Intertek Appoints Senior Director to its Alta Bioanalyticals LCMS Laboratory
13 Apr 2010
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world, today announced Luca C. Matassa, Ph.D. joined the company as Senior Director LCMS Services for Intertek Alta Bioanalytical LCMS located in El Dorado Hills, California. Dr. Matassa brings extensive bioanalytical knowledge, leadership and operational experience to Intertek’s Alta Bioanalytical LCMS operation in Northern California. Dr. Matassa will play a key role in Intertek’s strategic growth plans for high resolution liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LCMS) bioanalytical services.
Dr. Matassa joins Intertek with over 20 years of scientific research and management experience in advanced bioanalysis in the contract research organization (CRO) sector. Most recently, Dr. Matassa served as General Manager of Tandem Labs Bioanalytical operations in West Trenton, New Jersey. From 2004 to 2008, he served as Laboratory Director at Tandem’s Salt Lake City, Utah facility. As Associate Director of Operations he was previously responsible for establishing and managing operations for a high-throughput bioanalytical laboratory for Covance in Indianapolis, Indiana from 2000 to 2004. Prior to this role, Dr. Matassa served in successive positions at Maxxam Analytics Inc. (formerly NOVOMANN Inc, Mann Testing Laboratories) including Manager of the Bioanalytical Department from 1989 to 2000.
Over his career, Dr. Matassa has published over 45 scientific papers and posters primarily focused on bioanalytical laboratory processes and the use of LC/MS/MS for quantitative bioanalysis. Dr. Matassa played an instrumental role in establishing the first Sciex API LC/MS/MS based contract bioanalytical laboratory in Canada.
Dr. Matassa earned his Doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada in 1989.
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