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STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON INFANT FORMULA AND
ADULT NUTRITIONALS (SPIFAN)
Don Gilliland, Ph.D.,
Abbott Nutrition
Co-Chair - Laboratory Proficiency Testing Advisory Taskforce
Donald (Don) L. Gilliland is a Senior Research Scientist in the
Analytical Research and Services, External Engagement
department at Abbott Nutrition. In this capacity, Don is a
technical lead in the identification, assessment, development,
validation, training and implementation of reference nutrient
methods within Abbott Nutrition and external testing agencies.
Don has been with Abbott Nutrition for nearly 25 years. During his tenure he has been a lead
scientist in the development and implementation of Liquid Chromatographic (LC) and LC-
tandem mass spectrometric (MS/MS) based methods for determination of water-soluble and
oil-soluble vitamins in Infant Formula and Adult Nutritional products as well as vitamin
commodities and premixes.
Don is an active participant in AOAC SPIFAN and SPSFAM initiatives to identify reference
methods suitable for testing Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition products and Vitamin
Ingredients, respectively.
Don holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Muskingum College (New Concord, OH USA) and a
Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN USA).
Melissa Phillips, Ph.D.,
NIST
Co-Chair - Laboratory Proficiency Testing Advisory Taskforce
Melissa Phillips currently works for the Organic Chemical Metrology Group, Chemical Sciences
Division (formerly Analytical Chemistry Division) of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, Gaithersburg, MD where is evaluated various approaches for integration of data
from two-dimensional liquid chromatography (LCxLC) for purposes of comparing quantitative
data.
She also works with certified concentrations for water-soluble vitamins in food and dietary
supplement standard reference materials (SRMs) (e.g. infant formula, baby food, whole milk
powder, whole egg powder, soy flour, and fortified breakfast cereal) using various extraction
techniques and analytical methods such as liquidchromatography with isotope-dilution mass
spectrometric detection (LC-ID-MS and LC-ID-MS/MS). She developed several methods
including the following: