Education

University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy
Division of Medicinal Chemistry
Lexington, Kentucky
Ph.D. Toxicology

Ohio Northern University
Ada, Ohio
B.S. Pharmacy
Secondary Major: Chemistry

Doctoral Thesis

"N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinone: Radiochemical Synthesis, Disposition and Metabolism in the Rat." Advisor: Dr. George A. Digenis, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky

Professional Experience

Sample Prep Solutions Company
Principal Scientist and President, 1999 to present
Consulting business provides education and training, technical writing, marketing and business development services in bioanalytical drug sample preparation for LC-MS/MS analysis. Customers are pharmaceutical companies, contract laboratories and manufacturers who seek expert assistance in understanding and implementing high throughput techniques with automation.

3M Industrial & Consumer Sector, New Products Department
Technical Service Supervisor, 1996 to 1998
Technical Service Specialist, 1990 to 1996
Technical service (global), development of Empore™ products for bioanalytical solid-phase extraction, project management, supervision, technical presentations

3M Pharmaceuticals, Drug Metabolism Department
Senior Biochemical Pharmacologist, 1986 to 1990
Drug metabolism support of candidate compounds, metabolite isolation and identification using analytical techniques, technical writing, supervision

Professional Associations

American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
Minnesota Chromatography Forum (MCF)
Drug Information Association (DIA)

Patent

U.S. Patent No. 5,472,600, "Gradient Density Prefilters," Peter Ellefson and David Wells, issued December 5, 1995.

Professional License Held

Registered Pharmacist, Ohio and Minnesota