Mark J. Cooney has over 20 years of experience in academia and industry conducting research and process development. He has a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Nevada, Reno and has worked at various academic and industrial laboratories. At Ricerca Biosciences, his responsibilities included benchmarking client chemistry, improving processes, demonstrating processes at lab or pilot scale, and providing technical support. He summarized improvements made to several processes, including reducing reaction times, improving purifications, and developing crystallization procedures.