Tivadar Farkas has over 20 years of experience in chromatography. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in Analytical Chemistry in 1992 under the guidance of Professor Georges Guiochon. The topic of his thesis was the investigation of HPLC column heterogeneity with electrochemical and with laser induced fluorescence detection. Tivadar Farkas started his career in fragrance and food analysis by GC. He joined Phenomenex in 1997 as a Senior Scientist and worked first on column packing technology. For several years he managed the Analytical Support and Development group within R&D, focusing on the development of novel stationary phases, column formats, and applications for both analytical and prep HPLC. Currently he acts as the Senior Managing Scientist of the R&D department at Phenomenex overseeing all major research projects. Tivadar Farkas is a constant contributor to the major chromatography meetings and to the Journal of Chromatography.