Richard Jack

Richard is the senior director of vertical marketing for the environmental and industrial markets at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Richard works with global regulatory agencies to help develop validated methods through new applications, instrumentation, column chemistries, and software. Richard is an EPA Scientific Advisor for the EPA’s panel on Hydraulic Fracturing, a coauthor for EPA 557 and has drafted several ASTM methods. He is a member of the ASTM D19 subcommittee for water contaminants.
Previously Richard was a product manager for Dionex and Hitachi High Technologies where he designed analytical instrumentation, including IC and HPLC systems, pumps, autosamplers, and a variety of detectors. Richard received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and anaerobic microbiology from Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA, where he was involved in vaccine development and later worked as an environmental scientist in bioremediation of toxic compounds in soils. He received his Masters in ecology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN.

Contact Information: richard.jack@thermofisher.com; 408-481-4227