Location Greater Detroit Area, Michigan, United States Regions Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male
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Dr. Chandler, a founding scientist, joined Akonni Biosystems after 15 years of service at Pacific Northwest and Argonne National Laboratories, where he led and managed multidisciplinary teams of biologists, analytical chemists, engineers, statisticians and computer scientists in the development of integrated nucleic acid-based biodetection systems
for environmental and clinical applications. Since receiving his PhD in microbiology, he has authored >60 peer reviewed publications and book chapters and holds 10 issued U.S. patents with several patents pending, and given 34 invited presentations in national and international forums based on investigator-initiated, peer-reviewed research grants from the NIH, DOE, EPA, and DHS. Dr. Chandler has been the PI on >$50M in peer-reviewed grants and contracts. Areas of scientific and technical emphasis include methods and devices for automated sample preparation from large-volume, complex sample matrices and array-based detection technologies. He is a peer reviewer for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Biotechnology, Nucleic Acids Research and 12 other journals, and is a regular contributor to NIH study sections and special emphasis panels.
