Dr. Charles M. (“Mark”) Phillips is Senior Applications Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific Gas Analysis Solutions. He provides application and technical support on Thermo Fisher’s MAX-iR™ FTIR product line. Dr. Phillips has had extensive experience in the spectroscopic detection of gases, with technical positions at Scott Specialty Gases (now AirGas/Air Liquide Specialty Products) and MKS Instruments/OnLine Products. Dr. Phillips received his B.S. in Chemistry from Oakland University, and his Ph.D. degree in Physical/Analytical Chemistry from Michigan State University. He also accepted a Postdoctoral research position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was the Associate Director of the Regional Laser and Biotechnology Laboratories of the University of Pennsylvania.