2017 Mid-Year Meeting Voting & ERP Panels

Tommy D. “Tom” Phillips 6585 Sweet Fern  Columbia, MD 21045

(443) 259-0523

arathang01@hotmail.com

Education: Eastern Kentucky University Program: M.S. (incomplete) Major: Analytical Chemistry

1993-1997

Pikeville College, Pikeville Kentucky Degree Awarded: B.S.

1979-1982

Major: Biology Major: Chemistry Major: Mathematics

Academic Activities and Awards Presidential Scholar Kentucky Academy of Sciences Pikeville College Judicial Board

1978-1982 1979-1982 1980-1982

Professional Memberships and Associations American Chemical Society Association of Mass Spectrometry

Association of Official Analytical Chemists Committee on Mine Water Quality Reviewer for Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Professional Experience

State of Maryland, Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD Chemist III, State Chemist Division 2002 -present Administrative Responsibilites: Supervision and training of scientists and technicians on appropriate instrument use, chemical analyses, and evaluation. As a founding member of the QA/QC committee, responsibilities include preparation, implementation, and approval of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); implementation of standards relative to GMP, GLP, and ISO accreditations. Analytical Responsibilities: Analyses include sample preparation, method determination, validation, and implementation. Lead investigator for routine pesticide analyses in foods, large animal feeds, soils, water. Other investigations include complex and non-routine formulation analyses of chlorinators, quaternary ammonium compounds, mixed formulation pesticides, aerosols, mycotoxins, and biological analyses of large animal feeds and feed ingredients. All investigations require data analyses and technical reports; proficient with SAS, SPSS, and Excel packages and experiment-specific VBA codes. Instrument Responsibilities: Principal scientist responsible for the provision of technical evaluation, calibration, repair and all other phases of analytical instrument maintenance in all laboratories. Division instruments include GC, GC-MS, HPLC, ASE, CE, RT-PCR, Gel Electrophoresis, UV-Vis, and assorted detectors (e.g., photodiode array, fluorescence, Triple Quadrapole MS, FID, NPD, ECD, halogen specific).