Ken received a Ph. D. degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1991 under the direction of Professor Norman E. Hoffman while working at S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI.
He has worked at S. C. Johnson since 1979 and currently is a Research Associate responsible for analytical research support to air care and insecticide product development.Ken has also worked as a team leader in the Insect Control product development division. Ken has been awarded five S. C. Johnson, Research Development & Engineering Awards.
Ken's primary interest and application in analytical chemistry is in development and applications of chromatography (GC, GCMS, HPLC, LCMS, HS-GCMS, multi-dimensional GC/HPLC) to industrial problems.