David Herbert

Business Development Manager, TestAmerica

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCP)

David Herbert has 22 years of experience in the environmental testing industry.  His experience includes gas chromatography / mass spectrometry, quality assurance, project management, and business development. Mr. Herbert has been an active member of the laboratory's senior management team for the past 12 years, and in his current role he oversees the laboratory's implementation of its strategic business plan and participates in initiatives aimed at market development.

Mr. Herbert is focused on TestAmerica's PPCP market efforts.  He is actively involved in studies demonstrating the laboratory's capabilities to identify and measure PPCPs in complex matrices including waste water, sediments, and solids.  He also participates in the market development of other endocrine disruptors including analyses for dioxins, PCBs, alkyphenols, flame retardants, and nonylphenols.

Mr. Herbert earned his BS degree in Biochemistry at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Professional Activities

"Sacramento River Sediments Survey for Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products" presented at the Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments organized by Battelle,New Orleans,LA, February 7, 2011

"The Impact of Sample Salinity on the Analysis of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)" presented at the 2010 Sediment Management Annual Review Meeting (SMARM),Seattle,WA, May 5, 2010

Impact of Triclosan on the Formation of Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans (PCDD/Fs) in Water; M. Flournoy, Karla Buechler, David Herbert, Robert Hrabak, David Allameh, Jeremy Sadler, Dennis Gall, Steven Valmores, John Barnett, Saleh Arghestani, Elizabeth Nguyen; 2010

Analysis of Trace Level Organochlorine Pesticides by High Resolution Mass Spectrometry; K. Buechler, P. Rainey, M. Flournoy, S. Arghestani, D. Weir PHD, D. Herbert, TestAmerica WestSacramento; 2009