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SPDS Meeting, March 17, 2017 – Chair and Presenter Bios

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.

JOSEPH ZHOU, SUNSHINEVILLE HEALTH PRODUCTS

SPDS SAMe Working Group

Dr. Joseph Zhou has been working in the dietary supplement industry since 1996.

He is

currently the technical director of Sunshineville Health Products, Inc, in charge of both

products development and analytical methods development. He was also a technical

director in a few of other famous brands companies in the US. He has been actively

participating in the AOAC official methods program since 2002. His team established the

AOAC official method of Glucosamine. He was one of the important players in the AOAC single lab validation

projects for Chondroitin Sulfates and MSM, and was involved in many other AOAC methods projects. Dr. Zhou is

the author of the USP monograph of Arginine. He is an adjunct professor of pharmacognosy at College of

Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago. He was awarded by AOAC as the Study Director of the Year of 2005.

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.