2024 - Kurt Thaxton

Kurt Thaxton is an International Product Manager for GERSTEL, a German manufacturer of thermal desorption, pyrolysis, and other means of sample preparation and sample introduction for GC- and LC-MS.  For over twenty years, Kurt has been a user of thermal desorption and pyrolysis as a research scientist at International Paper and later as a Product Specialist for Varian Inc.  Later Kurt became involved in both the commercial and technical aspects of these techniques at Markes International and now GERSTEL.

 

Kurt also serves actively in different capacities at SAE, ASTM, and ISO.  Kurt has an M.S. in Analytical Chemistry form The Ohio State University where he focused on using mass spectrometry to solve analytical problems; MS remains a central interest and focus of Kurt's work today.