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APPLICANTS BASED ON 2019 CALL FOR EXPERTS 

Expertise 

First 

Last 

Organization  NOW Foods 

1  Katie  2  Holly 

Banazewski 

American Herbal Products Association 

Johnson 

3  Youngmok 

Synergy Flavors 

Kim 

4  Maria 

USP 

Monagas 

5  Salvatore 

Al‐Balqa Applied University 

Parisi 

6  Tom 

State of Maryland Department of Agriculture 

Phillips 

7  Tomasz  8  Xianli  9  Sudhakar  10 Jinchuan 

Medical University of Lublin 

Tuzimski 

USDA ARS 

Wu 

First Source Laboratory Solutions 

Yadlapalli 

Waters 

Yang 

11 Hong 

Eurofins Scientific, Inc.  

You 

a. Applicant Statements of Expertise, Sr. Staff Comments, and Recommendations 

Katie Banazewski 

NOW Foods 

Natural  Products 

Industry 

USA 

Statement of Expertise  Performed research on cocoa flavanols and green tea flavanols. Developed and validated method for the  analysis of green tea flavanols. Sr. Staff Review:    CV represents strong instrumentation, method development, flavanols, and analytical  chemistry knowledge.  Aside from statement, no evidence of cocoa flavanols  research.  Staff  Recommendation  Recommend for ERP 

Holly Johnson 

AHPA 

Trade 

NGO 

USA 

Statement of Expertise:  I have been an active volunteer for AOAC standards setting activities in SPDS and SPSFAM for several years;  I have served on ten working groups and was chair for one and have served on sixteen ERP’s and was chair  for 9 of those.  I am currently Chief Science Officer for the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA),  and previously served as Laboratory Director for Alkemist Labs, an ISO 17025 accredited natural product  testing lab specializing in botanicals.  I took a Ph.D. in Pharmacognosy and was awarded a NIH Fellowship  for training at the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements.  I am currently active in standards  setting activities with AOAC, am a member of the United States Pharmacoepia’s Medical Cannabis Expert  Panel and serve on the Editorial Board of the Journal of AOAC International, as well as the Advisory Boards  of the American Botanical Council and the American Herbal Pharmacoepia.    Sr. Staff Review  Expertise in natural products, technology, and analytical chemistry, Chair of the  ERP for Proanthocyanidins in Cranberries   Staff  Recommendation  Recommend to ERP 

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