Geoff Carr

Director, Analytical Development, ThermoFisher Patheon


Geoff Carr was appointed as Manager, Analytical Development at Patheon Inc, Canada in 2000 and is now Director, Analytical Development, Thermofisher Patheon. Prior to that, he held positions of Manager, Analytical Sciences at Celltech-Chiroscience, UK, Head of Analytical Development at Medgenix, Belgium and before that at Wyeth Research, UK. He originally started his career in pharmaceutical analysis at The British Pharmacopoeia Laboratory where he held several posts and was finally appointed Head of the Laboratory. His academic background is a PhD in synthetic organic chemistry awarded by University of London, UK. He has been a Member of various British Pharmacopoeia Committees, a UK representative to Committees of the European Pharmacopoeia and Member of USP Committees including a Member of the 2015- 2020 Cycle USP General Chapters – Physical Methods Expert Committee. He is the author of numerous papers, presentations at international conferences and workshops on various topics related to applications of analytical chemistry during the development of pharmaceutical products.