Terri Christison

Staff Product Applications Chemist, Ion Chromatography @Thermo Fisher Scientific

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Marketing and applications chemist, focusing on metabolomics and life sciences. I develop new IC applications to highlight advantages of IC techniques and newly available instrumentation in the life sciences market including metabolomics. I provide IC expertise and leadership through applications support across all markets to sales and customers.* Develop metabolomics applications and market. Promote IC - high resolution accurate mass spectroscopy as a solution to metabolics analysis of energy metabolites through conferences, webinars, applications, collaborations with key opinion leaders, academia, and by providing pre- and post-sales support.* Develop IC-MS cross-business group to focus on environmental and food and beverage markets.* Expert in high performance anion-exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAE-PAD) for mono- and oligo-saccharides.* Expert in ion-exchange and ion-exclusion chromatography instrumentation and methods using conductivity, and electrochemical detection, including water analysis, ultrapure water, beverage, and counterions. Recent: Trace anions by Capillary IC.* Expert in capillary IC, mono, di, and oligo-saccharide determinations using HPAE-PAD. Recent applications: lactose and lactulose in milk products, analysis of sugars in beverages using capillary HPAE-PAD.* Expert at building collaborations across cross-business units.* Provide expert and troubleshooting applications and instrumentation support to Sales, United Lab Services, Field Marketing or on-site to Customers.* Training of new colleagues in methods and new products, train-the-trainer on new product lines, provide training to customers as part of customer support, and train sales on the advantages of IC in the metabolomics field.