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David Dunthorne is a senior research and development associate chemist at Avantor and an avid member of both the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chromatographic Society. Dunthorne attained his bachelor of science in chemistry (with honors) at the University of Durham, studying across a broad range of chemical disciplines, including analytical chemistry techniques. Over the last 7 years, he has worked within the chromatography production, applications and R&D teams within VWR, now part of Avantor. Recent focuses have been on developing novel HPLC/UHPLC manufacturing methods, the use of solid-core phases, novel chromatographic technologies, next-generation LC stationary phases, sustainability in chromatography and the development of high throughput sample preparation and LC methods for key applications. Dunthornes’s work has been featured in several peer-reviewed articles, and he has recently delivered poster and oral presentations at the International Symposium on Chromatography 2024, the International Symposium on Separation Sciences in 2024 and the Reid Bioanalytical Forum in 2023.