Satinder Ahuja is a leading expert on water quality improvement. He earned his PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He worked for Novartis Corp. in various leadership positions for over 25 years and taught as an adjunct professor at Pace University for over 10 years. As president of Ahuja Consulting, he advises on water quality issues relating to chemicals and pharmaceuticals. A member of the executive committee of the Rivers of the World Foundation (ROW), Dr. Ahuja has organized numerous global symposia on improving water quality, including presentations for the American Chemical Society and UNESCO. Dr. Ahuja has published numerous papers and more than 25 books. His latest books are Contaminants in Our Water (ACS, 2020); Evaluating Water Quality to Prevent Future Disasters (Elsevier, 2019); Advances in Water Purification Techniques (Elsevier, 2019); and Chemistry and Water (Elsevier, 2017).

Christopher has 40 years of experience with ion exchange chromatography and has worked for Dionex, the industry leader in this field, for more than 35 years where he has been actively involved in ion chromatography research and development. He holds more than 80 US patents with numerous foreign equivalents, most of which are related to the field of ion chromatography. He is author or co-author of more than 120 published articles and eight chapters.

Nebojsa worked for Dionex Corporation as a Vice President of R&D and Chief Science Officer from 1990 to 2005. Before that he was Director of the Molecular Structure Products Division of SmithKline Beckman organization. He joined SKB organization from academia. He served as a professor at the Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia from 1975 to 1985. He graduated from Medical School and then obtained a Ph.D. in physiology and biochemistry. His primary activity was in molecular biology and chemical carcinogenesis while working in academia. After joining industry he worked mostly in analytical chemistry and biochemistry, and he published more than 100 papers in peer reviewed Journals and holds more than 40 US issued patents.

Kannan holds a BS and an MS in Chemistry from University of Mumbai, India and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from American University. Kannan has over 25 years of experience working with chemistry and separation sciences. His expertise is in the field of chromatography and associated detection methodologies, electrically driven processes, water purification and related monitoring technologies, and extraction and multi-dimensional separations. He has over 40 U.S. patents issued and many of his inventions are currently used in IC instruments and consumables.