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Quality Business in Analytical Science
 
 

OUR STRUCTURE

The Jenks' Partnership works in association with a number of specialists, all independent consultancies and small businesses, to maximize the breadth of our competence, technically and geographically.

THE PARTNERS

Peter J Jenks

Managing Partner of the Jenks' Partnership, has more than 15 years building business in Europe for specialist US laboratory supply companies, including CIL, Burdick & Jackson, USPC, Selerity Technologies Inc, Ultrasonic Scientific Ltd and Resource Technology Corporation. In Europe he has worked with Merck, Promochem Group and LGC (Teddington) Ltd, building their sales within Europe and in South Asia.

Peter is a regular contributor to Spectroscopy Europe, writing about the proper use of reference materials and analytical quality and is the Editor of the specialist newsletter RM report. He has published regularly on reference materials and quality measurement and co-edited the definitive work Reference Materials for Chemical Analysis, published by Wiley in 2000. In addition, he is involved with a number of international activities aimed at improving chemical metrology.

Peter obtained his B.Sc. in Biochemistry in 1974 from Brunel University, London and continued with postgraduate studies in Clinical Biochemistry at Birmingham University before joining Merck. He was elected to the Membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2002. He has lived and worked in the UK, USA and Germany.

Robert D Rucinski

Robert Rucinski pioneered the commercial production of natural matrix, real world environmental reference materials. Resource Technology Corporation (RTC), based in Laramie, Wyoming was established in 1988 to commercialize the production of certified reference materials required by the US EPA. RTC is now the largest producer of naturally accrued matrix CRMs for environmental analysis and a leading supplier of proficiency testing services for water, waste water and waste solid analysis.

Before establishing RTC Bob was in charge of the Environmental Division of the Western Research Institute, an affiliate of the University of Wyoming Research Corporation.

Dr Markus Stoeppler

Markus has a long and respected career in analytical and environmental chemistry, including working with fission products and natural radioactivity. He was established at the Research Center Juelich from 1966 until retirement June 1992, from 1979 he was responsible for planning and most practical and analytical work performed at the institute for the German Environmental Specimen Bank. Since retirement he worked as a consultant for the Research Center been activities in several scientific and reference material related fields.

Markus, together with Wayne Wolf was a founder of the BERM series of scientific symposia on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials. He was co-chairman of BERM-2 to BERM-7 and other conferences and has published widely with more than 300 papers in international journals. He has edited a number of books on reference materials and analytical chemistry.

Our Associates

Abacus Group

Dr Robert D Stevenson: Specialises in the US, Far East and Pacific laboratory and separations markets

Kymaera

Drs Gordon and Brenda Wilkinson. Specialists in scientific information services, market research, public relations and mergers and acquisitions.