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MrEric Thorstensen

Technical Services Manager

Technical Services

Orcid identifier0000-0002-7005-2709
  • Technical Services Manager
    Technical Services
  • +6493737599 Ext.81938 (Work)
  • M&HS BUILDING 503 - Bldg 503, 85 PARK RD, GRAFTON, AUCKLAND, 1023, New Zealand

BIO

I am the Technical Services Manager at the Liggins Institute. My team and I enjoy helping people answer their research questions using high quality analytical techniques. I started as a lab technician last century which enables me to bring to the table a wealth of experience across the wide variety of equipment and experimental methods available in the Liggins Institute Research Lab.

My particular passion is for mass spectrometry and it has been a privilege to train many PhD students in this field over the past 15 years, helping them to develop methods for their studies and provide them with an extremely useful skillset. I am active in the mass spectrometry ‘space’ across the University advocating for this technique and supporting academic and professional staff. My ‘door’ is always open and I will reply to your email queries, so if you have an analysis conundrum, particularly in the human health sphere, then drop me a line. If I can’t help, I’ll do what I can to point you to someone who can.


Qualifications:
B.Sc., A.C.T.S Dip. Ch. Ldsp., T.T.C.

Areas of Expertise:
Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry, Ultra High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Clinical Chemistry and Immunology.

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND APPOINTMENTS

  • Technical Services Manager
    Liggins Institute, Technical Services, New Zealand

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Technical Services Manager
    University of Auckland, Liggins Institute, Auckland, New Zealand1 May 2019 - present

DEGREES

  • B.Sc, Chemistry
    University of Otago, New Zealand

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FACULTY / INSTITUTE

  • Liggins Institute

FIELDS OF RESEARCH