AOAC SPIFAN Meeting Book 9-26-15

STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON INFANT FORMULA AND ADULT NUTRITIONALS (SPIFAN)

Don Gilliland, Abbott Nutrition SPIFAN Laboratory Proficiency Testing Advisory Taskforce & SPIFAN Working Group Chair, Vitamin D

Donald (Don) L. Gilliland is a Senior Research Scientist in the Analytical Research and Services, External Engagement department at Abbott Nutrition. In this capacity, Don is a technical lead in the identification, assessment, development, validation, training and implementation of reference nutrient methods within Abbott Nutrition and external testing agencies. Don has been with Abbott Nutrition for nearly 25 years. During his tenure he has been a lead scientist in the development and implementation of Liquid Chromatographic (LC) and LC- tandem mass spectrometric (MS/MS) based methods for determination of water-soluble and oil-soluble vitamins in Infant Formula and Adult Nutritional products as well as vitamin commodities and premixes. Don is an active participant in AOAC SPIFAN and SPSFAM initiatives to identify reference methods suitable for testing Infant Formula and Adult Nutrition products and Vitamin Ingredients, respectively.

Don holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Muskingum College (New Concord, OH USA) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN USA).