The Quants
.jpg)
Michael brings a diverse analytical background to the team in both industry and research.He is published in multiple peer reviewed scientific journals and has served positions with a large CRO, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and most recently Shimadzu Scientific Instruments.At Shimadzu he was a recipient of their highest honor, the 2016 president’s award. He also has worked with a wide range of biological matrices including urine, blood, cerebral spinal fluid, and biological tissue. Through these experiences, Michael has developed expertise in method development, training, lab management, and high throughput workflows.
Michael Roberts
Co-Founder/ Managing Partner
David brings a strong background of hardware service and customer service excellence to the team. He worked for many years with ChemQuant co-founders Michel Roberts and Ricky Ciner at Shimadzu where they formed a tight team.
David has been in the customer service business for over 3 decades. His specialties are process flow, service excellence and mass spectrometer hardware. These skills were acquired while working for industry giants such as Texas Instruments, Varian, AB-SCIEX and Shimadzu. During his time at Shimadzu he was the mass spec service team leader for the entire US. He literately wrote and taught the process that were used for servicing the hardware and caring for customers.
David Geiger
Director of Service and Engineering
Mariquel has an extensive financial background. After graduating with a degree in finance from LaSalle University, she worked for Ernest and Young as an Auditor. She also worked as an internal auditor for fortune 500 companies like Temple Inland and International Paper.
Mariquel Roberts
Controller
Abigail Oakes
Field Engineer/Scientist
Mr. Ciner Was an LCMSMS technical expert for Shimadzu Scientific and a Senior Applications Scientist for AB-SCIEX prior to forming ChemQuant Analytical Solutions (CQ). Duties included training scientists, developing methodologies, and working directly with clients such as The Mayo Clinic, The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, State and Federal Crime/Health agencies, The EPA, The CDC, Abbott, Pfizer, Merck, Nestlé, and the FDA.
Mr. Ciner’s graduate work at VCU/MCV entailed developing methodologies for the quantitation of pesticide exposure in professional applicators and the modernization/conversion of existing weaponized WMD exposure detection testing. The Chemical Terrorism preparedness and Response network employed Mr. Ciner. (CT- LRN) to provide direct support to and funded by the CDC. The research emphasis entailed the detection of exposure to chemical warfare agents including nerve agents, mustard gas, vesicants, and blistering agents.
Frederic "Ricky" Ciner
Co-Founder/ Managing Partner
Madison Malone
Application Scientist
Madison is an Analytical Chemist with a background in Environmental and Toxicological methodology and laboratory work. He specializes in Agilent GC/MS, GC/TOF/MS, LC/MS, and Shimadzu LC/MS-MS. Alongside his chemistry discipline, he has a background in applied and theoretical physics, that assists him in physical theory and engineering in Mass Spectrometry. He has a BS degree in Chemistry and a minor in Physics from Appalachian State University, he worked in two academic labs as a research lab technician, where he worked on both environmental and biophysical research. Since joining Chem Quant in 2019, he has excelled in separations chemistry, data processing, statistical evaluation, CLIA/FDA lab validation, and instrument maintenance/engineering.
Joe Kahl is a Toxicologist 3 with the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department and supervises the quantitation section of the Toxicology Laboratory. His area of expertise is in analytical toxicology with a focus on GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS instrumentation and method optimization.
He performs various sample preparation and extraction techniques using postmortem biological fluids and tissues. He graduated in 2011 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science, and in 2017, he earned his Master of Science degree in Forensic Toxicology from the University of Florida.
Joe Kahl
Clinical Scientist
