SPDS Meeting, March 17-18, 2016 – Chair and Presenter Bios
PRESENTER BIOS
Richard B. van Breemen, PhD
Matthias C. Lu Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy - University of Illinois College of Pharmacy
SPDS VITAMIN B
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WORKING GROUP
Richard B. van Breemen
is the Matthias C Lu Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy and
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy. He serves as
Director of the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research and leads the Mass Spectrometry,
Metabolomics and Proteomics Facility for the University of Illinois Cancer Center. Prof. van Breemen received his
B.A. in chemistry from Oberlin College in 1980 and Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics from the
Johns Hopkins University in 1985. He carried out post-doctoral research in laser desorption mass spectrometry at
Johns Hopkins before joining North Carolina State University in 1994 and then the University of Illinois College of
Pharmacy. He is a Regional Editor of
Biomedical Chromatography
and on the editorial board of
Assay and Drug
Development Technologies.
Prof. van Breemen has received an Expert Methods Panel award from the AOAC
International for his work on analytical methods for dietary supplements, the Harvey W. Wiley Award from the
AOAC International, and the 2015 Researcher of the Year Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His
research concerns the discovery and development of natural products as chemoprevention agents and the
investigation of botanical dietary supplements as alternatives to hormone therapy for menopausal women.
SPENCER C ARTER
SPDS PROTEIN WORKING GROUP
Spencer Carter is Senior Vice President of Genysis Labs. Genysis Labs is a cGMP compliant,
full service testing laboratory that has provided comprehensive analytical testing for the
Dietary Supplement and Food & Beverage industries since 2008. Additionally, Genysis Labs
specializes in developing patentable formulations in the field of sports nutrition. Backed by
an ISO 17025:2005 accreditation and a management team of highly qualified scientists, Genysis Labs is committed
to providing accurate and timely testing services while maintaining a laboratory environment consistent with
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 requirements.
Spencer earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His
thesis focused on the analysis of tamoxifen metabolites by non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis and mass
spectrometry detection. Prior to Genysis Labs, he was Lab Director at Tandem Labs (now Covance). Tandem Labs