AOAC SPDS Mid Year 2016

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

WORKING GROUP

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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

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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