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I would like to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Ben Funk, I have my Ph.D. in biology and I am the leader of the lab and the R&D department of ATI.
I have many challenging tasks at ATI. Beside R and D I also ensure, with the help of my team, that our machines do a proper job.
You can not only put somebody in front of such a machine who is able to push the buttons. You need passion, knowledge and technical understanding to reach and keep 98-99% accuracy with an ICP-OES machine.
If you have a team like mine, it is no problem to get ICP results of natural seawater that fit to the principle of constant proportions (Check).
So Ben, are you the one operating the instruments for all testing as you co-worker inferred or are you overseeing the process? There is a big difference saying a PhD is running the tests or saying the testing is overseen by a PhD. I would never have a PhD hired to just run the instruments, I would have them oversee and create protocols for the testing because that is sound business practice.