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    Lymperopoulou, Despina

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    Despina Lymperopoulou is a senior R&D leader with over 20 years of experience in Microbial genomics, Microbiology, and translational life sciences innovation. She joined Thermo Fisher Scientific in April 2022 as Senior Manager of Pharma Analytics R&D, where she leads strategic research initiatives supporting advanced analytical solutions.

    Despina brings deep expertise in next-generation sequencing (NGS), bioinformatics pipeline development, and regulated product development. Prior to Thermo Fisher, she established NGS and bioinformatics capabilities at Boost Biomes and later led the development of next-generation IVD products at Mawi DNA Technologies, driving regulatory strategies aligned with FDA (510(k)), CE-IVD, and other global requirements.

    Despina is recognized for bridging scientific rigor with practical product development, translating complex genomics research into scalable, regulatory-compliant solutions that advance life sciences innovation.

    Knowles, Chris

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    Christopher Knowles is a product marketing manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, specialising in LC–MS software for biopharma, with experience across R&D, applications science and commercial strategy.

    Kmieliauskaitė, Sandra

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    Sandra holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s degree in Biochemical Engineering. With 7 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in Quality Control, she has built strong expertise in analytical processes and laboratory practices. She now works at Thermo Fisher Scientific as a Product Application Specialist, supporting work with chromatography columns, sample preparation, and method development to help deliver effective analytical solutions.

    Finan, Eric

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    Eric Finan is the R&D lead for the Invitrogen Attune Xenith Flow Cytometer developed in Fort Collins, CO and is passionate about empowering researchers with better tools to perform better science.

    Prior to joining Thermo Fisher Scientific he spent his time in various engineering roles spanning several different industries and chased making an Olympic team as a distance runner, primarily focused on the 5000m. Eric has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Cincinnati.  

    Woods, Sue

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    As  geochemist with a material science viewpoint, my professional interest has always involved the investigation of materials to link their properties with performance gains.  Material analysis and analytical instrumentation is central to these investigations, and I have been fortunate to work in a variety of industries including chemical applications, solar, electrodeposition and connector manufacturing.  Development of analytical instrumentation brings together this experience in novel ways for customers to investigate their own suites of materials.