Raymond Thomas

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About Raymond Thomas

Over 10 years undergraduate and graduate students teaching experience Over 10 years project management experience including human resource and budget management Significant management experience in strategic planning, development and operations of integrated research programs and facilities Multidisciplinary Research: Analytical Chemistry, Food Science, Neuroscience, Brain Health, Biochemistry, analytical Chemistry, Behavioral Psychology/Neurological Disorders/Brain disease, Agriculture, Horticulture, Biology, Environmental Science, Applied Bioinformatics: Metabolomics/Lipidomics/Foodomics Excellent presentation, organizational, communication and analytical abilities Proven track record of successful staff/student training and development, strategic partnership development, delivering results, sustained productivity, time and budget management Expertise in Plant Based, and Functional Food as Medicine Analytical Chemistry Expertise: Thin Layer Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detection (TLC-FID), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/Flame Ionization Detection (GC-MS/FID), Liquid Chromatography- Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LC-HESI-MS), Column Chromatography, Autotitrimetry, Microscopy and Spectrophotometry. High resolution accurate mass tandem mass spectrometry (HRAM/MS-MS), Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Accelerated Solvent Extraction, Microwave Digestion, Chromatography: IC, SPME, SPE, Column, HILLIC, RP. Headspace - FID/GCMS, SPME-EI-GCMS. Food quality and shelf life assessment Significant Experience Developing and establishing research capital infrastructure, multidisciplinary research teams and collaborations Specialties: Research, Project Management, Analytical chemistry ( lipids, phytochemicals, phenolics, foodomics, lipidomics, carotenoids, metabolomics, antioxidants, food ingredients/contaminants, neurolipids, food as medicine, functional food ingredients, chemical determinants of food sensory characteristics), Science/technical writing, grant writing, lipid bioinformatics, statistical analysis, Functional Foods development and formulation, Functional and plant based food as medicine/production in control environment and borel climate