Herve Offredo; Skin Whiteners, Marine Ingredients; Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Edition

Mr. Herve Offredo holds a Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Industrial Microbiology; and an Engineering Degree in Applied Industrial Microbiology from the University of Marseilles.  He also holds an MBA in Human Resources and Finance from Nancy University in France. Mr. Offredo is currently the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Barnet Products Corp; suppliers of innovative specialty ingredients for the cosmetic, personal care and pharmaceutical industries

Herve began his career at Abbott Diagnostic and moved to Transia as a Biotech company expert  in food diagnostics. He then applied his wide background to the cosmetic business at Solabia where he spent a long period in Asia and  built an international distribution network and. Upon completion of this work he left France and moved to Barnet in the US, 16 years ago. At Barnet, Mr. Offredo supervises the Sales Organization while spearheading Marketing Innovation. 

In the past two years he has written various technical articles in cosmetic magazines such as Expression Cosmetique.  Subjects covered include Epigenetics and Allosterism. Mr. Offredo is also the author of two chapters in the forthcoming 9th Edition of  Harry's Cosmeticology (www.harryscosmeticology.com).  These chapters comprehensively cover the growing cosmetic categories of Skin Whitening and Marine-Derived Biochemicals. Herve has also served as a panelist for the Innovation in Anti-Aging Panel session at HBA 2013, and presented a talk entitled:“"Three Type of DNA damage;  Four Solutions to fix it "

Delivery Systems, Nripren Sharma, Bryan Grossman, Salvona, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Nripen Sharma, Ph.D.

Clinical Scientist/Project Manager/Technical Support

Salvona Technologies LLC,

65 Stults Rd., Dayton, NJ 08810

www.salvona.com

Dr. Sharma holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from Rutgers University. He gained experience as a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard Medical School (MA). His research experience was focused on stem cells, biomaterials, and tissue engineering, related to dermatological applications. 

At Salvona Technologies, Dr. Sharma manages the department of "new product development." In this capacity he is in charge of developing new delivery systems for dermatological and consumer care products.

Bryan Grossman

Technology Manager
Salvona Technologies.LLC. 

Bryan is Technology Manager for new product development at Salvona Technologies, LLC and serves as a customer liaison in the custom product development area. He has over 10 years experience with Salvona's products, and previous commercial experience with manufacturing processes of pharmaceutical and consumer care products. 

Bryan holds a degree in Biology from Rutgers University, with a Henry Rutgers scholar award. He joined Salvona in 2004 as a production manager, gained experience with technical sales and marketing, and now has combined these skills in technology and custom product development.

Florence Nacino, Baby Care Anti-Aging Products, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Florence Nacino

Florence Nacino is an independent consultant and founding member of three successful entrepreneurial companies. She has over 30 years experience directing Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Validation, Regulatory Affairs, Technical Operations, and R&D. Florence served as a former Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Puretek Corporation for 19 years. Puretek is a manufacturer of cosmetics, dietary supplements, and pharmaceutical products. Other positions she held at Puretek include Executive Vice President of R&D/Regulatory Affairs to Business Development and Formulator. She has created many health and beauty products sold in mass, prestige, medical, spa and salon markets. Ms. Nacino joined Raffaello Research Laboratories in May 2011 and served for a year as Vice President of Research and Development working with major marketers and movers in the cosmetic field.

Florence has a B.S. Chemistry from the University of the Philippines, an MBA from the University of Phoenix, is an Exemptee of the California Board of Pharmacy, and a Regional Councilor for the FD&C Division of the American Society of Quality. She is an active member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, the Regulatory Affairs Society, Cosmetic Executive Women, the American Chemical Society, and a Board Member of Beauty Industry West. Ms. Nacinois the creator of Earth Baby, a prestige brand of eco-friendly/organic/natural products for babies. She started her own consulting firm, OYE INC  Consulting Group, in January 2011 to help colleagues and stakeholders in the food, drug, and cosmetic industries overcome challenges in formulation, research, product development, validation, sourcing, manufacturing, process, quality, and regulatory affairs. 

Dr. Padmaja Prem, Hair, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Dr. Padmaja Prem,

Dr. Padmaja Prem, VP of Combe’s Global Research and Development team, began her industrial career with Unilever R&D in 1997 as a Research Scientist at the Laundry and Cleansing Division. Later she got promoted to Sr. Research scientist and then to Principal Research scientist.  Padmaja has done extensive research on reactive chemistry, photofading of textile dyes, retinol stabilization, skin and hair melanin chemistry. During her last four years of tenure at Unilever, she has led many projects in the hair colorants division developing new technologies for hair coloring, color protection and hair bleaching. Most of her research findings were published in peer reviewed journals and technologies were patent protected.  

In 2004, Dr. Prem moved to L’Oreal USA leading the Hair Care Product development team responsible for the launch of all Retail and Luxury Hair care products and later all retail hair color products.  Under her leadership, many innovative products were developed and successfully launched driving the growth of L’Oreal Paris, Fructis and Kiehl’s brands.  In 2010, Dr. Prem joined Johnson and Johnson to lead Sun Care and Anti-aging innovation and product development team for Neutrogena and Aveeno brandes.  She has enabled the launch of Neutrogena’s first tear-free baby sunscreen (Pure & Free Baby Faces), Wet Skin baby sunscreen lotion and Clear Face sunscreen for Acne prone skin.  Padmaja has a broad research expertise in reactive chemistry, emulsions and surfactant systems, hair care and hair color, hair bleaching, color chemistry, sun care, photochemistry, radical chemistry, antioxidants and antiaging. 

Karl Lintner, Telomeres, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Karl Lintner

Karl Lintner obtained a Degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Biochemistry from Vienna University in Austria.

After 10 years of Research on Biological Peptides at the Nuclear Research Centre in Saclay, France, he became Laboratory Manager, then Marketing Manager with the HENKEL Company, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Joined SEDERMA in 1990 as Technical Director and later headed the company for ten years as Managing Director.

Presently, Karl  Lintner is an Independent Consultant to the Cosmetic Industry (President of KAL’IDEES S.A.S.).

He was recently appointed Associate Professor at the University of Versailles to teach classes on cosmetic chemistry.

He has filed several dozens of patents, published numerous articles and book chapters on cosmetic ingredients, and is an active member of SCC and SFC (France); he is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Cosmetic Science and was the recipient of the Maison de Navarre Medal of the SCC in 2012.

Eric Abrutyn, Anti-perspirants / Deodorants, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Eric Abrutyn

Eric Abrutyn is a graduate of New York University-New Paltz with a Masters in Chemistry and of C.W. Post College/Long Island University with a B.S. in Chemistry.  He has over 42 years of experience in the personal care cosmetics industry.  Eric is a member of the Technical Advisory Board and past-contributing editor [“Formula Deciphers”] for Cosmetics & Toiletries magazine, contributing author for SpecialChem R&D Highlights, and is a member (and past chair) of the International Nomenclature Committee (INC)—part of Personal Care Products Council’s (formerly CTFA). Eric has been actively participating in the Society of Cosmetic Chemist for over 35 years, serving as Chair of Midwest and Ohio Valley chapters, Area II Director, Editor of New York Cosmetiscope, and various positions at the local and national level.   

In 2009, Eric Abrutyn established a consulting firm – TPC2Advisor’s Ltd., Inc., utilizing his extensive and diverse experience to focus on supporting clientele in the areas (1) antiperspirant technology, application, and performance testing, (2) siloxane technology/applications and replacement products, (3) skin and hair care formulation and product performance testing, and (4) technology/marketing assessment, (4) Personal Care Cosmetic labeling with specific emphasis on INC nomenclature and registration, and (5) Technology Strategic planning and Ideation.

Besides working as Senior Principle Scientist for Kao Brands (Curel Technical Brand Mgr, Jergens Technical Leader, Ban AP innovation, John Frieda Innovation), Eric has worked for Dow Corning as a Senior Technical Service Scientist in the field of silicone chemistry, and Wickhen Products as Director of R&D in the field of antiperspirants, esterification, spray drying, free-radical polymerization, and controlled release. He has contributed broadly in the fields of hair care research, skin care product development & underarm product development.

Mr. Abrutyn: (a) holds over 15 patent; (b) is contributing editor/author for 4 book; (c) teaches courses in siloxane technology & application, antiperspirant/deodorant technology, application & and product performance; and Emollient/Moisturizers/Humectant actives, and (d) author of many technical articles, and numerous presentations in the field of antiperspirants, polymerization, controlled release and silicone applications.

Robert Holtz, Epigenetic Assays: Methods for Skin Care Research, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Robert Holtz

Robert Holtz earned his B.S. from Colorado State University and his M.S. from Texas Christian University.  His research aims at TCU focused on changes in blood biochemistry that occur immediately after intense exercise and also the long term biochemical changes that occur in energy producing metabolic pathways after different types of exercise training.  After completion of his M.S. he joined a laboratory in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Houston.  The research projects of this laboratory focused on the aging related changes that occur in the heart.  Specifically, his work was aimed at mapping the process by which cardiac myocytes became less responsive to stress with age and how this loss of response impacted the normal gene expression profile of the heart and lead to heart failure. 

Robert brought his extensive training in cell culture and molecular biology to BioInnovation Laboratories, a testing laboratory located in Lakewood, Colorado.  His background in aging and gene expression research has been extremely beneficial to BioInnovation Laboratories and has facilitated his company in offering the powerful technology of DNA microarrays and epigenetic analysis, along with other innovative methods for skin research in the Cosmetic and Personal Health Care industries.

Vince Gruber and Phillip Ludwig, Fermentation, Lonza Personal Care, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

James V. Gruber, Ph.D.

Dr. James (Vince) Gruber is the Global Director of Research & Development for Lonza Personal Care.  Prior to the acquisition of Arch Chemicals by Lonza, Dr. Gruber served as the Director of Research for Arch Personal Care.  

Dr. Gruber has been involved in the personal care industry for many years since his start in industry at National Starch and Chemical (now Ingredion), Union Carbide (as part of Amerchol, now owned by Dow and Lubrizol) and at Hydromer where he worked briefly in the area of medical coating technologies.  

He has been at Arch/Lonza now for 12 years and his current role is to oversee the development of new active and functional ingredients, preservatives and antifungals for cGMP, non-cGMP and cosmetic topical products.  

He has multiple patents covering the development of hair and skin care ingredients.  

He has published or co-authored numerous non-refereed papers and is the author on 10 refereed published or pending articles found in Pub Med.   

He is the co-editor (along with Des Goddard) of “Principals of Polymer Science and Technology in Cosmetics and Personal Care” published by Marcel Dekker (now Francis Taylor).  Dr. Gruber obtained his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Illinois working with Professor William Pirkle in the area of chiral molecular separations.      

Philip Ludwig

Philip Ludwig is the Senior Research Botanist for Lonza Personal Care.  Mr. Ludwig develops new botanical extracts, purifies phytochemicals and discovers innovations in growing plant tissue cultures that produce exciting new actives.  He works in product development, performs analytical analysis and works at developing new actives from botanicals.  He has written multiple patents relating to new personal care ingredients and has been a featured speaker at industry events and seminars. 

Mr. Ludwig holds a BA in Biology from Grinnell College, Iowa, and a Masters in Cell and Molecular Biology from Michigan State University.  Prior to joining Lonza, Philip worked with Ball Horticulture in Chicago and created new nutraceutical ingredients extracted from plants bred specifically by the company.  He has an overall healthy passion for horticulture and plants.

Marsha Bro and Satish Nayak, Antioxidants and Extraction Processes, Kemin, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Marsha Bro 

Marketing Director for the personal care division 

Kemin Industries

Marsha Bro is the Marketing Director for the personal care division of Kemin Industries, a manufacturer of natural, plant-based ingredients.  Marsha is focused on strategic marketing, identifying and pursuing opportunities that are best suited for the company vision.  

She is also involved in product development, fulfilling unmet needs of the marketplace.  Marsha has been with Kemin since 2002.  Marsha received her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

Satish Nayak

Satish Nayak is the Director of Research and Development for Kemin Personal Care.  He joined Kemin in 2008 as a Scientist for Kemin Industries Discovery Research group where he was the project manager for Chemistry and Biochemistry projects.  Currently in his position, Satish is responsible for innovation, quality control and customer laboratory support for personal care ingredients. 

Prior to coming to Kemin, Satish worked as a Post-Doctoral Assistant at the University of Chicago, where his research was focused on developing biological models to understand the effect of proteins, particularly enzymes on cell surfaces.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Ramnarain Ruia College in Mumbai, India and he received a Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry from the University of Mumbai in India.  Satish also obtained his Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry (Polymer) from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.  

Shampoos, Carrie Shipley, Grain Processing, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Carrie Shipley

Grain Processing Corporation

Carrie Shipley is an Applications Scientist with Grain Processing Corporation located in Muscatine, Iowa.  She has been with the company for 10 years and focuses on new formulations, customer education and assists in the development of new products primarily for the personal care and pharmaceutical industries.  Carrie holds degrees in Biotechnology and Chemistry from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

Hair Structure and Function, Manuel Gamez-Garcia, Ashland Specialty Ingredients, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Dr. Manuel Gamez-Garcia, PhD

Ashland Specialty Ingredients 

Manuel Gamez-Garcia received his Master's degree in Electrochemistry from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, and his PhD in Engineering Physics in the field of Polymers from Montreal University (Ecole Polytechnique) in Canada.

He worked two years for Pirelli Corporation in the field of physical and chemical properties of polymers.  Since then he has held the positions of Manager of Claim Substantiation at Croda, Inc., Applications Manager Personal Care at Dow Chemical Co/Amerchol Corporation, Hair Care Manager for Firmenich, Inc., Senior Research Scientist at Ciba, Group Leader Hair Care R&D at BASF, and currently he is a Research Fellow at Ashland Specialty Ingredients.

Dr. Gamez-Garcia is the author of numerous publications on hair physical properties, hair damage, hair conditioning, and delivery of actives from shampoos.  In 2000, he received the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Award for the best published paper and in 2011 he received the prestigious Shaw Mudge award for his work on hair straightening and heat damage.

Rheology Modifiers, Susan Freers, Grain Processing, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Susan Freers

Grain Processing Corporation

Susan Freers is Technical Manager in the Technical Service Department of Grain Processing Corporation, a manufacturer of grain-based specialty ingredients.  Susan is involved in developing new and novel ingredients and applications for the personal care, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries.  

She has written numerous formulations and presentations and provides training and support to customers, as well as internal personnel.  Susan has over 30 years experience in the industry and has worked at Grain Processing Corporation for the last 25 years in positions including Technologist, Applications Scientist, Senior Applications Scientist and currently, Technical Manager.  

Susan has a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology/Chemistry from Moorhead State University (now Minnesota State University Moorhead).  She holds several patents and has written a number of papers, posters, and articles and has authored the book chapter “Starch-Based Delivery Systems” for the “Delivery System Handbook For Personal Care and Cosmetic Products” edited by Meyer Rosen.

Anti-Aging, Linda Walker, Covalence Laboratories, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th ed.

Linda Walker

President, Covalence Laboratories

A manufacturer of science-driven custom and private label skin care products;  innovative ingredient development; FDA registered 

CoValence has been developing professional skin care products for over 20 years, since the dawn of "cosmeceuticals" when skin professionals first heard about alpha-hydroxy acids.  During that span, we've formulated with hundreds of key ingredients,

*Have been involved in the invention and granting of 4 patents with additional patents still pending.  

*Have written or contributed to number of articles on anti-aging ingredients for CGI and C&T magazines.

*Included in "Ten to Know",  GCI, Jan. 2010.

*CoValence was a finalist for best new ingredient technology at HBA 2009.    (one other finalist, they won, so you could leave that off)

Personal:

Skin care ingredients  are a passion that includes three areas of endeavor.  First,  to keep searching the world for interesting (sustainable) ingredients that can positively impact all skin issues.  Second,  to  participate in the development of new high-tech ingredients for aging skin.  And third, to provide tools to skin professionals that can help them gain a sense of power and order around the massive amounts of skin care ingredients they're confronted with.    

Botanicals Section, Muhammed Majeed and Anurag Pande, Sabinsa Corporation, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Dr. Muhammed Majeed

Sabinsa Corporation

Dr. Muhammed Majeed is the Founder and CEO of Sabinsa Corporation. After completing his B. Pharm. from Trivandrum Medical College in India, he  emigrated to USA and continued his graduate studies in Long Island University, New York (M.S.) and St. John's University New York (Ph.D.) specializing in Industrial Pharmacy. Dr Majeed founded Sabinsa Corporation in 1988, a globally recognized company for its cutting edge research. Sabinsa Corporation is a prominent manufacturer in nutraceutical, natural cosmeceuticals, fine chemicals, minerals, probiotics and specialty chemicals.He has previously held responsible research positions with Pfizer Inc., Carter-Wallace and Paco Research.

Dr Majeed is recipient for various national and international awards, prominent ones including Ellis Island Medal of Honor and Daniel B Stateman award for distinguished alumni from Long Island University.

He has  also authored numerous research papers and holds 75 US and International patents as a primary inventor.

Anurag Pande, Ph.D.,

Sabinsa Corporation

Dr Anurag Pande is VP, Scientific Affairs at Sabinsa Corporation, NJ. Dr Pande holds PhD in Phytochemistry from RML University, India. After completing his PhD, Dr Pande joined Sami Labs, the parent R&D Company of Sabinsa Corporation in India. At Sami Labs he was involved in key cosmeceutical projects. Dr Pande also worked at Sabinsa Japan Corporation, Tokyo as Senior Technical Manager, where he gained experience in Japanese regulations and market in the  Cosmeceutical field.

Anti-Aging Section, Shyam Gupta, Bioderm Research, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

SHYAM GUPTA

Bioderm Research

Born in India, Shyam received his Ph.D. in Organic Medicinal Chemistry. He continued his career in organic synthesis and pharmaceuticals fields, holding research positions at various universities (Indiana University, Purdue University, Arizona State University), and at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.

He later moved to Arizona (India-like climate) and developed strong interest in cosmetics sciences while employed at The Dial Corporation. His attention was soon drawn to innovations in skin care via the application of medicinal delivery systems and multi-functional cosmeceuticals from Ayurvedic and Chinese botanicals.

Shyam is currently president of his consulting company, Bioderm Research, which develops innovative nature-based cosmeceuticals and delivery systems for high performance personal care and OTC-drug products for worldwide clients. His collaborative research has been published in HAPPI and GCI magazines.

Shyam has over 70+ publications and 60+ patents & pending patents.

Ingredients Section, Qi Jia, Unigen, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Dr. Qi Jia 

Unigen

Dr. Qi Jia received his B.S. in Medicinal Chemistry from School of Pharmaceutical Science, Beijing Medical University in 1985 and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Texas Christian University in 1995.  Dr. Jia studied Traditional Chinese Medicine & taught Natural Product Chemistry in the School of Pharmaceutical Science, Beijing Medical University from 1985-1991. His doctorate research at TCU focused on the discovery of drug leads for the treatment of HIV infection and solid tumors from Bolivian medicinal herbs. 

Since joining Unigen in 1995, Dr. Jia has established collaborations with six organizations around the world; collected thousands of indigenous medicinal plants and  guided efforts to build up a proprietary natural product library with over 300,000 samples. 

As Chief Science Officer at Unigen, Dr. Jia leads the commercialization of skin whitening, anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic natural ingredients for leading brands of global skin care and health care products. Dr. Jia holds 55 issued international patents and has co-authored 85 peer-reviewed publications and presentations at professional conferences and in the field of natural product chemistry. 

Anti Aging Section, Nadine Pernodet, Ed Pelle, Estee Lauder Company, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

NADINE PERNODET, Ph.D.

Executive Director of Skin Biology Research

Estée Lauder 

Dr. Nadine Pernodet currently holds the position of Executive Director, Global Research & Development- Skin Biology, for Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.   

Dr. Pernodet is a key member of the team responsible for research, developing and testing future technology for all global skincare products.  She has been actively involved in the field of scientific research for more than ten years, recently holding the position of Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior to that, she was a Research Scientist.  In addition to publishing numerous articles, she is the holder of key patents and the recipient of three grants relating to important works in her field with the NSF and the NIH.  

Her unique approach to the science of skincare is to combine her extensive knowledge and background in Biophysics and Biology to better understand skin aging. As well, she has been at the forefront of the research in Epigenetics with Clock genes and Sirtuins research. Dr. Pernodet also continues her strong relationship with academia.

Dr. Pernodet graduated with a Chemistry degree from Franche-Comte University in Besancon, France and obtained a BS and MS in Physical Chemistry from Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France.  She received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Institut Charles Sadron/Louis Pasteur University and has spent 6 years in research with the Biomedical and Chemical Engineering Programs in Stony Brook before joining as Assistant Professor in Materials Science and Engineering Department.

Originally from France, Dr. Pernodet currently resides in Long Island, New York.     

Edward Pelle

Director of Skin Biology Research

Estee Lauder

Edward Pelle is a Director in the Skin Biology Laboratory in the R&D Department of the Estee Lauder Companies.   In this lab the structure and function of skin is studied leading to more effective skin care products.  

Dr. Pelle has studied the effects of environmental stressors, such as UV, ozone, and cigarette smoke on epidermal and dermal cells.  Understanding how to protect skin against various types of environmental trauma by the use of antioxidants and inhibitors of reactive oxygen species has been a goal for over twenty years.  Delineating the differences between endogenous aging and photo aging and the role that epigenetics plays in this process and its relation to oxidative mechanisms is a more current objective in his work.  

Dr. Pelle is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine where he has collaborated on several projects with other faculty and contributes a lecture in the Transcription and Signaling Class given by the department at the graduate level.  He has also worked on RNA processing at Rockefeller University and done research in hematology at New York University Medical Center.  He received a BS from Fordham University, and an MS and Ph.D. from New York University.  

He has authored or co-authored over thirty peer-reviewed publications, four review articles, and numerous abstracts.  He also holds over fifteen U.S. patents and is listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering.  He is a member of the Society for Investigative Dermatology and the Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

Eva Patel and Gurpreet Sangha, Ethnic Skin and Skin Lightening, Skin Rx, GS Cosmeceutical, Harry's Cosmeticology, 9th ed.

Eva Patel

Skin Rx

Eva Patel is a graduate of Charing Cross Hospital medical school, London, England and a Certified Surgical Assistant with Advanced Knowledge in Chemexfoliation.

She is an Entrepreneur with 19 years experience and Founder of Skin Rejuvenation Clinic Inc., one of  the first anti-aging skin care clinics in San Francisco. Ms. Patel has been a Surgical Assistant  in the USA for over 11 years and serves  at over 106 hospitals and medical facilities." Herexperience has resulted in an opportunity to understand the diverse needs of the global consumer and being of Ethnic decent herself,  she wanted to create something to help other practitioners understand skin from all facets.

During this period she realized a need to develop  a Classification Scale that would serve as a comprehensive tool ecompassing: race, country of origin, complexion, skin characteristics, skin type and precautions. After over 8 years of research, she developed the EP Global Skin Classification tool.  This approach goes beyond the Fitzpatrick scale and  takes into consideration all skin tones and types.  It simplifies the data into a basic chart format for the professional to glance at in one page and guide the selection of appropriate choices of skin treatments and programs to recommend to global consumers.

Gurpreet “Gogi” Sangha

CEO of G.S. Cosmeceutical

Gurpreet “Gogi” Sangha is the Founder, President and CEO of G.S. Cosmeceutical USA, Inc. (GSC), a contract manufacturing company located in Livermore, California. GSC is a cGMP facility and is FDA registered. It provides support to its business partners by leveraging its expertise in research and development and manufacture of cosmeceutical over-the-counter (OTC) drug and personal care products.

Gogi graduated with the research degree, Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), in organic chemistry. He has worked as a leading chemist and manager in several large cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies in both R&D and manufacturing environments. In May 1998, he realized his dream of establishing his own company. GSC has since established itself as a fast growing company and a leader in northern California’s personal care industry. Gogi strongly believes collaborating closely with individual entrepreneurs, professionals and corporate clients to help them develop and bring new products to market. He is uncompromisingly committed to excellence in product quality and customer service.

Packaging, Wylie Royce, Royce Associates, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Wylie H. Royce

Royce Associates

East Rutherford, NJ

Wylie H. Royce is a Managing Director of Royce Associates, founded in 1929 as a Chemical Manufacturer. Today, the company is a leading supplier of colorants and functional additives for Food, Drug, Cosmetic and Personal Care packaging.  The company offers Customer Assistance and Training in obtaining approvals required by various agencies in the US and Western Europe and Latin America.  Royce has manufacturing sites in NJ and NC, and a Technical Center in Tianjin China as well as manufacturing partners in India, China, Thailand, and Korea. Royce’s six Divisions serve the Personal Care, Cosmetic, Paper, Textile, Aerospace, Plastic Colorant, Functional Additives, Food Packaging, House wares, Synthetic Rubber, and Construction Industries.

Mr. Royce is Chairman of a number of influential decision making industry groups including: the Society of Plastics Industries (SPI) “Color and Additive Products Subcommittee” (Food Drug and Cosmetic Packaging Materials Committee)and SPI’s Communication and Marketing Advisory Committee. He also serves as a National Board member of the SPI and as Treasurer of the SPI’s Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Packaging Materials Committee.  Wylie is also a, member of the Health & Beauty America (HBA) Technical Advisory Board and adds his packaging expertise to HBA’s Global Packaging Oriented Expo. 

He has been named a permanent member of International Who’s Who’ in Business Professionals, Who’s Who among rising Young Americans and Interesting Personalities of America. Wylie regularly speaks on subjects relating to plastics in food, drug and cosmetic packaging, sustainability issues and the effect on products produced in and imported into the US by the changing international business climate.

Mr. Royce has  authored “Navigating the Turbulent Waters of Global Colorant Regulations”.He holds a US Patent for a proprietary method utilizing electron beam modification of resins to create marbleized colorant effects for injection-molded products..

Editor of Formulation Section, Marc Cornell, Jeen, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Marc Cornell

Vice President of Technical Services 

Jeen International

Marc Cornell is currently the Vice President of Technical Services at Jeen International in Fairfield NJ.  During his thirty year career he has worked in an R&D role for large (Merck, L’Oreal, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Union Carbide) and medium sized companies (Neostrata, ChemAid Labs, KV Pharmaceutical).  For the last fifteen years he has worked primarily on the research and formulation development of “Cosmeceuticals” for various brands (Skinceuticals, Neostrata, Biomedic, Strivectin, and La Roche Posay).  In this role he collaborated with researchers in skin biology and clinical testing to design, formulate and test novel cosmetic active delivery vehicles.

Marc’s work has been patented and published in peer review journals and trade publications. Most recently, Marc partnered with several scientists and editor Dr. Zoe Draelos to publish a technical reference book (Cosmetic Dermatology/ 2010. His current research and product development areas of interest are in cosmetic active delivery to the hair and skin.

Editor of Ingredients Section, Chia Chen, Estee Lauder, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Chia Wen Chen, M.S.

Executive Director of BioActives

Basic Science Research

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

As an Executive Director of BioActives, Chia is involved in all aspects of Active ingredient development that feeds into 30 divisions under the Estee Lauder umbrella. Chia develops bench top process for the isolation, purification and discovery of new actives (Single Plant vs. Recipes) and work closely with collaborators in Academia and manufacturers to bring a prototype extract to commercialization for cosmetic use. She works with the Product Development Groups and advices suitable raw materials used for claim and activity.  She is responsible for running internal education program through Top Actives Review and Scientific Symposium with vendors. Her group sets up Organic plantations, coordinates botanical collaborations, testing of biological actives world wide and maintains Actives Database which supports Clinical, Claim Support (Legal) Safty and Regulatory with efficacy data needed for substantiation.  In 2008, she took on additional responsibility of being the Manager for AGI Dermatics, and manages the Technical Support and Internal Sales of EL’s only custom chemical company.

Chia is born in Taiwan and raised in US. She holds a Masters degree in Pharmacology specialized in Plant research. She joined the Estee Lauder Companies in 1996. For her 16 years in the industry, Chia is quite involved in Society of Cosmetic Chemistry.  She served in the House Committee for the Long Island Chapter from 1998 to 2004, received Young Scientist Award in 2002, served as Treasurer Elect for 2003 and Treasurer for 2004.  Chia is an active member of American Society of Pharmacognosy,  American Botanical Council and Cosmetic Executive Women.  She has given many presentations and granted numerous patents.

Lisa Gandolfi, Polymeric rheology modifiers, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Lisa Gandolfi, 

PhD Polymer Science & Engineering

Lisa earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Truman State University in 2001 and a PhD in Polymer Science & Engineering from The University of Southern Mississippi in 2008.  Her research was sponsored by the Society of Cosmetic Chemists Graduate Fellowship, with a focus on polymer-surfactant interactions and high-throughput screening.  

In 2006, Dr. Gandolfi joined Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Company where her research focused on development of new technologies for innovation in cleansing products.  Lisa joined Clariant Corporation in 2011 as the Technical Manager for Consumer Care in North America.  Her team is responsible for technical service, sales support, and regional application development for Clariant’s Personal Care and Industrial & Home Care product portfolios.

Nanotoxicology Testing & Analysis Team, Intertek, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Simon Allen, D. Phil.

Laboratory Director

Intertek MSG

Simon obtained his D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1982, and since then has worked continuously in the field of materials characterisation – first with ICI, and since 2007 with Intertek. Simon’s team in the UK has many years of experience in the characterisation of Nanomaterials, and Simon himself has been active in the management of a number of collaborative projects in the field, including the major UK DTI-funded Nanocentral programme. Simon has, over the years, published a number of papers and book chapters in the field optical characterisation of materials.

John M. Zielinski, PhD Chemical Engineering

Diffusion, Equilibrium, Permeation, and Porosity Analyses

John earned his PhD from The Pennsylvania State University in 1992 and was a visiting scholar, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Society and the National Science Foundation, at the Universität Mainz/Max Planck Institut für Polymerforschung, Germany, from 1993 to 1994.  He was a lead research engineer at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. until transitioning to his role as supervisor of the Sorption Characterization Lab at Intertek ASA.

John’s career has focused on the characterization of a broad range of porous materials used for gas separation and purification applications. In addition, he has applied his chemical engineering background to elucidate multicomponent molecular transport within various media including polymer films and molecular sieving materials. These studies required the development of analytical methods to: 1) probe the equilibrium and diffusion characteristics of gases and vapors within a variety of materials and 2) illuminate the effect of pore structure on material performance.

Dr. Zielinski is the author of forty-two peer-reviewed journal articles and serves as an adjunct professor for the Department of Chemical Engineering at Penn State.  He is a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Society of America and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Peter DeSanto Jr., PhD Chemical Engineering

Diffraction, Crystallography, and Microscopy

Pete obtained a BS in Chemistry at Millersville University in 1996 and a PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware in 2003. His PhD thesis was focused on the structure property relationships of mixed-metal oxide catalysts. He then spent 1 year at the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at NIST as an NRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow continuing research on metal oxide catalysts and model systems for studying phenomena in high-temperature super conductors. Peter taught for 2 years as a visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at Bloomsburg University followed by 4 years as a research engineer and analytical chemist at Air Products and Chemicals. He is currently the X-ray diffraction expert for Intertek ASA in Allentown, PA. His areas of expertise include heterogeneous catalysis, x-ray diffraction, crystallography, and transmission electron microscopy.

Todd M. McEvoy, PhD Chemistry

Microscopy, Surface Analysis, and Electrochemistry

Todd graduated with a BS in Chemistry and with Honors from Shippensburg University in 1998. In August 1998 he entered the University of Texas at Austin to pursue his Doctorate in Chemistry under the guidance of Professor Keith J. Stevenson. His work at UT focused on developing integrated spectral, microscopic and electrochemical methods to study charge storage processes in electrochromic ion-storage materials. Upon graduation in 2003 he became a NRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory for Jeffrey Long and Debra Rolison. There he was developing new hybrid polymer/carbon materials for ultracapacitor applications. Todd joined the Analytical group at Air Products and Chemicals in 2004 where he was part of the surface characterization lab supporting a wide variety of groups across Technology. He also worked on bench and pilot scale advanced oxidation water treatment processes within the Water group in Merchant R&D. He joined Intertek in 2010, and is currently involved in solving complex problems through the use of analytical science. His areas of expertise include electrochemistry, microscopy, and surface science.

Scott D. Hanton, PhD Chemistry

Polymer Mass Spectrometry and Surface Analysis

Scott earned a BS in Chemistry from the Honors College at Michigan State University in 1985 and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1990.  Scott’s graduate work focused on measuring the reaction rates of specific excited states of metal cations with small hydrocarbons in the gas phase.  After graduation he joined the Analytical Science Department at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Allentown, PA as the laser science expert.  Over time, his interest in laser science developed into expertise in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry.  He also developed expertise in time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) to enable the characterization of surfaces.  In addition to his research career, Scott has also been active in laboratory management.  Scott transitioned to Intertek ASA in 2010 in the dual role of Chief Scientist and Laboratory Operations Manager.  

Dr. Hanton is the author of thirty-six peer-reviewed journal articles, serves as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (JASMS), and is on the board of directors for the Laboratory Managers Association (ALMA).

Regulatory Team, Ruud Overbeek, Intertek, Angel Consulting, Harry's Cosmeticology 9th Ed.

Ruud Overbeek

Intertek

Ruud Overbeek is responsible for Global Health, Environmental & Regulatory services within the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals division. In this role, Ruud helps companies meet the requirements of ever-changing global legislation in the areas of Green and Health claims, Chemical Safety and Notifications, Restricted Substances, REACH, and climate change-related services. Prior to joining Intertek, Ruud worked for Avantium Technologies as Vice President of Intellectual Assets & Licensing, Business Development, Operations and Discovery.

He started his career in ABB Lummus Global as Technology Development Manager. Ruud is a member of a number of Associations including The Royal Dutch Chemical Society, the Dutch Catalysis Society and was appointed to the Health and Beauty America (HBA) Scientific Advisory Board. Ruud has achieved the DuPont Chemical Company Prize for Outstanding Independent Research and holds a Doctorate in Catalysis from Utrecht University.

Dr. Matteo Zanotti Russo

Founder / CEO- Angel Consulting SAS & Professor, University of Calabria, Italy – Faculty of Pharmacy

Dr. Matteo Zanotti Russo currently is a Teacher at the Cosmetology High School (University of Ferrara) and professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Calabria) in cosmetics' formulation and analyses, and safety assessment reports.

In the last years, he has chaired and participated as a speaker in international seminars on Safety Assessment reports (compliancy with the EU legislation) in Israel, Turkey and USA.

Dr. Zanotti Russo is the founder and owner of Angel Consulting s.a.s. The company's activities focus on EU legislation, cosmetics Safety Assessment reports, claim sustainability and cosmetics good manufacturing practices (GMP ISO 22716:2007)

Jeffrey W. Card, Ph.D.

Senior Program Manager, Toxicology

Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare

Jeffrey joined Intertek in March 2007.  He holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology and received postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Research Triangle Park, NC.  Jeffrey oversees the design and management of nonclinical drug development programs and prepares submission packages for review by regulatory agencies.

He also manages the conduct of toxicological risk assessments for impurities and contaminants in pharmaceuticals and consumer products and helps coordinate the preparation of safety dossiers for cosmetics and their ingredients.  Jeffrey has authored more than 25 peer-reviewed articles in the fields of toxicology, physiology, carcinogenesis, and nanotechnology.

Tom Jonaitis

Tom Jonaitis graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Toxicology.  After working on his senior project at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health assisting in a research study evaluating the stressing effects of alcohol consumption on subjects, and a short internship with Ontario Ministry of Labor (Occupational Health and Safety), Tom has worked with Intertek Cantox for the last 7 years.  Starting out in the Chemicals group working in hazard communication and classification, Tom joined the Food group where he has used his scientific research skill and provided regulatory support on a range of projects including pesticides, nanomaterials, food and feed additives, as well as conducting exposure and risk assessments."

Ramzia Lefebvre, 

Technical Manager Russia and Customs Union certification, 

Intertek

Ramzia presently serves as a Technical Manager for Russia and Customs Union products certification at Intertek in France. She leads personal care products certification access for  Russian and Customs Union’s (including Kazakhstan and Belarus) requirements and works in cooperation with local authorities and cosmetics federations. Ramzia has been in the field of export regulation for over 15 years, with extensive experience in Russian regulation for personal care products. As an expert in this field, she has worked with numerous cosmetics manufacturers or exporters and has accompanied them to assure compliance with Russian national standards. 

Ramzia is a graduate of the Higher Education Institute of Gorki (Russian Federation) and of the Sorbonne University of Paris (France). She is author of articles on new cosmetic regulation in Russia in Inside Cosmeceuticals (USA) and Premium Beauty (France) web magazines and has been an invited guest speaker at Cosmetic Federations in France, Italy and Spain.

Aurelie Bafoil, 

Cosmetics Regulatory Affairs Specialist, 

Intertek 

Aurelie joined Intertek in 2004 and became an expert in conformity assessment, especially for Middle East and Africa cosmetic regulations. She is a regulatory and technical support within Intertek and is currently responsible for developing and maintaining Registration and Certification procedures for cosmetic and perfumery products under the certification programs hold by Intertek (Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Tanzania…). Among her functions, she is also contributor to seminars relative to EMEA (spell out what this is)regulations.

She has followed training at ISIPCA (International Perfume, Cosmetics and Food Flavouring Institute) in Paris (France) and holds a Master’s specializing in Safety and International Regulations for Perfumes and Cosmetic Products

Kevin Yang杨文凯

Title: HBP manager

Tel: 86+ 021-60917507

Fax: 86+021-61279867

E-mail: kevin.yang@intertek.com

Graduated from East China University of science & Technology, majored in fine chemical. Over 10 years working in cosmetics filed as quality controller and project manager. Experienced in cosmetic regulation of EU, US and China. Worked for some famous cosmetics companies, such as Yusai-Kan, Coty, Red Earth, he brings over 10 years of experience  working in various functions in the cosmetics industry and has a strong experience in cosmetic regulations, specifically related to EU, US and China markets.