Alexander J. Krynitsky (Alex) currently assumes a wide range of business development, scientific, and technical duties associated with various animal, aquatic, plants, and soil environmental fate and metabolism projects performed at Symbiotic Research. He also serves as a mentor for younger scientists in Separation Science (LC-MS, CE/MS, and GC-MS), and in Sample Prep. Alex is very active in the AOAC INTERNATIONAL and has been J. AOAC INTERNATIONAL Section Editor for Residues and Trace Elements since 2004. His research interests are in developing rapid analytical methods for small molecule contaminants in foods using mass spectrometry. Prior to joining Symbiotic Research in 2016, Alex was Chief of the Bioanalytical Methods Branch for FDA/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition/Office of Regulatory Science until his retirement in 2016. Prior to joining FDA in 2002, he worked for 12 years at EPA and 16 years for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition to Alex’s work at Symbiotic Research, he also serves as a Science Adviser for FDA/Office of Regulatory Affairs. Overall, Alex has authored or co-authored over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters and has over 100 presentations at national and international meetings. Altogether he has 48 years of experience in residue chemistry.
