19 Jan 2026
Erica is an interdisciplinary GC applications and technologies scientist at Restek. She obtained her bachelor's degree in forensic biology from The Pennsylvania State University, and her doctorate from Virginia Tech in plant pathology, physiology, and weed science. Since joining Restek in 2021, she has worked with a wide variety of GC columns, including fused silica, MXT, PLOT, and packed columns as well as accessories, such as liners, valves, and methanizers.
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Dr. Grace Idowu was formerly with Restek as a principal scientist in the GC applications laboratory. She received her PhD in chemistry from the University of Manitoba, Canada; her master’s degree in environmental and petroleum geochemistry from Newcastle University, UK; and her bachelor of technology degree in pure and applied chemistry from Ladoke Akintola University, Nigeria. Grace's doctoral and post-doctoral research focused on the development and validation of GC methods for polycyclic aromatic compounds in environmental matrices. She has extensive experience developing analytical methods for GC-MS, GC-MS/MS, and GCxGC-MS, and her current research focuses primarily on persistent organic pollutants in environmental matrices.
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Since 2004, Chris has managed a team of chemists in Restek's innovations laboratory who perform new product testing, method development, and applications work. Before taking the reins of our lab, he spent seven years as an environmental chemist and was critical to the development of Restek’s current line of volatile GC columns. Prior to joining Restek, he operated a variety of gas chromatographic detectors conducting method development and sample analysis. Chris holds a BS in environmental science from Saint Michael's College.
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Dr. Ramkumar Dhandapani is a seasoned analytical chemist with over 23 years of experience in the chromatography industry and a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry. During his career, he has specialized in method development, validation, and the troubleshooting of chromatography methods. He has developed numerous regulatory-compliant methods across diverse sectors, including environmental analysis, food quality and safety, pharmaceutical, fuels, and chemical industries. Currently, Dr. Dhandapani is the Director of Product Management at Restek, he is keen on innovation in chromatography and scaling breakthrough innovations to market as commercial products.
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Colton Myers is the R&D manager for sample preparation at Restek Corporation with over 10 years of experience in product development and application innovation, particularly in solid phase microextraction (SPME) and volatile analysis. He has made contributions across various industries, authoring multiple peer-reviewed publications. Starting his career in quality control before transitioning to the GC Innovations team, Colton now leads a team dedicated to advancing sample preparation and collection technologies. He holds a BS in chemistry from Juniata College.
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