Pekka Suomalainen, PhD, graduated in 1997 from the Department of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, with his MSc in Physical Chemistry. Mr. Suomalainen continued his studies, completing his PhD in Physical Chemistry in 2001. Subsequently, he joined the R&D team of Kibron Inc. and is today actively involved in the development of new high throughput assays as well as evaluation and analysis of client samples and on-site demonstrations.