Richard Jack

Richard is currently the Director of Vertical Marketing for the Environmental and Industrial markets for the Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Division at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a Scientific Advisor to the U.S. EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory Panel, a coauthor on the U.S. EPA Method 557, and has drafted several ASTM methods. He also works with regulatory agencies around the world to assist them in developing robust analytical methods that are eventually used for compliance monitoring. Richard facilitates development of new applications, instrumentation, column chemistries, and software that provide customers real solutions. Richard’s breadth of experience spans designing chromatography analytical instrumentation including pumps, autosamplers, and detectors. Richard received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Anaerobic Microbiology from Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA, where he was involved in vaccine development and, later, worked as an environmental scientist in bioremediation of toxic compounds in soils. He received his Masters in Ecology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN.

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