Gil Dichter is the World Wide Technical Support Manager, Water for IDEXX Laboratories.
Education: • B.A. in Chemistry from Brooklyn College, Brooklyn New York • MBA in Management from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Experience: • Over 15 years experience in the Pharmaceutical and Clinical Industry • Past 20 + years experience in water microbiology. • Chair of ASTM D19-24 Methods for Water Microbiology • Member of Standard Methods for Water and Wastewater Microbiology section 9000; Committee Chair for sections 9030 & 9060 and co-Chair for 9215 and committee member on 9020, 9040, 9221,9223 &9230 • Member of the Quality Systems Committee for TNI (The NELAC Institute) Publications: • Basic Laboratory Procedures for the Operator Analyst. WEF Special Edition, Fifth Edition, 2012, Chapter 5, Microbiological Examinations • Gil Dichter, February/March 2009. Advances in Microbiological Detection and Quantification. Solutions –Covering Analytical methods and Practices, Water Environment Federation, Volume 16, Number1 • Gil Dichter, Use of an Innovative Enzymatic Method for the Determination of Total Coliforms, E.coli and Enterococci in Drinking, Recreational, Raw and Wastewater. Everything About Water. September, 09 • Gil Dichter, Faster multiple parameter water testing method procedure saves time and money. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol 24 No.4 August 2011 • Gil Dichter & Chris Dunn, Testing Packaged Ice for Total coliforms and E.coli is Easy and Affordable. Ice World Journal. Volume 13, Issue 4. Fourth Quarter 2011 • Gil Dichter Automated Determination of Fecal Coliform Study. Environmental Science & Technology, Volume26 No.1 January/February 2013 Organizations: • American Society of Microbiology (ASM) • American Water Works Association (AWWA) • Water Environment Federation (WEF) • American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) • American Chemical Society (ACS)