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in pharmacognosy from the Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arizona and completed his postdoctoral research at School of Pharmacy, Purdue University. Over the past twenty- five years, he has been working in the area of natural products chemistry and authored or co-authored over 70 research papers on the peer reviewed scientific journals and book chapters. Kan He holds 11 US patents on the development of new herbal ingredients and new herbal manufacturing processes.

INGER REIDUN AUKRUST, KAPPA BIOSCIENCE SPDS Vitamins K 1 and K 2 Working Group

Inger Reidun Aukrust holds a PhD in Organic chemistry in 1995 at the University of Oslo. Established own firm Synthetica in 2000. Synthetica is an CRO in synthetic chemistry within pharma. Established Kappa Bioscience in 2006. Kappa Bioscience is Vitamin K2 MK7 manufacturer and supplier.

GARRETT ZIELINSKI, COVANCE

SPDS FREE AMINO ACIDS WORKING GROUP

Garrett Zielinski is a Program Development Manager at Covance Laboratories in Madison, WI. Mr. Zielinski acts as the primary liaison for dietary supplement clients as well as providing expertise on designing and managing testing programs to meet scientific and regulatory requirements. He also acts as a technical resource for customers as needed for analytical troubleshooting. He has designed and managed raw material, in-process, finished product, stability, and retail audit testing programs. He participates in a number of organizations involved with the dietary supplement industry related to regulation and analytical testing. Mr. Zielinski has over 13 years of experience in organic and analytical chemistry related to pharmaceuticals, foods and dietary supplements. He has authored a number of scientific posters, journal articles, and scientific presentations related to analytical testing of food and dietary supplements.