Associate Research Fellow
Global Analytical & Food Safety – Nutrients and Bioanalytical
Abbott Nutrition R&D
Phil is currently the global in-house principal subject matter expert for amino acid, carbohydrate and nucleotide/nucleoside analysis for Abbott Nutrition. Phil has worked for Abbott since 2002 and is responsible for the development and troubleshooting of amino acid, carbohydrate, sweetener, and nucleotide analytical test methods. He also serves as in an internal advisor on emerging analytical challenges relevant to Codex Alimentarius.
Phil began his career as an analytical scientist after joining Abbott in 2002, running over 40 routine quality assurance test methods on multiple food matrices. This first-hand experience served as a foundation for his current role.
He is a member of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Chemical Society (ACS, including the carbohydrate division), AOAC INTERNATIONAL (Fellow of AOAC, co-working group chair for amino acids, expert review panel member for sugars and fructans analysis, expert review panel for protein analysis, expert review panel for enzymatic methods, scientific advisor for HMOs, and working group member for fructan and GOS methods, as well as a contributing author on 3 AOAC methods), International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), International Dairy Federation (Standing Committee on Analytical Methods of Composition, SCAMC)and the USP (Dietary Protein expert panel, and Non-botanical dietary supplement expert panel).