AOAC SPDS Mid Year 2016

SPDS Meeting, March 17-18, 2016 – Chair and Presenter Bios

Spencer Carter (continued)

is a contract research organization (CRO) in the pharmaceutical industry performing bioanalytical services. His work included method development, validation, and sample analysis of biological samples. He focused on high- throughput analysis and improving efficiencies in the lab, as well as developing and maintaining non-proprietary assays. Previous to that, he was also the Bioanalytical Director at WIL Research and the Director of Bioanalytical Services at Pyxant Labs.”

Jason W. Cooley, PhD

Research and Business development Scientist BioCell Technology LLC

COLLAGEN WORKING GROUP PRESENTER

Jason W. Cooley received his PhD from Arizona State University (2001) where he conducted research aimed at the role of respiratory proteins in metabolic processes of biotechnologically important photosynthetic organisms. Dr. Cooley subsequently

carried out his postdoctoral research investigating the role of respiration and bioenergetics in various disease paradigms and drug targets. Upon joining the faculty of the chemistry department at the University of Missouri in 2006, Dr. Cooley taught analytical and bioanalytical courses, while carrying out research understanding how membranes influence the biophysical events leading to aging related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Cooley recently returned home to Southern California in his current position with BioCell technology LLC where he acts as the Chief Science Officer for this premier collagen based dietary supplement manufacturer.

Kan He, Ph. D. Principal Scientist Botanical Development, Worldwide R&D, Herbalife

SPDS ALOE VERA WORKING GROUP

Kan He is responsible for development of botanical ingredients for Herbalife product line. He has been involved in botanical product design and development from lab scale to commercial production. Before joined Herbalife, Kan He was in charge of research and development at Pure World Botanicals, Inc. and Naturex, Inc. respectively. He was responsible for developing new products and new processes, including scale up of plant extraction, purification, and chemical characterization of standardized herbal extracts. Kan He graduated from the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with BSc and MSc in Pharmacy and Medicinal Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in pharmacognosy from the Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arizona and completed his postdoctoral research at School of Pharmacy, Purdue University. Over the past twenty-