Manager & Scientist: Organic Analysis, Reference Materials at NMISA
Bio
Maria is passionate about understanding laboratories' measurement challenges, and developing relevant solutions, products and quality assurance training that will enable laboratories to deliver credible testing services to the country and region, sustaining quality of life, protecting consumers and conserving environment. This desire to help build chemical testing capacity has allowed her to reinforce networks within the analytical testing community across Africa.
While embracing the dual role of technical manager and analytical chemist, she works with an amazing team of 12 dedicated analyical scientists.
As a team, they have established a reference material production facility, delivering reference measurements, new certified reference materials and proficiency testing schemes in the fields of food safety and nutrition, environmental pollution monitoring, forensic analysis and the characterization of organic chemicals according to the international standards ISO 17025, 17034 and 17043.