Anthony P. Gies received his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry (in 2004) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and has held research positions at Vanderbilt University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Medical University of South Carolina. In 2010, Anthony joined The Dow Chemical Company's Core R&D Analytical Sciences group located in Lake Jackson, Texas, where he presently works. His area of expertise is mass spectrometry of polymers - specifically MALDI-based hyphenated techniques for analysis of insoluble/intractable materials.