Fred Foster, MS (he/him/his)

Applications Scientist
GERSTEL, Inc.
Linthicum, MD, United States

Fredrick D. Foster received his B.S in Chemistry from Juniata College and his M.S. in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Foster has over 30 years of experience in analytical and bio-analytical method development and analysis, working closely with industry and various U.S. Federal and State agencies. Application fields include clinical, food safety and environmental analysis, mainly based on HPLC and LC-MS/MS. Mr. Foster currently works as a Senior Applications Scientist for GERSTEL, Inc. located in Baltimore, MD, helping to develop, demonstrate and train customers on automated sample preparation methods coupled to either HPLC or LC/MS/MS.

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Presentation(s):

• Automated determination of mineral oil hydrocarbons from food using a novel LC-GC-FID coupling platform

  Tuesday, April 29, 2025
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST

• Fully automated determination of 3-MCPD-, 2-MCPD-, and glycidol-esters in edible oils and fats based on ISO 18363-4 (Zwagerman/Overman) method

  Tuesday, April 29, 2025
  5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST

• Automating workflows for the determination of 3-MCPD-, 2-MCPD-, and glycidol-esters as well as mineral oil hydrocarbon residues in edible oils and fats to overcome the challenges associated with manual sample preparation

  Wednesday, April 30, 2025
  8:35 AM – 8:55 AM PST