J.D. Gentry

Technical Director
ESC Lab Sciences, Mt. Juliet, TN

J.D. Gentry is the Technical Director for ESC Lab Sciences and has been part of their team for 12 years. J.D. supervises the quality assurance team and is involved in implementation of new methods, method updates, internal and external audits, safety, waste disposal, new technology research and instrument repair. He oversees day to day laboratory quality and accuracy concerns to ensure method requirements are met.
J.D. Gentry began working in the sample preparation lab, at ESC Lab Sciences, in 2001 during his final semester in college. Upon completion of his chemistry degree from Western Kentucky University he was hired as a full time chemist. Prior to becoming Technical Director, JD held several positions including chemist, senior chemist, air laboratory manager, night shift supervisor, and volatile organics manager. During this time, he planned and developed the air analysis laboratory at ESC and has extensive experience in numerous organic methods. New method development and analytical instrument repair has always been his primary interest and is the lab activity that he enjoys the most.

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