AOAC SPIFAN Stakeholder Panel Meeting Book (March 12, 2020)

STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON INFANT FORMULA AND ADULT NUTRITIONALS (SPIFAN)

Don Gilliland, Ph.D., Abbott Nutrition Vitamin D & Official Methods Board

Donald (Don) L. Gilliland is currently a Senior Research Scientist in Global Analytical and Food Safety department at Abbott Nutrition. He earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from Muskingum College (1984) and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Purdue University (1990). Don began his professional career at Abbott Nutrition in 1991, where he developed mass spectrometry-based methods for molecular structure characterization of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates.

In 1995, he began working on development and implementation of single-laboratory validated vitamin methods.

Since 2008, Don has been active in various roles at AOAC including Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) and Stakeholder Panel on Strategic Food Analytical Methods (SPSFAM). He is a member of the SPIFAN Expert Review Panel (ERP) and has served as chair for both the SPIFAN Working Group for Vitamin D and the SPSFAM ERP for ingredient nutrient methods. More recently he has served as a co-chair of the AOAC Infant Formula Proficiency Testing Program advisory task force.

Don is currently a member of the AOAC INTERNATIONAL Official Methods Board and a Fellow of AOAC INTERNATIONAL.