Thomas Onofrey brings experience in developing new application techniques and managing research efforts in areas such as biomolecular immobilisation, detection systems and assay design
Nanostream, provider of high-throughput microfluidic analytical systems to companies involved in drug discovery and development, announces that Thomas Onofrey has joined it as director of applications development.
He brings over ten years of experience in developing new application techniques and managing research efforts in areas such as biomolecular immobilisation, detection systems and assay design.
As director of applications development, Onofrey will be responsible for driving the development of new analytical applications across drug discovery for Nanostream's micro parallel liquid chromatography (uPLC) products.
Also, Onofrey will oversee sample projects for prospective customers and present experiment results to them.
A critical function of his role will be gathering input from customers to provide recommendations regarding new enhancements and features to Nanostream products.
"Tom's deep knowledge of assay design and development will be invaluable to our customers," said Stephen O'Connor, CEO of Nanostream.
"He is helping Nanostream's customers use our product to develop assays faster and to achieve higher data quality than they can get using other technologies".
Onofrey has a track record of innovative work with liquid chromatography instrumentation for applications such as Adme assays, biomolecular immobilisation and natural product synthesis.
Prior to working at Nanostream, Onofrey served as manager of R and D at Millipore, where he developed filter-based Adme assays using Millipore's membrane technology.
As a group leader of R and D for Nanogen, he developed immobilisation DNA technology for Nanogen's molecular biology workstation.
He completed his post-doctoral programme at the University of California at Irvine in synthetic methodology and natural product synthesis.
Onofrey received a BA in chemistry from the College of the Holy Cross in 1989 and his PhD in organic chemistry from Dartmouth College in 1996.
He has authored over 25 publications and posters in addition to holding numerous patents.
Nanostream says it continues to hire dynamic professionals to support the rapid expansion of its customer base and to aid in the design and development of hardware, consumables and software.
Over the past year, Nanostream's customer base has grown exponentially, and as a result, the company is ramping up recruiting efforts to build the customer support and service organisation.
"At Nanostream, we collaborate with our customers every day to develop new applications and to expand our product portfolio," said Onofrey.
"Our innovative and multidisciplinary team is poised to achieve some incredible results.
"We need to grow to continue to deliver excellent service as our customer base expands, and we are looking for enthusiastic candidates who are ready for the never-ending challenges and rewards of working at Nanostream".
Positions are currently available in applications development, field service and sales.
Interested candidates should visit the company's website (link provided) for a list of employment opportunities.
Nanostream provides high-throughput microfluidic analytical systems to companies involved in drug discovery and development.
Nanostream's systems are based on proprietary, modular product design that allows for timely introduction of new products based on market needs.
Nanostream is pioneering micro parallel liquid chromatography (uPLC) with its premier product, the Veloce system.
The Veloce system, designed for scientists who can benefit from greater sample analysis capacity, integrates with existing workflow and increases the throughput of established liquid chromatography techniques.
