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About
Geoffrey B. Cox
After having earned a PhD in organic electrochemistry at the University of Sheffield and spent 2 years as a postdoc in photochemistry at the University of Reading, Dr Cox joined the Laboratory of the Government Chemist where he spent some years in R&D in the then new field of HPLC. He joined DuPont’s instrument business as European Applications Chemist for their HPLC operations before being transferred to their HPLC R&D group in the USA. He joined Prochrom in Indianapolis and later moved to the French headquarters as Director R&D where he worked on Simulated Moving Bed systems. In 1997 he was appointed Director, Technology at Chiral Technologies Europe in Strasbourg where he was responsible for all aspects of R&D as well as the contract purification group. In 2001 he returned to the USA as Vice President, Technology at Chiral Technologies Inc. He started the US subsidiary of PIC Solution SAS of Avignon, France in 2011 and is currently President of PIC Solution Inc. His current research interests are in the development of new technologies, techniques and instrumentation in SFC.