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Melissa Meaney Phillips 3907 Joliet Street Silver Spring, MD 20906 Phone: (517) 214-6967 Email: melmphillips@gmail.com

EDUCATION Postdoctoral Research Chemist

January 2008 – January 2010 Organic Chemical Metrology Group, Analytical Chemistry Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Project: Determination of Marker Compounds in Vaccinium Berries Advisor: Dr. Lane C. Sander PhD in Chemistry (Analytical) December 2007 Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Project: Analytical Applications of Fluorescence Quenching Advisor: Dr. Victoria L. McGuffin MS in Forensic Chemistry October 2007 School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Project: Quantitation of Nitrated Explosives by Fluorescence Quenching following Thin-Layer Chromatography Advisors: Dr. Victoria L. McGuffin, Dr. Jay A. Siegel, Dr. Ruth J.H. Waddell BS in Lyman Briggs School – Chemistry, cum laude May 2002 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Program Coordinator, Food & Nutrition 2013 – present Organic Chemical Metrology Group, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Responsible for development of food Standard Reference Materials (SRMs), including identification and acquisition of materials, coordination of analytical measurements, and documentation of results Responsible for oversight of food and nutrition-related research projects Research Chemist 2008 – present Organic Chemical Measurement Science Group, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Evaluated various approaches for integration of data from two-dimensional liquid chromatography (LCxLC) for purposes of comparing quantitative data. Certified concentrations for water-soluble vitamins in food and dietary supplement SRMs (e.g., infant formula, baby food, whole milk powder, whole egg powder, soy flour, fortified breakfast cereal, soy milk, pet food, protein drink mix) using various extraction techniques and analytical methods such as liquid chromatography with isotope-dilution mass spectrometric detection (LC-ID-MS and LC-ID-MS/MS). Developed a method for high-precision determination and certified concentrations of choline and carnitine in food-matrix SRMs using microwave digestion and LC-ID-MS. Developed methods for high accuracy and high precision determination of ammonium and phosphate in a fertilizer SRM by ion chromatography with conductivity detection (IC-CD). Developed methods and certified concentrations of relevant active and marker compounds in botanical dietary supplement and natural product SRMs (e.g. Vaccinium berries, soy, St. John’s wort) using various

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