Dr. Dieter Zimmer

All about Bioanalytics & More: i.e. Bioanalytical Strategies, Outsourcing, Pharmaco-/Toxicokinetics, Process Analysis and Optimization, Scientific Writing, Interim Management, Coaching (problems in the workplace and other), Conference Organization. More information to come at: www.zbam.eu (currently under construction).

Outsourcing of bioanalytical activities in the frame of preclinical and clinical studies to contract research organizations (CROs), transfer of bioanalytical methods to CROs, monitoring of method implementation and validation at CROs and of the conduct of study sample analysis (GLP and GCP); review of bioanalytical study protocols and final study reports

Lead of the Bioanalytical and Pharmaco-/Toxicokinetics (PK/TK) department and study director. Responsible for all personal, scientific, organizational and monetary tasks of the department. Supervised bioanalytical method development from scratch, method validation, GLP and non GLP bioanalytics and PK/TK evaluation, ranging from early drug discovery to late clinical phases.

Lead of the Preclinical Pharmacokinetics group within DMPK, head of a bioanalytical laboratory and study director for bioanalytical (GLP), PK/TK and metabolism studies. Main tasks of the department: nonclinical pharmaco-/toxicokinetics, conduction of animal PK studies, regulated (GLP) bioanalytics, synthesis of radio- and stable-labeled compounds and outsourcing.

Lead of the Bioanalytical and Pharmaco-/Toxicokinetics (PK/TK) department and study director. Responsible for all personal, scientific, organizational and monetary tasks of the department. Supervised bioanalytical method development from scratch, method validation, GLP and non GLP bioanalytics and PK/TK evaluation, ranging from early drug discovery to late clinical phases.

Head of Early Bioanalytics and Technology within Exploratory Development. In addition laboratory head and study director for regulated (GLP) and discovery supporting Bioanalytics and pharmaco-/toxicokinetic studies Active contributor to the global analytical platform within DMPK. Developed, qualified and published with part of the team a novel LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of monoclonal antibodies in PK studies. Outsourcing of the bioanlytical part of preclinical and clinical studies

Labhead and study director for residue analysis of agrochemicals within the department Residues Operator and Consumer Safety (Development). Global expert and lead person for LC-MS/MS within Bayer CropScience. Improved analytical technologies and processes for more efficiency. Representer of the german cropscience industries in a working group of the Federal Institute for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL, Berlin)

Labhead for regulated (GLP) and discovery supporting bioanalytics within DMPK. DMPK project leader, as such contributed to expert reports for clinical release and IND, IB and CTX documents. LC/MS/MS expert within DMPK. Outsourcing of the bioanalytical part of preclinical and clinical studies

Projectmanager, laboratory head and study director in the GC/MS department. Projects, e.g. trace quantitation of PCBs, PAHs and dioxins in complex matrices by GC/MS and GC/AED.

Research Scientist in the Central Laboratory for Analysis of Coal Derived Liquids, Dept. Mass Spectrometry, University Leipzig and Chemieanlagenbau Leipzig/Grimma: Structure elucidation by GC/MS, high resolution MS and Tandem-MS

Optical Molecule Spectroscopy, i.e. Laser-Raman, IR, UV/VIS and Electrochemistry (Cyclovoltammetry), SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) on Electrodes

Organic Chemistry and Synthesis, Trace analysis of e.g. PCB and pesticide residues in soil and water by GC/MS