• 01 Feb 2022
    Promotion—Waitoa, New Zealand

    On February 1st, 2022 I was promoted from Senior Research Scientist to Principal Research Scientist.

  • 15 Oct 2021
    Industrial and Applied Chemistry Prize

    Announcement from New Zealand Institute of Chemistry that I was awarded the 2021 Douglas Pharmaceuticals Prize for Industrial and Applied Chemistry.

  • 23 Sept 2021
    International Vitamin Conference

    Attended the 6th International Vitamin Conference virtually. Gave a recorded presentation on the analysis of α‑tocopherol stereoisomers by chiral chromatography.

  • 28 Aug 2021
    Virtual AOAC Annual Meeting & Conference

    Attended the 135th AOAC Conference virtually. As chair of the Phospholipids Working Group, gave a presentation to the SPIFAN Stakeholder Panel on the draft SMPR.

  • 05 Aug 2021
    Analytical Methods Week

    Attended the SPIFAN Expert Review Panel Meetings to discuss methods of analysis for lactoferrin and human milk oligosaccharides.

  • 23 May 2021
    Paper accepted for publication

    Paper accepted for publication entitled "Aflatoxin M1 binding to bovine α- and κ- caseins demonstrated by surface plasmon resonance" to be published in the International Dairy Journal. This paper describes a qualitative analysis confirming for the first time that aflatoxin M1 binds specifically with α‑casein and κ‑casein, but that any interaction with β‑casein or the whey proteins is negligible.

  • 21 May 2021
    Paper accepted for publication

    Paper accepted for publication entitled "Dairy product quality using screening of aroma compounds by selected ion flow tube‒mass spectrometry: A chemometric approach" to be published in the International Dairy Journal. This paper describes the use of chemometrics to aroma compounds detected in dairy samples by selected ion flow tube‒mass spectrometry.

  • 23 Apr 2021
    Paper accepted for publication

    Paper accepted for publication entitled "The determination of intact β‑casein in milk products by biosensor immunoassay" to be published in the Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. This paper discusses the development and validation of an automated immunoassay method for β‑casein by surface plasmon resonance.

  • 18 Mar 2021
    Virtual AOAC Mid-Year Meeting

    Attended the 23rd SPIFAN meeting and gave a presentation as Phospholipids Working Group Chair.

  • 14 Jan 2021
    Paper accepted for publication

    Paper accepted for publication entitled "Analysis of α‑tocopherol stereoisomers in fortified infant formula by chiral chromatography" to be published in the Journal of AOAC International. This paper describes the development of a chiral LC‑UV for the determination of α‑tocopherol stereoisomers in fortified infant formula.